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Canadibrit

A fanfic writer of Canadian-British ancestry (hence her name), Canadibrit (also known as 'CB') was one of the first Daria fan fiction writers to achieve name recognition for her works. The primary author of The Look-Alike Series, Canadibrit was also the creator and manager of her own Daria web site, I Am (NOT!) Daria, named because of her resemblance to the character.

The primary character of The Look-Alike Series, Lynn Cullen, is considered by some to be one of the more interesting characters in Daria fanfic, while other segments of the fandom consider Lynn to be a textbook depiction of a Mary Sue character.

As the Look-Alike Series progressed, it strayed further and further from what was commonly considered "canonical" Daria fanfic. The stories became more fantastical and long-winded, involving Daria and Lynn in a criminal organization and rearranging family relationships among the characters. Canadibrit began collaborating with fellow fan Ben Yee on TLAS, and they could often be found discussing upcoming stories and plot points in #Daria+ IRC. The constant TLAS discussion in the main chat channel alienated some fans, who began meeting in an alternate chatroom.

Her other main story is the *Battle Royale* crossover, "Battle Royale: Beyond Blunderdome".

Once extraordinarily active, Canadibrit is no longer a primary fixture in Daria fandom, preferring to lurk and occasionally post with news of her ongoing activities in real life. Due to Canadibrit's writing style, it is believed that she may have achieved recognition as one of the Angst Lords had she remained active in the fandom.

Canadibrit's works have influenced many Daria fans; it is also known that her works are directly responsible for CINCGREEN entering fandom (mainly to criticise her work) and for Brother Grimace to begin writing fanfic. The Sun Will Come Out, Tomorrow, his first fic, is a homage work towards The Look-Alike Series.
Blood on the Asphalt

A fanfic by Galen Hardesty.

While walking home from the library in Highland, Texas, young Daria Morgendorffer finds an orphaned baby opossum near her mother and siblings, who were very recently run over by a car. She adopts the opossum, names him Opie, and cares for him until his presence is discovered and it becomes clear he cannot stay at home with her.

The story offers a view of young Daria as a child who cares about other lives, and though she views things in a detached and intellectual way her strong nurturing side is brought to the fore.
Bob

**Bob** is the name of a recurring background character (or "backgrounder"), given a name in Cafe Disaffecto by happy accident after fans found a seating chart was legible. He's in a number of Daria's classes.

Bob is a standard punk and in "Jane's Addition", you can see him at the Zon smoking and drinking despite being too young. The obnoxious DJ's of Mental in the Morning met with his visible approval in "Jake of Hearts". Bob even crashed Brittany's party in "The Invitation", driving a car at the time and likely without a license. No wonder he was put in O'Neill's self-esteem class! ("Esteemsters")

Despite all this wild behaviour outside of school repeatedly shows up at school *behaving*: he's on the yearbook in "The New Kid", dons a tux in "Daria Dance Party", supports a homecoming parade in "I Loathe a Parade", and even helps Mr. DeMartino pack up the classroom in "Is It Fall Yet?" and *got invited to Britanny's part in "Groped by an Angel".* Most at odds with his image and bad habits, he's one of the guys who buy the Fashion Club's newsletter in "The Story of D" (but don't read it). Was he always like this, or did the self-esteem class straighten him out at school while still raising hell outside?

Aside from his fellow party crasher in his first appearance, Bob has only ever been seen hanging with Burnout Girl and fellow punk-esque student "Angel".

Bob's arm tattoos change from episode to episode, even appearing and disappearing, as a result of animation errors strange forces or possibly animation errors he's using temp tattoos for his image.

He shows up in the timeline montage at the start of "Is It College Yet?" as a punk, but with *different* coloured hair.

## Fandom

Bob's existence and name was first highlighted by The Angst Guy in late November 2007, at the Daria Fandom Blog II, asking if anyone had any ideas for him in fanfiction.

He appeared as a major character (given the surname Morrison) in Legion of Lawndale Heroes fanfic Fugitive by Wassersauefer in early January 2011: here, he was depicted as a crude half-English guy (full named Robert Andrew Morrison) and a good friend of "Burnout Girl", and part of a family that combats supernatural and demonic evil. In the same month, he first appeared in The Excellent S's Lawndale Fighting Championship (surname Rollins), depicted as a "hardcore" wrestler who brings weapons into the match for himself (and others) to use. In later 2011, thatLONERchick would do both fanart and a fanfic under the title "He Shall Be Mine", shipping Bob with Daria. From this point he was secured as a fandom creature.

What helps him above all other backgrounders, apart from his distinctive look, is we actually have a name for him.

## External Links

Bob at Backgrounders (wayback)
Bob-related entries at the Fandom Blog
Ashley-Amber Taylor

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**Ashley-Amber Taylor** is Brittany's step-mother and Steve Taylor's trophy wife. She was also the poster model for St. Peter Girl beer: "I'll cure what 'ales' you." She met Steve at a photo shoot.

From "The Daria Database", it is possible to see that Ashley-Amber is 26 years old at the start of the series.

In her speaking parts, Ashley-Amber seems to be quite dim and has a strong big-sister relationship with Brittany, who enjoys hanging out with her. In "The Old and the Beautiful", her first speaking role, Daria mistakes Ashley-Amber for Brittany's older sister and the woman gets confused & thinks there *is* an unknown Taylor she's never heard of ("maybe we can get manicures together"). "Database" states Brittany uses Ashley-Amber's ID to get into clubs.

