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Buck Conroy

**Buck Conroy** (who claims to be a general) is head of a mercenary company and editor of *Brutal Mercenary Magazine*.

In order to shut down Amazon Modeling's recruitment work at Lawndale High, Daria decided to embarrass Li by inviting Conroy - faking that Principal Li did it - to do his *own* recruitment and "hold a complimentary class". The local news duly filmed it and while investigating if Li really had done it, found out she had called in Amazon.

Conroy was an *amazingly* cheerful guy, happy to be seen recruiting children to be potential mercenaries and enthusiastic about all the money to be made from killing.

Is Daria a reader of *Brutal Mercenary*??

## Fandom

As a ready-made thug, Conroy has turned up as an antagonist in several fics. Nemo Blank's "Ring Toss" is an exception, where he's the amoral boyfriend of Ms Li and a torturer, but not an obstacle for Daria.

## Trivia

Buck Conroy gets a *check* from "Li". This raises a few questions: did Daria forge Li's signature, did Daria actually stiff a blood-soaked mercenary, or did she *pay him herself*?)
Galen Hardesty

*Daria* fanfiction author who also writes under the pseudonyms "Lawndale Stalker" and "Ostragoth." As Lawndale Stalker, he is considered the premier writer of "Genius Daria," tales showing Daria Morgendorffer at her intellectual and knowledgeable best. His stories display sharp wit and humor while leading on to their logical conclusions.

## Notable Works (Lawndale Stalker)

* The Beaches of Barksdale
* Blood Oath of Patriots
* Blood Oath of Patriots II: By Any Other Name
* Blood on the Asphalt
* Courtney and Adrian's Bogus Adventure
* A Date with Death
* Don't Bet On It
* Emancipation
* The House on Space-Time Lane
* Interview with the Alien
* Kidnapped
* On a High Note
* Once Upon a Time in the Future
* The Picture of Daria's Rear
* Scanner
* Smackdown
* Tales of Young Daria (Series)
* The Teachings of Dona Daria
* The UnHighlander
* A Valentine Day to Remember
* The Whole Truth

## Daria Fanworks Awards

1st Daria Fanworks Awards

* Favorite Alternate History (tie) for *Estrangesters*
* Favourite Post-Is It College Yet? for *Once Upon a Time in College*
* Favorite Science Fiction (tie) for *The House on Space-Time Lane*

3rd Daria Fanworks Awards

* Favourite Jake Story for *Breakfast with Dad*

5th Daria Fanworks Awards

* Favorite Comedy (tie) for Naked Came the Cynic

## External Links

Galen Hardesty's works at Outpost Daria (via Wayback Machine)

Galen Hardesty's works at FanFiction.net
GOF

**GOF**, meaning **the Gang of Four**, was an early fandom acronym for what were considered the four principal characters for classic *Daria* fanfiction: Daria, Jane, Trent, and Jesse.

This group were often featured in 1997-99's fanfiction as they'd been seen hanging around together in canon episodes like "Road Worrier", "That Was Then, This Is Dumb", and to some extent "It Happened One Nut", not to mention Daria's stories in "Write Where It Hurts".

The four were romantically paired off as Daria/Trent and Jane/Jesse. The creation of the latter was probably influenced strongly by "Road Worrier," thanks to a scene in which Jane Lane and Jesse Moreno are shown leaning against each other, asleep in the back of the Tank. "Write Where It Hurts" also indicates a closer than expected relationship between Jesse and Jane. Quinn, in Daria's imagination, sees Trent and Jesse on horseback, and cries: "But look! Here approaches Mr. Lane himself, along with his sister's admirer, Mr. Moreno." This means Daria believed Jesse liked Jane (as in *liked* liked). The Jane/Jesse coupling takes a damaging hit in "That Was Then, This Is Dumb," when at the flea market it becomes clear that Jesse is not listening to anything Jane says.

This dynamic became less common in fanworks after series 3 (and after the show ended), as it became less common to see in the show itself and as fanfic writers started to become more interested in different characters.
Arya

**Aryra** was part of a *Saturday Night Live* skit on spinoffs of *Game of Thrones*, depicting Arya Stark in a *Daria* style cartoon.

In a near-perfect replica on the animation style, Kevin Thompson (a very *imperfect* impersonation) asks Arya if it's "true you're going to the dance with the faceless man" and is stabbed through the neck.
Estrangsters

An Science Fiction fic by Ostragoth, "**Estrangsters**" tells the story of Daria and Quinn arriving in Lawndale and everything seeming to go as in the pilot 'Daria' episode 'Esteemsters' - but with the twist that, because of the uranium in the water back in Highland, Texas, Daria has a genetically enhanced intellect (listed as a 289 I.Q. upon last testing) and both Morgendorffer sisters have metahuman mental powers. (Quinn can control other people, while Daria can mentally control insects and Quinn's body, as well as project a mental energy pulse that causes the victim's brain to explode.)

In later chapters of the fic, Daria and Quinn are among several Lawndale residents captured by the Slaver Mantoids. The saga is incomplete as of March 2010.

In a **very** closely-related alternate universe, the two are captured and brought aboard the Mantoid's orbital platform - The Habitat - instead of simply being held aboard a spacecraft. The events of this AU are further chronicled in "Behind Enemy Lines."

Tied winner of "Favorite Alternate" Story in the 1st Daria Fanworks Awards
Agent Flemming

**ATF Agent Flemming** (or **Fleming**) is a character from the film *Beavis and Butt-head Do America*, voiced by the late Robert Stack, who has been grandfathered into *Daria* by fanfic writers.

