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Quiverwing

**Quiverwing** is an artist, occasional author and co-administrator of the Paperpusher's Message Board.

## Biographical Information

Quiverwing has a degree in economics and is currently a full-time consultant.

## Fandom History

A Daria fan since the initial airings on MTV, Quiverwing began following Daria fandom in 1999-2000, but she would not become an active member until 2004.

#### **Paperpusher's Message Board**

In 2005, Kara Wild appointed Quiverwing as a full moderator for the PPMB, as well as a special moderator for the Other Languages forum.

When Wild stepped down from active moderating of the PPMB in August, 2007, she appointed Quiverwing as a permanent administrator in her stead.

In September 2009, Quiverwing created the In the Spotlight feature, a series of threads allowing forum members to learn more about each other via interview-like questions.

#### **Fan Art**

A cartoon illustrator since childhood, Quiverwing’s first excursion into Daria fanart was for the All My Children series. Her preference for canon-style presented her with a challenge: to make the characters look younger, but recognisable enough to maintain their canon appearances.

University commitments and lack of inspiration kept Quiverwing away from drawing until early 2010. Since then, she has only provided artwork for popular fanfic series.

#### **Websites**

Apart from the PPMB, Quiverwing is a sysop on the Daria Wiki. She was a contributor to the Daria Fandom Blog II, Lawndale Online, and Daria Blandom Blog.

#### **Fandom Awards**

Quiverwing was part of the Daria Fanworks Awards staff from 2005 to 2013. In addition, she oversaw the 2005 Crappies, with Richard Lobinske and Wild.

#### **Fan Fiction Cameos/Tuckerizations**

Quiverwing had cameo appearances or tuckerizations with her screenname, real name, or variants of them, in:

* Richard Lobinske's Falling Into College series as Gina Fulton's (Michael's sister) best friend (2006-2008),
* The Angst Guy's Pause in the Air series (2006),
* PPMB's Fandemonium (2007),
* Roentgen and Brother Grimace's Legion of Lawndale Heroes series (2008),
* Deref's Farmyard Funnies (2008).
* NightGoblyn's Lawndale's Finest: The Dark Knight (2009).
* InvisibleDan's My Wings Are All A-Quiver, a Quiverwing/Tom Sloane shipper fic (2010).

She also participated as a contestant in Celebrity Jeopardy: Daria Edition in early 2006.

## Fanworks

* Ice and Fire
* Meet The Barksdales
* Well Met by Moonlight
* WTA Quinn
* WTA Quinn Serving
* Mr. and Mrs. Sloane
* Killer Quinn
* Dire Daria
* Punklings

## Daria Fanworks Awards

2005 Daria Fanworks Awards

* Favourite Overall Visual for Ice and Fire
* Favourite Comedy Visual (tie) for Ice and Fire
* Favourite Traditional Visual (tie) for Ice and Fire

2010 Daria Fanworks Awards

* Favourite Visual Inspired by a Fan Written Work for Killer Quinn
* Favourite Alter-Ego for Killer Quinn

2011 Daria Fanworks Awards

* Favourite Visual Inspired by a Fan Written Work for Dire Daria
I've Waited Here for You

**I've Waited Here For You** is an alternate universe story by Kristen Bealer.

At the end of "Lane Miserables", Daria works up the courage to ask Trent out. Things begin well, and Trent returns her interest, but will the relationship survive as Trent's flaws begin to build up?

Winner of Favorite Romance - Straight at the 2008 Daria Fanworks Awards.

## External Links

I've Waited Here For You at Outpost Daria Reborn
Kimberly

**Kimberly** is the name of two seperate students in Beavis and Butt-head:

## Kimberly I

Kimberly was a classmate of Daria Morgendorffer's at Highland High. She was popular and had very little interaction with Daria - but, to her horror, several interactions with Beavis and Butt-head. Her hair alternates between blonde and brunette.

In "Water Safety", Kimberly is press-ganged into doing CPR on the buttmunches but gets out of it by revealing she has a doctor's note exempting her from "emotionally destructive" activities.

In "Spin the Bottle", Kimberly invites her whole class to her party, including Daria; she tries to make sure Beavis and Butt-head don't know about it, but Mr. Van Driessen forces her to include them. On the day, she tried to claim the party hadn't started yet (even though loud noises could be heard from the house) and this almost worked until Daria informed the two they'd been tricked. Why Daria wanted to inflict the dillweeds on Kimberly and everyone else is unknown. Kim was eventually forced to boot Beavis and Butt-head into the far corners of the party, far from human contact.

## Kimberly II

Another student is also called Kimberly: a blonde punk who was a frequent backgrounder. She was in some of Daria's classes.

This intriguing character had no name in the actual series but was apparently misidentified as the original Kimberly by the staff that created the MTV computer game *Beavis and Butt-head Do U*, in which the duo goes to college. An image from the computer game, released in March 1999, shows the second Kimberly loaning paper to Beavis in an effort to get him to leave her alone.

## External Links

List of minor characters in Beavis and Butt-head (Wikipedia)

"The Nameless Girl Is Named" (Daria Fandom Blog II)
United States Military Command

**United States Military Command** is the reorganised remnants of the United States' armed forces in the Daylight/Legion of Lawndale Heroes stories, giving what remains of the US government a functioning army. It was first introduced in "Erebus" by Brother Grimace and Roentgen.

The USMC was created under Executive Order 034 by Acting President Nancy Pelosi. Navy ranks were replaced with their army counterparts; command officers were granted severe latitude in order to perform their duties, which includes the power to conscript and to provide brevet promotions. When Kyle Armalin received these orders, it also came with the news that he would not receive reinforcements or resupply, and communication only by monthly courier.

