Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Meanwhile, as Law-Abiding Citizens Everywhere Went about their Business...
Of general interest:
- Kara Wild's DVDaria.info and the.wild-one.com are currently off-line due to a dispute with her hosting service, Amhosting. Ms. Wild is soliciting suggestions for more reliable and possibly less expensive hosting providers in this thread at the PPMB.
- As mentioned in CINCGREEN's post of 18 June, The-N no longer shows Daria and Greybird noted in a comment to that post that the URL for The-N's Daria's portal is now given to a Canadian live action show called “Whistler.” In light of these developments, it may be some comfort to Daria fans to know that MTV's Daria site at http://www.mtv.com/onair/daria/ is still on-line. Perhaps a fan could mirror or archive it (I could never figure out all the options to wget) before it too goes dark.
- A happy belated Bloomsday to the Joyceans among Daria fans.
- To Jake M., trying his best to cook for his family: What is a home without Plumtree's potted meat? Imcomplete. With it, an abode of bliss.
- To Anthony DeM., still reeling from that little boat ride: you can have the newspaper; we were only going to Throw it away.
- The Angst Guy wants to know if Daria fan fiction writers are on the right track in this thread at the PPMB. My opinion, which is only mine and not that of the Daria Fandom Blog, is that there is fan fiction I enjoy and fan fiction I do not. I won't even go so far as to say that whether the works I enjoy are good or not, although writers are still producing works I enjoy.
And now, having opined perhaps more than CINCGREEN would like me to, on to news of the fandom—
New and updated fan fiction at the Paperpusher's Message Board:
- Micka began “Musings.”
- Ranger Thorne posted a link to a Kim Possible fan fiction, “Full Potential.”
- Angelboy posted a new installment of “Is it Smiting Yet?”
- Richard Lobinske began “Falling into College 47: Melody of Life.”
New and updated fan art at the Paperpusher's Message Board:
- Christ Olivier and others posted various photos of Daria cosplay found on the web. For those wondering what “cosplay” is, Roentgen provides the following exerpt from the Wikipedia entry:
Cosplay (コスプレ kosupure), a contraction (or portmanteau) of the English words "costume" and "play", is a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga, anime, tokusatsu, and video games, and, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, fantasy movies, or Japanese pop music bands. However, in some circles, "cosplay" has been expanded to mean simply wearing a costume.
In Japan, "cosplay" as a hobby is usually an end unto itself. Likeminded people gather to see others' costumes, show off their own elaborate handmade creations, take lots of pictures, and possibly participate in best costume contests. - S.C. posted his version of Robin Sena's “Strange Bedfellows.”
The original:
The remake (click for 1300 by 700 version):
Still more fan art! Via Christ Olivier, Salvador Dali's “Persistence of Memory” rendered by one Aelis as Daria fan art:
Sunday, June 18, 2006
How Green Was My Update (Post #500)
According to Daria fan Greybird, the last showing of "Daria" on The-N (Noggin) was "Is It College Yet?" on June 4th, 2006. What's going on with "Daria" on The-N?
At the PPMB:
* Angelboy posted new segments of "Is It Smiting Yet?". He also posted a new part of "Embers".
* Ranchoth posted Part 1 of "Inauguration".
* The Angst Guy posted "Change the World" (hidden in an Iron Chef).
* Richard Lobinske completed "John Lane 18: Lessons".
* The Ranting Klown posted Parts 1 and 2 of "North and South". (Daria/Trent relationshipper)
At the SFMB:
* The Angst Guy posted "The Other".
* psychotol posted a new segement of "An Accident".
BLOGALERT:
Someone wants to know whether or not there is any good Daria and Trent fanfiction out there .
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Mexico 3, Iran 1
Lawndale Leftovers has been updated with two new remnants .
Added to the PPMB:
* Angelboy added a new segment of "Is It Smiting Yet?" and also added Part 2 of " Embers ".
* Richard Lobinske added Part 3 of "John Lane 18: Lessons>".
Added to the SFMB:
The Great Saiyaman added another page of art to "Growing Pains" in the hidden section of SFMB.
Fan art:
by S. C., modified into a workplace "Motivational Poster" by vlademir1:
Saturday, June 10, 2006
New Movie by Sarah Drew?
