And the Award for Most Gratuitous Cameo Goes To....

Daria and Jane appeared on the MTV Video Music Awards on this day in 1997, although if you blinked you probably missed it. Read the transcript to find out what they thought of the experience.

Fanfic Update!

• Dammit Daria, by SexshiTiTePaNtZ (part 4): "'Daria?' Jane called through the house as her rain soaked body dripped onto the carpet upstairs. She called out her girlfriend's name repeatedly without any response back."


• Don't Feed It After Midnight, by Anguirus1955 (parts 4 - 7): "Daria and Jane entered the classroom swiftly, with Daria holding a big shoebox in her hands. 'Is the...animal in there?' Deckard asked her." (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7)


• Lawndale Z, by Kuriamo22 (part 2): "Daria stood near the edge of a barren plateau in the middle of the New Mexico desert late one afternoon. She was wearing a pair of black shorts that almost reached her knees, a burnt orange t shirt, and a pair of black boots."


• Mask (Write-off Challenge Zetor VS BG, Round 1: FIGHT!/Iron Chef challenge: Texts From Last Night!), by Zetor (COMPLETE!): "'Um...' Brittany scanned the surrounding area, her eyes lighting up when she spotted Daria. 'Daria, Mr. Thompson and I are not speaking, so do you want to do the economics project with me??'" (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4)


• Slow Flows the River, by UU (part 3b): "'What will happen now?' Amy wondered aloud when Patrick shut the apartment door behind him. At first she wanted to accompany him, not so much for the sake of adventure but out of unwillingness to stay behind, alone and ignorant of the nature of trouble Maud was in."


• Straight Outta Bromwell, by Roentgen (COMPLETE!): "Intro (Elsie Sloane): 'You are about to witness the winners of class warfare.'"


• Texts From Last Night (Iron Chef challenge: Texts From Last Night!), by 11tee (COMPLETE!): "505: yo Jo, i need help- met a dude a couple weeks ago"


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef challenge: Texts From Last Night!), by Anguirus1955 (part 1): "Skinny, four weeks ago, I suspected that the condom broke. Earlier today, a purchase from the pharmacy proved it."


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef challenge: Texts From Last Night!), by 11tee (parts 1 and 2): "GothicT: hey GingerLuv: My Dearest Sweet Queen of the Night. My Babe in Blue Boots" (Part 2)


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef challenge: Texts From Last Night!), by Princess_Pasta (COMPLETE!): "J@N3: HEY! U made it! OK. I have confession 2 make!" (Part 2)


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef challenge: Texts From Last Night!), by Ranma (COMPLETE!): "J. Lane: Daria? I know you're mad at me, please answer your cell." (Part 2)