The USMC's bases were:

* Eastern Theatre HQ - Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina
* Central Theatre HQ - Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas
* Western Theatre HQ - San Diego, California

as these were the only surviving military bases in the United States. The Legion Tower would join this list.

In "The Hope Mission", it was revealed that, as part of their plans to consolidate power in preparation towards declaring their rise as a governmental entity, the organization Arcana attacked Central Theatre HQ and overran the facility.
It's Like the Beginning of an Era

**It's Like the Beginning of an Era** is a pre-canon story by Kristen Bealer.

In "Daria Dance Party", Sandi flashes back to when she had to plan a dance, with less-than-stellar results. This story explains what happened leading up to that dance at Glenfield Middle School, as a seventh-grade Sandi - feeling like a nobody and worried about how her mother pushes her to be more popular - and decides leading the school dance committee will get her noticed.

It serves as a background story for various other characters as well, most notably Upchuck.

## External Links

It's Like the Beginning of an Era on Outpost Daria (via Wayback Machine)
Mike Lackey

**Mike Lackey** was a writer and editor for Marvel Comics in the 1990s. As writer, he worked on comics including *Fantastic Four*, Clone Saga era *Spider-Man*, *Silver Surfer*... and *Beavis and Butt-head*, where he wrote the first few issues.

During his run, he wrote four issues with Daria Morgendorffer in: #1, #3, #4, and #5. Under Lackey, Daria is a hyper-intellectual scold, which indicates a misunderstanding of the character!

## External Links

Mike Lackey (as writer) at Marvel wikia

Mike Lackey (editor) at Marvel wikia
Prescriptivism

Although the term is usually associated with the teaching of grammar, a **prescriptivist** is one who believes that there are tenets, conventions, and essential features—in sum, prescriptions—that individuals engaged in some activity must adhere to for their works to be legitimate. In contrast, a *descriptivist* is one who takes the work of those who identify themselves as engaged in an activity as the primary data from which the current features of the activity are to be deduced.

Therefore, a **fanfiction prescriptivist** for our purposes is someone who believes that there are certain essential features that a *Daria* fic must have or else it is not really a *Daria* fic. Traditionally, this mean 'prescriptivists' believed the fanfic should be close to the original show and some have tended to leave the fandom due to arguments over this.

## See Also

* Greybird
* starmeshelion
* Thomas Mikkelsen
* Daniel Suni
Lawndale Lowdown (podcast)

**The Lawndale Lowdown** is a *Daria* podcast named for the school paper, with Jeffy's line about it as their signature beat. It is run by fans Princess Pasta and Ognawk.

Each episode naturally discusses an episode of the show, in order, as well as diversions into discussing Daria fanfiction and Sick Sad World style news events. A cover of "You’re Standing On My Neck" by unouomedude opens the podcast.

It has taken a few long breaks since it started in 2015 and has currently been on hiatus since late 2017.
Ruthless Bunny

Ruthless Bunny is perhaps a long-forgotten figure in Daria Fandom. She was noted for extensive, sometimes novel-length fan fictions that primarily focused on shipping and for being one of very few people willing to stir up the volatile fan base, both on the Paperpusher's Message Board as well as in the #Daria+ IRC chat room. She is married to fellow Daria fan CINCGREEN.

## Biographical Information

Ruthless Bunny first noticed *Daria* when it was brought to her attention by her sister, who said, "Hey, there's this new show on MTV and it's about YOU!" After watching a few episodes, she noticed parallels between characters in *Daria* and associates in the office culture in which she worked. She began lurking and posting on Daria message boards and began creating fan fiction.

Ruthless Bunny began her foray into fandom gently, but became opinionated and was perceived as mean by those who might have felt the stings of her pointed criticism of certain fans. Her occasional impatience with the juvenile and grandiose attitudes of several fans finally led her to leave the fandom. She currently lurks, mostly because of her husband's continuing interest in the fandom. With CINCGREEN, she holds occasional Dariacons in their home in Atlanta and has hosted various *Daria* fans as house guests through out the years.

## Fan Works

* Bed and Breakfast Man. A novel-length work of what happens when Trent moves in with Daria, now a student at Raft College. One of the earliest works of the "Daria in College" genre of fanfiction, this series has received considerable acclaim among *Daria* fans for its unique take on the post-high school lives of various characters (e.g., Stacy, Kevin), its colorful character interactions, and its scope. The Daria/Trent pairing is given depth, reason, and a realistic time to develop.
* In the Moonlight. Six romantic stories dealing with a relationship between Daria and Trent as they get older.
* Daria's Wedding. First fan fiction. Daria returns from San Francisco to Lawndale to marry her fiance Brian.
* Jane Lane's Diary. A sequel of sorts for Daria's Wedding. A year in the life of Jane Lane, Manager of Mystik Spiral.
* She also authored many stories for the Daria porn site Lawndale After Dark, one under her own name, which caused some controversy at the site Outpost Daria.

## Daria Fanworks Awards

2nd Daria Fanworks Awards

* Favourite Ongoing Story for *Bed and Breakfast Man*
Harpies

The **Harpies** is a Lawndale area band that includes Trent's sometimes girlfriend, Monique. They're first (and only) mentioned in "Pierce Me", where Monique says she's thinking of leaving "for real this time" to form her own band.

Fanfiction convention commonly assumes all of the band members to be women.

## Fanfiction

* In "God Save The Esteem" Monique's bandmates are named Jessie, Nico and Bex---the joke being that they are clearly distaff counterparts of Jesse, Nick and Max. They travel with Mystik Spiral and the other punks to Alternapalooza.
LSauchelli

LSauchelli is a Fanfic writer. He began writing in the Daria Fandom in late August of 2007. Self declared addict of the Story Hour forum in the PPMB and also of the Daria Fandom Blog II. Easily distracted, he's prone to start new stories without finishing other works he started before. He is the webmaster of Dariaverse.com.