"The Daria Database" (written before she first spoke) adds an unexpected new depth to her, stating that without Steve realising she's "secretly learning the joint-property laws"...

## Trivia

Her name is very similar to Daria voice actor Ashley Albert, but it is unknown if this was intentional.
Danny Bronstein

**Danny Bronstein** was a comedic author who wrote quasi-scripted fanfics. He was most active from 1997 through 1999.

## Fandom History

Bronstein was a part of fandom as early as 1997, posting on alt.lawndale.com's message board and contributing fanfic to the site as well.

## External Links

Fanfiction by Danny Bronstein at Outpost Daria (via Wayback Machine)
Crestmore

**Crestmore University** is a top school mentioned in *Is It College Yet?*.

## In canon

Andrew and Michele Landon pressure Jodie into attending Crestmore, which is very prestigious and competitive: Mack refers to it semi-jokingly as "the dream of dreams", Andrew Landon says their graduates "are literally running the country". Jodie confesses to her father that she would rather go to his alma mater Turner, a historically black college where she feels she would finally be able to relax socially, for at least a year. Andrew persists in telling her that Crestmore will give her more opportunities in life. She reluctantly gives in, but is miserable about the idea, a fact that she keeps secret from everyone but Mack.

Mack secretly meets Andrew at his office, revealing that Jodie had applied to Turner and was desperate to go. He and Michele confront Jodie with the information, and when she admits that Mack was telling the truth they reluctantly agree that she should go to Turner. Whether she transfers to Crestmore later or remains at Turner is unknown.

## Real Life Counterparts

Little information is given about Crestmore, except that it is a highly desirable school to attend. The only college spoken of as highly is Bromwell, which is hinted to be an alternate version of Yale; it is possible that Crestmore could stand in for another Ivy League school, such as Harvard.

The only information known about Crestmore's location is that it is much closer to Mack's preferred college, Vance University, than Turner is (thus adding a measure of personal sacrifice to his meeting with Andrew).

## In fanfiction

Jodie does go to Crestmore during Richard Lobinske's "Falling into College", eventually gaining a new boyfriend there.
Daria's Season of Goodwill

This Christmas story by Nemo Blank begins with Daria alone while Jane is out of state on an enforced visit with distant relatives. Events soon conspire to bring her together with Trent. Jane begins to learn more of the true Lane family history, and after a Christmas party at the Morgendorffers, enters into a partnership with Quinn to design clothes. The story is continued in "The Mighty Quinn."
Evan

**Evan** is a member of the Lawndale High School track team and temporary romantic interest of Jane Lane "See Jane Run".

## Appearance

Evan appears to be initially quite charming and friendly, despite his disdain for people who had no passion for athleticism - which initially just comes off as disdain for the Fashion Club. He's a popular kid and his good looks and charm catch the eye of Jane. She is obviously smitten with him when she is part of the Track Team. Despite Daria's antipathy, he is personable and nice to her face.

However, when Daria isn't in earshot and he knows Jane is annoyed with her, he shows his true colours: saying he doesn't understand why Jane hangs out with Daria, as it's "not so cool" for a sports star like her to be hanging around "losers". This turns Jane off and convinces her to leave the track team. Ethan is later part of Ms. Morris' group who try to intimidate Jane into rejoining the team, and shows no concern that Jane is being blackmailed. When she refuses to play ball, he says "I don't get you".

## In fanfiction

He is seen on occasion in fan fiction, mainly in alternate universe versions of "See Jane Run" (see John Lane, God Save The Esteem et al). He is usually in a negative light as an antagonist for Jane and Daria. In The Spectacular Spider-Girl he is a friend of "Flash" (a nastier, AU version of Kevin Thompson) who torments Jane, at least in part because she had previously joined and quit the track team in this continuity as well. When Daria sees a world where she and Jane were never friends in "The Look-Alike Series" chapter "It's A Passable Life", she sees Jane and Evan never broke up without her around and Evan is preventing Jane from making something of herself.

Several stories present him more favourably and even have him getting back with Jane, such as Turnabout Confusion or Ring Toss.

In The Best days of our lives revised he becomes Trent's helping hand in getting through high school again. In that story he and Jane react like an old couple around each other.
Angst

In the context of  *Daria* fanworks, **angst** is a style in which psychological suffering and mental anguish are the major themes. Conflict is common in angst writing, though it is rarely physical in nature, tending to deal more in intellectual/emotional conflict between two or more characters, or an internal conflict with a character's self.

Angst is a sub-set of the drama genre, and thus combines well with many of the same other genres and sub-genres, particularly melodrama, romance, and hurt/comfort stories. It is only rarely mixed with comedy, usually for the sake of satire or parody.

## Angst in *Daria* Canon

In response to a question from Kara Wild, show creator Glenn Eichler remarked, "We didn't want to do a show about the misfits finding happiness through solidarity. We didn't want anyone finding happiness, period. A basic tenet of the Tao of *Daria* is that life is not fair, and any fan fiction that concludes differently violates the secret *Daria* rulebook buried at the base of an unmarked peak in the Alleghenies."

