A Holiday for Lawndale's Wilderness Adventure Club

Happy Mountain Day, mountain climbers! Ms. Li will probably schedule a mandatory field trip for this one, but if we're lucky we won't have to see Mr. O'Neill's underwear this time.

Now, how would you like a gigantic monster fanfic update? You wouldn't? Well, too bad!

• The 26th of December in Lawndale, by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Outside the snow was blowing in the wind, the streets were covered in rock salt and sand to keep the ice away, and both indoors and out there were decorations about. But that is not our story, oh no sir assuredly no, our story begins deep under the streets of Lawndale."


• The Alchemist (Scenes that should be: Polite Requests), by Roentgen (COMPLETE!): "Jodie Landon looked at the changes she needed to make for next year. She hated to screw with the team's chemistry but from what she had heard in the locker room, they didn't have much chemistry anyway."


• Bedside Reading (Daria and the Gang Thread), by Roentgen (COMPLETE!): "'We have a Defcon 2 event, which necessitates breaking our truce,' Daria said. 'Read this.' Daria thrust a few pages forward. 'What? A book?' 'Not just any book,' Daria said. 'It's called, "The Things I Learned as a Hippie and How They Helped My Marriage".'"


• BFFCA, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "Helen stopped the car in the parking lot behind the massive gray building. 'Come on, mom,' Daria moaned. 'This is a really stupid idea.' Helen took another look at the flyer that hey had been given at the mall. 'Doesn't look like it to me, Daria. I think you could meet some really interesting people here....'"


• Blood in the Education Waters (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "'Janet, you can't keep putting Mr Ruttheimer in the closet,' said Li. 'He'll just get used to it. You need to---'" (Part 2)


• The Bung Hole (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Smijey (COMPLETE!): "Butt-Head was moseying down the sidewalk absent his usual compadre Beavis when he spied a car idling in front of Schloss Head. He looked into the passenger side window to see who was inside, and what they were doing at his house."


• Coming Home, by El-Dorobo (COMPLETE!): "'It's Sammy.' The redhead said wiping at tears that sprung from her eyes. Her makeup was ruined but the younger girl didn't seem to care. 'What?' Daria said. Jane felt alarms going off in her head as Daria went into what could only be described as pre-panic mode." (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8) (Part 9)


• Communion Time (IC: The Cult of Misery), by Aloysius (COMPLETE!): "Jane looked at the people lined up to drink of the wine goblet and found herself wondering just how all of this really started. Daria had been evasive, and simply said, 'Trust me.' And, true, so far it was a very cushy deal, as long as she didn't mind two hours of work each week."


• Copper (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by LongSnakeMoan (COMPLETE!): "That night at The Zon had become the defining moment in Jesse's life. Ever since he'd stared at the stage and then tasted her blood the memory, the smell and the flavour had driven him mad."


• Creativity (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "While Daria sat in front of her blank computer screen, and Jane stood in front of a blank canvas with drying paints, and Trent sat on his bed with his guitar in his hands but otherwise motionless, Timothy O'Neill sat on the floor of his apartment with flash cards strung out in front of him, Janet Barch was only half-heartedly beating up Charles Ruttheimer III, and Claire Defoe had given up trying to think of a creative excuse to get away from her roommates, The Lawndale Lions were listless after giving up their attempts at making new plays, the Cheerleaders were laying on the grass on the football field with their eyes vacant as they stared at the empty sky."



• The Cynicpuff Girls, by Shiva (part 1): "The evil supervillain, Li Jojo, laughed in her lunacy, her oversized brain protected by an equally oversized glass case. Even though she had been mutated by Professor M's experiments and was now a sentient simian with Triple D brains and boobs, she had ambitions bigger than that. For today, she would fufill her dream of destroying Lawnsdalesville and take over the world."


• Daria & Son 3: Freakin' Friends Redux, by Erin M. (COMPLETE!): "MINISTER: And now, we will have a few words from Mark Davenport, Nicholas's good friend. Mark looks up, collects the index cards, and steps up to the podium. He opens his mouth, but closes it again. He shuffles the index cards, then frowns, and sets them aside. MARK: I had some thoughts written down, but the fact is... I can't do this." (Part 5


• Daria the Baller, by Sofa King (parts 1 - 8): "SLAM! Daria Morgendorffer launches the doors to the locker room apart with both hands, slamming them against the walls as she storms in. 'What the fuck was that?' Jane Lane, her best friend since high school, and backcourt mate, peers up from underneath a towel. 'I had an off night.'" (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8)


• Diamonds and Rust, by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "'Hey, you've reached Daria Sloane. You know what to do.'"


• Double Jeopardy (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Smijey (COMPLETE!): "The junior English class sat in anticipation, waiting for the new teacher that had been assigned to them. Ken 'Rapetastic' Edwards had been given the boot (for good reason), and it remained to be seen who else Ms. Li could dredge up to teach them."


• Dylan, by J-D (parts 12 and 13): "'You should take Kris with you', Dylan said. 'He's a great camper.' As Kris glared at Dylan, their father said, 'This is a family activity! We're all going!'" (Part 12b) (Part 13)


• Fielding Elite Wrestling Association, by Roentgen: "Ms. Merritt: I want to inform our audience that the infamous Mr. CMB has seen this amazing video of the Evie Morgendorffer/Quinn Morgendorffer match over at LFC and we wanted to know to find out the opinion of a master of ring mayhem. Ladies and gentlemen, please rattle your jewelry for Mr. CMB!!"


• The First Day (I.C.: Cubicled (a.k.a. Daria meets Dilbert)), by JPAGC (COMPLETE!): "An office in Dilbert's company. The Pointy Haired Boss (PHB) is assigning work to new intern Daria. Daria: So you want me to translate this? PHB: Yes. Is there a problem?"


• First Scream, and then Read, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "Suddenly, the PA buzzed to life, and Ms. Li's voice quickly announced: 'Attention students! There has been a bomb threat! This is no drill! Everybody, please come outside with all your pockets turned out and your hands where they SWAT team can see them!'"


• A Fistful of Scarletts, by Aloysius (COMPLETE!): "The teenaged Scarlett LeFaye looked around and smiled. 'I'm home,' she said. 'Did you doubt I'd get you here?' Scarlett Morgan said. 'The truth be told, I thought that I was going to be sold to a white slavery ring,' the redheaded teen said. A few of the other Scarletts nodded in agreement." (Part 7)


• Flood Control (My Annual Thanksgiving Fanfic Release - 2012!), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "'Ms. Morgendorffer! Ms. Lane! Can I have a word, please?' The sudden flush of anger at the sight of the willowy fashion plate of a woman, a camera crew in her wake that approached the two in the manner of a pack of hungry dingoes, disappeared from Daria's face as Jane tapped her on the shoulder. "


• Freewheelin', by peetz5050 (parts 1 - 12): "Daria turned the chair and made her way up the approach to the big double doors. There were three steps which she could have managed in a pinch as they were quite wide but instead she headed to the left and the new ramp which had only been finished over the weekend and was the reason why she had missed the start of term." (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8) (Part 9) (Part 10) (Part 11) (Part 12)


• Girl of 16, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "Helen sighed. Another attempt to get closer to her daughter had failed, as many had before. Sometimes, Helen just wanted to sit and cry over her failure. What had she done wrong?" (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7)


• Glasses and Lipstick (chapter 2), by oni (parts 1 - 3): "She followed the sound of crying all the way to the top of the second story in their house. At the top she found her sister Quinn sitting against the window while she was curled up and crying. Daria herself was in a weak emotional state, but as she gently sat on the ground in front of Quinn, she tried to be the strong one." (Part 2) (Part 3)


• Home For The Holidays (My Annual Thanksgiving Fanfic Release - 2012!), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "The volume of his oldest child's voice as she responded was louder than Jake could ever remember. 'Dad – what are you talking about?' 'We're splitting up."