## Works

* The Cynic and the Ghost, a Daria/Hikaru no Go crossover.

* The Mystery Chick, a tale where Daria is a mystery nut, as she grows up she finds herself in life threating situation after life threating situation.

* Housing Daria, a Daria/House MD crossover. A week before moving to Lawndale, all the Morgendorffers die due to some sort of poison in the drinking water. Only Daria is saved thanks to House, who's one of Jake's oldest friends and ends up being her guardian.

* Eldritch Evolution and its sequel, Road to Heroism, is a Daria/Heroes crossover and reinvention of sorts.

* Daria 1/2, a Daria/Ranma 1/2 crossover.

* Darkly Daria, a reinvention using concepts from Dexter.

* He also is currently working on a series, crossover with The Dresden Files that he likes to name The Morgendorffer Files. This started with Semiautomagic and then continued with Magicsters, which was influenced by some posts in the Daria Fandom Blog.

## Links to Stories Authored by LSauchelli

* The Mystery Chick
* Housing Daria
* Eldritch Evolution
* Eldritch Evolution 2: Road to Heroism
* Daria 1/2
* Semiautomagic
* Magicsters
* Dial M for Magic
* Crouching Monster, Hidden Magic
* Darkly Daria
* LSauchelli @ Fanfiction.net
Stan

**Stan** is a prisoner in Fremont who shares Mystik Spiral's cell in "Speedtrapped". He tells a ludicrous amount of tall tales about his adventures in the music business, claiming to have known Jimi Hendrix, KISS, and Sid Vicious (who told him he invented punk). Trent is the only one in the band who isn't fooled. Still, Stan does get to join Spiral in performing at a children's party.

Apart from his tall tales, the only thing we hear about Stan is that he suddenly needs something to eat: "I can feel my blood sugar on the brink of a plunge". He looks like he's had decades of hard living, so it's not unlikely that he has diabetes.

His voice appears at the end of "Daria!", singing a cover of the song "Manly".

Stan made an appearance on MTV's Daria website, introducing a quiz on music in the series: "Hey, my name's Stan, and I've been a witness to musical history. From James Brown to REO Speedwagon, I've known all the greats. Who took Elvis to his first clambake? Me! Who was Madonna's original boy toy? Me! Who conveniently misplaced Michael Jackson's glove? Me! Who encouraged Yoko to sing? Hey, nobody's perfect. Including you. So let's see how you do on this quiz about the musical content of Daria. And if you ever run into Keith, tell him he can stop thanking me for the liver transplant. It was the least I could do."

Stan shares his obsession with rock stars and his name with the title character of Eminem's song "Stan", but the song was only released a year after "Speedtrapped" was broadcast. The song was popular enough that "Stan" became a slang term for an obsessed fan, but our Stan is not a typical "stan"; he is not desperately trying to meet rock stars, he is only trying to convince people that he did meet them, "back when they did it for love, not the money."
Pluck'd a White Rose

**Pluck'd a White Rose** by Dennis is an alternate history story setting the characters in the era and context of the English civil war known as the Wars of the Roses. Set in the spring of 1472, it stars Daria as one of the two daughters of the late Earl of Warwick and heiress with her sister, Quinn, to vast lands and titles. Because Quinn does not wish to share her lands, she has hidden Daria away in a house owned by her and her husband, Jeffy, a brother of the then King of England and victor in the wars.

The story tells in flashback how Daria came to be hidden as a scullery maid in her sister's house before returning to the main narrative, where she is rescued by Tom, who is the youngest brother of the king. Together they leave the house, planning to marry.

## Historical Characters

Each character in the story replaces a real historical figure.

* Daria takes the role of Anne Neville, the younger daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. She is therefore referred to throughout the story as Daria Anne.
* Quinn takes the role of Anne's elder sister, Isabel, who wishes with her husband to inherit all the lands of her late father. She is therefore referred to as Quinn Isabel.
* Jake takes the role of the Earl of Warwick, who put Edward VI on the throne, but changed sides later in the war and was killed trying to prevent Edward from regaining his throne.
* Helen is Jake's wife, in history Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick, who is the actual heir to Warwick.
* Jeffy is George, Duke of Clarence, the elder of Edward IV's surviving brothers, and husband of Quinn Isabel. He is referred to in the story as George Geoffrey.
* Tom is Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who eventually becomes King Richard III. Thomas is said to be his "second name" in the story.
* Kay Sloane is again Tom's mother (and also Jeffy's in this story) as Cecily Neville, Duchess of York.
* Kevin is mentioned in passing as Prince Edward the son of King Henry VI, from whom Edward IV had seized the throne. Neither Henry VI or his Queen Margaret of Anjou are assigned Daria characters, although Margaret is referenced in passing.
* Quinn Isobel's lady-in-waiting, "Alexandra, a Count's daughter from Flanders," is, of course, Sandi.