An uncompromising badass with a cavity search obsession, he's one of the top men in the Bureau for Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Somehow, the X-5 bioweapon fell within his remit. He spent the movie tracking Beavis and Butt-head, believing them to be terrorist masterminds, and later believed they were patriotic heroes; apart from these two lapses, he appears to be intelligent and competent. Arms dealers Muddy and Dallas Grimes are old enemies of his.

Flemming met Daria Morgendorffer in his quest for X-5: she was in a summer class of Mr. Van Driessen's which got raided by the ATF. Daria may or may not have been cavity searched, and we all hope not.

## Fanfiction

Flemming, as with other Beavis and Butt-head concepts and characters, is often used in Daria fanfic; so are his sidekicks, Agent Bork and the heavyset, cavity-performing woman Agent Hurly.

Fanfiction they've been in include:

* Daria 2: The Curse of the Misery Chick by Aaron Solomon (ben Saul Joseph) Adelman and Barry Eshkol Adelman: investigating a series of murders with Brian Danielson in a slasher spoof.

* Where No Man Has Gone Before by The Angst Guy: An adult Daria works as Flemming's greatest weapon

* Coming of Age by Deep Metal: Flemming is attempting to stop a conspiracy that Beavis and Butt-head are completely unaware of

* Unbearable by Smijey: Flemming turns up to fight bears and have sex, maybe not in that order

## Trivia

The film came out in 1996. In 2002, the ATF became the Bureau for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (but is still abbreviated as "ATF") and was moved from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Justice.
Amazon Modeling Agency

**Amazon Modeling Agency** is the fictional company that employs Romonica DeGregory and Claude and was featured in the episode, "This Year's Model". In exchange for cooperative fees for capital improvements (like bulletproof sky lights for the swimming pool), the company arrives at Lawndale High to give modeling lessons and to recruit.

Kevin Thompson was signed up with them for a time - he didn't like it.

Romonica gave the name as "New York Amazon Fashion Agency" when speaking to Helen Morgendorffer but it was called "Amazon Modeling" in the Lawndale Sun-Herald.
Alienation Legacy

**Alienation Legacy** is the final "episode" of C.E. Forman's Lost Season One (of The Lost Seasons series), written in early 1999. Like all of Forman's Lost Season episodes, it is written in quasi-script form with three Acts and commercials.

## Summary

The story revolves around the Morgendorffers attending Helen's Great Aunt Eleanor's funeral. There, Helen joins her mother, Rita, and Amy, and quickly gets into a new round of bickering with Rita. Daria rediscovers Luhrman and finds new ways to horrify and humiliate Quinn. Later, Amy tells Daria more about her sarcastic great aunt. Flashbacks are woven throughout.

## Trivia

Aunt Eleanor would go on to appear in several other show-era fanfictions.

## External Links

Alienation Legacy at Outpost Daria Reborn
David Felton

**David Felton** was a writer on Beavis and Butt-head, writing various episodes and parts for the books; he also wrote Daria's first appearance, "Scientific Stuff". Trying to establish any specific credits is difficult: there's very little record of who wrote what and the ending credits are not included in the DVDs. We're only aware he wrote "Scientific Stuff" because Mike Judge credited him in the *Beavis and Butt-head: The Mike Judge Collection* feature "Taint of Greatness (Part 1)".

Judge says that he and Felton collaborated on the character of Daria Morgendorffer; Judge credits him for coming up with Daria's character, as well as suggesting she dress "like Lynda Barry". John Garrett Andrews, who drew the initial Daria design, has said he thinks "Morgendorffer" came from Felton's mother's maiden name.

Before writing for the show, he worked for The Los Angeles Times and won a Pulitzer for his coverage of the Watts Riots. Recent work by Felton includes the Deep Listening Institute, a non-profit foundation promoting the work of composer Pauline Oliveros. [1]

Glenn Eichler told *Dazed* in 2014, "David Felton says Daria is me in a skirt. I don’t know."
Gimme Skelter

**Gimme Skelter** is a horror alternate universe fanfic by The Angst Guy and Brother Grimace.

In 1969, Jake and Helen are inducted into the Charles Manson "family" and bring with them the Lance of Longinus, allowing Manson to actually enact his insane fantasy of "Helter Skelter": a race war that will leave only the 'Family' alive with all black people as their slaves. Every white person on Earth outside his cabal instantly transforms into a raging zombie.

In 1999, 1st Lt. Michael James Mackenzie of the Free Christian Republic of Texas volunteers for a mission to the California wastelands in search of a girl broadcasting in Morse code, claiming she knows what caused the apocalypse and how to stop it. A girl named Daria Morgendorffer.

It won four awards in the 2009 Daria Fanworks Awards: Favorite Overall, Favorite Melodrama, Favorite Science Fiction, and Favorite Supernatural or Fantasy Horror.

## Trivia

* There are several appearances by non-Daria characters: Mack's comrade on his mission is a version of Huey Freeman from *The Boondocks*; Raven Baxter from Disney's *That's So Raven* gets a background mention; a General Bradley is revealed to be Marvel Comics' Isaiah Bradley, an African-American test subject for Captain America's super-soldier serum (and the Lance of Longinus as something Hitler once had comes from Marvel's excuse for why the superheroes didn't despose him).
Double in Paradise

**Double in Paradise** is a fanfic written by C.E. Forman in fall of 2000 under the pseudonym "E. Charlton Fuhrmann." It is the eighth "episode" of the Abruptly Amy series (including the pilot) and the second written by Forman.