• Irony, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "'Daria!' shouted Helen from the living room. 'There's some mail here for you!'"


• It Felt Like a Kiss, by LongSnakeMoan (COMPLETE!): "'Do you want me to leave?' Nathan whispered as he wound strands of her hair round his fingers. 'If you decide this ain't for you then I'll go. But if I go I can't see you again Jane, I'm an all or nothing kinda guy. So if you choose to end it then that's it, no staying friends, no keeping in touch. It's done, over. Forever.'"


• Jane Morgendorffer 2: The Middle School Years, by LadieTAG (part 7): "Over the next several days, Daria seemed to cling to Trent more than usual. Trent stayed out of school for two days while he dealt with Daniel's passing. Jake stayed home as well and was glad when Trent would come out of his room to talk to him."


• A Lament for a Lack of Deac (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Jane and Daria sat on the couch in the Lane's living room, ignoring the broken TV, staring at the carpet instead. Jane sighed. Daria sighed."


• Lawndale and Sandi Griffin's Genie (Chapter 8), by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (part 5): "In Howard Drive, Daria and Stacy saw the distant mountain of food change color. 'Daria, look.' Daria looked. 'Looks like someone wished it different,' she commented. 'Then that means that Jane, Tom and Tananda could find it?' 'That's likelier than otherwise, Stacy. Many other people in Lawndale would also be looking for it, for good or for ill.'"


• Lawndale's Weapon of Choice, by Aloysius (COMPLETE!): "Mr. DeMartino walked into his history classroom and looked over each and every student, each gaze lasting more than a minute. In fact, the students squirmed as their turn came, because it seemed that he peered into their own souls. It was frightening."


• Life is Like T-Rex, by -sam (parts 3 - 8): "The next day I was sitting at my desk in the Auror's Office when my boss, Gawain Robards walked up. 'Potter!' he snapped. 'There's been another Sergius Mansfield sighting.' Mansfield was a very low-level Death Eater during the war, who in the years after attempted to keep up the fight." (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8)


• Little Girl Found (My Annual Thanksgiving Fanfic Release - 2012!), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "As she stood before a full-length mirror, Fran Lawrence ran her fingers over her face, the undamaged skin that was once torn and lined with scar tissue – damage that would never vanish from her own mind's eye, despite the healing effect of Julia Carlyle's powers."


• Luna and the Moose (MLP), by Erin M. (part 4): "Luna quirked her eyebrow again and slowly walked over to Star Cluster. Behind her, Black Diamond and Night Audit pointedly looked in other directions. Star Cluster slowly lowered herself to the floor, the magical tether still looped around her body. Luna looked down at her. It wasn't a glare, but the effect was the same. When the Night Princess spoke, it was softly, but with a hard audible edge. 'You lost the moose.'"


• The Mageborn Cynic, by peetz5050 (part 16): "Helena's mind was troubled. The war itself was of little consequence but the recent revelations of treason in the Empire had unseated many of the 'old guard' in the court and she, although trusted by the Crown, was considered to be an upstart and troublemaker and she was beset on all sides by enemies she did not know. She had to tread a narrow path between accepting all offers of friendship at face value and all the while trusting no one but herself."


• The Meaning of Bonfire Night, by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "They found him slumped in the corner of McGrundy's, drooling a mix of beer and drool, the odd “bollocks” escaping from his lips (along with drool). This wouldn't be notable except it was midday."



• Michele L vr. Michelle O (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "On the day that Michele Landon met that beast, nay that filthy MONSTER, Barack Hussein Obama, at the National Prayer Breakfast, her incoherent Neo-Conservative Tea Party rage against that Commie Socialist took an unusual form."


• Mothers Love (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by thatLONERchick (COMPLETE!): "Helen stood at the sink, washing the blood from her hands in the darkness. Around her, the house was silent. She had only done her duty as a mother. Nothing more. She was not wrong here."


• Namesake (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "Quinn pulled up the zipper at the back of Daria's dress. Then she caught the long auburn hair and settled it back over her shoulders. 'There!' She exclaimed. 'It's perfect! Now we need to brush your hair.'"


• Nathan: The Truth Revealed (Scenes that should be: Polite Requests), by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "'I made you cry. I hate myself for making you cry. I went way over the top baby and I hate myself for that too. But if you leave me--'"


• The New Batman/Scooby Doo Adventures, by peapotmaster (part 2): "We see Batman wrapped up in chains at Joker's hideout, as he wakes up. He turns to see Joker/Anubis sitting on a throne, as Harley is dressed like an Egyptian slave girl."


• A New Set of Rules, by Dennis (part 25): "The combination of the good weather, the pleasant setting, and the interesting novel so engrossed her that she didn't notice the new shadow falling over her. 'Hey, Daria,' a diffident voice said. 'Fancy seeing you here.'"


• New Town, by El-Dorobo (parts 1 - 5): "'Don't open your eyes Quinn.' She heard her sister's voice, she couldn't remember it ever sounding so full of emotion before. She realized that Daria had to be laying on top of her. Something told her to trust her sister, she kept her eyes closed." (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5)


• No Esteem (IC: DeMartino and Jake swapped), by Charles RB (part 6): "It was two days of constant, low-grade torment and snickering and spitballs and lewd graffiti and hard shoves and stolen work before it escalated to blood. She was washing her hands in the bathroom when the group came in. She recognised some of them, couldn't put a name to their faces except for Sandi; Sandi was smiling triumphantly."


• No-Scene Left Behind, by CDM (COMPLETE!): "QUINN: That's the problem with getting back in the game, you know? You spend so much time knowing you're wasting time, but there's so much busy-work to keep you busy! Alphabetizing your nail polish, cataloging in excruciating detail five hundred tapes worth of movies, you can't help but procastronate!" (Part 2) (Part 3)


• The One in Which Sandi Discovers that Harry Potter is Real and that Andrea Doesn't Like Muggles (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Once everyone was gathered, wearing matching black robes and pointed hats and scarves of various colors, Andrea smiled quite wickedly and said, 'Good evening my fellow scar-heads, I hereby call this meeting to order!'"


• One Way Out, Two Painful Actions (Iron Chef: Victim Daria), by midnightsinger (COMPLETE!): "Soul aching pain. The pain, the pain of being held down as you are ripped open."


• Operation Glitterberries, by BF110C4 (part 10.4 - 11.1): "Melody had found an old, judging from the smell at least ten years, white t-shirt and a discolored red running shorts, that along some garish sunglasses big enough to wear over her own large glasses were the extent of the available props for her disguise but that wasn't going to be nearly enough to conceal her from an organized manhunt." (Part 11.1)


• Quinn's Code 07: The Grounded Geek, by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (parts 2 and 3): "'Oh, If Mom just wants to ground me for being late two nights in a row, she should just ground me! Not institute some experimental "Family Court"!' 'Family Court?' Kristen asked, curious. 'Exactly what it sounds like,' Quinn said." (Part 3)


• RA Holiday Special : The Holidays are just Crazy!, by DIsaac (parts 1 - 5): "KEVIN: You suck! You suck! You suck! (Daria walks over and gives Kevin a hug) DARIA: Watching your team? KEVIN: Yeah, they suck!" (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5)


• Rebuilt, by El-Dorobo (COMPLETE!): "'Mrs. Morgendorffer, you seem to be in much higher spirits today.' Helen nodded happily at the psychiatrist. 'Something you want to share?' He pushed gently. 'Daria got back a memory of her and I shopping.' Helen knew she must look amusing with the way she was smiling so widely." (Part 7)


• A Resentful Cynic Ch.5, by ST91 (COMPLETE!): "Daria returned home happy. Her search had been successful, the proof was the two films she had in her backpack. Tonight we'll have a lot of fun, she thought as she opened the door. However, her smile turned into a grimace when she saw that the four members of the fashion club were again in her house." (Part 6)


• Rude Awakening Ep 11: Sucks To Be Them!, by DIsaac (COMPLETE!): "STACY: (fastly and nervously) DANIELLA MORENO! Is "Free Pizza" the only goddamn thing you are thinking of when we have a goddamn psycho at the door? DANI: I'm scared, and that's making me hungry! I don't what to do here... Wait, how do you know it's a psycho? BRITTANY: (Voice only) TEDDY! Where the hell are you? STACY: SEE! I know these things." (Part 11)


• Savin' the School (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "The Secretary of Education turns from the Highland High statistics, his eyes hooded SECRETARY: We've got work to do. What do you need from me?"


