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A style of fanfiction writing (also called HC or H/C) in which one character is seriously injured or emotionally damaged, and is comforted and defended by another character, creating a very close relationship between the two. The injured party is often seen as emotionally invulnerable until the injury occurs and defenses are down. In fanfic writing in general, hurt/comfort situations are often the prelude to forbidden loves, particularly slash, but can be platonic if between siblings or former rivals. Hurt/comfort fanfic is dramatic, occasionally histrionic or melodramatic, and sometimes supplemented with fantasy elements. The injured character might be in a coma but still able to perceive what everyone around says or does, thanks to astral projection, dream walking, or other out-of-body experiences.
In Daria fandom this type of story does not have a particular name, though many examples of it exist. Readers usually refer to such tales as "Daria's in the hospital" or "Daria's in a coma" stories, as Daria is frequently the one injured. A fanfic might feature a Daria character being admitted to a hospital (almost always Cedars of Lawndale, to be true to canon), but this alone does not a hurt/comfort story make. Exploring the change in the relationship between the two characters and its growth from friendship or even antipathy into something deeper—that is the point.
==Hurt/Comfort in ''Daria'' Canon==
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