Thursday, December 27, 2007

"Kinesha's First Kwanzaa"

While Andrew and Michele Landon do the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers thing for us this Kwanzaa, let us reflect on a story that once upon a time appeared in Daria Fanficland: "Kinesha's First Kwanzaa." I have forgotten the author's name, but he said he had titled the story after the children's book mentioned in "Pinch Sitter," as he could think of no other name for the tale. In a weird kind of way the name was appropriate, though for the life of me I could not say why.

The tale was an alternate-universe creation in which the birth order of Jane and Trent Lane was reversed, so it was Trent Lane who sat behind Daria in Mr. O'Neill's self-esteem class. Daria and Trent became friends but never dated; Jane, being older, had her own life but still looked after her little brother. It was a bittersweet story, very affecting and sad, though in no way tragic. The ending was moving and well handled, and I always considered it one of the best Daria AU stories ever done.

And then the author decided to have all his fanfiction removed from the Internet, and it vanished utterly. I cannot even find the story using the Wayback Machine at www.archive.org

Anyone remember this story? Anyone know where it can be found?

LATE NOTE: I have corrected the spelling of the story's title per the story itself, by Mr. Anonymous. Thanks to Cincgold (CINCGOLD?) for saving the day!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The author of "Kineesha's First Kwanzaa" would be the esteemed Mr. Anonymous.

The Angst Guy said...

!!!!

Thank you! 8)

The Angst Guy said...

But I still can't find it. 8(

Anonymous said...

http://ssw.ssw.net/fansub/fanfic/af/anonymous/kfk.htm

Happy Kwanzaa.

Unknown said...

And then the author decided to have all his fanfiction removed from the Internet, and it vanished utterly.

Seems to be quite a bit at ssw.

But not one of my favorite fics of all time, "Yes, Mr. Sloane".