Drought
A drought was the period of time between the last first-run episode of a season of Daria on MTV and the beginning of the next season. It typically spanned from late August to mid-February. Fanfic authors saw it as their duty to fill the empty months with new stories until new episodes aired.
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Also see Mini-drought.