While it is debatable whether or not any of the characters truly did find happiness at any point, this statement seems to confirm that angst is very close to the heart of the *Daria* universe. Examples of angst within the series are numerous. Included among them are  Stacy's perceived "doormat" tendencies,  Daria's continual strife with her family,  Jake's rants about his  father, and  Mr. DeMartino's anger management issues. These were primarily used for humour in the show itself, but would sometimes be used for dramatic purposes: "Jake of Hearts" shows Jake, in bed as he recovers from his first heart attack, worrying about repeating his father's mistakes. He confesses to Daria that he has done everything he can to be the best father to his children, yet still fears the possibility of doing harm. Perhaps this is why Daria looks up to Jake as a hero during the airline flight with him in "Of Human Bonding."

Perhaps the most prominent and controversial examples of ongoing angst in the series, however, are the events leading up to and following The Kiss, and the later "Boxing Daria."

## Angst in *Daria* Fanworks

While angst writing has long been known to this fandom, it became more common after the end of the TV series. Though for some angst has begun to wear thin, it is still currently one of the preferred styles of storytelling for many fanfic authors and readers.

### Examples

* "Angst Nauseum," by MMan (dead-on parody of the angst style)
* "Be Careful What You Wish For," by Angelinhel
* "Bringing the Angst," by Jim North
* "Daria 2007: The Girl from Hope," by The Angst Guy
* "Love is a Series of Burning Sensations," by undefinedlust
* "The Misery Chicks," by NightGoblyn
* "My Best Friend," by Smileyfax

### The Angst Lords

Having honed their angst-writing craft in both quality and quantity, the Angst Lords are a group of fan fic authors that have gone above and beyond the call of duty in inflicting mental pain and emotional torture upon the characters in their stories. Being named as one of their number is an honor in the *Daria* fandom.
Country Wisdom

A story by Kristen Bealer that fills in what happened to Daria the night of the "End of Summer" campfire at Camp Grizzly mentioned in the episode, "Camp Fear". Finding herself alone in camp, 12 year old Daria goes for a walk and discovers the other campers around the fire and figures out what happened. Angry, she marched away and found herself far from camp, and found unexpected company.
Brandon League

**Brandon League** has been a member of the Dariaverse since late 2001/early 2002. He hasn't written much lately, but back in the day he was a writing machine, authoring such fics as: Anything, Cool, Eight Legged Pink, and Extra Credit (a Daria/Crocodile Hunter crossover fic which was nominated for the 2006 Booties, but did not win). He also wrote a bunch of godawful crap that doesn't deserve a mention. He has many friends among the Daria faithful, including Thea Zara, Kara Wild, Deref, Angelboy, Quiverwing, HelpfulSkittlesExplosion, Gregor Samsa and Minkychanz.

League currently resides in a secret lair in the wilds of West Georgia. He has a mild crush on Quiverwing and suffers from "Chameleon Syndrome" (a fictional ailment invented by League in which one of mediocre popularity has a tendency to blend into his surroundings). He has however been recieving severe treatment for said ailment from Deref and Angelboy and is recovering nicely. League is semi-retired from writing, but he never says never. He will probably write again someday. He is however, the self-proclaimed "Hardest Working Beta Reader In Show Business" and has beta read for such highbrow authors as Thea Zara, Kara Wild and The Angst Guy.

League's all time favorite Daria fic is I Never Metamorphosis I Didn’t Like by The Angst Guy, which he also beta read. When it comes to Daria fanart, he's more than a little fond of the artworks of Kemical Reaxion, Christ Oliver and S.C. He considers each of them to be a genius in their own rights.

He is also known as brnleague99 (his nickname in PPMB, SFMB and SFMB2), and is sometimes called "brn," to his consternation.

Mr. League shares his birthday, February 12th, with sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Outside the Dariaverse, he is a big fan of professional wrestling (especially independent promotions) and heavy metal music. He expects to be sent to Hell any day now, having also amassed a comic book collection that would make the Angels (both heavenly and they of Anaheim) weep.
David

**David** is a student at Grove Hills, seen briefly in "Gifted".

He used to be friends with Lara, Cassidy, and Graham, but his social standing collapsed after he "only" got into the 90th percentile on his SAT scores. His fellow students abruptly decided he was boring, banal, and an idiot, with Graham and Lara disgusted to see he dares show his face at the school's open day.

Unsurprisingly, David looks a bit fed up with things.

He is not to be confused with David Sorenson, though coincidentally they are both intelligent characters who only appear in one episode each.

## David in Fanfiction

In Shiva's "Losers No More", David Bentley reconnects with Graham after the later has an epiphany, then transfer to Lawndale High as part of an attempt to improve themselves as people.
GlitterShrooms

**GlitterShrooms** is a Daria fanfic writer.

Due to unicode issues, several of their stories will require the PPMB "Rosetta Stone".

* Esteem Des Tres (from Iron Chef about a Helen-style third Morgendorffer sister)
* Friday Night Exchange
* The Girl By The Oak
* Phoenix
* Trial
* For the Hell is Crossed People Iron Chef, crossing Daria with the NSFW horror comic Crossed "Tortured Like a Love Song", "Toilet Humor", and "Happy Halloween (nodding to "In Any Other World")
Good-Bye, Diarrhea

**Good-Bye, Diarrhea** is the fourth "episode" of C.E. Forman's Lost Season One (of The Lost Seasons series), written in fall of 1998. Like all of Forman's Lost Season episodes, it is written in quasi-script form with three Acts and commercials.