## Summary

Amy and Kristovo learn that Corona is plotting anew from her (not so) secret hideaway on a Spanish island, and travel there to thwart her schemes. There, they learn about the mysterious ancient society to which Corona belongs, and Kristovo learns a shocking secret about his past.

## Trivia

* This episode presents some unexpected character development for Kristovo, whom Wild intended to be just a buff, arrogant pretty boy in Abruptly Amy: A New Beginning.
* Daria and Jane make a very unexpected cameo in this episode.

## External Links

* Double in Paradise at Outpost Amy
* Double in Paradise at the Contrarian's Corner
* Screen Captures at Outpost Amy
Aunt Eleanor

**Aunt Eleanor** is the great-aunt of Daria and Quinn and Helen, Rita, and Amy's aunt on their mother's side. She originated in C.E. Forman's The Lost Seasons series, making her only appearance in "Alienation Legacy."

## History

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Like Amy and Daria, Eleanor was sarcastic and misanthropic, constantly embarrassing her "half" sister, Grandma Barksdale. She is part of a sarcastic family tradition that goes back "six generations," as Amy proudly tells Daria in "Quinntet." She grew especially close to Amy and the two often traded wisecracks and played practical jokes on the rest of the family. Eleanor died before Amy could introduce her to Daria, although the entire family would attend her funeral and creamation. During the funeral, Amy plays the *Star Wars* theme in her honor. Later, during the will reading, it is announced that Eleanor has left Amy her entire estate. Eleanor's final request to Amy is that she dump the ashes from her creamation all over the seats of Grandma Barksdale's car.

## Fanfiction

Aunt Eleanor was utilized in several early fanfics, including Kara Wild's "None in the Family", Matt's Cynic Wars, and Admonisher's "Daria's Christmas Carol".

## Trivia

* Although Eleanor's last name is not given, many fan authors took to calling her Eleanor Barksdale. That would be incorrect if she were Grandma Barksdale's sister, unless Barksdale were their family name as well.
* Kara Wild went along with the idea that Eleanor was Grandma Barksdale's sister in "None in the Family." However, given the way personality traits are doled out amongst the Barksdales in the Driven Wild Universe, she now thinks of Eleanor as Grandpa Barksdale's sister.
Evan Landon

**Evan Landon** is the infant son of Andrew and Michele Landon. What we know of him comes from "Gifted", "Of Human Bonding", and The Daria Database.

Michele left her position as "Senior VP at US World" to be with Evan and there is tension between her and Andrew over when she can return to the business world; she wants to put him in daycare at some point, which Andrew refuses to allow. She lets slip that Evan was an unplanned pregnancy.

Andrew dotes on the baby and has grand visions of football and other father/son bonding after raising two daughters. Andrew even refers to Evan as a "linebacker" *as if he's already playing.*

His sister Rachel Landon hates Evan for usurping her as the "baby" of the family.

## In fanfiction

Evan rarely appears due to being an off-screen infant. A notable exception was JoeMerl's "Sitting on the Sidelines", where Evan has become a major football fanatic but is never able to play it.
Broodbeat

**Broodbeat** is a website used by Helen and Jake in 2001, as seen on the MTV websites. It's a website that boasts how it can use the internet to keep busy families close without the need for human contact: there can be 24/7 contact with the family members from anywhere in the world. Their disclaimer says this is not guaranteed and "family togetherness is the responsibility of family participants". It warns that, as a service provider, it is not responsible for "dysfunctional" family dynamics being carried out on their site ("that Jenny Jones case scared the crap out of us").

Helen and Jake have purchased a Broodbeat page and exalted in it (Helen was writing in red text and Jake in purple, after fifteen minutes of debate over the colours ("don't change your mind again")):

*H: With the demands of a two-career household (three, if you count the fact that I do twice as much work as anyone else at my firm) it's difficult to keep family lines of communication open, let alone find the time to truly share to each other's feelings and concerns ... we were truly relieved when we found a web site where you can set up a family homepage and access it 24-hours-a-day from anywhere in the world.*

*J: Not that we ever get to go on a vacation, damn it! Now I wish red weren't already taken.*

*H: With this new homepage, I don't feel so bad when I have to work through the weekend or leave the house before sunrise or when I recite docket numbers in my sleep.*

*J: I thought you were just counting a really big bunch of sheep!*

*H: I can parent on the run, without having to eat up a lot of time hanging around my husband and children waiting for them to say something worth paying attention to. Oh, that sounds awful, doesn't it? Is this just a way to shirk the responsibilities that come with choosing to reproduce in the optimistic bloom of youth, never imagining that someday you would find yourself shouldering the bulk of the difficult parenting decisions while your spouse remains blissfully disconnected from reality, lost in a dream world of his own making?*

*J: I didn't expect this purple to look so violet.*

They then let Daria set up the page, which is why it says:

*We are a family of four: Jake, Helen, Quinn and Esmerelda. We enjoy wholesome activities like quilting, raising border collies, and reversing the earth's gravitational pull. I guess you could say we're a happy, well-adjusted family. You could also say that every spring a gigantic hare travels around the globe hiding chocolate ellipsoids in people's yards.*

Announcements can be made by a family member and then replied to. Quinn has announced a Fashion Club meeting about avoiding "Lash Clump"; Jake is asking for his lucky socks ("with the lucky hole in the big toe") for a consulting confab; Helen says she can take one of the others out for lunch today as her client lunch is off ("sentenced to house arrest--LONG STORY!"); and Daria has posted "Just wondering, is anyone else seeing ghostly apparitions in the storm windows?"