• Screaming into the Silence (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by thatLONERchick (COMPLETE!): "She screamed and screamed, but the world didn't hear her, the girl wrote."


• The Sexy Evil Lesbian Council and a Yenta (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Daria: 'Say Jane?' Jane: 'Yeah Daria?' Daria: 'You know that book I've been reading, the pulp fiction one about the Sexy Evil Lesbian Council?' Jane: 'Yeah?' Daria: 'I think we need a group like that in Lawndale.'"


• She's a Bad Bad Griffin, by The Angst Guy (COMPLETE!): "I know what she is, no doubt about it—She's a bad bad Griff-in"


• Sonoma Coma, by jtranser (part 3): "Daydreams of glittering orange tinsel were picked up and carried by the wind to the Land of the Gone Forever. Then her eyes opened to the usual grey murk of initial waking existence searching for the familiar blurred shape of her glasses. After the first few seconds of fumbling, yet another search and retrieval mission was successfully completed as the earpieces firmly clamped into place over her ears and the blurred nebulous shapes scattered about her room reacquired their normal boring clarity."


• Stacy Morgendorffer (IC: Stacy Morgendorffer), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "'Just do it! Come on! Knock you stupid... ' She raised her hand for the third time and tentatively knocked on the door. She was about to turn tail and run back downstairs when a voice from inside said. 'You have reached the gates of hell, if your sins are minor take a ticket and wait until your number is called, if major set fire to yourself right now to save time, if you're a lawyer come right in.' After a few seconds that seemed like days the voice said. 'Come in Stacy.'"


• ST: A Tale of Temporal Gifting (Non-Daria), by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (parts 2 and 3): "The lunch crowd had left Ten Forward. But Guinan noticed that one person had stayed, and was now staring out of the window at the warp streaks. She walked over to the person. 'Difficult, isn't it. Being out of your own time, not knowing if you will be able to return to the same future that you had left?' she asked." (Part 3)


• Stupidity Walks Among a Field of Sarcasm, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "Beavis laughed. 'MMMMMHEH. Oh yeah. Diarrhea! Cha! Cha! Diarrhea cha cha cha!' Daria paled. The other kindergartners began to stare. 'Both of you shut up.'"


• Substitutes (My Annual Thanksgiving Fanfic Release - 2012!), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "'Whoa. How the hell did you guys manage – that?'"


• Suped Up, by El-Dorobo (parts 1 - 10): "Jane Lane watched her friend as she stood, bent over the microscope before straightening up and groaning. 'Well, did it work?' She asked quickly. The makeshift laboratory area they were standing in was a sharp contrast to the rest of the dingy room it was in." (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8) (Part 9) (Part 10)


• Swim, by El-Dorobo (COMPLETE!): "Quinn screamed as water started coming in around the edges of the door. 'Enough, Quinn stop screaming.' Helen restrained the urge to slap her youngest daughter."


• The Tales of Lawni Nui, by PrecambrianStudios (part 1): " Zali nodded. She brought the horn up to her mask. A low, reverberating sound pierced the forest. The Shadow-Toa were suddenly alert and tensed. Arrows flew out from the brush and rained down upon them. The Shadow-Toa brought up their shields to protect themselves. Dressar raised his knife into the air. 'Attack!' he roared. "


• TDJS Ch.3 Kung-fu party, by ST91 (part 8): "Dario and Jane ran out from the making-out room and descended the stairs, once they arrive in the living room they saw the absolute chaos in front of them. The room was a mess and several guys were fighting with each other."



• This is How It Starts (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Vukodlak (COMPLETE!): "It was just another day at the mall for Sandi, shopping, manicure and picking up cute boys."


• The Three Amigas (IC: Stacy Never Joins the Fashion Club), by LadieTAG (part 3): "After passing the exit exam and convincing Mr. O'Neill that an assembly could potentially damage all the hard work that he had done, the three girls headed to Pizza King to celebrate their victory. The next day, Daria and Jane sat down for lunch. Stacy arrived a few minutes later and joined them."


• To Annoy a Mockingbird. Chapter 6, by BF110C4 (part 4): "Daria, Quinn, Jake, and Helen were sitting on the kitchen table, with the semi frozen lasagna steaming from having its outsides heated while keeping the solid ice center. '...so then Ms. Li admits they're doing this to pay for new bulletproof skylights. The whole thing's enough to turn your stomach. Which I guess is good if you want to be a model; eases the transition to bulimia.'"


• Tommy Sherman: The Truth Revealed, by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "'"Listen, they're putting me up at the Lawndale Manor,' sleazed Tommy, getting far too close to Angie. 'Why don't we head back there, order you some champagne, get horizontal, and you can find out just how big a hero--'"


• Toxic, by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "Trent woke up with a pounding headache. He couldn't quite place where he was last night; or even where he currently was. His vision was a haze which blended in with the low pitch humming in his ears. He realized that he was sitting on a dusty floor with his back to a wall. Standing up proved to be a difficult task. He tired to focus his eyes on the room when he found his situation a bit more dire. His left hand was handcuffed to a rusty and neglected radiator."


• Tum's Nite at Diarrhea's (Iron Chef: Crayons Galore), by GlitterShrooms (COMPLETE!): "Once upon a tyme, there was totally a girl named Diarrhea's and she like had totally like this Hottie McHottie named Tam. He's was so fine, and he had like pools of cash, and he was a snarky bastard. Everything was fine in the world. And he also had a huge you*know*whats* it. Do I like have to totally spell it out for all you stupid prepz?"


• Undying Love part 2, by BrownEyedBagel (part 1): "Of all the things Jodie wanted to do; being unarmed for a knife fight had to rank among the things she wanted to avoid. Add the fact that this time Stacy had arrived with a weapon with an obvious enchantment and she had an ordeal that compared to the few hours wasted at Grove Hills."



• Unnamed story (Another bit on my Addams crossover), by Ranger Thorne (parts 1 - 3): "As Jane approached the school, the usual mental cursing was cut short as she noticed the long black car pull into the curved drive at the front of Lawndale High. The driver was exposed to the weather, while the passengers were covered by a cloth top, which was also black. Is that a Packard? she asked herself. As she approached, however, all thought about the car faded." (Part 2) (Part 3)


• Unnamed story (I.C.: Cubicled (a.k.a. Daria meets Dilbert)), by Aruphonse: "The pointy-haired Boss presented the bespectacled teenager to the rest of the staff. 'This is Daria, she's the daughter of an old acquaintance from college. Apparently she's not too good relating to people and her parents think that having some experience in our workplace could help her to develop better social skills.'" (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4)


• Unnamed story (IC: Disabled Daria), by RX-87 (COMPLETE!): "The motors in her elbows whirred as she pumped her arms. She felt the wind against the metal and polymer. Still nowhere near the sensations the old ones had but it was still amazing how real it felt. But Daria wasn't thinking about that. Everything disappeared as she concentrated on the finish line."


