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The Minkiad (Fanfic)

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The Minkiad (Fanfic)	comment	The Minkiad AKA Unhappy In Its Own Way & The Lives of Genius are two fanfics written by Auburn Red that chronicles the lives of Stuart and Farkle Minkus, the father and son from Boy Meets World and Girl Meets World. They take place in an Alternate Universe setting where Jennifer Bassett’s personality hasn’t changed since she was in high school and because of certain dramatic events in the fic, the canon goes through some unforeseen changes as well.Unhappy In Its Own Way- AKA UIOW was written first. It is an After-Action Report fic following the events of the Girl Meets World episode, “Girl Meets Flaws” in which Cory has a parent-teacher conference with Minkus about Farkle’s behavior in the episode. Through the conference, Minkus reveals to Cory secrets about his and Farkle’s home life particularly that his wife, Jennifer has been verbally abusive towards Farkle and himself. The conversation between Cory and Minkus leads to a chain of events and a bad situation that becomes worse. Can Cory, Riley, and their friends help put an end to this situation before it’s too late?The Lives of Genius- AKA LOG was written second but chronologically it begins as a prequel to UIOW. It continues as a midquel referring to events in the previous fic, and the final chapters follow the events in UIOW. This fic takes us through Minkus and Farkle’s lives through the years including the Boy Meets World years seen through Minkus’ eyes the “Other Part of the School”, the beginnings and development of Minkus International, Minkus and Jennifer’s dating, engagement, and married life, Farkle’s birth, Jennifer’s abuse towards her husband and son, Farkle’s first meetings with Riley, Maya, and Lucas, and Minkus’ reunion with Cory, Topanga, and Shawn. We also get to look into canon characters from Boy Meets World such as Alvin Meese, Ingrid Iverson, Libby Harper, Dana Pruitt, Claire Ferguson, Mr. Mack’s Sherry, College Professor Stuart, Loni, Jason Marsden, Desiree, and meet some BMW characters who have yet to appear on GMW like Morgan Matthews and Rachel McGuire. It also is a mini-crossover with Mad Men in which it is revealed that Michael Ginsberg, the copywriter from Mad Men is Ginsburg from “Girl Meets 1961’s” nephew therfore he is Minkus’ second cousin and Farkle’s third cousin. We also later get guest appearances from Rusty Venture and his sons Hank and Dean from the animated series, The Venture Bros..These fics are examples of Angst and Hurt/Comfort fics that include Drug Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental Illnesses, School Bullying, Child Abuse, Domestic Abuse (notably Female on Male), Attempted Rape, and Attempted Suicide. But through the darkness, there is a Happy Ending in which the characters particularly Minkus and Farkle emerge through better stronger people with a deep sense of love and respect for each other, their friends, and their romances.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: Minkus has one after he runs away to live with his grandfather. Ginsburg doesn’t recognize him from the Alzheimers and Minkus is robbed of all the money he saved for a year. He sits down on a sidewalk curb and sobs. Minkus has another one in the final chapters after his father’s funeral and his mother accuses him of not knowing how to love and that he deserved the abuse Jennifer gave him, Minkus returns to work upgrading the Minkus technologies resulting in his mental breakdown. Farkle has a few as well. After his mother yells at him and says that she would be better off without him, he walks slowly to his room. He cries picturing his future as unwanted and unloved leading to a very unpleasant conclusion. Also after his mother’s intervention, Jennifer slaps Farkle across the face, and tells Minkus that he “can keep the brat for now.” Farkle sinks down in despair and tears sobbing, “She doesn’t want me. She doesn’t love me. Why doesn’t she want me?” to be comforted by his father:
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_170128e9	comment	Right Behind Me: Just like in the series, Cory falls victim to this. He says he is sick of hearing about celebrity separation gossip and Minkus is standing behind him. He covers up by saying that he’s referring to Kris and Caitlyn Jenner; Meese falls victim to this when he insults Farkle and Minkus saying Farkle is a brat and Minkus has gone soft. He ignores Jessie’s “he’s not that bad” and meaningful looks until oops! Lonny and Ali fall for this when they announce that Minkus and Morgan’s date was in the paper, which Eddie and Jessie were trying to hide. They do this after greeting Minkus who was in the same room.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_17501df2	type	Cool Old Guy
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_17501df2	comment	Cool Old Guy: Grandpa Ginsburg! He helped raise Minkus when he was very young and the boy visited him every day after school. They traded word and number games like Farkle, Continuation, Logic Puzzles, Patterns etc. Ginsburg is still in his beatnik attitude from when he was younger often advising his grandson in terms like Minkus and his mother “are just on different paths in this vast Universe.” He is the only person that Minkus felt truly understood him and was a refuge from bullying classmates and his parent’s indifference. It’s no wonder that Minkus loved him and considered him the “wisest best man that (he) knew.”
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_1777688d	type	Genre Savvy
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_1777688d	comment	Genre Savvy: There are three moments of this: When Hathorne, Bassett’s aide uses the exact words that Meese says about a multimillionaire being interested and funding their research for the next five years, Minkus expresses surprise that he would say that when they were just talking about it. Hathorne says he knows, he was listening at the door. The second is when Sam Russo enters Minkus’ office and he covers up staring at her in surprise for looking similar to Topanga by indicating he thought that Sam was a man. When Sam mentions this, Minkus says he was teasing her and that her resume clearly states Samantha Joanne Russo. When a TV reporter mispronounces Farkle’s name as “Fark-Lee,” Shawn yells at the screen, “Farkle the kid’s name is Farkle” half expecting for the reporter to answer back.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_17d9043d	type	Read the Fine Print
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_17d9043d	comment	Read the Fine Print: Stuart gives partnership of Minkus Technologies to his in-laws without realizing that they have the ability to remove him as CEO later and they do.You think he would have been smart enough to read the whole document before he signed it first.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Minkus’ software technicians, Black and Nerdy Lonny Overton and Granola Girl Ali Gold fit the bill. Sometimes Minkus’ Accounts VP, Eddie Giatti and Office Manager, Jessie Goloff do as well.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_1dfd19f9	type	Papa Wolf
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_1dfd19f9	comment	Papa Wolf: Stuart Minkus gets protective over Farkle many times throughout the fics. One of the reasons that he stays with Jennifer is so he could protect and take the abuse meant for Farkle. During the intervention, when Jennifer attacks Farkle, Minkus stands in front: A phone call from Farkle only saying three words, “Dad,” and “ please help” is enough to send Minkus taking the red-eye to Rochester and to enter the Bassett home to look for his son. Minkus also protects Farkle from other people such as Meese. When Meese slaps him, Minkus cites this as a reason why his dismissal is so much easier for him. Cory also gets very Papa Wolf towards his children and his students at times. When Jennifer reveals that she knew that he called DFS on her