You can also set up a calendar for your family and polls.

## External Links

Helen and Jake's intro

The Morgendorffer Broodbeat page
Daria's Inferno

*Daria's Inferno* is a licensed computer game from 2000 by Simon & Schuster Interactive, featuring Daria in a dream quest. It's a puzzle game, where you (as Daria) have to find the solution for various obstacles and puzzles; the game is non-violent, though collisions with 'enemy' characters will irritate Daria and once her "irritation meter" is exceeded she returns to the start of a level.

Modeled vaguely after "The Inferno" by Dante (part of the larger work "The Divine Comedy"), the plot of the game features Daria falling asleep in class and going through a bizarre dream sequence, wherein she has ended up trapped in Hell and must locate objects for Lawndale High principal Angela Li in order to escape eternal detention in the netherworld. "An eternity in hell or back to English class. Choices, choices!" It was written by Peter Elwell, the author of five episodes from the third, fourth, and fifth series of the show.

The Circles of Hell are Lawndale High, the mall, Dega Street, Daria's house and family, and Ms Li's dread dungeon.

The game grounds itself quite comprehensively in the world of the show. Many characters from the series make an appearance, even very minor ones such as Artie and Travis, and most are voiced by their voice actors. Daria herself keeps up a constant stream of sarcastic jokes and comments throughout the game. Lines by the characters are also used at the corporate credits during loading and when you select an option ("Like they did something special," sniffs Sandi Griffin when you hold your cursor over "Credits"). The game provides hints for what to do in the form of Sick, Sad World clips. Even special alter egos appear during the credits!

Sadly, as an actual game, it is notoriously dull and easy to beat.

A full-length version of "You're Standing on My Neck" by Splendora is used for the credits: until the game, nobody knew there was more than one verse for the song.

The game is no longer in print, though second-hand copies can still be found and fans have made ripped copies. Due to its age, however, it won't work on modern computers unless the Display settings are reduced.

## External Links

### "Daria's Inferno" Extras

* "Daria's Inferno" Game Manual
* "Daria's Inferno" screencaps, quotes, and song lyrics on Glitter Berries
* "Daria's Inferno" novelization at Outpost Daria, by CF (via Wayback Machine)

### Online Reviews of "Daria's Inferno"

* David Tanguay's Game Reviews
* Four Fat Chicks
* GamesFirst
* GameSpot
* GameSpy
* GameStats
* GameZone
* Glitter Berries
* IGN
* Inside Mac Games
* JAVE
* Just Adventure
* MobyGames
* Nintari.net
* Programmer in Black
* Review of: Daria's inferno
* Rotten Tomatoes
Chris Griffin

Youngest brother of Sandi Griffin, with greyish hair and Sam as the middle brother. Described in The Daria Database as: "10 *student, brat*. Likes to pound his brother back, pick at scabs (anyone's) and watch things drop. Plans to someday marry Quinn."

In every appearance, Chris is an uncontrollable, spoiled jerk who enjoys making his sister suffer (including leaving her outside to freeze in "Daria Dance Party"), mouthing off to people, and having fights with Sam. In "Fair Enough", he and Sam enjoyed physically assaulting people at random, and "Dance Party" shows a younger Chris and Sam destroying their sister's creations for the sheer delight of it.

In contrast, he's *very* nice to Quinn in "Gifted".

Linda Griffin and Tom Griffin never really bother to do anything, beyond a feeble "uh, kids, come back here" from Tom in "Fair Enough". (In "Dance Party", Linda looks somewhat *amused* by Sandi's predicament.)

## Chris Griffin in Fanfiction

Chris and Sam both appear as the main characters in Wouter's comic "Through a Webcam Lens Darkly" where he's shown to be the smarter of the two, having hooked up a camera phone so they could spy on Quinn from her own room ( A plan that failed when the phone ended up in Daria's room instead) Chris is also shown to be the more literate of the two, using a wider vocabulary than Sam and (disturbingly) having a wide knowledge of the Fashion club rules. Stating that Daria's tighty-whiteys are a definite Fashion-don't.

## Name Origins

Sam and Chris Griffin are named for Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil, who wrote the following episodes: "College Bored," "The Big House," "The New Kid," "Depth Takes a Holiday," and "Speedtrapped."

## Conjecture

Chris Griffin's name predates the Seth MacFarlane animated comedy *Family Guy*, where the teenage son of Peter Griffin is named Chris.

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Daria Mental-Torture Fiction

A sub-category of angst fiction (the term was coined by TerraEsperZ), **Daria mental-torture fiction** involves fics in which characters go through a staggering amount of psychological anguish and torment, usually at their own hands or in a self-punishing manner. Fiction of this kind pre-supposes that the protagonist(s) are in fact responsible for their own situations and inner torment.

The true torment for these characters is that they either cannot see their responsibility for their self-harm, or else refuse to see it, thereby remaining prisoners within hells of their own design, with the keys easily within reach but unused, possibly forever. In this fashion, hope for a reprieve exists inside each character, if they only dare look inside themselves and attempt to change, not for others or as others would like, but for themselves.
Fluffy

Sandi Griffin's pet cat, mentioned in passing in "The Misery Chick". At the end of the episode, a bored-sounding Sandi states that Fluffy had eaten some make-up and been puking everywhere, and she wanted some advice about how to not feel "bummed out" about it. (Daria, ticked off with being asked for advice, unashamedly rips Sandi off.)