The "white rose" in the title refers to the white rose emblem of the House of York, while their opponents, the House of Lancaster, had a red rose as their emblem. Legend has it that then-Duke Richard did rescue Anne Neville from imprisonment by her sister. Of all the characters mentioned in the story, only Cecily Neville survived the Wars of the Roses, which ended with Richard III's overthrow in 1485,

## Links

* Pluck'd a White Rose at Outpost Daria Reborn.
* Pluck'd a White Rose at ff.net,
* Pluck'd a White Rose at Archive of Our Own.
Jtranser

**jtranser** is known in *Daria* fandom as the author of "Stacy Rowe, Seeker," a post-canon, science-fiction serial in progress on PPMB. He is also the author of the "Daria Morgendorffer, Dream Psychologist" series, of which the recently completed "The Dream of the White Darkness" is the first installment. A U.S. American born in Japan, he is also a translator and expert in many aspects of Japanese culture and history. He currently resides in Kansas.
Iron Chef

An Iron Chef is a story or art challenge that specifies certain things that must be included, such as subject matter, character used, or story length. Most commonly, these are open to all interested parties. In some cases, "I Challenge You" invitations may be offered that specifies a particular writer or artist to attempt the task, with the understanding that the challenged is free to decline without prejudice. Iron Chefs were first seen in *Daria* fandom on PPMB and spread to SFMB thereafter. (See Leather Chef.)

The term is derived from the popular cooking show originally shown on Japan's Fuji Television Network from 1993-1999 and later presented on the US cable channel Food Network.
Jenna

Jenna is a student in Daria's English/Language Arts class at Lawndale High. Her name can be seen on Timothy O'Neill's seating chart in "Cafe Disaffecto".

Based on her dorky and conservative clothing, she's presumably one of the 'brains'. She's got more of a social standing than Daria though, and seems particularly popular with boys: she's seen walking hand-in-hand with Josh during the Bridal Expo in "I Don't", apparently goes on a date with Adam ("I Loathe a Parade") and chats with "Tiger Guy" in "Fat Like Me". The aforementioned date was at the school homecoming parade, which she seemed to enjoy.

In the flashback to Mr. DeMartino's heart attack in "The Big House", Jenna is one of the very few students watching the ambulance with dismay and concern.

She's a fan of Mental in the Morning ("Jake of Hearts") and of high school American football ("The F Word").

## Jenna in fanfiction

She's rarely appeared in fanfiction. One of her first known appearances was in Trapped by Jim North, where she appears mostly as a spider-infested corpse. It is significant however for giving her a fanon surname of "Schwartz".

She later appears as a lower card wrestler (and tag team partner to Cindy) in the Lawndale Fighting Championship series by The Excellent S.

She also appears as the President of the Anime Club in Quinn's Code series by Cfardell Brenorenz29. The surname Schwartz is also used in these series.
Moth Gonna Fly

**Moth Gonna Fly** is a song Trent and Jesse start making up lyrics for during a conversation with Jane in It Happened One Nut. It is unknown if the song was ever finished, but the two seem very enthusiastic about it.

## Lyrics

Note: What we hear on the show is the first attempt at coming up with lyrics and a basic vocal melody. This is the transcript of the relevant parts of the dialogue, including rejected lines and discussion about the song.

Trent - "You've hijacked my brain."
Jesse - "Moth to a flame."
Trent - "If you don't release me..."
Jesse - "It'll really be lame."
Trent - No.
Jesse - "I'll forfeit the game."
Trent - Nah.
Jesse - "My soul's waves of grain."
Trent - I've heard that somewhere before.
Jane - You're driving me insane!
Trent - Too many syllables.

Jane - Hey! I just remembered! Big string give-away at the guitar store, this way.
Trent - "You've hijacked my brain..."
Jesse - "Moth to a flame."
Trent - "If you don't release me..."
Jesse - "I'll go just the same."
Both - (rhythmically) "Moth gonna fly, moth gonna fly, moth gonna fly from your love."
Jane - Hey, look! Monster trucks and naked models! Naked, naked, naked!
Trent - All right, second verse. "It's my personal hell, where I roast in my shell..."
Jesse - "Roast in my shell?"
Sins of the Past

**Sins of the Past** is a fanfiction story by Martin J. Pollard and infamous for being one of several major fanfics that center around Quinn Morgendorffer being raped.

The Morgendorffers are plunged into a nightmare when Quinn goes on a date and disappears - turning up in hospital after an assault (revealed to be by Skyler Feldman). The crisis forces Daria to come to terms with her stormy relationship with Quinn.

Pollard stated in the author's notes that he saw the fanfic as explaining how Quinn ended up as she did in Daria's future story in "Write Where It Hurts": "For many people, it's a sudden, traumatic event that triggers a change in the paths on which they lead their lives."

This fanfic is discussed in several essays focusing on fanfic using Quinn's rape as a plot device, including "On the Subject of Quinn and Rape" by Kara Wild and "Controversy More Than Ever" by CINCGREEN, which both argue the trope in general implies Quinn 'had it coming' and Wild felt it was being used to 'redeem' the character. CINCGREEN more aggressively accused "Sins" of arguing this. Pollard's position was that he certainly did not intend to make such an argument, and any interpretation contrary to his intention is an incorrect interpretation.
One Season at a Time

**One Season at a Time** takes place about a year after the events of The Last Journey Home in Wildgoose's sci-fi Submariner Series. Set before Christmas, we see the musical inclinations and talent of Daria's daughters Amy and Jane and Jane Lane's son William. By this time, Trent runs "Mystic Spiral Recordings" and Daria is still coming to terms with her mother's death.

## External Links

[outpost-daria-reborn.info/fanfic/one\_season\_at\_a\_time.html Story] at Outpost Daria
Scissors MacGillicutty

**Scissors MacGillicutty** is a fanfiction author and PPMB (absentee) administrator. He is notorious for leaving large works incomplete, and those few pieces he has finished have, without exception, used another's fan fiction as their points of departure.

## Biographical Information

Those who know are keeping their mouths shut.

## Fanon and Fan Culture Contributions

* Provides technical assistance when required for the maintenance of the PPMB.
* Created the character of Jim Vitale, who is considered by some readers to be of the most dynamic villains ever developed in *Daria* fan fiction.