• Unnamed story (IC: Lyrical Endings), by Jim North (COMPLETE!): "'Daria?' Daria started in surprise and turned around to see that face coming out of the crowd. That face that she hadn't seen for at least a few years and had only just become accustomed to no longer seeing. That face that slashed razor sharp at her heart."


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Crayons Galore), by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "Darea went throoh the portal behind the Japanese restuarant and ended up in california land of surfers and dummies. So she went to have a pizza and then went to the bathroom, and it felt good. after she went she and got a soda. then she went surfing because it was california."


• Unnamed story (Iron chef: Jane in self-esteem class), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "Jane picked it up and looked at it, feeling the weight of it, considering. 'AGAIN!' She thought. 'No discussion or anything those... they just put my name down again like it's supposed to be there, like that's where I belong... Damn Li! Damn O'Neill! Damn Manson! Damn Self-Esteem Class and damn me for being such a damn fool!'"


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Throughout The Ages), by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "'Our next movie is called "Cloud Atlas," a movie by the directors of the Matrix trilogy. It follows several interconnected stories across time, as different people are reincarnated into different lives. The premise of this movie I found even more absurd than men all wearing tacky suits flying around like they were in a Wu-Tang movie....'"


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Throughout The Ages), by Roentgen (COMPLETE!): "'All right, kiddo,' Manius cried. 'You still can't beat your old man!' Manius and his son, Quartus Fabianus, wrestled in the sand pit outside their villa. They each had the other's hands, left hand grabbing left, right hand grabbing right. Manius attempted to force Quartus to the ground with his superior weight...."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "Despite being in considerable pain; Tom stripped off the blood soaked clothes and loaded the washing machine. To say that things got out of hand would be an understatement."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "With a heavy sigh Jane picks up the phone and makes the call that she had put off all week."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "With his back against the wall he took note of exactly how blood thirsty his opponents truly were. The only ways out of this mess were either in a body bag or to give it his all."



• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "Alison:' Hey Jane...look I'm sorry about coming on to you like that the other night....'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "Tom:' Seriously though; how come no one has come up with a slash fic about us?'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "'Hey, Mister D?' asked Kevin. 'If you think you can't teach us and you are a teacher... doesn't that make you a loser?'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "Daria pressed the button to accept the call. 'Hi Mom, what's up?'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "Quinn answered the knock on the front door. Two suited men stood outside. One said 'Daria Morgendorffer?' Quinn shook her head and turned away, she yelled 'Daria! Some people for you wearing cheap polyester suits!'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "'Jaaaaneeee Iiiii kisssssed hiiimmmm,' Tiffany drawled to that weird girls friend, 'Iiiii kissssed Toooom, Iiiii'mmmm soooo soooooryyyyy.'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "As Ken Edwards moaned and cried in unspeakable agony, cluching his private area as he lay on the ground."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Daria felt herself being drawn from her deep sleep in the middle of the night, she opened a blurry eye while clearing her throat a bit and realized that Jane was slipping back under the covers."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "Quinn rolled over, coming to with a groan. She blinked, trying to move her arms without much success. She looked down. 'Why am I wearing a straitjacket?' she asked."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "Danielle Todds swore as one crimson dot became three, then six."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "Jane was getting an equal amount of amusement and exasperation at the mint green unicorn (name of Lyra, she'd learned) who continued to follow her and Daria around and bombard them with questions about what it was like being human."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "'Bored.'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "Contrary to most people's beliefs, there was a place beyond oblivion, beyond what one would normally conceive of as the 'End of Existence', the 'Great Chaos Beyond'." (Part 2)


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "Jane munched the slice of pizza thoughtfully. 'So, yeah. Just another easy day in engineering.' Daria only smirked, even as something behind her exploded and a crewman ran past, screaming and on fire."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by Sofa King (COMPLETE!): "Stacy darts across the room, barely picking up the phone before it activates her answering machine. 'Hello'"



• Unnamed story (Scenes that should be: Polite Requests), by Ranger Thorne (COMPLETE!): "Jane knew it was probably just her imagination, but it seemed the heart monitor was running slower than it had been the day before. She's thought the same yesterday as well, so, yeah, imagination. But Daria's pale face and the slight blue tinge on her lips were not."


• Unnamed story (Scenes that should be: Polite Requests), by Sofa King (COMPLETE!): "Mack gets his lunch plated for him in the serving line, and is on his way to his table, when he passes by Daria and Jane, in the midst of what appears to be a heated discussion...." (Part 2)


• Unnamed story (World's Medium-Sized Crossover), by Wraith (COMPLETE!): "A figure lay resting, half in the shade under a tree. From the clothing and the sword resting on the ground, a samurai."


• Veronica's Story : The Highland Years, by ST91 (part 1): "'Helen! You've waited upfor me!' he said quite loudly. 'Shhhhhh. Veronica is sleeping.' she said in a low voice indicating with an alarmed air the cot / crib where the two-year-old baby was sleeping."


• Vivian, by ST91 (part 7): "When Brittany came home she was very happy to not see her mother there. Unfortunately, her happiness vanished when she heard what had happened. 'She'll sue us!' she cried, shocked."


• We Are One, by PrecambrianStudios (parts 1 - 8.5): "Quinn pushed herself, and Daria, out of the car. They stood up and observed the reactions of the students. It wasn't too bad. One girl with brown hair screamed and pointed. A few others fainted. Everyone else couldn't stop staring." (Part 2) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 4.5) (Part 5) (Part 5.2) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 7.5) (Part 7.75) (Part 8) (Part 8.5)


• We Don't Talk About It (Iron Chef: Fresh takes on Veronica Morgendorffer), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "'Well Quinn, what are you going to do? You won't even acknowledge me as your sister, what are you going to tell Little Miss Snotty and her ass-lickers when Ronnie comes to live here?' 'Gawd, Daria! You just have no clue what it takes to be popular!' Quinn whined. 'I'll think of something, OK?'"


• We Only Hurt the Ones We Love, by deneich (part 14): "'Damn Morgendorffer, You look like you'd just lost your best friend...' Jane began as she pushed herself away from the wall. '...but, as you can see, reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. So cheer up and let's head to lunch, I've got quite a story to tell.'"


• What's on Your Mind? (Scenes no Daria fic should have: Write The Lightning), by peetz5050 (COMPLETE!): "Daria was typing away at her computer when Jane came in. 'Hey Jane, what's another word for "Throbbing", I've used it earlier in this chapter?'"



• Whoops!, by PrecambrianStudios (COMPLETE!): "Daria crouched next to the box. 'Dammit Lane. You have me hooked.' She peered inside. The first object was a baseball bat. Long, metal, and very rusty. A pair of nunchuks sat at the bottom, partially obscured from view by a boxing glove. And a silenced Beretta pistol. Daria's breath caught. 'Where did you get that?' She peered at it in curiosity."


• Why We Fight (My Annual Thanksgiving Fanfic Release - 2012!), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "'Paula, it's so good... and it's good for you-' 'I love you to death, Sammi-bear, but you will not bring a – a - durian-'"


• Worldhopper (Chapter 4), by Erin M. (part 4): "'You're... me.' Daria said, trying to comprehend what she was seeing. 'It looks like it,' Killjoy replied. 'But you can call me "Killjoy." I've more or less been using that name since I escaped.'"


• Worldhopper: Ring Shadow, by RLobinske (parts 2 - 4): "A day later, Richard was seated at the workstation in his lab. Grimly, he highlighted a red line on the sensor monitor to bring up detailed data on the divergent reality. 'Universe D-1112. Okay, Apocalypse, you've chosen your ground.'" (Part 3) (Part 4)

Have a Good One, Mack Daddy!

Happy birthday to Kevin Daniels, born on this day in 1976. Daniels was not the voice of Kevin, but instead Mack Mackenzie during Season 3.