## Fluffy in Fanfic

Fluffy has often been used in fan works where there is a focus on Sandi, especially her family life. Sandi is usually shown to care deeply for her cat.

* "The Misery Cat", by MMan
* *Lindy Lane* by Richard Lobinske - in a side story, Sandi rescues Fluffy from her old home.
* Legion of Lawndale Heroes mini *Cats' Night Out* by Richard Lobinske - Fluffy is shown as a resident of the Legion Tower and shown to be rather intelligent.
* Kristen Bealer's "Moving the Goalposts" takes the events of "The Misery Chick" from Sandi's point of view.

## Other Fluffies

Fluffy was also the name of Jane Lane's hypothetical cat, as revealed in an online chat organized by MTV after the premiere of *Is It Fall Yet?* Apparently, Jane did not think of Zachary and Taylor as her cats. (They could have been left by the Lane parents.)
Christmas Melody

The 36th story in the Falling Into College series by Richard Lobinske. The story occurs from late December 2000 to early January 2001.

## Summary

Daria and Michael meet Quinn at the airport before Michael departs for Detroit for Christmas. It takes Daria a moment to recognize Quinn with her hair cut short. Quinn's final GPA for the semester was 1.9 and she's not looking forward to Helen finding out she's on academic probation. Back in Lawndale, Lindy announces her engagement to Trent and asks Quinn to be Maid of Honor, plus Daria and Jane as bridesmaids. Quinn joins up with Stacy and Tiffany during the holidays, but Sandi isn't in town after her parents disowned her following her testimony. Daria takes a chance and prepares another manuscript for *Musings Magazine*. During the week, Daria and Jane discover that Mack and Jodie broke up.

## External Links

Christmas Melody at Outpost Daria (via Wayback Machine)

Christmas Melody at Lessons From Lawndale

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Cheese Is The Word

A parody of the movie *Grease* written by Kemical Reaxion, featuring the cast as seniors. This story is written in script form and contains five acts.

## Cast of Characters

The table below shows which character from the movie *Grease* is being portrayed by each of the characters in this fanfic. Some are more of a stretch than others.

## External Links

* Cheese Is The Word: Act I
* Cheese Is The Word: Act II
* Cheese Is The Word: Act III
* Cheese Is The Word: Act IV
* Cheese Is The Word: Act V
* Cheese Is The Word: Endnotes
Ashfield

Ashfield, "A Community for the Arts," is an artists' colony in an out-of-the-way college town where Jane Lane spends the summer between her junior and senior years of high school (per *Is It Fall Yet?*).

The colony is run by an old commune-mate of Amanda Lane; despite the connection, however, Jane submitted a portfolio like other applicants and was accepted. All of the other participants seem to be older; unfortunately for Jane, most of them are also pretty pretentious. The only one whom she managed to bond with was Alison, who ultimately proved to be a rather subpar friend. The colony featured another pretentious artist, Daniel Dotson, as a lecturer during the summer Jane attended.

When Mystik Spiral had a gig near Ashfield, Trent took Daria with him to see Jane, allowing the two to reconcile after the events of The Kiss. Though Jane disliked her experience at Ashfield, especially after her falling-out with Alison, she passed on their offer to take her back to Lawndale two weeks early, citing "some kind of dumb-ass notion about seeing this through." Shortly after returning she went on to her senior year at Lawndale High.

## In Fanfiction

Ashfield generally turns up in fanfiction based on "Is It Fall Yet?," though there are exceptions.

* In the "John Lane" series John and his parents visit the colony during the Lost Summer before returning with Daria the summer before their senior year.
Goodnight, Morgendorffer

A short ficlet by Angelinhel written in first person, then switching to omniscient at the end.

Winner of the 2007 Bootie for "Favorite School-Centered (Lawndale High)"

Nominated for the 2007 Bootie for "Favorite Overall" and "Favorite Drama".

## Plot Summary

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The first-person thoughts of the narrator reveal the worry that the Morgendorffer family will never be close. It is assumed it is one of the daughters, either Daria or Quinn. With college quickly approaching for both, and a slew of failed attempts at bonding in their past, the dark silence of night allows these anxious thoughts to hold sway. However, the narrator feels that at least in the calm of the late hours, when all the family is home and together, there is still hope.

The conclusion, told in omniscient voice, reveals the first-person narrative to have been an essay written by one of the Morgendorffer girls, but mistakenly handed back to the other. Touched by the writing, it is silently passed to each family member, but never discussed among them. The simple knowledge they love one another seems too fragile to speak of and so they remain quietly happy with the tenuous new bond.

## Trivia

* It is never revealed which daughter wrote the initial essay and is intentionally left up to the reader to decide.

## External Links

Goodnight, Morgendorffer on fanfiction.net
Four Friends, Four Winds

The 43rd story in the Falling Into College series by Richard Lobinske. The story occurs during late May, 2001.