The story was inspired both by Forman's earlier work writing *Beavis and Butt-head* fanfics and how the *Daria* show was quietly ignoring it was a spinoff - as he said in the author's notes, "I thought it'd be neat to explain some of the differences between the Daria of the two shows"

## Summary

This story is set in Highland and recalls Daria's last days before moving to Lawndale, right before her birthday. Mr. Van Driessen takes it upon himself to throw a farewell party for Daria - not that any of her peers at Highland High actually care, nor does Daria care one bit that she's leaving town. In her last day, she futilely tries to get any useful response from Beavis and Butt-head who, once she's gone, admit she was "cool" and theorise she wanted to 'do it' with one of them.

Daria gains her new green-jacket-black-shirt-Doc-Martens ensemble, surprisingly a birthday present from *Quinn*: " I just went with the most godawful unsightly combination I could come up with, I figured you'd like it."

## Trivia

* The story is told in the style of a *Beavis and Butt-head* episode rather than a *Daria* one, with pauses for music video commentary (not included in the fanfic) and the show's 'disclaimer' about not emulating the buttmunches.
* Helen, Jake, and Quinn interact with Beavis and Butt-head for the first time in any fanfic.
* The fanfic establishes Daria is moving to Lawndale during the Easter break, thus fitting with the fandom's early "Lost Summer" theory that "Road Worrier" and "The Teachings of Don Jake" take plus during the summer break. This take was mostly dropped in favour of 'her sophomore year is S1+2' as time went on.
* Just before Daria is about to say where Lawndale actually *is*, she's interrupted.
* Several *Beavis and Butt-head* references make their way in. The Morgendorffer house is the same design from the comics. A montage sequence mixes the episodes, the comics, and two of Forman's fanfics. The movers the Morgendorffers hired are "the same two men Beavis and Butt-Head once helped rob Stewart's house" (who pretended to be 'movers') - also tying in to "The Daria Diaries" saying they got her to be a lookout for them on a warehouse robbery.
* Daria removing the doorknob from the old house is also from "The Daria Database."

## External Links

Good-Bye, Diarrhea at Outpost Daria Reborn
Daria Morgendorffer's Greatest Retail Regret

**Daria Morgendorffer's Greatest Retail Regret** was an interview with Daria Morgendorffer for the "Buyers Remorse" column of online magazine Racked. The real-life writer of Daria's response was Glenn Eichler, the first time he'd written for Daria since Is It College Yet?, and original artwork was commissioned from ex-Daria art director Karen Disher. Anne D. Bernstein wrote the introduction.

Daria told Racked that she saw a commercial for the Forever Lazy: "a shapeless, fuzzy jumpsuit thingy that the ad described as 'the one-piece lie-around, lounge-around full-body lazy-wear,' and I thought to myself, anything incorporating that many hyphens must be a quality product." Deciding she'd "finally found a garment with lounging standards as ambitious as my own", she ordered the navy blue version. Unfortunately, it turned out that even with it fully tightened, part of her face could still be seen and thus her family would know she was inside. "Without camouflage properties, this thing was no good to me." Daria asked Racked readers to get in touch with her if they know of a similar product that "comes with 60 Minutes Mafioso Interview facial prosthetics".

As this was in-character material written by Eichler and approved of by MTV, this can be taken as canon. The wording is ambiguous enough to imply that either Daria is living at home after college (she wouldn't be the only late-20s graduate to be doing that in 2011 America...) or that she has a family of her own (who she claims she wants to avoid...).
Esteem Roller

**Esteem Roller** is an alternate universe novel by legendeld. It is based on two changes to the canon Dariaverse:  Quinn is a Straight Edge skateboarder and  Daria has a shattered sense of self-worth after her revenge fantasy writings were discovered and dealt with in a harsh, zero-tolerance manner at Highland High.

## Synopsis

The Morgendorffer sisters work to make it through their first year at Lawndale High as Quinn holds to a Straight Edge lifestyle and Daria tries to rebuild herself after being subjected to mind torture and brainwashing.

Notable additions were Judy Rowe as Stacy’s single mother, who bonds with Daria and helps her out, and Michael Morgendorffer as an infant brother of Quinn and Daria who unfailingly tries to nurse on any available woman.

## External Links

* Esteem Roller on legendeld's site
* Esteem Roller on the PPMB
Breaking up the Girl

**Breaking Up the Girl** was a 2001/2 single by alternate band Garbage. It was first released as part of the band's third album, Beautiful Garbage, in October 2001, before later being released as a single in December 2001 (US) and April 2002 (International).

The first music video for the single made its premiere alongside "Is It College Yet?", and featured a montage of Daria scenes alongside footage of Garbage filming their second, wide-release video. "Breaking Up the Girl" was promoted as the "theme song" for "College" [1], though this was actually "College Try (Gives Me Blisters)".

The Daria video was only shown once but is available on YouTube.
Anti-Plasma Cannon

## Attributes

* Multiple Shots
* Looping Shot
* Area Damage
* Cluster Bomb
* Poison Mines

## Gameplay Information

The **Anti-Plasma Cannon** is a Heavy weapon released on the 14.3.0 update.

## Appearance

It is a bullpup, futuristic cannon with four green barrels and the rear non-removable stock. On the top is the handle for holding when walking.

## Strategy

It deals exceptionally high damage, low fire rate, low capacity and good mobility.

### Tips

* Aim it to multiple players to increase the feasibility of the area damage.
* It is OK to spam this weapon, but be warned that it has low ammo.
* Use this in close range due to its arc-shaped trajectory.
* Due to the "Poison Mines" attribute, you can lure other players to go to you, only to receive damage.
* It is best used as both a crowd controller and an offensive weapon, due to its ability to rain clusters of poisonous projectiles.