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_20989d05	type	Parents as People
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_20989d05	comment	Parents as People: The Ginsburg-Minkuses have three generations of parental difficulties. Ginsburg was a free spirit who felt tied down by his wife and daughter so he left themto open the Café Hey and be around artists, thinkers, and musicians. His daughter Nonnie, AKA Nancy was so bitter and preoccupied with a fear of being hurt or abandoned that she “avoided being hurt” by dismissing her son’s achievements and believing that he was strange or dangerous and got her husband to go along with her fears. Her son, Stuart while a loving father, is packed with insecurities and self-esteem issues stemming from his parent’s anxieties and abuse from his wife, that cause difficulties between him and Farkle even long after he and Jennifer get divorced. It doesn’t look good for our little funny-named friend to be a stable well-adjusted father in the future (and considering that he’s with Maya who has her own issues it seems less likely.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_22a27b19	type	Alpha Bitch
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_22a27b19	comment	Alpha Bitch: Jennifer not only with her old friends, Libby and Dana but also with various other people such as J.J. the rapist and his men, and the party-goers at her home
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_26ac510e	type	Mythology Gag
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_26ac510e	comment	Mythology Gag: There are plenty of them! One in particular is Minkus’ line towards Meese, “What world could you ever replace me?” referring to the fact that Meese DID in fact replace Minkus as the show’s resident nerd for a time when Cory, Shawn, and Topanga entered high school. Another is Morgan’s line that she was “practically a different person by the time she became a tween” referring to the fact that she was played by two different actresses, Lily Nicksay and Lindsey Ridgway. And let’s not forget the question from Katy to her friends: “Did everyone in New York go to high school with you in Philadelphia because really I’m starting to feel left out?” Also mirrored in Rachel and Minkus’ conversation about the incongruity that everyone seems to know Cory, Topanga, and Shawn. Another is when recalling Farkle’s Genius Party, Minkus refers to the fact that Jennifer was in rehab so he had to fill both roles as mother and father in Farkle’s life and that he had to downscale the Genius Party because he did not have as much money. The narration says “too bad because he was looking forward to ordering the complimentary penguins” referring to not only was Jennifer present at the Genius Party in the canon but so were the complimentary penguins! Also Farkle’s original working name, “Shamus Farkle,” (before the writers changed his name to Farkle Minkus and made him Minkus’ son) is referred to in UIOW when Jennifer thinks “I wanted to name him Shamus, but he had to go and name him while I was laid up with post-partum depression” and later in LOG when Farkle moves in with his mother and she changes his name to Shamus Bassett.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_26eb6287	type	Funny Background Event
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_26eb6287	comment	Funny Background Event: While Farkle and Rusty Venture are engaged in a heart-to-heart in which Rusty compares notes between his and Minkus’ bad upbringings, Brock Samson is busy saving Hank and Dean’s life from the Monarchs. Rusty takes the situation totally in stride despite the confusion of Farkle and his friends and the MSTing from Riley, Lucas, and Maya, until the lab explodes.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_28cd01ca	comment	It doesn’t look good for our little funny-named friend to be a stable well-adjusted father in the future (and considering that he’s with Maya who has her own issues it seems less likely.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_2be15316	type	Ambiguously Jewish
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_2be15316	comment	Ambiguously Jewish: Subverted in that it mentions that Ginsburg grew up in a Jewish home and his Brooklyn neighborhood is Jewish; While he is an agnostic, he considers himself open minded enough to speak about “Karma” and “the Universe.” His daughter downplays her religion to the point that she hires a pastor to perform her father’s funeral services. Minkus even says that she could have gotten a rabbi. Later Farkle’s Berserk Button is pushed when his cousin Andrew refers to Minkus in Anti-Semtic slurs. Jessie Goloff is revealed to be Jewish when Minkus wishes her a Happy Hannukah, “well a few days late anyway.”
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_2d364c81	type	Tomboy and Girly Girl
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_2d364c81	comment	Tomboy and Girly Girl: Morgan and Jennifer respectively though at times it is subverted when Morgan says she likes to “be dressy and feminine, likes rom coms and chick lit, old love songs, and flowers” and Jennifer could be as physically strong as any man as the series show and has no problem physically hurting Stuart many times. In the concept for the game The Goddess Wars, Sam Russo describes the two protagonists, Fienna and Marilena as this.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Jennifer does show a tremendous amount of creative talent in decorating her home in various styles such as French Provincial, Hollywood Regency, etc. Plus she decorated Farkle’s nursery with Literary Characters. However, she does not have much of a drive to find employment or interest in using her talents beyond her home; Plus as also mentioned in the canon, she is an amazing gourmet cook. Despite their fears towards their son and inability to provide Stuart with a stable homelife, Tom and Nancy Minkus had a very loving marriage shown very prominently in the final chapters after Tom’s death.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_313e9485	type	Hero with Bad Publicity
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_313e9485	comment	Hero with Bad Publicity: Edward Bassett orchestrates a media backlash against Stuart Minkus when he’s dismissed as CEO from Minkus International and later before Stuart and Jennifer’s custody battle over Farkle. It includes domestic violence protesters, boycotts, clients withdrawing their support for Minkus’ new company, barrage of reporters, and of course the piece de resistance a PR stunt/One-on-one interview from Jennifer portraying Minkus as an abusive fortune hunter.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Jennifer is not exactly dancing with jubilation when she believes that her son has committed suicide. Later when Farkle issues an ultimatum that if he returns with them, he will be miserable and ultimately dead by either their hand or his own, Jennifer surrenders custody of him and consents to allow Stuart to keep him.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_31da1e24	type	Shipper on Deck
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_31da1e24	comment	Shipper on Deck: Eddie acts this way towards Minkus and Morgan when he sees that they are interested in each other. Once Cory gets over his concern of the two getting their picture in the paper, he gives them their blessing but suggests that they wait “until after (Minkus’ divorce) is over.”
