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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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*The Angst Guy – ''The Watcher''
==Unrecognized Angst Lords?==
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{{quote|What is a home without Plumtree's Potted Meat?<br>Incomplete.<br>With it, an abode of bliss|James Joyce|Ulysses}}
<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. And if that isn't angst, what is?
=='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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