### Counters

* Pick off its users from long ranges.
* Attack its users when they are reloading and/or having the fire rate cooldown.
* Outwit its users with high-mobility weapon.
* Avoid its mines since you will be poisoned if you step on it.
* Stay airborne to avoid being hit, but do not be near the floor, due to the cluster bomb effect.

## Trivia

* It is based on the Anti-Plasma Cannon from *Blake Stone* series, albeit different in color for the barrels.
* It is the first and the only weapons with looping shot attribute with Multiple Shots attribute.
* The "Frag Damage" attribute was replaced by the "Cluster Bomb" attribute due to the introduction of the Christmas Ultimatum, which holds the first place in featuring such an attribute.
Cassidy

**Cassidy** is a student in Grove Hills, and one of a group of three (with Graham and Lara) that Daria and Jodie meet in "Gifted". The three students are presumably friends.

She initially seems to be someone with a similar attitude to Daria, but as the evening goes on she shows herself to be obnoxious and dismissive of anyone with lower intelligence. She takes this to the extreme of shunning David as an "idiot" for "only" getting the 90th percentile on an SAT test.

She talks less than Lara and Graham, and disappeared after the encounter with David. Why did she leave? Did Daria's remark about tests showing "who your real friends are" hit close to home, is she not as close as Lara and Graham are, did she have to do something else, did the writer or animators want to have one less character to juggle in the later scene??
Daria's Christmas Carol

**Daria's Christmas Carol** is a fanfic by Admonisher, in which Daria Morgendorffer is visited by spirits to get her to interact with others and be open. Can one night actually change the way Daria thinks? And will it be for the better?

Making an appearance as the Marley figure is Aunt Eleanor, Daria's great-aunt from C.E. Forman's influential "The Lost Seasons".
Blowback Machine Gun

## Attributes

 Automatic

Epic

* 13 (base)
* 18 (headshot)
* 174 DPS

Legendary

* 15 (base)
* 22 (headshot)
* 200 DPS

Mythical

* 16 (base)
* 23 (headshot)
* 213 DPS

## Gameplay Information

The **Blowback Machine Gun** is a Primary weapon introduced in the 16.3.0 update.

## Appearance

It is a WWII-themed submachine gun with a wooden body, barrel with below-average length, and a 20-round magazine placed on the player's side (in particular, in front of the user's eyes).

## Strategy

It deals good damage, and has a high fire rate, below-average capacity and good mobility.

### Tips

* Use this in short ranges.
* It has a quite greater amount of reserve capacity, so don't mind firing much.
	+ Even then, you have to conserve ammo.
* Use the Turbo Charger to suppress fire on enemies.
* Avoid long-range maps since this weapon performs poorly in that range.
* Pair it with Turbocharger module to compensate for its low capacity.
* Am with its iron sights to reduce bullet spread when firing.
* This weapon has a fairly low reloading time, meaning you can quickly reload on the go.

### Counters

* Engage its users in a long range for a safer kill.
* Area damage can easily distract its user's aim. That way, he will be vulnerable to counterattacks.
* Take note that skilled users will perform burst shots to make up for the inaccuracy when holding the fire button.
* Crowd its users since this weapon's low capacity hinders its ability to finish you and your teammates.

## Performance Analysis

 Fire Rate
 Capacity
 Mobility
 Accuracy
 Range
 Cost to buy
 Overall rating

*Cost to buy depends on the ease of obtaining this weapon*

## Trivia

* This weapon is based from the Imperial Japan's lesser-known Type 100 Submachine Gun.
* It is one of the Primary weapons that are classified as submachine guns.
* It is included in the WWII Special Chests in the 18.1.0 WWII update.
* When upgraded to Legendary, it shares the same damage per shot of the Mythical Neutron Pulsator.
A Hard Days' Night

A *Daria* fanfic by The Angst Guy that takes advantage of the various anomalies during the third season to create a science-fiction/fantasy tale. The story does not violate anything seen on the *Daria* show but offers explanations for peculiar events such as the singing and dancing during a hurricane in "Daria!" and the invasion of the Holiday Island teens during "Depth Takes a Holiday." The improbable exploits of the background character known as Shaggy are also addressed.

The narrator of "A Hard Days' Night" is J.B., a talking bulldog who is fond of quoting Benjamin Disraeli. J.B. works with genius inventor Andrew Landon and a squad of semi-genius teenage boys called the Irregulars, who do combat with aliens, paranormal forces, and mad scientists who threaten Lawndale and the Chesapeake Bay area.

An interesting gadget known as a Nuke Box was introduced here.

Winner of "Favorite Dramatic Comedy" and "Favorite Science Fiction" story in the 4th Daria Fanworks Awards.

## External Links

"A Hard Days' Night" at The Angst Guy's story website

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"Esteemsters" and Daria Fanfic

The very first episode of Daria has given rise to an unusually rich outpouring of fanfic, particularly covering ways in which this critical episode could have gone.

## "Esteemsters" in Alternate-Universe Fanfics

The events in "Esteemsters" have been recast many times in alternate universe stories, most of them centering around the pivotal first meeting (or lack thereof) of Daria Morgendorffer and her only friend, Jane Lane (or their AU selves). Retellings of "Esteemsters" sometimes cover events within that time period, the first few days of Daria's sophomore year, but outside the actual events shown in the episode (e.g., "Darius" and "If You Only Walk Long Enough" by The Angst Guy).