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_3ec7b285	type	Meanwhile Scene
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_3ec7b285	comment	Meanwhile Scene: The Lives of Genius Chapters 15-17 are meant to be read alongside Unhappy In Its Own Way because they offer different perspectives of similar events. Events that are alluded to in UIOW are shown in LOG and vice versa. Such as Minkus and Harley’s conversation in LOG takes place the next day after Farkle and Minkus attend the abuse support group meeting from UIOW. LOG Chapter 16 begins when Farkle wakes up from his attempted suicide in UIOW and the events in UIOW are explained as well as Stuart’s arrest for domestic violence; Jennifer’s point of view is told in LOG right before and after her intervention in UIOW explaining why she agreed to seek rehab afterwards. Also events detailing Minkus’ removal as CEO, starting his new company, and receiving the request from Jonathan Turner which are glossed over in UIOW are heavily detailed in LOG Chapters 16-17.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: Many of the characters hide their true feelings or what they think is their true selves behind another layer. Minkus hides his unhappy home life and low self-esteem behind a mantle of “Big Business CEO.” Farkle worries that his mother is the only one to see him for how he thinks he really is: stupid, ugly, etc. Maya reminds him that there is no mask that the mask IS the real him. Maya and Katy cover up their abuse by not talking about it, until Katy brings it forward in court. Morgan hides her Attempted Rape from Stuart by pretending that she doesn’t care about him.; In his intervention letter, Stuart is uncertatin whether the Jennifer he fell in love with was a mask or the real Jennifer, but he believes that she is capable of being that person again.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_4766ca14	comment	Volleying Insults: Minkus often does this with Jennifer’s brothers, Teddy and Tommy Bassett. When Minkus proposes to Jennifer, the twins deride Minkus as being “NOK: Not Our Kind” to which Minkus smarts back, “I’m not asking to marry either of you…I know it’s hard for you two to comprehend, but I am talking to your sister!” Shawn and Minkus continue their sniping relationship despite becoming friends when they recall their old insults towards each other such as “Suck Up!” “Future Plumber!” “Teacher’s Pet!” “Fix a sink!” “Geek Master!” “Recidivist!”; Minkus also volleyes insults with Rusty Venture from the Venture Bros. such as when Rusty calls Minkus, “Lonesome Loser” and Minkus calls Rusty, “Captain Hair.”
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Minkus sometimes acts like a jerk to his employees particularly after Jennifer fights with him and he takes his anger out on them. However, his love for Farkle is never in doubt and he does show affection for his colleagues when he praises them for a job well done and solicits their help in starting an independent business.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_4782e60f	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Jerk:In contrast to Minkus’ kindness hidden behind his jerkiness, Alvin Meese appears not to have any “heart of gold.”He constantly wants to get the accolades for himself, steals from his company and practices insider trading. He also has no trouble stepping in as CEO and potential son-in-law to Edward Bassett when Stuart is removed from both.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_4aaffbd5	type	I Never Said It Was Poison
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_4aaffbd5	comment	I Never Said It Was Poison: While on the witness stand, Minkus’ attorney Rosemary Welles questions a doctor about a report from an unnamed attendant on Jennifer’s behavior. The doctor kept insisting that he heard the report for the first time in court and then blurted out that the attendant had been fired shortly after filing the report. Not only did he know the attendant’s name which Rosemary did not give, but he knew what happened to the attendant. Wah Wah Wahhhh!
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_4b316d47	comment	Break the Cutie: These fics are examples of breaking poor Farkle from his mother’s verbal abuse and taunts that drive him to suicide and later when he moves in with her and is disciplined by his grandfather, neglected by his mother, insulted by teachers and students at his new school, and molested by Jennifer’s friends.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_4ef92d0b	comment	The Atoner: Part of the reason that Cory is so involved in Minkus and Farkle’s struggles against Jennifer is because he wants to apologize for how he treated Minkus when they were kids: Ginsburg’s close bond with his grandson, Stuart, is partly to atone for not being around for his daughter, Stuart’s mother, which she tells him that he’s too late.; After Ginsburg dies, Minkus visits his grave and apologizes for him and Jennifer living so far above their means that Minkus could no longer afford to keep him at the seniors residential area in which he was living. He tells Ginsburg: Part of the reason that Minkus decides to create the Café Hey Digital Library is to atone for Ginsburg’s eviction and to honor him the way that he felt that she should be honored instead of with the small impersonal funeral that Nonnie gave him.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Alvin Meese especially When he and Edward Bassett reveal that Meese will be replacing Minkus as CEO and that the company will be called Meese International instead:
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_55ee648c	comment	His daughter Nonnie, AKA Nancy was so bitter and preoccupied with a fear of being hurt or abandoned that she “avoided being hurt” by dismissing her son’s achievements and believing that he was strange or dangerous and got her husband to go along with her fears.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_56f127dc	comment	Stereotypical Nerd: The stereotype and its portrayal over time is discussed by Minkus: Also part of Minkus’ reluctance to accept help comes from his mistrust towards Cory and Shawn over how they treated him when he was in school.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_58970413	comment	Coincidental Broadcast:[[spoiler:This happens three times in the Minkiad. In UIOW, Katy and Shawn hear about Stuart’s arrest and release, and Farkle’s suicide attempt so they run to Stuart’s aid. In LOG, Farkle hears about his father’s dismissal and is in despair and guilt over the event. Also in LOG Morgan follows the Minkus custody trial on the Internet and reads about Katy’s testimony that she would go far for a friend. This gives her the inspiration to speak in Minkus’ defense. Technically Jennifer’s interview doesn’t quite count, since it mostly consists of her exaggerations and fabrications of the events to portray herself as the wronged abused wife, so it represents the plot as she wants people to see it, not as it really was.]]
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_5d414804	comment	Just Friends: Minkus insists that he and Morgan are just this, in fact that Morgan is “practically a little sister to (him)” despite Eddie’s suggestion otherwise. Minkus really is this to Ingrid, Katy, and Rachel. He also tells Topanga to “just be (his) friend,” when his crush evaporates and he accepts friendship from her, Cory, and Shawn. When Minkus explains his friendship with Katy (or thinks that he has to), Morgan tells him that she has plenty of male just friends that she works with or are regular customers at Matthews’.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_617f0563	comment	Heel–Face Turn: While not a complete conversion, after Farkle threatens to either kill himself or die by Edward’s punishment, Jennifer agrees to let him live with his father instead of fighting for him.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_61b576af	type	I Take Offense to That Last One
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_61b576af	comment	I Take Offense to That Last One: One when Stuart says that a sale at Bloomingdale’s is more important to Jennifer than her son’s future, Jennifer counters by saying the sale is at Sak’s. Also when Jennifer accuses Ginsburg of being “A Dime Store Diner Guru,” Minkus objects and says that his grandfather owned a caf&eacute. When Minkus tells Ginsburg that he hasn’t kept the 10 Commandments, Ginsburg counters with “Hey, I never made a graven image!” (So he had other Gods, took the lord’s name in vain, did not honor the Sabbath, dishonored his mother and father, committed adultery, stole, bore false witness, coveted, and killed?)
