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[[Image:boxeddaria1.gif|thumb|200px|right|The source of their power?]]
The term '''Angst Lords''' refers to those Daria fan authors whose works are consistently or especially dark, pessimistic, or tragic (i.e., [[Angst|angst]]). Despite an ongoing belief that a writer is ''designated'' as an Angst Lord, the reality is that a specific writer is in fact ''recognized '''as''''' such by others of that ilk for their specific works, which need not necessarily be limited to the area of fan fiction. (An example of this is the former fanfic critic [[CINCGREEN]]; were he still active in the fandom in this capacity, he would probably have been recognized as an Angst Lord). It is also believed that Brother Grimace is the sole person to decide who gets the term, as well as the creator of the term 'Angst Lords'; this is not true.▼
▲The term '''Angst Lords''' refers to those ''Daria'' fan authors whose works are consistently or especially dark, pessimistic, or tragic (i.e., [[Angst|angst]]). Despite an ongoing belief that a writer is ''designated'' as an Angst Lord, the reality is that a specific writer is in fact ''recognized '''as''''' such by others of that ilk for their specific works, which need not necessarily be limited to the area of fan fiction. (An example of this is the former fanfic critic [[CINCGREEN]]; were he still active in the fandom in this capacity, he would probably have been recognized as an Angst Lord).
The originator of the term 'Angst Lords' is currently unknown, and other Angst Lords have simply not thought about passing along the title to date. When the term first appeared in the Daria fandom, ''it was used as a term of derision towards writers of angst-based fiction''. It is not known how the term came to garner the status/notoriety it has at present.
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* [[Brother Grimace]]
* [[cyde]]
* [[HolyGrail2007]]
* [[Gregor Samsa]]
* [[Hey]], a.k.a. ri0t
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* [[Scissors MacGillicutty]]
* [[The Angst Guy]]
==The Style of an Angst Lord==
Brother Grimace once gave an off-the-cuff description of the Angst Lords, based on their writing styles and preferences for story outcomes. These descriptions are:
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*Gregor Samsa - TBA
*Hey – ''Kyp Durron''
*Nightgoblyn - ''the
*Renfield – ''the Custodian of the Total Perspective Vortex''
*Scissors – ''Cthuhlu’s Last Bite of Dinner''
*The Angst Guy – ''The Watcher''
==Unrecognized Angst Lords?==▼
▲==Unrecognized Angst Lords?==
There are a number of writers who also have written angst-based works and are considered by some segments of the ''Daria'' fan community to also be Angst Lords. Some individuals have forwarded [[Devilkitty]], a.k.a. [[C.L. Basso]], as an Angst Lord because of his work, "[[Just the Sun at Night]]," and related stories in this cycle. This segment of fans believes that fic to be not only the angstiest fanfic ever written (as well as arguably the finest), and C.L. Basso to be not only the Father of Angst, but the Lord of All Angst Lords. That writer, however, retired from writing fanfic.
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A running joke among the writers seen as Angst Lords is that they (or their self-inserts within fanfic) carry lightsabers with scarlet-hued blades, thus symbolizing their connection to the Dark Side of Daria fanfic (much as Dark Jedi and Sith Lords carry scarlet-hued lightsabers within the Star Wars universe, as opposed to Light Side-aligned Jedi, who carry lightsabers usually of a bluish or green hue).
To carry it further, new Angst Lords are 'presented' with a lightsaber upon 'becoming an Angst Lord' (ex. Scissors MacGillicutty was given a lightsaber by Brother Grimace just before the initial posting of '[[Where's Mary Sue When You Need Her?]]' and later presented it to cyde before setting out to craft a new one for himself.).
==Other Angst Lord Iconography==
Rather than a
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<br><br><br><br>So it isn't that Gregor has a can of Plumtree's Potted Meat, but rather that he is depriving someone else somewhere of the bliss that could be theirs but for that can.
=='Sometimes Unicorns Have To Die...'==
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<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>In the following discussion that began on the nature of writing angst-based fiction, Angelinhel (addressing questions posed within another post) responded with the following:
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<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>The phrase has a minor place in the lexicon of some fanfic writers as a symbolism of angst, or of angst in their works.
==Violence?==
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