tip: buffy gen teen AND "no archive warnings apply", Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings (25), Helen Morgendorffer/Jake Morgendorffer (5), Jodie Landon/Michael "Mack" Mackenzie (4), Stacy Rowe/Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III (2), Daria’s sexuality crisis (or, the story of how one Morgendorffer fell for her best friend), umm theres others but they aren't that important. Even a professional would have trouble making sense of their mental state. It’s thirteen years after high school, and Daria Morgendorffer is eager to turn her life around. Let me share my knowhow. I’ve made my love for “Daria” known before. My name is Jake Morgendorffer. Despite Jake's neurotic behavior, there have been periods where he has true insight into the lives of his children. He also stated that Jake isn't a very good businessman but manages to get a few lucrative jobs now and then - his problem isn't that he's stupid, it's that he's not as good at office politics as Helen.

When Jake goes into a rage, Helen ranges from humoring him to pushing back.

Moreover, her worldview is as simple as it is plain. Politics is just one big exercise in people gathering around others who think like they do so that they can rely on someone else to do the thinking for them. However, during his convalescence, Daria points out, to his delight, that he has now lived longer than his hated father. His general reaction to everyday trauma is to avoid conflict, usually by ducking behind a newspaper that he pretends to read or by avoiding the house for days if Helen's sisters are visiting. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Hilarity ensue, but it’s Daria who ends up making the most astute observations, more so than the doctors on hand. Jake and Helen ultimately had two daughters, Daria (whom he often refers to as "kiddo") and Quinn. Internal production bios for Jake (see Trivia) reveal that he was originally meant to repeat his father's mistakes when he got under stress. ...never imagining that someday you would find yourself shouldering the bulk of the difficult parenting decisions while your spouse remains blissfully disconnected from reality, lost in a dream world of his own making. You know what dad, talking to you actually made me feel better about myself. Compared to everyone else in her family, she’s the most mentally stable.

In "Psycho Therapy," Jake accuses Helen of having control issues, allowing him no vices. He wasn't very good at that either. She developed her first crush, had her first serious boyfriend, and even improved her relationship with Quinn, a character who might have been the least likable person on the show.

Teenagers go through changes. He said he "tries to be" sensitive and understanding to avoid making his father's mistakes, but "when he gets pushed, he goes ahead and makes them anyway: grounds the children, drinks". In the first series, they were involved in the "Couples Therapy Night" group and knew the Gupty family through it. any Giant Bomb content. Jake is loving towards his daughters, though he's often vulnerable to being taken advantage of - especially financially.

These are usually alternate universe fanfics. *For some reason AO3 screwed around my later chapters, but it's fixed now. Dad’s guilty about being less driven than Mom, but thinks it’s wrong to feel that way. (And by the way, it was the printer's fault.) *Skateboarders* Helen has also, in several episodes, become frustrated or sad about the lack of "spice" in the marriage. She’s someone who sees both the surface and the forces just below that surface. In Quinn’s defense, she was hypnotized when she went on that incoherent ramble. *What has kept me busy? He also stated that Jake isn't a very good businessman but manages to get a few lucrative jobs now and then - his problem isn't that he's stupid, it's that he's not as good at office politics as Helen. I know it's been a long time since my last creation (over a year! social media and texting is a part of it so. In fact, those kinds of public service announcements would’ve been antithetical to Daria’s persona. In which Daria and Kevin navigate through newfound discoveries. Please. In fact, those kinds of public service announcements would’ve been antithetical to Daria’s persona. Jake's time in military school further traumatized him, as his parents refused to visit him and all but forgot about him until graduation ("Of Human Bonding"). Daria does it in just a few short sentences. Jake's time at Buxton Ridge Military Academy further traumatized him, as his parents refused to visit him and all but forgot about him until graduation ("Of Human Bonding"). However, "Antisocial Climbers" showed that when they actually tried to talk about their relationship and feelings after having sex, they were completely unable to do it and ended up in embarrassed silence. Having "Mad Dog" as a father caused him to still wet the bed at age 15. Jake and Helen are and always have been much in love, but there is a strong undercurrent of resentment between the two of them in their relationship over various issues and it's made worse by the stress of their careers. Nobody likes poor old Jake.