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_627264e0	comment	Death Glare: Jennifer gives one to a caterer before she grabs a knife to threaten suicide; She also gives one to Stuart when he is about to tell the hospital administrator about the abuse. Topanga gives one to Cory when Riley mentioned that they learned about Civil Disobedience. Riley attempts to give one to Jennifer at the intervention when the older woman flirts with Lucas, but the narration says that she looked more like a demented puppy, upset that someone took her chew toy.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_62907b90	type	Bottle Episode
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_62907b90	comment	Bottle Episode: There are a few moments in the two fics which take place in a small area, or with mostly one setting with a small amount of the characters. Chapter One of Unhappy In Its Own Way is primarily a Parent-Teacher conference between Minkus and Cory over the events from “Girl Meets Flaws.” Chapter Four of the same fic mostly takes place in Mt. Sinai as Minkus and his and Farkle’s friends are waiting for Farkle to wake up from his suicide-induced coma. Chapter One of Lives of Genius is mostly set in the home of Ginsburg and features conversations between him and Minkus. A good portion of Chapter 10 of the same fic deals with a “Guy’s Night In” and a stargazing trip between Farkle and Minkus.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_644eca71	comment	Rich Bitch: Guess, oh just guess.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_64e975cf	type	Manly Tears
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_64e975cf	comment	Manly Tears: There are plenty of chances for Minkus to cry throughout the fics such as when his son is born and he cries Tears of Joy. Also when Farkle lays in the hospital from a suicide induced coma, Minkus considers turning off Farkle’s life support until Shawn asks him what he knows in his heart. Minkus sobs and says that he doesn’t want Farkle to die, that he deserves a chance to grow up, and that he’s everything to him. Also after Farkle moves in with his mother, Minkus manages to hold his emotions in check until he drives down the highway and has to stop because his tears are making it difficult to drive.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_65bc92fc	type	Four-Temperament Ensemble
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_65bc92fc	comment	Four-Temperament Ensemble: Stuart Minkus: Choleric Alvin Meese: Melancholic Elliot Smackle: Sanguine Ingrid Iverson: Phlegmatic
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_68068108	comment	Evil Laugh: Morgan rubs her hands and does a parody of a villainous laugh when she says that Matthews’ Wilderness is now almost in her full complete power.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_680f950	comment	Gilligan Cut: When Minkus says that he understands that being CEO requires a sense of detachment, ruthlessness, and utter professionalism, Jessie chooses that exact moment to give Minkus Farkle’s snacks and a toy stuffed animal. When Farkle and Minkus go stargazing and are camping out, Farkle is terrified by the noise and Minkus suggests that they can sleep in a hotel. Farkle insists he’s not scared. Cut to Farkle and Minkus at the lobby of a hotel and booking a room for the night. Morgan says that her and Minkus’ photo was featured in one New York newspaper and that it’s not like anyone in the U.S. knows about it. She says this right before she and Cory get a phone call from Daddy-O, Alan Matthews, in Philadelphia.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_6ca72c26	type	All Take and No Give
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_6ca72c26	comment	All Take and No Give: Farkle describes his father’s marriage as such: “You gave so much to Jennifer and she never gave anything back and you think that you have to be that way with me.”
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_6d332aea	comment	Farkle has a few as well. After his mother yells at him and says that she would be better off without him, he walks slowly to his room. He cries picturing his future as unwanted and unloved leading to a very unpleasant conclusion.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_6fc21d06	type	Fiction 500
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_6fc21d06	comment	Fiction 500: We get inside the inner workings of Minkus Technologies/Minkus International including the stockholders, employees, business associates, clients, and personnel difficulties. Minkus and his associates climb higher in the business world from small beginnings to a multi-International conglomerate. As they ascend higher, Alvin Meese becomes a greedy self-serving yuppie, Ingrid Iverson and Elliot Smackle become disenchanted and leave for the academic world, and Minkus remains with the company internally torn between ethics and profit. He later becomes overwhelmed by the role of “Big Money CEO” and feels smothered by others’ expectations. Such discussions include buying out of shares, insider trading, merging with other companies, small businesses vs. big business, the role of the CEO, corporate takeovers, locating stockholders and clients, a business’ public image when the employees have problems, ecommerce stores, and having and sticking to a company’s core values.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_727a65e0	type	Gaslighting
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_727a65e0	comment	Gaslighting: As it is one of the signs of an abusive relationship, Jennifer practices this. When Stuart reminds Jennifer of her DWI and he got rid of the alcohol she claims that she did it on her own and that they didn’t fight about it. It is implied that she practices this with Farkle when he recalls Other Stuart and Sherry molesting him and she says either he was dreaming or misinterpreted what they did.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_7426582d	type	Token Minority
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_7426582d	comment	Token Minority: Minkus is very matter-of-fact about Jessie, his office manager, being a lesbian and he also keeps Christine Monte, a hardware designer who happens to be a transgender,on his team. Notable that he recognizes their abilities and contributions to the company without making much of a mention of their sexuality. Christine praises him for his giving her a chance and cites that as a reason she decides to jump ship with him to create Minkus Technologies. Minkus also makes Jessie a partner in the new Minkus Technologies and acknowledges her creation of the Feenix device.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	comment	Lonely at the Top: As the head of Minkus International, Minkus enjoys leading the team, creating the technologies such as the MIMS, the Farkle phones etc. However he also feels smothered by the expectations from his in-laws, that he has to please everyone, put on a brave face for the public, and care only for profit. The worst aspects of the CEO’s role overwhelm Minkus for many years causing him to feel pressured and trapped by his role as well as suffering under the strain of an abusive marriage. When he is removed he creates another smaller company, Minkus Technologies, which puts him at a more hands-on role in producing quality technologies and becomes more involved in the creation of the products and with his employees.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_8387bb18	type	Good Girls Avoid Abortion
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_8387bb18	comment	Good Girls Avoid Abortion: When Jennifer is pregnant, Stuart suggests an abortion; Both Jennfier and Edward are horrified since it conflicts with their religious beliefs-Edward even calls them “Baby Butchers.” Farkle later is shocked to learn his father suggested the abortion, but less by morals than he is by the thought that his father didn’t want him. Cory even tells Minkus when he edits his intervention letter
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_83a903f6	type	Stepford Smiler
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_83a903f6	comment	Stepford Smiler: Jennifer is one of the Type C variety particularly in UIOW when she takes pictures for an article to try to sell her family as the perfect happy loving family when they are anything but. Stuart is one of the Type A variety in that he has to act like he’s happy even though he is miserable and anguished over his son’s abuse.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_88933ad4	type	Parental Favoritism
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_88933ad4	comment	Parental Favoritism: Teddy and Tommy Bassett believe that their father considers Jennifer his favorite child. We later learn from their mother, Eunice that their father, Edward, deliberately played his children off of each other in an attempt to make them strong, so he had no favorite.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_8cb1a369	type	Took a Level in Jerkass