Fandom News!

• What will be your New Year's resolutions for next year?


• PrecambrianStudios wants to know what you think of these character impressions.


• BloodyWilliam shares a webcomic: Ugly Girl.


• Watch the trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness and discuss the upcoming movie.

Apologies for the Long Delay!

Happy birthday to the late Alfred Joyce Kilmer, born on this day in 1886. The Lawndale Public Library was named after the poet.

Today is also the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada, as Roentgen observes in this post on the PPMB.

Fandom News!

• LadieTAG asks if anyone would be interested in a holiday card exchange.


• Share your job/school woes in Stripey's thread.


• Check out a live action Daria opening and closing sequence.


• What would make Bad Movie X good? GlitterShrooms invites you to share your ideas.


• PrecambrianStudios posted a new Iron Chef: Crayons Galore.

Here's Looking at You, Kiddo

Daria and Trent shippers (boo!) can rejoice at this alter ego, portraying the duo as Rick and Ilsa from the movie Casablanca. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, the film premiered on this day in 1942.

Today is also Cyber Monday, which the Fashion Club will most likely be participating in--if they can get over their fear of appearing to be (ugh!) computer geeks.

Fandom News!

• BloodyWilliam wants to know who would participate in a CD swap.


• Talk about happy sounding songs that aren't really all that happy.


• Would you be able to make it to Midwest Dariacon 2013?


• NapalmKracken invites everyone to count the Daria references in his comic.


• What are your favorite albums of the 2010's so far? Jeremy Garrett wants to know.


• Four Iron Chefs have been posted in the Creative Writing forum: ThanatosRW's Stacy Morgendorffer and midnightsinger's Young Daria, Victim Daria, and Kidnapped? Adopted?

Celebrating a Lot of Screwed Up Family Problems and Getting Depressed by the End of the Day

Happy Thanksgiving! Daria is thankful she finally has something to eat that isn't frozen lasagna. I'm thankful for fanfic, so here's a list of Thanksgiving stories that you may enjoy:

• Arrivals and Returns (Falling Into College), by RLobinske


• Be Careful What You Wish For, by Angelinhel


• Bitter Harvest (The Heather/Damsel Chronicles), by NightGoblyn


• Daria Went Down to Georgia (Falling Into College), by RLobinske


• For This, We're Thankful (Falling Into College), by RLobinske


• Home for Thanksgiving (Falling Into College), by RLobinske


• Meanwhile In..., by Wyvern337


• Over the River and Through the Mood Swings, by Kristen Bealer


• Pause in the Air and Thanks Giving, by The Angst Guy


• Thanksgiving with the Griffins, by Komotose


• Thanks, but no Thanks-giving, by Matt


• Turkey Days, by Patrick Moore


• Where Do We Go From Here? (Daria/Dorian) by LadieT

Lousy MEN!

Today is International Men's Day, which is probably Ms. Barch's least favorite holiday of all time. I'm not sure how the day should be celebrated, but I suspect it may involve beer.

Fandom News!

• J-D wonders about Elsie's age.


• Celebrate the end of Twilight in the Weapons of Mass Distraction forum.


• Find out how Hollywood works, in flowchart form!


• 45Ranger posted a new Iron Chef in the Creative Writing forum: Books written by all the characters.

"Hmm...nothing."

Today is National Clean Out Your Fridge Day, so get cleaning! Perhaps you need to make room for Thanksgiving leftovers, or maybe you're just tired of that really funky smell that might be rotten eggs or possibly rancid meat but you just aren't sure. Either way, scrub off that stuff that might be cherry soda while you're at it.

Fandom News!

• Why doesn't MTV play music videos anymore? Find out in the linked video.


• Do you prefer the aisle or window seat? Vote in the poll!


• Check out percussivemaintenance's Daria Halloween costume.


• Two new Iron Chefs have been posted in Creative Writing: JPAGC's Jane in self-esteem class and Reven384's Monster.


• Discuss The Angst Guy's It Slipped Through My Hands, Like A Shadow, Like A Dream... in the Golden Oldies forum.

Shhhhhh!

Today is National Young Readers Day, and Young Daria is celebrating by--well, you can put that one together yourself. Let's try to be quiet as we share the latest fandom news, so we don't disturb her concentration.

• OverlordMikey wants to know, what would you name your child and why?


• Help Shiva overcome his writer's block.


• Share what a difference a year can make for you.


• ThanatosRW wonders about a Daria/Quinn age swap.


• Discuss World War Z in the Weapons of Mass Distraction forum.


• View the trailer and discuss the upcoming movie Les Miserables.


• PrecambrianStudios posted a new Iron Chef in the Creative Writing forum: A Childrens' Story.


• neonhomer has issued a challenge to the fandom artists: Daria in the key of Family Guy.

"Well, if I can't say Sandi Griffin's Dracula, why does Brad Stoker get to say Brad Stoker's Dracula?"

It's a double birthday blog post today, because both Bram Stoker and Margaret Mitchell were born on this day in 1847 and 1900. Stoker, of course, is the author of Dracula--although Sandi would like to lay claim to the story as well. Mitchell wrote Gone with the Wind, which not only inspired a couple of alter egos and a line in "I Don't" (Jane's "Oh, Scarlett, you grow lovelier by the day!"), but the film also featured heavily in "Aunt Nauseam."

Fandom News!

• Deref is looking for US Travel advice.


• Alvious shares something about Trent that he just realized.


• Revisit "Boxing Daria" with OdRedd.


• What should peetz5050 write? Vote in the poll!


• Three new Iron Chefs have been posted in Creative Writing: Aruphonse's Cubicled (a.k.a. Daria meets Dilbert) and Roentgen's Throughout The Ages and The polling place.

Remember, Remember....

Today is Bonfire Night, to which Guy Fawkes Day would say "Bollocks!" Then again, that's his response to everything. To those who celebrate the day, have fun!

Fandom News!

• MartinUK posted information about the PPMB meetups in London and Manchester.


• J-D has a few thoughts about Quinn.


• See a live action "Esteemsters" scene posted by Kem.


• Discuss the latest Bond movie, Skyfall.


• Three new Iron Chefs have been posted in Creative Writing: JoeMerl's O'Neill Fics, ThanatosRW's Competative Esteemers, and Ms. Kinnikufan's Make 'em Laugh.

Fall Back Fan Fiction

Fanfiction catchup time again.

Mack the Esteemer (I - XIV: 10/22/12) by Shiva
Going back to school that Monday was a dramatic shift from how she had been treated just that last week before.

The Adventures of Nurse Goodnsexy (updated 10/23/12) by Shiva


A Cross-Dimensional Trip Without Chinese Food by PreCambrianStudios
"So," said Jane. "Please remind me how you dragged me here."

Twin Tracks (chapter 3, part 3) by oni
Linda looked in doubt at the movies listed.  “Sandi… it was a nice idea for the four of us to go to the movies but I don’t think there’s any movie that we could agree on.  Look,” she pointed to the third movie down at the listings above the ticket stand, “That’s the only movie listed that looks remotely interesting to me.”  Looking behind her at Sam and Chris, who at the moment looked bored out of their minds, she said, “Can you really see those two sitting through ‘The Family Man’?”

The Summer Back (Pt. 2) by Shiva
As an old Thundercats episode played on the TV set, Daria waved to Jane as she came into Daria’s room, the infamous padded cell.

Costumes and Candy by mmmdraco
Jane sat down on her bed next to Daria and sighed. "Halloween crept up on me this year. I don't know if I have the energy to make a costume this time. Maybe I'll just go to that costume store that opened up just outside of town. You wanna come with?"

Rude Awakening Ep 11: Sucks To Be Them! (9) 10/26/12  by DIsaac
JANE: So, Sandi... Where's your Mom at?

