"I baked these cookies for you!"

Happy Bake Cookies Day! Helen and Rita are getting into the spirit, just as long as the chocolate chips are already in the dough.

Incidentally, I could easily have actually tossed in that creepy framegrab of Daria with the plate of cookies from "Sealed With a Kick." Consider my forbearance to be an early Christmas gift to you all.

Fanfic Update!

• All Points (Something I bashed out....), by neonhomer (part 4): "'Captain. I need these people of my sickbay. They are wreaking havoc down here.' 'I would assume you mean our guests.' Said Picard. 'Yes Captain. Her husband and younger sister will not leave her bedside. Captain Cullen is attempting to run the show down here. Captain Lane is doing her best to keep her at bay, so Dr. Pulaski and I can attend to Captain Morgendorffer.' Said Crusher."


• The Author as a Lesbian, Season 4, by DeacBlue (part 3): "They were just coming out of English when the incident happened. Sandi had seen the three girls, and as they came together, knocked Tiffany into Jen. When both girls fell to the floor, she yelled, 'Fight! Fight!' until she saw Daria take a step close to her. Jane helped Jen up, then whispered into Jen's ear before they embraced. After several seconds, they pulled apart, just in time for the school security to show up. "


• A Cautionary Tale (Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Last Friday Night!), by Roentgen (COMPLETE!): "The car went silent. Sandi looked at Quinn with narrow, cold, eyes. 'Quinn Morgendorffer...are you insinuating that I am the kind of person who....breaks wind?' It was the kind of look that had destroyed freshmen and sophomores and cast them to the depths of unpopularity. It was the look of judge, jury and executioner. Even Quinn was afraid of THAT LOOK."


• Daria and Jane are Forced to Save Xmas, by JohnnyStyle (COMPLETE!): "Guy Fawkes day had forgotten that the Immaculate Conception day, Saint Nick's day and a few others had booked the band for a party up on the ski slopes on the Island's single mountain. And that it was the very next day. He didn't want it to go back to how it was before. They needed to make it to that gig and for that they needed Xmas."


• Daria - Double Down, by neonhomer (part 12): "'Hi Quinn.' Said Stacy, but the usual perkiness in her voice was gone. 'What’s wrong?' asked Quinn, as if she didn’t know the answer already. 'Come... inside... Quinn.' Said Tiffany. Quinn walked in the house, and Tiffany closed the door. They walked over and sat down on the couch. 'Sandi... is... planning... to... put... you... on.. a... fashion... sabbatical.'"


• God Save The Esteem ep 38: Highland Lassie, by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "Soon after she left, a News 7 special report about a major disaster cut into the TV. 'Damn it, Beavis, change it back!' 'I didn’t do this!' protested Beavis, worried at the back of his mind that there must be some guy with a hook for a hand phoning from inside the house like in that thing. 'The situation here is positively apocalyptic! A freight train has derailed, causing a potentially TOXIC gas leak!' ('Huh huh huh') 'As a precaution, a twenty-block radius of North Highland is currently being evacuated!'"


• Lawndale and Sandi Griffin’s Genie (Chapter 6), by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (part 3): "At the library, one of the middle school kids came up to Quinn. 'I think I have found something,' he said, as he held out a book. 'What is it?' Quinn asked, as she took the book. 'It’s a book of legends. My teacher says that all legends have a kernel of truth to them,' he said. Quinn thought. She remembered Mr. DeMartino and possibly at least one of her teachers back in Highland saying something similar. She looked at the cover. 'Selected Arabian Legends.'"


• LLH Alternate Future - 09 - It Never Ends, by psychotol (parts 7 and 8): "Quinn could continue with this course of action, and it might make Kristi complacent, but Quinn also considered the need to find out what was really going on with Kristi, interrogations were all about psychological manipulation, and part of that was getting the subject to suspend disbelief, so this probably was not an interrogation as such. It could also be an attempt to brainwash Quinn, but forcing Quinn to live like a baby? ... ... There was plenty of junk science in the field of psychology. Quinn decided to go with her current plan, draw Kristi in, knock her out, steal the keys and get the Legion in. Although she would seriously want to find her clothes or ANY adult clothes before anyone gets here, because this was seriously wrong." (Part 8)


• Maternity Surprise (Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Last Friday Night!), by lordscissorhand (COMPLETE!): "The Barksdale family always wound up in a Mexican standoff for this sort of thing. Everyone just waiting to shoot their mouth off at each other, hoping to mortally wound the others ego. This was exceedingly awkward for Jane, who still couldn't figure out why she was along for this ride. Rubbing it in was the fact that her father was there, but her mother wasn't. Although the landscape as she had been coming in was percolating some ideas."


• A QB Grows in Lawndale, by Kristen Bealer (part 14): "Kevin tried to cross one strand of the lanyard over another and found himself holding a great big snarl instead. He tossed it onto the table and stood up. 'Mr. O.?' he asked. 'Yes, Kevin?' The teacher came over. 'I think that Kristin's right.' Before Mr. O'Neill could argue, he pushed forward. 'It really is hot, and this camp would be a lot more fun if the kids got to go outside and do stuff sometimes.' 'I appreciate your concern for the children," Mr. O'Neill said in that tone of voice, 'but it just isn't safe for them out there!' Kevin almost considered putting the man in a headlock."


• Save the Last Trance for Me, by jtranser: "'...When the last roll of thunder diminishes off into the fading ozone, the dude will step out in a purple and white velour jumpsuit embroidered with the Philosopher's Union Logo and Sophos, the union mascot! Yes! And he'll also be wearing a weasel fur top hat with a propeller! And then...' 'Whoa, Jane! Stop! I'd still rather have someone on the order of Kierkegaard.'"


• Stacy Rowe, Seeker (Pt.III), by jtranser: "'Have you ever woken up one morning, your brain enshrouded in a gray fog, and looked at your possessions and collections, all neatly catalogued and arranged and come to the conclusion you needed to get rid of them?'"


• Tigresses of Lawndale (Reposted), by taishigi (parts 13 and 14): "Daria slid into one of the kitchen chairs. 'Hey,' she responded. 'Do you have some more music for me?' 'We do, but that's not why I needed to see you,' Trent said. His shoulders slumped. 'I hate to ask this, but we need a favor.' '"We" being the band?' Daria asked. She knew Trent would have been less shy if Jane needed something, while if the favor was merely for himself, he likely would not have even asked." (Part 14)


• Unnamed story (1,001 Deaths of Tom Sloane - Part II), by RX-87 (COMPLETE!): "The psychedelic vision Daria and Tom shared faded away as the shaft of magnetically contained plasma reduced Tom's body to atoms."