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_8cb1a369	comment	Took a Level in Jerkass: Jennifer is not the nice loving mother that we saw in “Girl Meets Farkle” instead she is an abusive manipulative bitch more like her high school persona; One of Morgan’s rapists is revealed to be Kermit Clutterbucket, Katy’s ex-husband and Maya’s father. Alvin Meese, a sniveling high school nerd becomes a greedy self-serving Yuppie who practices Insider Trading and has no problem stepping in as CEO of Minkus International when Minkus is removed. Libby Harper a vague dizzy girl in high school becomes a self-involved real estate criminal who has no problems in committing perjury in exchange for a lighter prison sentence at the Minkus custody trial. While College Professor Stuart is a jerk in the canon, at least his conquests were legal adults until now; Sherry Mr. Mack’s recruiter is implied to be not only Mack’s former mistress but is revealed to be Professor Stuart’s current girlfriend and co-hort in seducing underage conquests. Some may think Claire’s single-minded pursuit against Minkus believing him to be an abuser could be described as fanatic, though she is sympathetic because of her past history with her father.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_94e4c8ab	type	Betty and Veronica
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_94e4c8ab	comment	Betty and Veronica: Though not in appearance since they are both blondes, Jennifer’s spoiled rich snob and Morgan’s sweet “girl next door” definitely fit Veronica and Betty’s personalities respectively with put upon Minkus as Archie.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_96fbeaf	type	There Are No Therapists
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_96fbeaf	comment	There Are No Therapists: Subverted in that several of the characters seek psychiatric help such as Farkle and Minkus in his youth. However when Rachel suggests that Minkus seek a therapist, he doesn’t want to. It isn’t until he has another breakdown upon adulthood that Minkus agrees to see one. Jennifer, and her friends, Dana Pruitt-Livingstone and J.J. Stone have also been in therapy and rehab but they appeared not to have taken. Jennfier tells J.J. that the only thing he learned was that he was an addict.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_9c8701b5	type	A Day in the Limelight
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_9c8701b5	comment	A Day in the Limelight: The first three chapters of Lives of Genius focus on Minkus’ time in elementary to high school when the canon has gone into the lives of Cory, Topanga, Shawn and their families; Of particular notice, the readers discover that the “Other Part of the School” is an area for troubled students with emotional problems. In fact most of the early chapters of Lives of Genius, the events from Boy Meets World are referred to but mostly not shown; Cory, Topanga, and Shawn are hardly shown-Cory only in the Graduation Day scenes, Topanga has one scene at the Science Fair and Shawn has two scenes-at Graduation Day and at a restaurant in which he encounters the engaged Stuart and Jennifer. The gang are also seen briefly through a window after Riley is born and Minkus is contemplating his life after his grandfather’s death and his wife’s pregnancy. This is intentional so the readers can focus on what Stuart Minkus was going through during this time. It’s not until their children become friends that Cory and Topanga and eventually Shawn become regular characters as they have reappeared in Stuart Minkus’ life.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: There are plenty of events that foreshadow the canon such as Ginsburg and Minkus’ conversation about Cory and Shawn in which Minkus is stunned that his grandfather would suggest that he would have something in common in the future with them and be their friend-foreshadowing that they would eventually be friends because of something that they do have in common, their children. Dr. Hanlon’s observation that Minkus may someday find his home and love foreshadows his affection for his son, Farkle. Jennifer’s throwing her ring at Minkus is shown for the first time when Farkle is five. Minkus think that it’s a way of saying, “I can toss you away just as easily as this ring and forget about the life that we built together and there is nothing you can do about it.” Shawn’s disappearance from Cory’s life for 13 years is foretold when he thinks that he feels like a “third wheel” in their lives and his obvious ambivalence after Riley’s birth Farkle’s claim that “Farkle Minkus will always be Farkle Minkus” and Minkus response that he should record this conversation as a reminder of course foretells the Donnie Barnes persona, Farkle’s future goal, “Dictator of the World,” is prophecised when Minkus tells Jennifer with her appearance, his brain, and even a drop of their egos their child could be Future Dictator of the World.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Jennifer goes from deep depression and sobbing over believing that her son is dead to anger when her mother informs her that he’s alive and that Minkus cancelled her credit cards (A ruse to get her to attend her intervention). In other words she goes from sympathetic grief-stricken mother to a rage-filled spoiled narcissist in no time at all.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_a63f45d5	comment	Cool Uncle: Minkus’ VP, Eddie Giatti fills this in Farkle’s life even from a young age when he visits MI and Eddie calls him “junior” and defends him from Meese’s slaps. That bond continues when Farkle’s a teenager and he visits his father and his colleagues. Particularly when Farkle is in the hospital and Eddie says that “Farkle will pull through because he’s like his old man.” Farkle even thinks of Eddie as a surrogate uncle.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: Besides Minkus and Jennifer being featured characters in the fanfic we also get to peer into the recent lives of Libby Harper, Dana Pruitt, Alvin Meese, Ingrid Iverson, Loni the Matthews’ former store associate, College Professor Stuart, Mr. Mack’s Sherry, Claire Ferguson, and Jason Marsden and hear about T.K Keiner and Southern Belle Desiree. We also get to reunite with important characters from Boy Meets World that have yet to appear in Girl Meets World, such as Morgan Matthews and Rachel McGuire and hear about Joey Epstein. Alvin Meese’s portrayal in the Minkiad began this way. The fact that at one time he worked at Minkus International and had been fired was only meant to be a throw-away gag line in UIOW to show another BMW grad stil in their universe. After awhile, the author began to explore the possibilities of Alvin Meese being the type of character that would have many of Stuart Minkus’ flaws (arrogance, conceit, know-it-all attitude) but none of his virtues (loving father, hidden kindness, friendships). So she expanded Meese’s role in LOG and developed his and Minkus’ antagonistic relationship accordingly.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_a6e8221e	comment	Status Quo Is God: Cory asks Minkus if he prefers to be called “Stuart,” Minkus says that he is used to being called “Minkus” from Cory and Shawn and that they may continue to do so. Topanga, Katy, Rachel, and Morgan call him “Stuart” however.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Even though Edward and Jennifer Bassett have committed multiple felonies such as child abuse, conspiracy to committ rape, blackmail, etc, they receive very little punishment for their crimes. Edward only gets a fine and Jennifer gets probation with court appointed rehabilitation. Their wealth apparently bought off their minimal sentences. However, Jennifer does surrender sole custody of Farkle to Minkus considering him “no longer worth it,” and realizes that Farkle is more Minkus’ son than hers. Also her and Edward’s relationship seems to have severed since they got into a huge fight and she moved to Europe. Alvin Meese is one too in that though he served prison time for Insider Trading and Accounts Mismanagement, he is given a light sentence and becomes CEO of the company from which he was removed!
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Of course with Minkus and Meese at the helm it becomes dueling snarkers! Minkus snarks at his wife, because he can’t find any other defense from her such as telling her “Enjoy drinking your dinner.” Eddie gets a few zings in too like his description of Minkus’ situation as being “Duggars bad.” **Also Christine Monte does too with her sarcastic question to Minkus and Jennifer, “You two are a rock solid couple! What happened?” Minkus and Rusty Venture have a snarking relationship in which Rusty mocks Minkus’ marriage and Minkus mocks Rusty’s baldness among other issues.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: The characters’ catchphrases are referred to throughout the fanfics. For example when six year old Maya gives Riley a purple crayon at their first meeting she does her famous “Yayy!” Lucas tries to prompt Maya to tease him by saying that he’s been driving his mother’s truck then hints “You know truck, the type of vehicle a Ranger Rick or a Bucky McBoingBoing would drive, a guy that goes hurr?” using Maya’s nicknames for him. Maya at one time goes through Farkle’s window saying, “Gentlemen! I always wanted to say that” probably in the same tone as Farkle’s “Ladies.”