A Fistful of Scarletts (Part 5) by Aloysius
The punkiverse Scarlett felt the gaze of the magazine publisher as it roamed over her body and repressed the impulse to shudder, or to gag.

Curing Jealousy (Pt 15) by Shiva
They spotted Helen Morgendorffer’s SUV in the driveway as Sandro pulled up in front of the house.

ARC Ch.5 A little break and then full speed ahead P.4 by ST91
That morning Jane and Andrea were looking forward to the history lesson with great trepidation, it was going to be a wonderful show and since they did not want to miss a moment, they sat in the front row.

Fallen off the Cliff by Shiva
She pulled up in one of her parent's cars, dressed in a plain white T-shirt, a Kevlar vest, a gun belt, several automatics and a duffle bag full of much bigger guns and ammo.

Lawndale and Sandi Griffin’s Genie (Chapter 8 Part 4)  by cfardell_Brenorenz29
The trio were soon escaping the Griffin’s house, using Sam’s bed sheets/blankets as a rope. “Hopefully she doesn’t see,” Quinn said as she climbed out the window first and started abseiling down.

A Different Point of View by januese
I'm trembling.
I just can't stop.

Trilogy: A Tribute to Pharoahe Monch  by Sofa King
Beginning to feel the fatigue of a long day of shopping, Quinn Morgendorffer turns her Hatchback onto Glen Oaks Lane, and she begins her final approach towards home, having spent all of the money and gift cards she’d received for her birthday, earlier in the week. “So, I found out that I got into all three of my safeties,” she explains to her passenger, “but I’m still waiting to hear back from Pepperhill.”

Dylan (Oct 31 update)  by J-D
‘BOOM!  It sounded to Dylan as if a guitar in the basement had exploded. Rod’s nearly completed sculpture collapsed.

Whole Life Ahead of Her by PreCambrianStudios
Hello sweetie. Was your day okay?” asked Helen when Daria walked into the house.

Worldhopper: Ring Shadow (Part 1)  by RLobinske
Seated at a conference table, Foundation Guide Reiko Tsereba gently rubbed the scars on the left side of her face. Reiko said, "Five weeks and still absolutely no sign of Judith. It's as if she'd dropped off the face of the Multiverse. Senior Guide Davis and I have tapped every source at our disposal and have come up with nothing."

Sexy Daria: Sexy Runaway (Pt 6)  by Shiva
“Quinn.” Daria said very flatly, and very coldly once Jane had come back to her room and her younger, unwanted sibling had stepped in behind her.

Burned in Her Mind by PreCambrianStudios
"Get the gurney in there now dammit! We're running out of time!" yelled a fireman to the medics scrambling out of their ambulance.

Daria and Phineas: Big Ideas in Lawndale Part 1 by cfardell_Brenorenz29
Jane Lane opened the door and found her friend, Daria Morgendorffer, waiting. “You’re early, Daria,” she said.

Small Mercies by PreCambrianStudios
She was awake. A bright, blurry white light enveloped her. She felt a sense of warmth, a tingling in her fingers. Daria felt as though she were floating on a white, puffy cloud. I did it. I made it. She tried to sit up, and realized she couldn't. The light was fading.

Glasses and Lipstick(chapter 1 complete) by oni
Helen looked at her daughter while she was unable to bring the words out.  Linda watched her for a few moments, silently savoring the fear she saw in her rival’s face until she looked over at the daughter.  When she witnessed the same look of fear on the daughter’s face, she felt pity.  While looking over at the girl, Linda let out a sad sigh and said, “That’s not your real father in there, honey.”

Rebuilt (V) by El_Dorobo
Daria sat on the bed next to Jodie Landon waiting for the girl to gather her thoughts after they arrived in Jodie’s bedroom. Daria was relieved that the girl’s arm looked remarkably well after four skin grafts, one that had rejected early on had made it a touchy subject according to Mack.

Unexpected Hookup: Relative Madness (Pt 8) by Shiva
As they exited the theater together, Jane tried to answer Jamie’s questions about the movie, and the play Macbeth that it was based on to the best of her ability.

A-Few-Years-Difference (Chapter 12) by Vlora
Daria threw her bag down, falling face first onto her bed. The day had gone slowly, far too slowly for her liking. There had been more work this week, given the usual file jockeys were on leave. This left Daria in Principal Li's office, sorting and filing. The pay was decent, but the work was benign. It was easily the final blow to her sanity, as she switched on her stereo as loudly as she could manage.

 TDJS Ch.3 Kung-fu party . Part 7 by ST91
Charles sighed with boredom.

[QAQA] Crusade: Helen Morgendorffer (COMPLETE) by Lord Yellowtail
Helen clenched her jaw, determinedly biting back the urge to growl and tell the little bigoted slime-ball on the other end of the phone to go fellate an electrical socket.

I Was A Teenage Sex Kitten...(Part 5)  by Erin M
"I cannot believe you did that!" Daria hissed as she and Jane walked down the hallway of the TV station, heading towards Jane's limo.

Down on Her Knees by PreCambrianStudios
Her family walked in, looking uneasy. They had no idea how to feel about what they saw, especially Helen. Here Daria was, restrained by large, leather straps in a hospital bed with nothing to watch or read. Normally, Helen would have gone and started yelling at the doctors and threatening every kind of lawsuit known to man. But knowing what her daughter had tried to do, she could only stare.

"Cheer, cheer, cheer. Yell, yell, yell. Who cares who wins? We're all going to hell."

Today is an important anniversary...for Brittany Taylor. It's the anniversary of cheerleading! Daria is getting into the, er, spirit, in one of her creepier alter egos.

Fandom News!

• Discuss a study about modern women "marrying down."


• Check out Simon Singh's demonstration, The Power of Mental Frames, in Deep Thoughts.


• Share your favorite alternative character interpretations.


• PrecambrianStudios posted a new Iron Chef: The Cult of Misery.

Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween! Or, as some like to look at it, Happy Extorting Candy from the Neighbors Day! Whether you're dressing up in costume, handing out candy, or just hoping to ride out the holiday without getting a yard full of toilet paper, enjoy the day!

If you'd like, please share your favorite Halloween fanfics in the comments.

Fandom News!

• Lessons From Lawndale has been updated! Thanks, cfardell_Brenorenz29!


• TheExcellentS has started a new website: Lawndale Fighting Championship.


• Discuss Hurricane Sandy and check on those in its path.


• Tell everyone how you found Daria fandom!


• jashin77 is looking for complete AU story recommendations.


• Share your ideas for Daria characters dressed like Marvel/DC heroes.


• Two new Iron Chefs have been posted in Creative Writing: echopapa's Hurricane Sandi! and Lord Yellowtail's Disabled Daria.


• Reese Kaine posted a new art Iron Chef in The Easel: Hurricane Sandi.


• Discuss Dervish's An Ill Wind in Golden Oldies.

"It's oxidizing."

Happy World Pasta Day! Jake is celebrating with a nice bowl of penne a la pesto, although there are more conventional ways of celebrating pasta. Eating it, for example.

If you don't care for penne a la pesto, you can choose any kind of pasta you like. Even frozen lasagna. If you absolutely feel you must.

Fandom News!

• Sofa King asks a question about BBCode.


• Talk about weddings in your country.


• Sandi now has a tropical storm named after her! Talk about it in the thread.


• J-D wonders about the name of Vitale, Davis, Horowitz, Riordan, Schrecter, Schrecter, and Schrecter.


• Share your favorite lyrics from songs in the Weapons of Mass Distraction forum.


• Two new Iron Chefs have been posted in Creative Writing: percussivemaintenance's Club Daria! and Erin M.'s More Legends of the Mall.

