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Line 3: ==Biographical Information== Mikkelsen was Danish ~~by nationality~~, so when he wrote in English, he often employed beta readers to help him with his spelling and grammar. ==Bibliography== [[Brain Games]] [[The Exercise Project]] [[Family Ties]] [[The Fascist Club]] [[Finding Morgendorffer]] [[Fixing Dad]] [[Game Theory]] [[Girl Uninterrupted]] (Co-written by [[Medea42]]) [[Hells Angels?]] [[It's a Wonderful Life, Not]] [[Lawndale Beauty]] [[Lawndale Living Conditions]] [[Of Farce and Tragedy]] [[Parental Injustice]] [[Past and Future Daria]] [[Psychoed]] [[Self Less]] [[Sibling Rivalry]] [[Sowing and Reaping]] [[A Stacy Orange]] [[The Talented Miss Morgendorffer]] [[Three Contemplations and a Funeral]] [[Week of Hell]] [[What If]] ==Fan History== Line 15 ⟶ 65: Mikkelsen passionately stated that if a story violated any of these general guidelines, it could not be considered ''Daria'' fanfiction. His argument was that one could not change what had been established in the episodes to suit one's own needs in writing fanfiction. With the conclusion of the series in 2002, Mikkelsen wrote his final work of fanfiction. True to his belief that without the show, there was no point in pursing Daria fandom, Mikkelsen disappeared, and has only rarely reappeared on message boards.▼ ===Controversies=== While Mikkelsen did not push his prescriptivist viewpoint with the zeal of [[Daniel Suni]], he tended to voice his thoughts bluntly, in ways that were unflattering to various ''Daria'' fans. This ruffled some feathers in the fan community, and was one of the reasons Mikkelsen requested that his account on the old [[Paperpusher's Message Board]] (1.0) be deleted. * MikkelsonMikkelsen held a special contempt for the fan fiction written by [[Brother Grimace]]. After the release of [[It's All About Respect]] in 2001, ~~Mikkelson~~Mikkelsen made a posting on the [[Scorched Remnants Message Board]] in which he said that Brother Grimace should remove all of his works from the Internet and apologize to Daria fans for writing them.▼ ▲With the conclusion of the series in 2002, Mikkelsen wrote his final work of fanfiction. True to his belief that without the show, there was no point in pursing Daria fandom, Mikkelsen disappeared, and has only rarely reappeared on message boards. * Another term used on message boards to decribe ~~Mikkelson~~Mikkelsen was 'canon-obsessive'.▼ ==Trivia== Line 27 ⟶ 83: * Mikkelsen came up with the idea of a comic-horror series called "[[Tales from the Burbs]]" and recruited [[Milo Minderbinder]] and [[Kara Wild]] to help him. Each contributed a story, although at present, Wild has been unable to locate Mikkelsen's tale. ▲* Mikkelson held a special contempt for the fan fiction written by [[Brother Grimace]]. After the release of [[It's All About Respect]] in 2001, Mikkelson made a posting on the [[Scorched Remnants Message Board]] in which he said that Brother Grimace should remove all of his works from the Internet and apologize to Daria fans for writing them. ▲* Another term used on message boards to decribe Mikkelson was 'canon-obsessive'. ==Links== [http://web.archive.org/web/20111118042645/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic_t_author.html#thomas_mikkelsen Thomas Mikkelsen's fan fiction, archived at Outpost Daria]] (via Wayback Machine) [[Category:Authors\|Mikkelsen, Thomas]] [[Category: Controversial figures\|Mikkelsen, Thomas]] [[Category:Fans from Denmark\|Mikkelsen, Thomas]]