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_b06bbf4b	type	Be Careful What You Wish For
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_b06bbf4b	comment	Be Careful What You Wish For: Minkus becomes a multi-millionaire CEO of a computer company but it is at the expense of marrying an abusive woman and being confined by his in-laws who manipulate him into making them partners.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_b0e81c37	type	A Simple Plan
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_b0e81c37	comment	A Simple Plan: Farkle and his friends’ plan of getting him out of his mother’s house involves Farkle writing a message in code while collecting evidence of his mother’s and grandfather’s abuse for his father, Riley, Maya, and Lucas driving up to Rochester under false pretenses with his grandmother getting him off the compound, driving back by Lucas who has no driver’s license and receiving information from Zay and Smackle via smartphone. That’s not to mention the police blockade, detour into the woods and backroads of upstate New York, car trouble, and supernatural aid from the late but very helpful Malachi and Michael Ginsburg.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_b11ac9f5	type	Abusive Parents
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_b11ac9f5	comment	Abusive Parents:-Besides the aforementioned Jennifer, we also have Kermit Clutterbucket who sexually abused Maya and physically beat Katy for trying to stop him. Edward Bassett is also revealed to be at least verbally abusive towards his daughter, Jennifer, sons, Teddy and Tommy, and his grandchildren, Andrew, Laurie, and Ginny. If what Jennifer’s mother, Eunice, says is any indication about her children growing up to not feel or understand love, then Jennifer’s brothers, Teddy and Tommy are possibly just as abusive towards their children as Jennifer is to Farkle. Claire Ferguson recalls not only her abuse from her father, but also her former husband’s abuse towards her and her daughter. Morgan mentions that her former boyfriend was at least verbally abusive and would have been physical, if she wasn’t able to fight him back. The final abuse support group meeting is attended by Eric’s old friend, Jason Marsden who hints that his former wife, “Bag of Misery,” Desiree was abusive as well.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: When Sam Russo presents her game, The Goddess Wars, Minkus says that one of the refreshing things about it is that neither of the lead female characters are princesses, you know kind of like a certain company’s lead female characters?
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_bb0150c8	type	CoolAunt
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_bb0150c8	comment	Cool Aunt: Minkus’ Office Manager, Jessie Goloff fills this in Farkle’s life even from a young age when she takes him on a tour of MI and tells Farkle about her favorite stuffed bear, Barry Bearington. That bond continues when Farkle’s a teenager and he visits them. He even thinks of Jessie as a surrogate aunt.; Jessie considers herself a surrogate older sister to Stuart who couldn’t help, but see the troubled relationship between Stuart and Jennifer.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_bb2d4227	type	Cast Full of Crazy
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_bb2d4227	comment	Cast Full of Crazy: All over the friggin’ fics! Stuart has a nervous breakdown in high school and one later as an adult; Both he and Farkle show signs of being Overachievers, Jennifer is diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and displays symptoms of it long before her diagnosis; Jennifer also is a Compulsive Shopper, Ginsburg has Alzheimers beginning at the young age of 57; Michael Ginsberg’s institutionalization in Mad Men is referred to many times as well as the after effects such as him having a lobotomy and never fully recovering from the experience; Dana Pruitt has Anorexia Nervosa; Farkle attempts suicide and is diagnosed with Depression and Anxiety disorder and also is given to frequent Panic Attacks that are usually talked down by his father, friends, and one time his great-grandfather’s ghost; Farkle and Minkus both continue to have low self-esteem issues; part of the reason that Morgan rejects Minkus is because of PTSD from her attempted rape; While overdramatized, Riley’s transformation to Morotia M. Black could imply depression after Farkle’s suicide attempt; While Farkle seeks a therapist willingly and takes his medicine, Minkus refuses to see one upon Rachel’s suggestion. It is not until his mental breakdown as an adult that Minkus agrees to see one.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_bbc77bb5	type	Hard Truth Aesop
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_bbc77bb5	comment	Hard Truth Aesop: While the “Secret of Life” People Change People is a prominent theme throughout both fics, it adds a semicolon to the phrase that sometimes people change for the better (Minkus, Morgan, Ingrid, Rachel, etc.); others change for the worse. (Jennifer, Meese, Other Stuart, Sherry etc.)
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_bc103f8b	type	Subverted
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_bc103f8b	comment	Subverted in we never see Jennifer get protective over Farkle. In fact she deliberately puts him in danger or turns a blind eye to him.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Go ahead cousin Andrew, call Farkle’s father Anti-Semitic names again, I dare you! Jennifer’s berserk button is pushed repeatedly when Farkle drops something, breaks something, spills juice on something, oh heck whenever he breathes. It also goes off in front of her paramours such as when Minkus defends Farkle or when Alexander Withersby wants to leave her. Of course if I were Jennifer, I would never threaten Farkle in front of Stuart or insult Maya in front of Katy again. Tom Minkus’ funeral is practically one berserk button after another between Stuart and his mother in which Nancy accuses her son of being unfeeling and deserving of Jennifer’s abuse and Minkus’ counters with examples from his marriage and walks off.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_bcbf7aef	type	Plucky Comic Relief
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_bcbf7aef	comment	Plucky Comic Relief:There are several characters who fit this description: Elliot Smackle with the original team and Lonny Overton and Ali Gold with the second Minkus Technologies Sometimes Eddie Giatti’s one-liners and picking up women is meant for laughs, and Zay Babineaux with the Sinister Six.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_c0e3994b	type	Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_c0e3994b	comment	Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male: And how! From their engagement on Jennifer becomes manipulative and abusive towards Stuart. Farkle and Minkus are verbally abused by Jennifer; Implied that Minkus is physically abused by her when he tries to protect Farkle and take the abuse meant for him; She also physically abuses Farkle at times during her marriage and greatly after Farkle moves in with her.Minkus recognizes himself in the signs of a person in an abusive relationship; Point by point various scenes show the signs between Jennifer (the abuser) and Stuart and Farkle (the abusees), such as the abuser using psychological isolation from friends and family, gaslighting, bribing with gifts, half-hearted apologies, turning family members against each other, as well as victims walking on eggshells to avoid further rages, giving the abuser material goods to keep them happy, and apologizing even when they haven’t done anything wrong. The abuse is always portrayed seriously and something meant to be stopped; Frequently many of the characters such as Katy herself, who was physically abused and daughter was sexually abused by her husband compare Stuart’s marriage to Jennifer with Katy’s marriage to Kermit saying that they are the same. During his divorce and later breakdown, Minkus is made a fool of by several comedians particularly SNL mocking also his abuse, something they probably would not do for a woman.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_c15195f0	type	CharacterDeath
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_c15195f0	comment	Character Death: Four characters shuffle off this mortal coil before the fics are done Ginsburg from a stroke, Michael Ginsberg from emphysema, Tom Minkus from heart failure, and Fluffy, the Minkus family cat from being put down after getting shot. However Ginsburg and Michael live on through the Digital Library and their supernatural assistance towards Farkle and the others in their escape attempt. Fluffy is honored with a beautiful urn on the Minki’s cofee table. Tom Minkus’ death becomes instrumental in the healing between his son,Stuart and his wife, Nancy.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_c2cedc1c	type	Big "NO!"