## Completed Fanfictions

* Illusions: the Unswerving Punctuality of— (as "et alia")
* Journey to the End of the Fashion Club
* Where's Mary Sue When You Need Her?

## Incomplete Fanfictions

* Phelm Noir
* Quinngali
* "Aw Mama . . . Can This Really Be the End?"

## Daria Fanworks Awards

2nd Daria Fanworks Awards

* Favorite Drama for *Journey to the End of the Fashion Club*

## The CRAPPIES Awards

2nd CRAPPIES Awards

* Best Use of a Lot of Words to Say Very Little for "Where's Mary Sue When You Need Her?"

## External Links

* Fanfics at Glitterberries (as Et Alia)
* Fanfics on Outpost Daria (via Wayback Machine)
* "Where's Mary Sue When You Need Her?" at the Paperpusher's Message Board
Icebox Woman

**Icebox Woman** is a song by Mystik Spiral, heard in the episode Road Worrier.

 Trent and  Jesse are rehearsing it in the Lane's basement, Jane interrupts the song after the first verse.

It was also offered as a download on both Mystik Spiral websites. On Reburb, the interruption was explained as the dehumidifier kicking in and drowning out the second verse. In-universe, this recording was released as the B side of the group's only record, the 7 inch vinyl single Behind my Eyelids, and The Daria Diaries reprints a review from Smudge Magazine: "... innovative only in its use of humming. It sounds like it was recorded in a wind tunnel, which only works to its advantage ..."

## Reburb summary

"Originally released on Plush Records as a 45 b/w 'Behind My Eyelids,' this testament to a femme fatale (a few of them, actually) was the outgrowth of lead singer Trent Lane's sensitivity to the human condition. He was also inspired by the chilly emptiness of the family freezer. Recorded by Trent and Jesse in the Lane family basement. (Note: This song originally included a second verse, but the dehumidifier came on and drowned out the vocals. Look for a flawed-yet-extended version on the band's upcoming collection of outtakes and remixes.)"

## Lyrics

you're an angel in black

you sure have the knack

for putting my heart

on the shelf in the back

i'm waiting my turn

oh, when will i learn

my poor heart

you're giving it freezer-burn

yeah!
The Padded Walls

*Note: For the fanfiction story by Angelinhel, see Padded Walls.*

**The Padded Walls** was a fan-run magazine that lasted for one issue in 2003.

The fan 'zine began with the noble intention of alerting people to *Daria* who did not frequent the Internet. Several fans joined the staff, expecting a fun collaborative experience. Instead, the fan magazine's run was often marked by confusion and strife. During the course of the first issue, the fan magazine's name changed from *Cynic* to *The Padded Walls*, the name under which the first issue would be released.

Once the first issue was released, *The Padded Walls* staff could not reach agreement on a distribution plan for the fan magazine, so it is doubtful that many beyond the Internet saw the first issue. Milo Minderbinder created a home base for the second issue, complete with a message board. Though the staff managed to create enough content for a second issue, one of the staffers trusted with assembling the magazine disappeared without word one day, never to return. Left in a bind, the remaining staffers finally ended up posting much of the content, such as the essay, "Anatomy of a Tom Hater," on pre-existing *Daria* websites.
Splendora

**Splendora** is the all-woman band that wrote and recorded the theme music for Daria, "You're Standing on My Neck", and its commercial bumpers. The all-girl band also wrote and recorded the title themes for both Daria TV movies: "Turn Down the Sun" for Is It Fall Yet? and "College Try (Gives Me Blisters)" for Is It College Yet?

Glenn Eichler told Paste that “My recollection is that we already knew and liked Splendora’s music because one of our producers, Cindy Brolsma, was actually in Splendora as their cellist. We asked them if they’d like to write and record a theme song and gave Janet Wygal some suggestions for lyrics they might want to incorporate, like ‘Excuse me’ and ‘You’re standing on my neck,’ and they took it from there."

## Members

* Janet Wygal - Guitar, vocals
* Tricia Wygal - Bass, percussion, flute, vocals
* Delissa Santos - Drums
* Cindy Brolsma - Cello
* Jennifer Richardson - Violinist

The entry on Allmusic.com suggests that Janet and Tricia Wygal were the band's songwriters.

The band was never a full-time job for its members, and an official split was never announced; the band simply ceased activities after IICY.

## Albums

Aside from the contributions to Daria, Splendora also recorded one album, 1995's *In the Grass*.
Rachel Landon

**Rachel Landon** is the younger sister of Jodie Landon, mentioned in canon only in the caption for an illustration found in *The Daria Database*. Andrew Landon, her father, refers to "my girls" in "Gifted" but without naming Rachel.

Rachel's portion of the caption, below a family photo of the well-to-do Landons, reads: "Rachel, 11: So-so student." (Jodie is shown at age 16, noted to be a "superstudent.") The caption goes on to quote Rachel's hatred of her baby brother Evan, age six months. She obviously harbors considerable resentment and jealousy over little Evan's favored status as the baby of the family, saying that used to be her role and he "ruin[ed] everything". As further proof, her father expresses a special favoritism for Evan in "Gifted."

## Rachel Landon in *Daria* Fanfiction

Rachel is not often used in fanfics. Crusading Saint had an interesting take on her in "Present Moment," giving her a crush on Mack, her older sister Jodie's boyfriend. She appears with a number of similar-age peers in other stories, even being a friend of Veronica Morgendorffer in "Illusions." In Wouter's Dariarotica story Big Sister's Great Adventure she's depicted as having joined the cheerleading team in a successful effort to win her Father's attention and to direct attention away from her younger brother Evan.