## Summary

Soon after Quinn returns to Lawndale, Sandi Griffin also returns, and asks to stay with the Morgendorffers because her parents have disowned her after Sandi's testimony against Linda Griffin the previous fall. The previous year has been very tough on Sandi, alone at college, disowned by her parents and having gained weight. She reveals to Quinn that she's barely passing and probably attend a local college the next year. Quinn arranges for the former Fashion Club to get together. When Sandi is reluctant because of her looks, Quinn shows photos and tells about Fran, and her struggles to keep her weight up. Back together, Stacy tells about her time at Lawndale Community College, auto racing and working with her father. She's adopted much more of a tomboy look than before. Tiffany has been modeling athletic wear and working out at the direction of her agent. She's no longer painfully thin and healthier. They go to the mall for a day together like the old days. However, when they go out together that night, it becomes clear that the four women are no longer as close as they once were.

Winner of "Favorite Quinn" story in the 3rd Daria Fanworks Awards

Four Friends, Four Winds at Outpost Daria (via Wayback Machine)

Four Friends, Four Winds at Lessons From Lawndale
Ethan Yeager

**Ethan Yeager** is the teenage son of Coyote and Willow Yeager. Although he doesn't explicitly reject his parents' anti-materialist views, he seems to hold them in a certain amount of contempt. He speaks in a monotone similar to Daria's and he comes off as indifferent and a little bitter about his life. He describes Quinn as cute "in a shallow, superficial way".

## Ethan in Canon

Ethan appears with the rest of the Yeagers in the episode, "That Was Then, This Is Dumb", emerging from the Yeagers' yellow VW Beetle after Daria has already decided to escape to Jane's. Quinn is immediately transfixed by the presence of a handsome boy and quickly agrees to hang around the house in an attempt to get blackmail material—and get to know Ethan.

Ethan seems to be moody and taciturn by nature. He displays no interest in conversing with Jake and Helen, dismisses his father's statement that he is "gonna rock climb. When he's ready," with a mumbled "Whatever," and rebuffs Quinn's first overtures. When she shows him around the house, he chooses to stay in Daria's room, describing it as "cool." Later, he sees his father and Jake on the Beetle drinking berry juice and notes acidly that Coyote "let the berry juice ferment again." He then takes Quinn for a slush cup (which she pays for) and spills some dirt on her parents.

## Ethan in Fanfic

While Ethan's appearances in fanfic aren't that frequent, he is the main character of Potential by The Angst Guy. He is the main character of Ethan Yeager in Lawndale by Shiva.
Daria Movie Trailer

**The Daria Movie Trailer** was a skit by College Humor in 2013, spinning off an MTV puff-piece article that 'cast' Aubrey Plaza as Daria in "Daria: High School Reunion". It was written by Patrick Cassels, directed by Paul Briganti, and filmed on location in New York City.

*GET EXCITED*
*FOR THE RETURN OF THE GIRL*
*WHO DOESN'T GET EXCITED*

## Synopsis

The 'plot' is that Quinn Morgendorffer has been put in charge of the Class of '02 Reunion and has browbeat Daria into actually showing up for it, rather than be embarrassed "my own sister" didn't show up. Daria never thought she'd ever go to Lawndale; Jane says she did "but I assumed it'd be for a funeral". Her parents reassure her that this is a great opportunity to reconnect with her peers, who have surely grown up--

* KEVIN: "Class of 2002 RUUUULES!! [sprays beeer]

Daria and Jane get ready to suffer the party - Jane compares them to famous duos, to which Daria notes "you do realise all of those people died horrible bloody deaths, right?" Tom Sloane returns after ten years to get back with an interested Daria ("for all I know you're a serial killer or, worse, married"), while Daria finds to her surprise as valedictorian she has to speak:

* DARIA: We have all gone our separate ways but we will be forever united by the deep emotional scars this place has left us with.

## Future predictions

* Sick, Sad World is an app-based website
* Jane has an infant in tow
* Daria works in an office while Quinn is working in fashion.
* Mystik Spiral broke up but got back together again, and are not in good shape or happy.
* Kevin and Brittany are back together and Jake and Helen are retired - both of which were true in "Catching Up With The Daria Gang".
Christmas

**Christmas** is one of the escaped holidays from Holiday Island that appears in "Depth Takes a Holiday". He appears as a young, blond-haired man and plays guitar in their band, The Holidays.

He prefers to be called X (short for Xmas, duh), and is one of the coolest kids at Holiday Island. Christmas fled Holiday Island, fed up with being "forced to spread love and joy 24 hours a day", but returned rather than let President's Day run the place. If he's not at Holiday Island, the real-world event of Christmas will quickly cease to exist (this didn't bother Daria much).

In personality, he was a pushy jerk who was happy to freeload off Daria.

His main source of food appears to be Christmas-time baked goods.

## In fanfiction

* The War on Christmas by Smijey, where he faces an existential threat
Age Old Question

**Age Old Question** is an unfinished and now-lost genderswap fanfic by Beth Ann, where Daria meets a Jacob Lane - an idea abandoned for 'adoption' by Nick Gaston.

Daria and Jacob are immediately attracted to each other, but do their best to play it cool and “just stay friends,” a strategy that seems doomed to failure; meanwhile, Trent and Jacob are at daggers drawn after Trent stole his girlfriend Monique.

The written chapters were lost in a computer crash and the version on Paperpusher's Message Board was lost in a forum upgrade.

While it's long-lost, the fanfic is directly responsible for the ubiquity of genderswap fanfics in the fandom. The Angst Guy was inspired by this story to write his idea for a male Daria and Richard Lobinske inspired by both to write his own male Jane, John Lane; those fanfics duly inspired many others.
Clark Cobb

**Clark Cobb** is the manager of Cobb's Hardware in Highland, and head of the town's Christian Businessmen's Association. He's a parody of televangelists and voiced exactly like H. Ross Perot.