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_c2cedc1c	comment	Big "NO!": Farkle gives one at 3 years old when his father uses reverse psychology on him when Farkle says that his stuffed T-Rex Rexy is for babies. Minkus says that he will give him to a baby who will want him. Well you know the rest. Farkle also does another one when Judge Boyer is about to announce that Farkle will be put in his mother’s sole custody.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_c3191ad7	type	Smooch of Victory
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_c3191ad7	comment	Smooch of Victory: Well Hug of Victory anyway. When Zay and Smackle receive word that their friends have returned to Manhattan, they engage in a friendly hug that is about to lead to more when Smackle’s mother walks in. Later the fic reveals that Zay and Smackle have begun dating.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_c335b9ec	type	Irony
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_c335b9ec	comment	Irony: Minkus tells Libby and Dana that they are good friends to be with Jennifer during her miscarriage. This is of course shortly after Jennifer blackmails her two friends with their guilty secrets: Libby’s lover and real estate scam and Dana’s anorexia and speed addiction in exchange for a conspiracy of silence saying that she had a miscarriage instead of a false pregnancy. In a bit of situational irony, Jennifer spends some of "Unhappy In Its Own Way" trying to take pictures for an article to sell her family as the perfect loving happy family. Of course this is at the same time that her abuse towards her husband and son increase and her son is driven to suicide. Needless to say, the article does not get published.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_c868a42a	type	Freudian Excuse
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: Subverted in that though Eunice mentions that her daughter, Jennifer had an abusive childhood under her father, it doesn’t excuse her behavior towards Farkle.She even admits that though Minkus too had an unhappy childhood, he was able to be a better parent. Shawn also understands Claire’s motives because of her abuse from her father and ex-husband but still tells her that Minkus is not either of them and that he has been hurt too. Even Stuart himself doesn’t excuse his own abuse from Jennifer as a reason why he didn’t leave her earlier.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_cdd835ce	type	Dude, Not Funny!
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_cdd835ce	comment	Dude, Not Funny!: When Farkle teases Riley about punching him on the arm and telling him not to kill himself again, Lucas responds with, “It isn’t funny man!” He then tells Farkle that he never wants to see Riley as helpless as she was in the hospital and never wanted to feel like he lost his best friend and couldn’t do anything about it. Some might think this now about Eddie’s line that “Minkus would have to be a member of ISIS to get more heat” in wake of the Paris attacks and the San Bernadino shooting.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_d2ddb362	type	ReasonYouSuckSpeech
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_d2ddb362	comment	"Reason You Suck" Speech: Minkus not only gives one about Jennifer to her father, Edward but he tells Edward off as well after they fired him as CEO: Farkle also lays one out to his mother and grandfather when he returns to his father and friends:
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Rosemary calls Minkus out for approaching Jennifer’s house and “acting like a lunatic” calling for Farkle when he believes that he is in trouble. Minkus realizes that since he acted on emotion, he had to think intellectually hence his plan to gather evidence on the abuse.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_d5b84171	type	PowerOfFriendship
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_d5b84171	comment	Power of Friendship: Minkus’ friends appear at Farkle’s bedside and he asks for their help to get Jennifer out of his and Farkle’s lives; Minkus also finds friendship in his employees at Minkus Technologies when they agree to form the new company and stay with it despite the controversy; Farkle’s friends help get him out of Rochester and back to his father’s home.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_dcd423d2	type	Affectionate Nickname
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_dcd423d2	comment	Affectionate Nickname: Edward Bassett calls Jennifer “Princess.” Ginsburg calls Minkus “Little Man” and his daughter by her original birth name, “Nonnie” even though she keeps insisting on him calling her by her changed name, “Nancy.” She later relents this after Farkle changes his middle name to Malachi Ginsburg.Minkus and Farkle refer to each other as “Urseus Major” and “Urseus Minor” after a stargazing trip.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_dd5c2ab6	type	All Abusers Are Male
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_dd5c2ab6	comment	All Abusers Are Male: Minkus cites this as a reason why he never went forward with abuse allegations towards Jennifer because he would be seen as the abuser rather than her. One time Riley uses almost these exact words “except Joan Crawford” when Lucas suggests that it isn’t Farkle’s father doing the beating.; Implied why Claire Ferguson takes such an antagonistic approach towards Stuart and believes Jennifer’s account that he is the abuser. Maybe part of the reason why Nancy believes that Stuart deserved the abuse that Jennifer gave him.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_e13156e1	type	Mama Bear
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_e13156e1	comment	Mama Bear: Katy gets protective over Maya when Jennifer believes that Stuart was sleeping with Maya; Topanga also gets protective over Riley when Jennifer insults her as well. Subverted in we never see Jennifer get protective over Farkle. In fact she deliberately puts him in danger or turns a blind eye to him.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_e624f0e8	type	Suspiciously Specific Denial
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_e624f0e8	comment	Suspiciously Specific Denial: The fact that Eddie Giatti says that he and Jessie Goloff are not hiding the paper with details about Minkus and Morgan’s date does not fall in this category at all!