The most important event in “Esteemsters” occurs when Daria meets Jane in Timothy O'Neill’s self-esteem class at Lawndale High. So critical is this meeting to Daria’s well-being that Daria herself says of it: “I moved to this town and I knew immediately I'd be a total outcast. And in the one moment of good luck I've had in my entire life, I met another outcast who I could really be friends with and not have to feel completely alone” (“Dye! Dye! My Darling”). A failure for the two to connect is often a harbinger for disaster in AU-dom (e.g., Brother Grimace's nightmarish "Victory Lane"), though on occasion an acceptable series of outcomes can be achieved ("Jane on the Side" by The Alchemist). Richard Lobinske's "Saving Hope" sidesteps much of "Esteemsters" entirely for an unexpected outcome to Daria's first day in school in Lawndale.

## "Esteemsters" in Canon Fanfics

It is rare for a writer to recast the events of “Esteemsters” in canon, however. A notable example is Jon Kilner’s highly regarded view from Jane Lane’s perspective, “The Last Days of Solitude”. A novelization of Daria's pilot episode, "[[Sealed with a Kick]," was written by C and made to fit within the time period of "Esteemsters." Rey Fox wrote an amusing in-canon story of the Morgendorffers’ drive from Highland to Lawndale called “Drive” (not to be confused with the science-fiction post-canon tale of the same name). Richard Lobinske covered the events immediately after the Morgendorffers arrive at their new home in his scriptfic, "Lawndale Arrival."
Extreme Music

**Extreme Music** is a music library website/company headquartered in Great Britain. They provide production music for uses ranging from TV shows and commercials to wrestling entrance themes. A number of tracks were used as replacement music for the Daria: The Complete Animated Series DVD, which were mixed into the episodes by G & E Music.

Tracks used by them include:

* Ambulance Ethos (used in Dye! Dye! My Darling)
* Misplaced Tear (used in Dye! Dye! My Darling)
* Oolala (used in several Quinn scenes)
* Slow Death (used in Psycho Therapy and Lucky Strike)
* Striped Dress at Largo
* U Look Fly Today (used in The Big House)
* Without Your Guitar (used in Dye! Dye! My Darling)
Graham

**Graham** is one of the three obnoxious students (along with Lara and Cassidy) encountered by Daria and Jodie Landon at Grove Hills, in the episode "Gifted."

He is incredibly condescending, egotistical, and arrogant, dismissive of *anyone* he perceives to be less intelligent. He tells Jodie she needs to get into Grove Hills before her opinions on anything matter. He also started shunning David and lamenting how he stopped being "interesting" after he got a low score on his SATs (*relatively* low, David had actually got into the 90th percentile), and is amazed he has "the nerve" to turn up to an event. When Daria snarks that tests help you "know who your real friends are", Graham replies "right" before he realises she's making a joke at his expense.

Graham is driven by material success, gleefully waiting to be rich: "I can't wait to stroll down the Riviera with a model on each arm." He jokingly agrees that he hopes he can be smart and morally bankrupt.

The driving force behind all this is that he's still traumatised and vindictively obsessed with having been a bullied outcast in public school. When talking about the benefits of Grove Hills, without prompting he started to seethe about "idiots and fools and a quarterback who tells the whole school you shower in a towel. I'd like to see a quarterback write a paper on Mao".

All this time Jodie had been trying to be polite and sociable but quickly loses her temper against Graham when he dismisses her opinions by stating that she isn't in Grove hills yet and there for there's no reason to take her seriously. Jodie goes wide eyed in anger and shouts: "HEY, because some jock made you feel like the loser you are, don't take it out on me!" to which he responded "I'm NOT a loser! I have a 165 IQ!". She tells him he's "boring and miserable", and he threatens to make sure she never goes to Grove Hills (likely an idle threat).

Notably, while he tries to dismiss and belittle Jodie, who'd spent the previous conversations being polite and sociable, he *doesn't* try to do it to Daria, who'd shown she didn't care about that and was willing to insult him.

## Graham in Fanfiction

* In the Legion of Lawndale Heroes series, he is known as Alexander Milhous Graham. He finds out that he and his parents are members of The Elite.
* In TAG's "A Hard Days' Night," Graham is part of the Irregulars, an all-boy team of adventurous science nerds led by genius inventor Andrew Landon. The team investigates paranormal events and attacks against Lawndale. Though brilliant, Graham is arrogant and impulsive.
* In Shiva's Losers No More, Graham Alexander realizes that Jodie was right, reconnects with David, and transfers to Lawndale as part of an attempt to improve as a person.
Daria: Sophomore Blues

**Daria: Sophomore Blues** is a fanfiction novel created by Gwendolyn L. Spelvin. It is Post-canon, taking place after the conclusion of the MTV Series during Daria Morgendorffer and Jane Lane's Sophomore years in college.

It is featured on the Archive Of Our Own website.

## Summary

Daria Morgendorffer has just survived her Freshman Year at Raft University, and is hoping like hell not to repeat the same boring mundane experience as a sophomore. In an effort to assert herself more into the world, Daria bites the bullet to move off campus and get out on her own. After making amends of their past over their mutual ex, her best friend Jane Lane joins her on this quest, still hanging in at Boston College Of Fine Arts. Everything seems to be fine, until life unexpectedly changes without a moment's notice for Daria, forcing her to explore her newfound independence in a way she never imagined would ever happen. As she starts living her life for the first time without anyone's preconceived notions, she truly realizes that while she's a better woman for the experience, change hurts.