While Cobb is nominally pious and wholesome, he shows more interest in *looking* pious and wholesome for the sake of business: in a Halloween story, he's running a haunted house to benefit the Association's "juvenile delinquent re-education center" and berates the kids because they're not performing well enough for the local news media.

He is seldom seen without his lame sock puppet called "Socko" which he will use to 'help' teach his televangelist lessons. Horrifyingly, both Stewart Stevenson and Dean Zunker *like* Socko. Butt-head, however, wisely noted in "Walkathon" that "Socko has a hand up his butt."

Cobb has been involved in a number of community initiatives, many of them involving Highland High students; it appears there's an official relationship between the school and the CBA. Of course, that means his initiatives keeping running afoul of Beavis and Butt-head. His haunted house had no involvement with the school but still turned into a juvenile riot when they turned up.

Daria Morgendorffer was involved in three of Cobb's schemes:

* "Walkathon", where he was holding a CBA-sponsored charity walkathon. He claimed Jesus Himself had invented the walkathon when He walked across water. Daria conned Beavis and Butt-head into pledging two hundred dollars and since they turned up without a single dime, Cobb forced them to spend a very long time walking off their debt.

* "The Great Bungholio" had Mr. Van Driessen's class assisting in an Association easter egg hunt for the orphanage. When Beavis and Butt-head caused it to go horribly wrong, Cobb berated Van Driessen as having caused this with his "SECULAR HUMANISM!". Daria was able to temporarily neutralise Beavis, however. Cobb still took his revenge, forcing the dimwits to glue back together all the eggs they'd broken.

* "Time Cap" had the Association burying a time capsule so the Association of 2496 could see "how wholesome" the 1990s Association had been. Daria, along with the rest of the class, contributed items for the capsule - though hers had been a joke.

Daria didn't seem to think much of Cobb and his works: in "Time Cap", she mouths off about the project, and in "Walkathon" she's giving the man and Sock a very sarcastic clap. She went out of her way to mess up part of the walkathon with her trick (Cobb didn't seem to realise this).

## Trivia

* Cobb and Socko's first appearence was in the Daria-less first episode of the fourth season, "Wall of Youth". Since this was one of dozens of episodes left out of the Mike Judge Collection DVDs, "Walkathon" is the first appearance he makes there.

* When Cobb returned in 2011, he no longer had Socko.

* Despite his constant clashes with Beavis and Butt-head, Cobb never seems to *recognise* them.
Cut Above

**Cut Above** is the second "episode" of C.E. Forman's Lost Season Two (of The Lost Seasons series), written in September 1999. Like all of Forman's Lost Season episodes, it is written in quasi-script form with three Acts and commercials.

## Summary

Quinn reluctantly agrees to change her look by cutting her hair shorter. Although the cut looks good, she is immediately horrified by the results and imagines that everyone else is laughing at her. Sandi nurtures her fears, happy to finally have something over Quinn, until Quinn realizes what she is up to and they come to blows. Meanwhile, a bet with Quinn has Daria changing her look as well.
Alternate Ending

An  **alternate ending** (AE) story is one in which the writer rewrites the ending of a particular Daria episode, or adds more material immediately following the last scene of that episode in an effort to change the outcome of the given storyline. Certain fanfics are sometimes given alternate endings as well. The purpose of the alternate ending is usually (but not always) to turn aside an unwanted outcome or negate unwanted events in the episode or fanfic at hand. Telling the difference between a fanfic done out of outrage or wish-fulfillment and one done out of a desire to explore alternate outcomes is difficult, of course, unless the author makes plain the reasons for writing the story. The author's personal issues are fortunately not relevant here.

By their nature, AE stories are always alternate-universe fanfics. However, AE stories are always written so as to be completely dependent on the episode or fanfic they modify. They begin literally in the middle of the action, often repeating a segment of canon right up to the point where the plot divergence is made. The full consequences of the plot change are not always played out, though the immediate results are made clear and the future can be discerned in general terms. Most AE stories are scriptfics, but some are in prose.

The archetypal alternate-ending Daria story would have to be Kara Wild's "A Desperately Needed Ending (to "Depth Takes a Holiday")," in which the wild and woolly events of "Depth Takes a Holiday" are revealed to have been the result of Daria's hallucinations after food poisoning. The "reality" of Daria is thus preserved.
In other fandoms, AE stories written to avert unwelcome canon developments are called **denialfics** (see this glossary).

Examples
Alternate Endings by Mitch (The Teachings of Don Jake and The Misery Chick)
Alternate Endings 2: Quinn the Brain (What if...) by Daniel Timothy Dey (Quinn the Brain)
Boxing Daria: Alternate Ending by Cruel Summer Nights (Boxing Daria)
Daria What If 1: Quinn the Brain Alternate Ending by Austin Covello (Quinn the Brain)
Die! Die! You Bastard! by The Angst Guy (Dye! Dye! My Darling)
My Angsty Ending to the FiC Series by Brother Grimace (Richard Lobinske's Falling into College series)
On a Rowe by Alpacca Jo (Fat Like Me)
The Teachings of Dona Daria by Galen Hardesty (The Teachings of Don Jake)
Category: Fanwork Conventions
Ficlet

A **ficlet** (also called a minific, short short, or quickfic) is a short fanfiction piece, usually five pages or less, or able to fit in the space of one post on a message board. The creation of ficlets covering an assigned theme are frequently called for in Iron Chef competitions on PPMB and SFMB. The maximum word count of a ficlet, if such a thing were to be set, would probably be 1,000-2,000 words, at the low end for short story length. Ficlets are often works of fluff, though not all ficlets are fluff, and vice versa.