* "The Devil In Miss Morgendorffer," by Brother Grimace
* "No Picnic," by C.E. Forman
* "Present Moment," by Crusading Saint
* "Illusions," by CharlieGirl, Angelinhel, and TAG
* "Summer of the Hot Lake," by TAG
* "When the Torrent of That Time Comes Pouring Back," by TAG
* "Big sister's great adventure" (NSFW) by Wouter

## External Links

* Character description on the Daria Character Database on Glitter Berries
Inauguration

Post-canon *Daria* fanfic by Nick Gaston in which Daria Morgendorffer becomes president of the United States on January 2021, with an inauguration speech in favour of peace and unity... the very day a rogue state gains access to a powerful new weapon of mass destruction.

(Appearances are also made by Beatrice Morgendorffer-Lane, a recurring 'daughter' character of Gaston's)

## Notes

* Ted DeWitt-Clinton appears as Daria's scientific advisor and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is a Texan named Buzcout. Daria's National Security Advisor is minor character Eunice Eulmeyer from the cartoon *Mission Hill* (where she was the weirdest girl at school) and her Secretary of Defence is Henry Bigg, the kid character from *The Littles*. The Chinese Premier is Xiangdong, a common alternate spelling fans used for "Sappy Anniversary" character Zhengdong.

* In fact, *virtually every single named supporting character* is a cameo from some other animated work, produced sometime between the 1980s and the time of writing.

* When first written in the early 2000s, a 2021 setting was the near-future and political projections were made that, as of the real-world 2021, haven't come true, namely: Pakistan and Iran have disintegrated as states with an implicitly independent Kurdistan existing; the UK is still in the EU (and the big player with France rather than Germany) and Turkey is about to join, with the European Council as a more autonomous body; and China reformed into the Chinese Federation. Situation room holograms, language-translating AIs (though not very good ones) exist, and antimatter generation exist.

* Daria ran as an independent, and received "less than half a million votes" in Texas.
Last Night In Lawndale

*Last Night in Lawndale* is a fanfiction by Erin Mills, written in the late days of *Daria'*s original run.

The story is a homage to/crossover with the Don McKellar film *Last Night*: the world is going to end in six hours and everyone has known this for months, and the various characters from Daria Morgendorffer to Upchuck are choosing what to do before they die.

(While originally standalone, in 2010 Erin made this part of Judith Strikes/Worldburner and retconned that this was the first universe Judith destroyed)
Psychic Refugee

**Psychic Refugee** is a song by Trent Lane. Trent sings it for himself in Lane Miserables, inspired by the turmoil in his house, now that everybody is home. Said turmoil makes it impossible for him to get through more than a verse.

Trent accompanies himself with a few notes on an acoustic guitar. No Mystic Spiral song is ever going to have a very complex arrangement, but this is probably a songwriting session, trying to find the chords that go with the song.

## Lyrics

The walls are closing in... the ice is getting thin... no place to be alone... my house is not a home... psychic refugee... psychic refu[gee]...
Mrs Blaine

**Mrs. Blaine** is a resident of the Better Days Nursing Home that Daria meets during the episode, "The Old and the Beautiful". After Daria's reading is rejected by the other residents, the nurse has Daria read to Mrs. Blaine, who is deaf. Daria considers this to be a joke being played against her. However, while unable to hear anything Daria's said, Blaine asks her "read me another, dear. Please? You have such a pretty voice". At the end of the episode, Daria returns to continue reading to Mrs. Blaine after the volunteer week is over. (The material Daria reads is the second canon mention of Melody Powers.)

It seems clear that Mrs. Blaine doesn't get many visitors, and is appreciative of Daria visiting. Her odd response to Daria - who'd just had an angry rant about the trick played on her - and her smile in response to the violent Melody Powers story indicates she either can't lip-read very well, is slightly senile, or is simply that lonely.

This character was further developed in fanfiction by Nemo Blank in his story, "Vengeance" and by Richard Lobinske as Theresa Blaine in the Last Summer Series and indirectly in Falling Into College.
Illusions

A *Daria* fanfic by CharlieGirl, The Angst Guy, and Angelinhel. Daria Morgendorffer and Jane Lane have discovered a strange device in the rear wall of the Good Time Chinese restaurant that allows them to cross into alternate universes and meet their counterparts. However, this discovery does not come without severe consequences.

The story's action takes place across over a dozen alternate universes, nearly all of them based on works created by other *Daria* fanfic writers. The complete list of universes visited appears at the story's end. The tale began as part of an “Iron Chef” contest (started by Kristen Bealer) on PPMB to complete a *Daria* story begun by CharlieGirl.

The story is one of the most elaborate of Dariaverse crossovers, rivaled in complexity only by Richard Lobinske's Three and the combined works of *The Judith Saga* (Judith Strikes!, Worldburner, Worldhopper).

Winner of four 2005 Booties (Daria FanWorks Awards): "Favorite Overall", and "Favourite Supernatural or Fantasy Non-Horror".