## Sequels

Spelvin announced in 2017 she would be writing a follow-up to the fanfiction novel, featuring other characters in the Daria universe. As of 2018, she's only 20 chapters in.

The novel can be found on the AOW author works here.
Beth Ann

*Daria* fan and author, one of the original members of the Infamous Unserious Five.

## Written Works

* The Lawndale Tango by The New Kids on the Cell Block (Mahna Mahna, Betting on Delusions, Beth Ann, Guy “Decelaraptor” Payne, Scarlett)
* Age Old Question, an influential genderswap fanfic

## Daria Fanworks Awards

1st Daria Fanworks Awards

* Favourite Movie Rip Off Work (tie) for *The Lawndale Tango*

## The CRAPPIES Awards

1st CRAPPIES Awards

* Most Out of Character Daria for "The Lawndale Tango,"
Chris Marcil

**Chris Marcil** is a television screenwriter and comic writer. With Sam Johnson, he wrote the Daria episodes College Bored, The Big House, The New Kid, Depth Takes a Holiday, and Speedtrapped, as well as the pilot, Sealed with a Kick. In an interview, Glenn Eichler says he believed they named Quinn, Jake, and Helen.

Johnson and Marcil also wrote for *Beavis and Butt-head* and issues of the spin-off comic, many featuring Daria. On the parent show, they suggested a character that would evolve into Todd Ianuzzi and also contributed the term "assmunch" (which MTV initially forced Mike Judge to change it to "buttmunch").

In 2016, he told Paste Magazine: "I remember when we were talking about it we were like, ‘Oh, this is Frasier.’ You’re taking the smartest character from this goofy world and you’re trying to do a show that’s true to that character, not so much true to the world it’s from... We can’t say this is just like Beavis and Butt-head because the audience will see how phony it is and reject it."

Marcil and Johnson's contract with MTV expired by the time *Daria* aired and they moved out to Los Angeles to work on sitcoms ("where the money was", he told Paste), which is why they didn't take a larger role in the show. He has since worked on *NewsRadio*, *Frasier*, and *How I Met Your Mother*

Chris Griffin is named after him.
David Sorenson

**David Sorenson** is a fictional character that appears in *Is It Fall Yet?*. He was voiced by Carson Daly.

## Characterization

David is hired by the Morgendorffers to tutor Quinn during the summer, as a result of her P-STAT scores. Quinn later says that he's "off to college" at the end of the summer, but what year of college he's in is never said.

From his only appearance, it is seen that David is a serious and studious young man with little patience for lack of effort or concentration from his students. He also seems to have strong opinions on Quinn's mental capacities and the involvement of parents on studying.

Besides Quinn, David has tutored Jasmine, with good results, and is seen trying to tutor the remaining members of the Fashion Club, with less stellar results. Sandi and Tiffany seemed basically indifferent to his efforts, causing him to drop them; Stacy tried to learn, but became neurotic whenever she made a mistake.

Quinn develops a crush on him throughout the telefilm, her first truly serious infatuation - so serious she approached Daria for some covert input - even though he's the type of guy she states she never thought she'd fall for. When she expresses the crush to David, he tells her he's flattered but she's not his type, lacking the "certain amount of depth" he's after and stating that, by focusing solely on a "party school" for college and hanging with the Fashion Club, she's showing very low self esteem. He then tells her she's showing she's aware now of her potential and that he's glad & wishes her luck, but their worlds are too far apart.

Quinn is deeply affected by his rejection, even crying for a moment when she discussed it with Daria. She also comments that she usually doesn't tell a guy when she actually likes them, a "rule" that she broke with David.

MTV's feature "Love is a way too many splendored thing", a 'flipbook' of Quinn's admirers, has Quinn state her cover story: she was only *pretending* to like him for a better grade. "Really. Why are you looking at me?"

## In Fanfiction

Due to the crush Quinn harbours for David, they have often been described as a romantic pair in fanfiction.

Stories in which David is a main character are:

* A Certain Amount of Depth, by TAG;
* Complications, by legendeld;
* Suite for Cello, Two-Part Invention, by TAG;
* Telling Tales Out of School, by Kristen Bealer
Grove Hills

Grove Hills is a private school for gifted children in Lawndale, appearing only in the episode "Gifted." Daria and Jodie are taken there to see if they want to attend, but both of them are turned off by the vicious elitism of the students.

The school boasts that 91% of its students go on to the Ivy League and make important contacts during their time. It is less keen to mention that the other 9% often require a "rest" from the pressures of academic life ("and occasionally away from the pressure of dressing and feeding themselves").

## Students

* **Cassidy**

Her attitude is obnoxious and cynical to the (apparently) less gifted.

* **David**

(Non-speaking part) Shunned by his colleagues due to having only scored in the 90th percentile of his tests.

* **Graham**

Condescending, amoral, and arrogant, while suffering from bitterness over how he was bullied in public school.

* **Lara**

She claims she had been an intellectual outcast before going to Grove Hills.

* **Marina**

A recruiter at Grove Hills' open day, sneered at by the other students.