A ficlet of 100 words or less is called a **drabble**. A ficlet of 200 words is called a **double drabble**.

Closely related to these written forms is the **vignette**, a very short tale taking place over a very short period of time. The vignette consists of one scene that offers insight into a character, setting, or concept.

Very short prose works such as the above are sometimes called **flash fiction**.

## External Links

**Ficlet Examples**

* “Breakfast with Dad,” by Lawndale Stalker
* “A Date for Jerome,” by Lawndale Stalker
* “Graduation,” by Angelinhel
* "Hidden Values," by Medea42
* “The Life and Death of Stacy III,” by Kristen Bealer
* “Makeover,” by Lawndale Stalker
* "Soup's On," by Wyvern337
* “Thursday,” by Werechick
* "Transcript43685--9-3-00," by NomadX
* “Washington Biological Survey,” by Lawndale Stalker
GurlGarb

**GurlGarb** is Quinn's favourite online store, and has personalised homepages. It contains special offers, a Wishlist function (Quinn has a Wishlist there), and will soon have a function where "your parents can transfer money directly from their bank account... it's fun and irreversible!"

It's targeted at teenage girls, as shown by their End Of Reason Sale: one dress is cheerfully said to be ugly, so "get Mum to buy it for you and then exchange it for something hot", and another says "So innocent, no one will suspect you of being vicious or backstabbing!".
Daria feat. Tom

**Daria feat. Tom** was a Round Robin Iron Chef in 2019 and 2020, involving Shiva, and WellTemperedClavier.

The premise was inspired by a Lawndale-High discussion on why Tom is hated - Tom and Jane were swapped around so *he* was the friend Daria made in the first episode and *she* was the one who disrupted the status quo at the end of S3. As with Mecha Ensign Daria, the story took the form of an episode guide for the fictional show, complete with trivia sections about production, airings, and what the fandom did.

Because of the swap, Daria ends up kissing her friend's *girlfriend* and then getting together with her. In the round robin, this was treated as a show airing in 2000 airing a gay relationship i.e. it was massively controversial and broke fandom in twain. Other changes include Tom becoming part of the football team.

An original character was introduced by Clavier: the Sloane's long-suffering butler Reginald, who pretends to be British but is really from New Jersey. He's later revealed as an agnostic Jew, and his name due to his mother loving Archie comics.
Forgotten but not Gone

**Forgotten but not Gone** is a multi-chapter mystery-genre fanfic by The Angst Guy. The tale was inspired by details on a map of Lawndale in *The Daria Diaries.*

## Plot Summary

The statue of a bearded man stands in Lawndale’s Village Green, but no one in town knows who he is. When Daria is reluctantly goaded into discovering the bearded man’s his identity, she and Jane uncover a bizarre ninety-year-old mystery leading them into extraordinary danger.

The story is set in the “lost summer” between Daria’s sophomore and junior year at Lawndale High.

## Links

Forgotten But Not Gone at The Angst Guy's web site.
86 Bottles of Beer

**86 Bottles of Beer** is a Daria/Get Smart crossover series by Kristen Bealer, with Kevin Thompson in the role as the hapless Agent 86 of CONTROL. Various Daria characters have turned up as both CONTROL agents and KAOS baddies.

* Do I Have to Paint You a Picture?: Kevin Thompson, CONTROL Agent 86, is on the case when several famous paintings go missing. With the help of his new partner, Agent 99, he's ready to take on whatever KAOS can throw at him--including paintballs and art supplies.

* The Weed of Crime Bears Glitter Fruit: CONTROL faces a new challenge when KAOS begins drugging the population with hallucinogenic fruit. Will Agents 86 and 99 be able to stop them with some help from a mechanical chipmunk?

* All Creatures Great and Maul: CONTROL is under attack by cute little animals, but Agents 86 and 99 are ready to do whatever it takes to stop KAOS. Even if it means singing another forty verses of "If You're Happy and You Know It."

* I Spy, with My Extra Eye: "People have started showing up with deformed facial features, but CONTROL agents Kevin Thompson and 99 are on the case. They'll have to prevent the next victim from going under the knife, with some help from the Cashman's cosmetics section as well as backup from a most annoying source."
A New Set of Rules

**A New Set of Rules** by Dennis is a alternate universe fanfiction set during Daria's college years. Originally started before Is It College Yet? aired, the story has Daria attending Notre Dame University as a student, where she tutors Kevin Thompson, who is attending on a football scholarship. The story deals with how Daria's relationships change and grow, not only with Kevin, but with her college friends, especially her best college friend Colleen O'Leary; her peers in Lawndale like Jane, Quinn, Jodie, Mack, and Brittany; and with her own self-image and views on dating/relationships.

The story is approximately 45,000 words long and is divided into three parts, named for the three phases of a football game: Defense, Offence, and Special Teams, followed by a short epilogue. Each part is further divided into chapters, each of which is named for a penalty players can commit in that part's phase of the game.

## Links

* A New Set of Rules at ff.net
* A New Set of Rules at Archive of Our Own