## Alternate Universes Visited

* 1 Temporal Friends, Crusading Saint
* 2 Victory Lane, Brother Grimace
* 3 Malice of Absence, Renfield
* 4 Pause in the Air series (before the series starts), The Angst Guy
* 5 Quinnts, The Angst Guy
* 6 *Illusion* introductory world, Kendra “CharlieGirl” [start of *Illusions*]
* 7 Driven Wild Universe after *Memory Road*, Kara Wild
* 8 The Art of Seeing, The Angst Guy
* 9 Last Summer series after *Comforting a Confused Soul*, Richard Lobinske
* 10 The Longest Year series, Greystar
* 11 Inspired by Next Time, This Time (the “Veronica” Dariaverse), Robert Nowall, and An Angel Named Mary Sue, Angelinhel
* 12 Brief return to #11
* 13 Something Happened, Wraith
* 14 Brief return to #8, crossed with An Angel Named Mary Sue, Angelinhel
* 15 Return to #13
* 16 The Morgendorffer Code, The Angst Guy
* 17 The House on Space-Time Lane and Over the River and Through the Cemetery (Daria/Dr. Who crossovers), Galen “Lawndale Stalker” Hardesty
Mrs. Johannsen

**Mrs. Johannsen** (or **Johansen** or **Johanssen**) is a morbidly obese resident of Lawndale, usually shown in a mumu and struggling to breathe. In her first appearance she was said to have hypoglycemia and in her last, "Mart of Darkness", she mentioned having a seizure "a while back".

She first appeared in "Cafe Disaffecto", when Daria and Jane had to sell candy bars door-to-door. Johannsen attempted to buy the whole lot, saying it'd be okay with her doctor as long as he *never finds out*. In the midst of the attempted sale, Mrs. Johannsen suffered a hypoglycemic attack (having just run up the stairs to get there) and fainted; Jane's response to this possible death was to take a photo. When Johannsen got up, the girls refused to sell even at $5.00 a bar and so she complained to the school. Angela Li tried to figure out an excuse so they could kill a woman for money ("How do you know it wasn't for her family?").

In "That Was Then, This Is Dumb", she was a shopper at the flea mart.

When the Fashion Club tried to collect door-to-door fashion donations in "The Old and the Beautiful", the very sight of Johannsen caused them to flee.

In "Psycho Therapy", she was a psychiatric patient at Quiet Ivy, muttering to Dr. Millepieds that she uses food for comfort "at least a chocolate bar never told me I was an accident".

In her final appearance, "Mart of Darkness", she fought a running battle with Mr. DeMartino for free snack samples at Pay Day. The two of them got banned from the free samples table for their gluttony and conflicting, causing her to threaten DeMartino with vengeance.

## Trivia

* Rarely for the minor characters, Johannsen got her own Alter Ego.

* Going up the stairs quickly shouldn't really cause this big a hypoglycemic shock, unless Johanssen has also been skipping meals - see what your fat shaming did, MTV?

* Not feeding her candy was the correct choice, though not for the reason Daria and Jane seem to think (they seem to think she has *hyper*glycemia, too-high blood sugar): candy bars and chocolate contain fat which slows down the release of glucose.

## In fanfiction

In "It Slipped Through My Hands, Like a Shadow, Like a Dream", an alternate universe version of Quinn is the one who visits her selling candy bars and as a result, Mrs. Johannsen ends up in a coma. The fanfic says she was a Type 2 diabetic and the medication made her hypoglycemic (this is a real-world effect of some diabetic medication), and "a sufficiently large amount of sugar in her bloodstream would overwhelm the medication and worsen her condition".
Neena Beber

**Neena Beber** is a playwright, motion picture and television screenwriter, and television producer. She wrote six episodes of Daria: Malled, Monster, Pierce Me, The Lost Girls Psycho Therapy, and Prize Fighters.

Ms. Beber also wrote thirty-nine episodes of the Nickleodeon series, *Clarissa Explains It All*, and the screenplay for the film *How To Deal*.

As a playwright, Ms. Beber was awarded an Obie Award grant for best emerging playwright in 2005.

## External Links

Beber at IMDb

Plays by Neena Beber at doollee.com

Interview with Neena Beber for the Centenary Stage Company's Production of her play "The Dew Point"
Lawndale High School cheerleaders

The cheerleading squad of Lawndale High is composed of at least six members:

* Brittany Taylor;
* Angie (the one with long blond platinum hair);
* Lisa (the one with straight and long dark brown hair);
* Nicky or Nikki (the one with dark brown hair with a top ponytail);
* two unidentified girls (both with bob-cut hair: one with dark red hair curling in, the other with light brown curling out).

Other cheerleaders are occasionally seen, notably a dark-skinned girl (African-American?) in "Murder, She Snored" and "A Tree Grows in Lawndale". An unnamed black-haired cheerleader is harrassed by Upchuck in "The Daria Diaries" and gives him a smack.

The group's dynamic was fleshed out in "The F Word", where Lisa was presented as the dominant personality in Brittany's absence.

Though Brittany Taylor usually appears in the episodes, the remaining cheerleaders seldom do. The cheerleader squad, as a team, appears in:

* Episode 304, "Daria Dance Party" (where Angie is named)
* Episode 403, "A Tree Grows in Lawndale" (briefly at the end)
* Episode 404, "Murder, She Snored" (in the dream sequence at Kevin's funeral)
* Episode 405, "The F Word" (wherein Nicky and Lisa are identified);
* Episode 406, "I Loathe a Parade";
* Episode 409, "Mart of Darkness";
* Episode 501, "Fizz Ed".

All four of the named cheerleaders went to Great Prairie State University, the only college that would accept any of them.

## In fanfiction

While the cheerleaders as a group rarely turn up in the show, in fanfiction they make irregular appearances as a popular clique - Angie is usually the most prominent single character. New cheerleader characters may be invented to fill the ranks.

"Turnabout Confusion" by Dennis had them in social warfare with other popular girls, and added new characters Dawn Wilkins and Zoe Becker. In "Lawndale Fighting Championship", the cheerleaders are a wrestling crew - Dawn Wilkins, renamed "Dee Wilkins", makes a return appearance in the rival Axis stable - and Unidentified Cheerleader 1 is given the name Donna Bolton. In a sympathetic take, Jane Lane joins the team for real in Kristen Bealer's "Blood, Sweat and Cheers".