Still Working on that Replacement

Psychologist and author Timothy Leary, known for his experiments with LSD, was born on this day in 1920. The Yeagers' dog Leary was named for him, although it's doubtful that Leary I, II, or III did any LSD experiments themselves. They probably stuck with marijuana.

Fandom News!

• DocForbin wants a definition of "other things that give us heartburn" in Nick's Corner.


• The Angst Guy wonders who is the best website host?


• Discuss an article about high school and popularity in Deep Thoughts.


• Check out helicarrier physics as explained by Bad Astronomy.


• Post your Halloween stories in a Creative Writing thread started by Ranger Thorne.


• JPAGC posted a new Iron Chef: Jake's presentation.

This Week's Sketchy Fanfiction Update

My apologies, real life issues prevented me from updating last weekend. Fortunately, two returning bloggers helped to keep things moving.

Though I'm feeling a little sketchy, you can still catch up on this last week's fanfiction updates.  I'm sure I've missed stuff, so just holler and I'll fix it.

First Day of Summer (Quinn's Day Part 3) by cfardell_Brenorenz29
Twenty minutes later, the four fractious friends left the Starbucks. “I don’t think you were holding up the line, Quinn,” Stacy said.

Losers No More (Pt 11: A Tale of Two Bees) by Shiva

Nurse Goodnsexy Encounters a Different Sort of Nurse! (Pt. 1) by Shiva
After another night of fun filled adventures, poor Nurse Goodnsexy found herself having to go back home to get some well-earned rest.

Mack the Esteemer (XIII: 10/14/12) by Shiva
“Wow!” Quinn exclaimed once Daria had finished speaking, “Where did they get the hutzpah to think they could get away with waltzing in as if everything was peachy?”

Adventures in the Nevernever [Daria/Dresden Files] Part III by LSauchelli
Amelia shrieked, almost as if she had seen Jason Vorghees himself. Daria turned to look at her, half-annoyed, half-worried for her. Amelia was screaming about how they were going to get eaten by some wolf or bear, or whatever other wild beast her mind could conjure.

TDJS Ch.3 Kung-fu party . Part 6 by ST91
A few minutes after leaving Jane’s home, the three teens arrived at the home of Brittany who welcomed Dario and Jane joyfully and Charles politely.

The Worst Thing in the World by Charles RB
Reality had shattered and things were growing. Obscenely pink things with frills.

Unexpected Hookup: Relative Madness (Pt 7) by Shiva
“I can’t believe you won again!” Ronnie pouted while kicking the legs of the table a bit childishly in an overtly dramatic way to get attention.

The Black Hole (Parts 1 & 2) by DeacBlue
"I've been raped."

EYiL: Ch 10 Casino de la Rust Bucket (Pt. 7) FIN by Shiva
“You what?!”

RA Halloween X-tra 2012: It's Just A Costume, Tom! by DIsaac
(Sandi and Tom are getting ready for a Halloween Party when Tom noticed The Costume on the bed)

Operation Glitterberries: Chapter 10.3 by BF110C4
For a moment Daria felt disoriented. Where was she?

Xerxes DeMartino (Pt 9) by Shiva

Masters Degrees From Outer Space! (Oct 19) by psychotol
“For real?” asked Jane.

Glasses and Lipstick(chapter 1, parts 1 & 2) by oni
It was an hour after the fashion club was dismissed from their latest meeting over spring colors, and Sandi Griffin decided to write some notes from ideas she saw in WAIF magazine. The meeting would have lasted longer if it wasn’t for younger brothers Chris and Sam acting up and causing Sandi to lose her temper.

Becoming Jane Lane, Again (QAQA) (2/2) (COMPLETE) by Lord Yellowtail
Dying turned out to be a lot stranger than Jane Lane imagined it would be.

Legion of Lawndale Heroes 'Mini' - 'Friendly Conversation' by Brother Grimace
"So, like, are your parents okay with you being in the Legion?"

Family New (Conclusion) by RLobinske
Mourners were slowly starting to depart with the end of the graveside ceremony.  Rita decided to take the opportunity to show her gratitude to her pastor and stepped over to him.

New school, New life, New friend by Elizabeth Bennett
Daria opened her eyes reluctantly and listened to the dreary patter of rain outside. She scanned her room with bleary eyes; she was still adjusting to her new bedroom.

Fate/Lawndale Codes by Silver
The window exploded. Jane's litany of cursing died in her throat, and she turned and ran. She found herself wondering why she'd bothered to stay after to help clean up after the huge mess in Ms. DeFoe's class. Why hadn't she just gone home.

Emory Barksdale (the first 3 stories, plus Emory's Summer) by Shiva
As the red corvette pulled up in front of Windsor Hill's, with the sounds of Classic Rock blaring at full volume, Quinn asked, "Who's that?"

Quinn's Code 07: The Grounded Geek (Part 1) by cfardell_Brenorenz29
It was late at night, Daria Morgendorffer was late. It was the latest she had been out, in Lawndale or in Highland. She silently urged the driver to go faster. Eventually she arrived home. “Thanks,” she said as she emerged from the car.

About A Girl (part of the A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall series) by LongSnakeMoan
It'd had been nine years since she'd last been to Lawndale and the place hadn't changed much since. Compared to the unceasing blur of noise and movement that made sure Baltimore was a different city with every passing morning, Lawndale seemed almost frozen in time, as if trapped in a photograph that would never move on, just fade as the years went by. 

Ethan Yeager in Lawndale: CH 11 Broken? (Pt. 1) by Shiva
The latest episode of Ratboy played on the Yeager’s television set, and while Ethan was looking at the screen, he wasn’t really seeing it.

Jake's Lot in Life by Smijey
Daria looked up at the sound of the knock on her door. "Enter of your own free will," she ominously verbalized.

Did You Miss Me?

Hey, guys, I'm back!

(crickets chirp)

You know, uses the blog handle "The Kristen Bealer Guy"? Used to post a lot of stuff here? Made really lame jokes?

(even the crickets look confused)

Yeah, well, anyway. I'll be posting the fandom news here periodically while I get back into the swing of things with the blog, so let's get going with the latest update!

• Can you make it to a January PPMB meetup in the UK? Vote in MartinUK's poll!


• Discuss the rise and fall of the Fashion Club in the Deep Thoughts forum.


• PrecambrianStudios wonders if it's possible to get Daria on Blu-Ray.


• What are your favorite cover versions of other people's songs?


• What are your top five favorite Daria fanfics?


• What makes a good story? Share your thoughts in the thread.


• tafka posted a new Iron Chef: S/he said what now?

Fanfix: Famous Quotes #1

 

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First, my heartfelt thanks go out to RLobinske, who patiently guided me through the process of logging into this blog again. I had forgotten how to do it. My hat is off to you, sir.

Now, a brief but important note on quotes lifted from fanfiction. In the olden days (a few years ago, really), there was a running thing in PPMB about certain story quotes being so full of awesome and win that they deserved to be preserved forever on the walls of a great palace memorializing their brilliance. Here are some of my additions to the hallowed halls of that great edifice. See if you can guess which Daria stories they came from, or just be delighted in their perverse glory.

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“Looks like Trent’s cheesing again.”

The Self-Esteem Class ended on that smelly note.

...very irate (and possibly rabid) hamsters...

Daria's smile in reply had more teeth in it than Brian had ever seen in a human grin, but oddly enough he found it... arousing.

"...Najeneun ttasaroun inganjeogin yeoja..."

“Hey, wanna go help me kill my parents so that we can collect the insurance?”

"You won't turn me into one of your calculators! One of your evil thinking machines! I'm not a robot! DEAR GOD, I'M NOT A ROBOT!!"

"Maybe they'd just beam Social Security into your head."

"UDALL HIGH IS SEXUALLY INADEQUATE! WOOO!"

"What's Trent on this time, bath salts?"

