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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.

Despite its canon nature, "Good Intentions" started out as a contribution to the [[Fandemonium]] thread at [[PPMB]], a non-canon exercise. In this early incarnation, Daria and Stacy were working together on a ''Fandemonium'' fanfic, a situation that gave Smith an opportunity to poke some gentle fun at some of the fanfic-writing controversies in the ''Daria'' fandom community, though the main ~~focus~~ was still Daria's dilemma with Stacy. When it was later considerably revamped and rewritten as a stand-alone fic, most of the mild satire was lost, allowing the story to focus almost exclusively on the Daria-Stacy dynamic. This also required Smith to create a completely new opening for the fic, as Daria and Stacy needed another reason to be working together. In the final version, about one-third of the fic is nearly a direct copy of the "Fandemonium" posts, while the remaining two-thirds is either completely new or extensively rewritten material.

Despite its canon nature, "Good Intentions" started out as a contribution to the [[Fandemonium]] thread at [[PPMB]], a non-canon exercise. In this early incarnation, Daria and Stacy were working together on a ''Fandemonium'' fanfic, a situation that gave Smith an opportunity to poke some gentle fun at some of the fanfic-writing controversies in the ''Daria'' fandom community, though the main thrust was still Daria's dilemma with Stacy. When it was later considerably revamped and rewritten as a stand-alone fic, most of the mild satire was lost, allowing the story to focus almost exclusively on the Daria-Stacy dynamic. This also required Smith to create a completely new opening for the fic, as Daria and Stacy needed another reason to be working together. In the final version, about one-third of the fic is nearly a direct copy of the "Fandemonium" posts, while the remaining two-thirds is either completely new or extensively rewritten material.

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