## Grove Hills in Fan Fiction

* In Regifted, Daria and Jodie decided to accept the Grove Hill offers after all. While Jodie boards at the school, Daria commutes in as she refuses "to be around those jerks 24/7".
* In The Trouble With Veronica, Evelyn Veronica Morgendorffer is a full-time student at Grove Hills, who attends on a full scholarship and (as of her senior year) acts as an Ambassador for the academy. This story also names Metzzner Auditorium as Grove Hills' main meeting hall.
* In The Hallowed Halls of Fielding, Grove Hills is a long-time rival of Fielding Preparatory Academy; the two schools have mixers together and high-stakes football games against each other. Fielding students claim that Grove Hills lost prestige and import after Fielding became co-ed, attracting girls that would previously have gone to Hills.
* In Grove Hell on Earth, Daria was sent to Grove Hills instead of Lawndale High and was nearly driven insane.
Coming of Age

**Coming of Age** is a story by Deep Metal. After Beavis and Butt-Head graduate Highland High, they find Gus Baker, a conservative talk-radio host Beavis once mooned, talking on TV, and believe he's planning to become president and "stop us from seeing naked chicks and music videos or something." They decide to go to Washington DC to protest, and end up joining Mr. Van Driessen, Cassandra, and Stewart Stevenson on a cross-country trip as their way to reach Washington. (En route, they forgot what they started the trip for) Daria Morgendorffer joins them on their trip after attending a play on Broadway with Jane Lane and noticing Butt-head taking the place of one of the actors.

Meanwhile, a vast conspiracy of characters conspire against Beavis and Butt-Head, including Gus Baker, the recently fired Principal McVicker, Earl, Clark Cobb, and the recently freed Todd Ianuzzi, under the command of the sinister "Mr Lobby"...

During the fic, in the face of life-altering events, most of the protaganists - including Daria - and several of the villains end up changing for the better... but will Beavis and Butt-head change too, or remain exactly the same as they always have been...?
Boston Fine Arts College

**Boston Fine Arts College**, or BFAC, is a fictional university for the fine arts in Boston, where Jane Lane is accepted per the movie *Is It College Yet?*. From what characters say about it, it is considered one of the best arts colleges in the States.

Fan speculation has BFAC based upon the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (nicknamed "MassArt") in Boston - in 2002, it had the similar name Massachusetts College of Art. MassArt is a publicly-funded university, so it could be assumed BFAC is as well.
Arno

**Arno** is a Danish balloon crew chief employed by Terry Perry Barlow in the episode, "Of Human Bonding".

While Terry claims to have saved a balloon crew by opening a rip panel with his teeth, it was actually Arno who did so and he threatens to expose the story, claiming he has the dental damage to prove it.

Arno was quite bemused when Terry not only wanted to go ballooning in bad weather, but didn't think he needed a proper balloon crew but just "a teenager and a confused man?". The resulting argument, with both him and Terry threatening each other, caused him to bemoan how he missed the chance to be the first to solo balloon around the world to work for Terry, and that feels that he has failed his native Denmark. When Daria jokes he could be the first to solo around the world twice, Arno takes her seriously and immediately leaves to do so.

Arno speaks with an accent that sounds more like Arnold Schwartzenegger than a standard Danish accent.

On MTVs' official Daria website, Arno introduced a part of the website that showed clips of different foreign dubs of the series: "I am Arno and I am here to greet you to this small and festive occasion. Did you know that the cinema of my native Denmark has been cruelly shunned at Cannes and other film festivals set in ridiculous hot places? I have made it my mission to bring light on this fact. But I am sad for this festival would not accept our best Danish film this year, "The Clog," because it does not have anything to do with the moving cartoon picture of "Daria." I will be taking this up with the United Nations and The Hague. But first, here are some funny clips in languages that are not as fine as Danish."
BACR-50 "Watanabe"

## Attributes

* Single Shots
* 8X Zoom

UP2:

* 115
* 9 (weight)
* 70 (post-15.3.0)

## Gameplay Information

The **BACR-50 "Watanabe"** is a Sniper weapon introduced in the 18.5.0 update.

## Appearance

It is a bolt-action centerfire rifle with a long barrel, 8X scope and the bipod.

## Strategy

It deals good damage, low fire rate and capacity and good mobility.

### Tips

* Aim for the head to deal more damage.
* Take time to aim if you are in a Sniper duel.
* Fully max this weapon out to be more deadly.
* This can one headshot players (if used correctly) so try to be accurate so you can get fast kills.
* Use the rifles 8X zoom in map's such as Ant's Life to maximize the gun's efficiency and accuracy..
* Its low capacity is the hindrance. Try to get more ammo pickups.
* Hide while reloading, since its reload speed is not very good.
* Keep moving while sniping. This is key for redicing vulnerability.
* In Team Fight, pick off key targets (i.e. Ghost Lantern users) to prevent enemies from getting fast easy kills.

### Counters

* Pick off its users from long ranges while still unsuspected.
* Get in close range. However, beware that experienced users can kill you without the scope.
* Experienced users can no-scope with this weapon, so be prpared with evasive maneuvers.
* Jump around so as to waste the user's ammo.
* Move in a random pattern, but do not make common patterns as skilled players can estimate your position while his is firing.
* A fast-firing Sniper weapon can overpower its users.
* Attack its users from behind or while he is reloading.
* Area damage weapons can easily disorient its users.

## Trivia

* It is based from the Japanese Howa M1500 bolt-action centerfire rifle.
	+ It was originally a hunting rifle back then during its inception.
* It is one of the Sniper weapons that comes with a usable bipod.