Sarah Drew (the voice of "Stacy") will be starring in the movie "The Violin".We hope that the film will be finished soon for Daria fans everywhere to watch.
Happy Belated Birthday to Angelboy (June 7th)!
Added to PPMB:
* The Ranting Klown posted another section of " Elsie's Story ".
* Angelboy posted another section of " Is It Smiting Yet?" (Daria/Xena crossover)
* Angelboy also posted "Embers"
* SigDiff posted Part 10 of "In and Out ".
* The Angst Guy posted Part 6 and the conclusion of " Uranium in the Drinking Water".
* Richard Lobinske posted Parts 1 and 2 of " John Lane 18: Lessons".
* Greystar posted Part 1 of Chapter 17 of " Daria 3059".
Added to fanfiction.net:
* " Daria Season 6", by MotocrossHottie089
* " Misery's End", by Richard Lobinske
Far art: by S. C. Guess who's working at Burger World? (Massively super-sized link is here .)
Monday, June 05, 2006
Now that the PPMB and SFMB are Back Up—
—here is a much delayed update.
I hope to mention everything added or updated since CINCGREEN's post of 28 May. In a departure from my usual practice, I will only provide links to the beginnings of updated threads and not include direct links to added or updated entries. I hope no one is put out by this; I'm simply doing it to try to cover as much as I can.
Of general interest:
- Father Martin Sylvester will not be on the IRC channel #Daria+ next week. He will be attending the music festival Download.
- Dr. No Good started a catalogue raisonné of crossover fan fiction.
- The Angst Guy asks “What Have We Learned from Anne B?” referring, of course, to Kara Wild's interview with Daria writer Anne Bernstein.
- Lachlan wonders if Daria is an elitist. So far, thirteen respondents say no, while eight say yes. My own opinion is that she is, but not in a pejorative sense: she dislikes incompetence and cant, and herself seeks out and asprires to excellence and honesty.
Fan fiction at the Paperpusher's Message Board:
- The Ranting Klown posted a short fiction, “Making Things Better.”
- Angelboy continued chapter 4 of “Diary Entries.”
- Angelboy also continued “Is It Smiting Yet?”
- Richard Lobinske completed “Daria von Doom: Succession Crisis.”
- Hey added a second chapter to “Abagail.”
- Erin Mills added the prologue and first chapter of “Timebreaker,” a Kim Possible fan fiction.
Fan art at the Paperpusher's Message Board:
- MDetector5 posted links to numerous sketches of Quinn, and a drawing titled “Quinn of Summer.”
- Kemical Reaction posted her rendition of Quinn on the beach as a swimsuit model.
- Lachlan, Teeki, and Kemical Reaction mix and match various heads and bodies from the Daria cast alter-egos.
- Reese Kaine posted a link to a torrent of his previous video, “The Lawndale High Wrestling Foundation.”
- S.C. places Daria et al. in a parody of the iPod ads, “dPod.” Warning: Brace yourself for the one featuring Upchuck.
- Robin Sena asks fan artists to draw Daria in samurai garb, and Richard Lobinske, Wouter, and Angelinhel rise to the challenge.
- Wouter continues his Jane-centric cartoon, “Growing Pains.”
Fan fiction at the Sh33p's Fluff Message Board:
- Ostragoth continued “Estrangesters.”
- New fan BitterProps has posted “It Doesn't Matter.”
Fan art: S.C.'s desktop:
The Part That I Got Updated Before PPMB Went Down
Outpost Daria has updated! Click here to see what's new!! Also check out the newest update of DVDaria ! You will find the newest answers by Anne D. Bernstein to Daria fan questions here (or here ).
From The Daria News Archive :
Rose Njuguna, the 26-year old accountant in Australia who selected DARIA as her specialist subject in the ABC quiz show THE EINSTEIN FACTOR, amassing a total of 1500 points and winning the day's game, will appear again on the quiz show next Sunday, 4th June. The game has already been recorded, but we cannot reveal the result -- so, Ozzie DARIA fans, tune in on Sunday to find out!
If you're interested in reading fan fiction from The Angst Guy, you now have a one-stop shop. He's created a bare-bones web site where you can find all of his fan fiction here .
Added to Fanfiction.net:
"The Pact" by Richard Lobinske
