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While attending a young writer's conference with [[Timothy O'Neill]] and [[Stacy Rowe]], [[Daria Morgendorffer]] discovers that Stacy has a promising though undeveloped talent for writing. When Stacy asks her for help
==History==
This fic can be seen as part of the "Bitch Daria" genre, as Daria is portrayed as intolerant and narrow-minded, though unwittingly so. It is also [[E. A. Smith]]'s only fully canon work, as it occurs late in the third season of the series and contains no out-of-canon elements.▼
"Good Intentions" is [[E. A. Smith]]'s only fully canon work, as it occurs late in the third season of the series and contains no out-of-canon elements. Despite its canon nature,
==Analysis==
▲This fic can be seen as part of the "Bitch Daria" genre, as Daria is portrayed as intolerant and narrow-minded, though unwittingly so
The theme of the story can be summarized by the maxim referenced by Jane in the fic and from which the title was taken: "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." Daria's intentions are mostly noble, but her own rigidity and unwillingness to acknowledge the validity of the choices of others lead to her nearly destroying that which she intended to save—Stacy's individuality and sense of self-worth. In this way, the story examines how even the best of intentions can be undermined and subverted by a person's inherent flaws, and how this can be prevented only by a painful self-awareness of one's own hidden prejudices and action to overcome them. In other words, just wanting good is not enough; one must make sure that one is actually doing good.
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