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Line 1: [[Image:Gravedigger_Daria.png\|thumb\|300px\|Disposing of the evidence...]] Crime fiction is about breaking the law: who broke it, how they broke it, how they got caught (assuming they do get caught), and what happened to the victims of their misdeeds. This literary genre is more common in Daria fanfiction than one would think. Murder and kidnapping are often seen, and quite often the perpetrators are [[Daria]] characters (see Evil Daria). These stories very rarely cross into the [[adventure]] category, and crime stories with strong [[horror]], [[fantasy]], or [[science-fiction]] overtones are discussed elsewhere. Stories about Daria supervillains are described in the section about [[superheroes]]. ==Crime in Daria Canon== People in [[Lawndale]] commit crimes a ''lot'': [[Angela Li]] is implied to be bending various rules to carry out her reign of terror, the bursar at [[Middleton College]] is a 'legitimate businessman', [[Tokyo Toby]] violates health rules, [[Upchuck]] is a creepy peeper, [[Vitale, Davis, Horowitz, Riordan, Schrecter, Schrecter, and Schrecter\|Helen's firm]] helps people skirt the law etc. There's the entire [[Quinn]] subplot in "[[Fire!]]" too, where she's pursued by [[Bobby Stuart\|a stalker]] who steals and hacks to carry his works out. "[[Arts 'N Crass]]" is a crime story, as [[Daria]] and [[Jane]] commit an act of vandalism. Their motives are thoroughly examined and there's no question they are guilty, but they escape punishment only by deus ex machina ([[Helen]]'s involvement). [[Quinn]]'s stalker in "[[Fire!]]" however is only a minor sidelight to the main story. All the events in "[[Murder, She Snored]]" take place in a dream world and so cannot be considered here. Minor brushes with the law, such the arrest of [[Mystik Spiral]] in "[[Speedtrapped]]," do not fall under this category, though Daria's subsequent attempt to run over [[Travis]] the singing cowboy is startling. However, there's only two episodes that end up being a crime story as it usually seen: "[[Arts 'N Crass]]" and "[[Murder, She Snored]]". The latter is a murder mystery taking place within a dream, so the murder won't disrupt the series. "Arts 'N Crass" is entirely in continuity though: [[Daria]] and [[Jane]] commit a crime because the system fails them, their motives are thoroughly examined, there's no question they are guilty, and they escape punishment. As this is in continuity, the crime in question is petty vandalism. ("[[Speedtrapped]]" has characters in jail but as a comedy B-plot rather than the result of proper crime) ==Crime in Daria Fanworks==

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