"She's B to the Arch and on tha vic'tree march..."

"AND HURRY! I CAN ONLY BEAT OFF TO TEENAGE BATTLE CRY FOR SO LONG!"

...she watched the cow gallop away with her husband, Jake's hands still firmly fixed around the cow's throat.

"Don't play coy, Daria, I know damn well you don't have a nuclear weapon."

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God bless us every one. (That's a TAG quote, not a story quote.) More soon.
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Fanfix, maybe?

Thanks to the persistent urging of LadieTAG and a number of other Daria fans, a new semi-regular column will start here within the next week or so, once enough notes have been compiled to start it. One thing I have not done enough of in this fandom is talk about other people's fanfiction. "Fanfix" will attempt to rectify that error.

Each post will chat about three or more Daria stories with interesting mutual connections, like Daria from different alterate universes, or unusual views of favorite characters (Mack, Andrea, Mystic Spiral, & the rest), or particular genre stories like crossovers, horror, school stories, gender benders, fantasy, hard sf, and the lot. This is not meant to be a review column, though I am highly likely to pick favorites and distribute egoboo but maybe also some "eh, I dunno" if it strikes me. It won't get personal. I just want to talk about Daria fanfiction I've recently read for the first time ever, stories dating back to about 2010 or so from PPMB, Outpost Daria, and other places. The reading public is as always invited to write back and tell me to go suck it. This should engender many happy flame wars as per usual in our corner of the fandomverse.

This sound good? Hope this works for everyone. I really want to get back into this fandom, but writing my own stuff no longer feels like the right way to do it. So, time to experiment. More soon. Enjoy.
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Expect...Something.

Something...is coming.

Soon.

Octoberfest Fanfiction

Another week and more fanfiction.

Twin Tracks (chapter 3, part 1) by oni
Midnight came around and soon after the BFAC party started to wind down.  Daria parted ways with Jane around that time and started to head back to her own school’s dorm while Max had a hard time getting off the grass of the dormitory’s front yard; all his loose cigarettes sprawled on the ground around him and his flask a short distance away from the smokes.

You Know Why by Smijey
The coroner's report determined that Daria Morgendorffer had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound a little after three in the afternoon, just after she had come home from school that day.

Mack the Esteemer (XII: 10/07/12) by Shiva
As the Mackenzie's SUV pulled up in the church parking lot, Daria in her black and white dress commented, "There are a lot of people here."

 Xerxes DeMartino (Pt 8) by Shiva
"So how'd the meeting go?" Xerxes asked Andrea as he walked up to her in the hallway of the DeMartino home.

One (More) Little Thing - P17 by peetz5050
Helen was surprised that Tony and Claire dropped the whole subject of her behavior once she admitted she had a problem and they asked her about settling in to life in Lawndale. She found Claire in particular to be pleasant company though once she got used to Tony's weirdly bulging eye she saw through to the caring and thoughtful person he was underneath.

QC 06: The Lab Mouse, the Geek & the Convention (Concluded) by cfardell_Brenorenz29
When Quinn, Cindy and Kristen left the convention for the day, they found that Tatiana was still sitting outside. “Why are you still here?” Kristen asked.

MAD DOG'S LEGACY CHAPTER 11: WILDERNESS ADVERTURERS Part 2 by Hyrin
Jake lead the family as they walked through the woods.
"Is this great, or what? For the next 72 hours, we're going to live off what nature send our way! See that stream? That's our drinking water! See those berries! That's our breakfast!"
"See that stick? If you start singing again, it's going up"
"Daria!" Helen interrupted, missing the small smile that Daria and Jake exchanged. "We are out here to relax! So shut up and start relaxing, dammit!"

Loners Covet Nothing by PrecambrianStudios
Daria nudged Jane and said, “And just when I thought this holiday couldn’t get any more idiotic.” They observed Kevin strutting down the hallway, bragging that he was dressed as a famous football player (whose name he never brought up) and Brittany walked beside him dressed in a traditional princess costume: a purple gown, expensive shoes, and a very pointy hat. Pretty much everybody in the hall was fawning over them, telling their two gods how cool they looked.

Runaway Daria: Fallout Lawndale Edition 10/7/2012 (Part 11) by Vukodlak
Amy was sleeping peacefully when she was jostled awake by a brotherhood Knight she recognized as David Sorenson. “Ms Barksdale… its time.” She flew out of the small bunk already prepared for the day. For obvious reasons she wouldn’t be able to do a live report but she’d have news from the ground. She hoped everything went smoothly Helen deserved to know Daria was alive.

Green Arrow Rises Issue 0: Care Flight (END) by Lord Yellowtail
Bubbles dropped from 6000 feet to ground-level in the space of a second, landing on the cliff with soundless footfalls that didn’t so much as disturb the dust under her boots. Her long, reinforced white cape whispered against her rubbery body armor as it settled across her shoulders.

EYiL: Ch 10 Casino de la Rust Bucket (Pt. 6) by Shiva
Andrew Landon, the middle-aged black conservative social-climbing inventor of the folding coffee cup was paralyzed with terror at the apparition that stood on his door step.

“Hey,” the figure spoke in a gruff voice, “I’m here to pick up Jodie.”

The Adventures of Nurse Goodnsexy (updated 10/05/12) by Shiva
"Hehehehehehehe, Hey Butthead, why are we in the hospital again?" Beavis asked from his half of the room in Cedars of Lawndale.



Nevermore part 8 - CONCLUSION. by ST91
Some people say that sometimes a moment can never end.






Ten Minutes by BrownEyedBagel
Daria grumbled a few choice swear words as well as invented a few new ones as the phone rang. Her eyes opened and the digital clock greeted her; four twenty two in the morning. Some more words unfit for the general audience came out as she reached for her cell phone. Not a lot of people had her number; odd were that this was going to be important. She answered it with what her brain figured was something akin to ‘Hello’; what came out was something a lot less clear and with two more syllables.

Ten Years Ago Today: "Daria" by Charles RB
Daria Morgendorffer may not like to talk about it, but she owes her existence to two sub-normal deviants hitting a frog.

Operation Glitterberries: Chapter 10.2 by BF110C4
“Have you ever seen Sick, Sad World?”

To Annoy a Mockingbird. Chapter 6.3 by BF110C4
As soon as school was over Sandi dragged the rest of the club’s members to the first empty classroom she could find. After ordering Stacy to write in big bold letters ‘Amazon Modeling Agency’ on the blackboard she started with her speech. “Now, in light of the recent developments regarding the modeling classes that are going to be held from this Saturday onwards, I believe that as the true representatives of all things fashion it’s our mission and duty to crush the opposition and earn those contracts for us to demonstrate what fashion is all about. The floor is open to strategies.”

Substitute Life by januense
The air was quite cold, flowing over Trent's face through a small opening in the car's side window. He was driving in an empty street, the houses of Lawndale flowing around him in an endless, boring stream.

Events - part 3 by januense
At the end of the morning lessons, Daria was less worried than before. Mr. O'Neill found her lost essay and returned it during his lesson. The poor man's apologies made her feel sorry for him again. The fact that her homework hadn't disappeared reassured her, since the whole thing was probably due only to O'Neill's clumsiness.
His sudden amnesia about her name was weird, but not really unexpected, knowing him.

Immortal Blood (Pt 14) by Shiva
Blood, everywhere there was blood, covering every square inch of his nude body, his pores soaking it in like manna from the heavens, with his eyes open or closed all he could see was pure red.

Curing Jealousy (Pt 13) by Shiva
A pizza dinner with, as Helen counted it seven other guys in the room, made for a messy rowdy affair, but it did have the benefit of drowning out the sounds of her cellphone (she’s lie about it to Eric later), letting her have a meal to herself uninterrupted.

For once.


That's all for now, folks.