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_eb5b71fe	type	Clingy Jealous Girl
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_eb5b71fe	comment	Clingy Jealous Girl: Jennifer acts this way many times. After 9/11 she believes that their maid, Inez is having an affair with Minkus when Inez hugs him after he gives her a raise. She also believes that Katy and Maya were prostitutes. She is nearly right about Stuart having an affair when she encounters Sam Russo, however Sam and Minkus only kissed once. When she hears that Minkus and Morgan were spotted together, she hires a group of thugs to rape Morgan and cyberstalks her with threats if she doesn’t dump him. However, despite all this her libido heads towards other men herself, having multiple affairs. Clearly Jennifer has mastered the fine art of hypocrisy. Jennifer’s jealousy does not just end with thinking her husband is having an affair. It is also taken up to eleven after Farkle is born and she feels that her own son is getting too much of Stuart’s attention.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_eb6ed797	type	Children Raise You
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_eb6ed797	comment	Children Raise You: Jennifer uses Farkle as a servant when he lives with her, so he cleans up after her wild parties, cooks for her, and does housework under her critical abusive eye. Farkle also briefly has to act like a parent taking care of his father during his mental breakdown including restricting his access to work, cooking for and cleaning up after him, and nursing him back to health. Minkus notices that Farkle has been missing school and hanging out with his friends to do so, so he reminds him that the best thing that he can do for him is to be 15.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: Let’s see we have two Stuarts-Minkus and evil Stuart from “Everybody Loves Stuart,” though separated by Farkle’s nickname for Evil Stuart, O.S.; two Christines- a Stratford student and Minkus’ employee; three Edwards-Edward Bassett, Teddy Bassett Jr., and Eddie Giatti; two Andrews-a student at the Science Fair and Farkle’s cousin; Two Eugenia/Ginnys- Farkle’s aunt and cousin; three Davids-Jennifer’s attorney at the custody trial, a Nursing home attendant, and a businessman; four Thomas/Tommys—Tom Minkus, Minkus’ father,Tommy Bassett, Jennifer’s brother, Thomas Hathorne, Bassett’s aide, and of course Thomas “T.J.” Murphy.; Technically three Morty’s-Minkus’ uncle and great-uncle and though he isn’t called by name, Michael Ginsberg’s father; two Loni/Lonnys-the male one who works for Minkus and the female one who used to work for the Matthewses, two Joshua/Joshes-Libby’s real estater patner/lover involved with her real estate scam, and Cory, Morgan, and Eric’s younger brother.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_f15c2859	type	NO INDOOR VOICE
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_f15c2859	comment	No Indoor Voice: A few time characters use all caps when they express anger: Jennifer says “OUR LAST MEAL TOGETHER!” and “NOTHING AM I” in the same chapter! Minkus warns Jennifer if being his wife and Farkle’s mother ever meant anything to her she will listen to them and “SIT. DOWN!” During Minkus’ mental breakdown he yells about Farkle “WHERE IS HE?” so loud that Cory jumps.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_f604f64b	comment	Dude, She's Like in a Coma: Well, son in a coma anyway. Much of Chapter Four of UIOW deals with Minkus and his and Farkle’s friends waiting as Farkle is in the hospital lying in a coma from swallowing pills and cutting his wrists in a suicide attempt
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: And do they ever! After surviving school bullying, two nervous breakdowns, unhappy marriage, alcoholism, domestic and child abuse, parental indifference, deaths of beloved family members, attempted suicide, mental illness, corporate takeovers, a fixed custody hearing, and sexual abuse, Stuart and Farkle Minkus are born survivors able to emerge from both fanfics as better stronger people with a wide circle of friends, family, romances, and relationships.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_f6f2ff1	comment	Insult Backfire: Jennifer constantly ridicules her husband by saying he’s spineless. At her intervention when Stuart defends Farkle, Jennifer tells him that she located his spine and wonders where it’s been hiding. Stuart’s response: “It was used to prop you up!”
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_f85354eb	comment	Maya and Katy cover up their abuse by not talking about it, until Katy brings it forward in court. Morgan hides her Attempted Rape from Stuart by pretending that she doesn’t care about him.; In his intervention letter, Stuart is uncertatin whether the Jennifer he fell in love with was a mask or the real Jennifer, but he believes that she is capable of being that person again.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: There are a few among them Katy, Stuart, and Rachel’s observation that everyone seems to know Cory, Shawn, and Topanga; Jennifer’s inability to remember her servant’s names often calling them the previous ones’ name and the revolving door of servants in the Minkus household. Jennifer’s interior designs change throughout each chapter from French Provincial, to Art Deco, to Asian style, to Hollywood Regency, to Minimalist Gregorian. At least two characters mispronounce Farkle’s name as “Fark-Lee,” one of the DFS investigators and a news reporter on TV. Rusty Venture constantly calls Farkle “Finkle.”
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_fa83658b	comment	Surprise Witness: The Minkus custody trial has two: Morgan who outs herself as the “Unidentified Blond” date of Minkus’ and Farkle who speaks out in favor of his father; Subverted in that despite their testimony, the verdict is still in Jennifer’s favor. Morgan even says that her testimony probably gave Jennifer’s attorney more ammo to accuse Minkus of being an abusive philanderer.
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_fdd20c06	comment	Alternate Universe Fic: Halfway through working on Lives of Genius, the status of both that and Unhappy In Its Own Way, were changed to Alternate Universe for two reasons: 1) Because of how Jennifer is portrayed in the series’ official canon is very different from the way she is portrayed in the fic and 2) Because Farkle’s suicide attempt preceded many of the episodes many of the canon events were altered accordingly to fit those events into the fics’ storylines. Among the changes are: Jennifer Bassett is not as nice as she is in the canon instead she is more of an abusive manipulative bitch in keeping with her portrayal in Boy Meets World. The motives for the creations of Farkle and Riley’s other identities had to do with the after effects of Farkle’s suicide attempt as well as the reasons that were stated in the episode. Maya and Farkle begin dating partly because of their shared history as abused children. Zay and Smackle begin dating because they spend a great deal of time together helping the other kids rescue Farkle. Riley and Lucas get together somewhere between 8th and 9th grade. The events of Girl Meets Texas are referred to as simply a confusing time for everyone. Nowhere in the canon does it state that Maya or Farkle ever were abused children, which the fic does repeatedly. Rachel is revealed to be Lucas’ mother. While the canon does not come right out and say that she isn’t, it doesn’t say that she is either. Jennifer is in rehab during the time of Farkle’s genius party and because of Minkus’ business status (being removed as CEO and starting a new business), the party is more downscale than in the canon, Minkus did not come from money something which the Bassetts use to ridicule him as “New Money”- Nothing was confirmed about his family background until Girl Meets Farkle when he says that the “Minkuses were always simple but incredibly wealthy people.” Since this fic pre-dates “Girl Meets Bay Window” the circumstances of the kids’ first meeting are completely different. While Farkle still may not have autism his depression and anxiety are called into question. Minkus going broke is a lot earlier in the fic than in the canon and has to do with his removal as CEO and his separation from Jennifer as well as the desire to start a new company from the old one. Kermit Clutterbucket isn’t as remorseful as he is portrayed in the canon instead he is one of Morgan’s rapists and sexually abused his daughter in the past. The kids begin 9th grade without Farkle because he lives with his mother temporarily. The company that Minkus is interested in investing in is revealed to be Venture Industries from the animated series, The Venture Bros. (Based on the author and her sisters’ assertions that Stuart Minkus and Rusty Venture were very similar in personality and delighted on the idea of them sparring with each other).
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The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_fe5e40e2	comment	Gondor Calls for Aid: Minkus pays lip service to being on a team to get Alvin, Ingrid, and Elliot to stay after the announcement that their company will be named after him; After Farkle’s suicide attempt, he seriously asks for help from Cory et al to deal with Jennifer and then Eddie et al in forming Minkus Technologies. He states these two times as the only times he ever said, “I need your help” and meant it. Farkle writes to his friends to help him get out of his mother’s house.
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