## External Links

Backgrounders: scroll down to the bottom of the page to find images and links for the Lawndale High cheerleaders. Eight total are given.
Slash

A shipper story written about a love affair between two same-sex characters, lesbian or gay. The genre gets its name from the Star Trek fandom, for the slash mark used between the names of the characters involved in the relationship (e.g., Kirk/Spock).

Historically slash has focused on Daria and Jane, with subsets of Quinn/Sandi and Jane/Quinn. As the two leads, Daria/Jane

Tales involving male gay relationships were once rare in this fandom("Overcompensation," "Ragged Denim," "TnT" as the only real examples) but have since grown. Fan writer Shiva in particularly made up for a lot of once-missing male slash, and Ted DeWitt-Clinton is by now written as gay more often than not.

In a curious alter-ago picture at the end of the TV movie, *Is It College Yet?,* Lindy and Alison were depicted in a scene on a farm with a number of children, implying that they were a lesbian couple with a family. Crusading Saint used this image as the basis for his story, "Love, Reign Over Me," arguably the only slash shipper given some form of support by the TV show.

Generally speaking, there are two types of slash stories seen in *Daria* fanfic: the purely erotic ("Girls' Night Out") and the romance, or relationship explorer ("Out On Vacation," "Pause in the Air"), though some stories manage to combine both ("Ragged Denim", "Writes of Passage").

"Coming out" is almost always an issue and promises considerable turmoil and angst ("Out On Vacation"), if not outright danger ("The Two of Them"). Same-sex relationships are prey to the same difficulties and breakups as heterosexual ones, with outpourings of angst always a possibility ("Just the Sun at Night").

Given that the *Daria* series offers almost no support for any same-sex coupling (see Homosexuality in Daria), slash stories are of necessity creative in their choice of partners. They have been written about characters who usually have antipathy for each other ("Quinn's Nights at Casa Lane," "Writes of Passage") or don't even know each other in canon ("Bar Fly"). Some are clearly alternate-universe tales, rewriting the series as a whole to incorporate lesbian or gay relationships ("Pause in the Air"). Science-fiction and horror fanfics carry the creativity further—sometimes very far indeed ("The Alpha and the Omega"). Same-sex characters can even have sex together but not be homosexual ("Witches’ Flight").

## External Links

* Slash Fiction description at Wikipedia
* June 2005 interview with Glenn Eichler on DVDaria, conducted by Kara Wild, including speculation on Jane's sexuality
* "Love, Reign Over Me" by Crusading Saint
* "Slasher Fics" Daria slashfic collection
* Iron Chef: Guys and Guys (yes, exactly what you think...) (PPMB)
Ms. Morris

**Mrs. Morris** (no known first name) is a physical-education teacher at Lawndale High, as well as the track team coach and (it appears) the cheerleading coach.

She was voiced by Katie Kingston.

## Appearances and characterization

Morris appears in the episode "See Jane Run" and has two photos in "The Daria Database" and a non speaking appearances in "Lucky Strike" and "Life in the Past Lane".

She's been at Lawndale High for over a decade, and taught Penny Lane and Summer Lane before her. She has contempt for both girls and the Lane's in general, and deliberately targeted Penny when she was teaching her: "I taught her a thing or two about the American competitive spirit." which prompted Jane to reply "You sure did. That's why she's spent the last ten years out of the country."

Morris was openly corrupt, turning phys-ed into covert cheerleading practice and fudging grades for athletes. Prior to the start of the series, she had taught Jane's sisters and viewed the whole family as shiftless slackers, inspiring Jane to join the track team. When the girl turned out to be good, Morris immediately started backing her and doing her favours. When Jane quit, Morris tried to blackmail her into rejoining the team by threatening to deliberately flunk her in Math, though she was forced to back off when Jane threatened to reveal it to the media. (Morris had already stated both Angela Li and the PTA were aware of the threat)

"Database" has a photo of a typical lesson: the entire class are half-dead on the floor, and Morris is walking past them with a satisfied expression. A photo of the Lawndale High staff room has her blowing her whistle to try and break up Janet Barch's beating of Anthony DeMartino.

She would later join the school's union strike, and go on to watch Charles Ruttheimer III seemingly dying at his magic act with amusement.

Morris also appears in *Daria's Inferno* where she offers her whistle, to keep the football players and cheerleaders at bay in Lawndale High.

## Morris in Fanfiction

Morris has often been portrayed in a negative light in fanfiction, in tune with her antagonistic portrayal in *See Jane Run*.

Notable appearances:

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* Ring of Champions, of the the John Lane series, by Richard Lobinske.

* See Jane Spike by The Angst Guy, where she's a tyrannical figure of terror forcing the characters into a volleyball game.

* Morris appeared in Big Sister's Great Adventure by Wouter Jaegers where she's put in a much friendlier light, joking around with Mack about still beating the track team and Cheerleaders into shape before wishing him happy holydays and remarking how pleasant it was to see him again. She also appears earlier in the story as Rachel Landon signs up for the Cheerleading squad.

* Ms. Morris also appeared in Wouter Jaegers' Keeping Track of Fantasies, in a flashback of her verbal battle against Jane. And as Evan's lover in a not so pleasant figment of Jane's imagination.

* Liliane Grenier has depicted Penny Lane in Ms. Morris' gym class
Heroes

*Daria* fanfic by Lew Richardson.

The Fashion Club begin to target Daria, and the escalation of this harassment and the frustrations of her home life finally push Daria to breaking point. She's mad as hell and not taking it anymore - and neither's Jane, who's worked out one grand revenge scheme...

## External Links

* Heroes at Outpost Daria (via Wayback Machine)
* Fanart of it