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'''Kara Wild''' is best known for being the current administrator of the [[Paperpusher's Message Board]], the author of
==Biographical Information==
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==Early Fandom History==
Wild was aware of a Daria fandom as early as spring of 1998 when, as a student abroad at the University of Kent at Canterbury, she searched fan sites eagerly for descriptions of new episodes.
Soon after Season Three began, Wild discovered the [[Lawndale Commons]] message board and quickly became an active member. Meanwhile, her dissatisfaction with the first half of Season Three, including "[[Through a Lens Darkly]]" (which, she felt, should have shown Quinn's reaction to Daria in contacts), fueled numerous "what if" scenarios that she was itching to write down. Finally she did, and "[[Rose-Colored Lenses]]," the first Driven Wild Universe installment, was posted on Outpost Daria in April 1999. It was accompanied by the ficlet, "[[A Desperately Needed Ending (to
Both stories marked the first time Wild had written scripted dialogue.
Wild continued to explore dynamics that the show and fanfiction had not considered. Tired of the relentless Daria/Trent 'shipperism amongst some members of fandom, her follow up to TTYS was [['Shipped Out]], a Daria/Trent [[Anti-'shipper]] that she rushed to get out before "Lane Miserables" aired in the United States. Screen shots of the episode, which had accidentally first aired in England, showed Daria and Trent sitting together in Daria's room, leading Wild to conclude that their relationship was going to heat up. She wanted to get her perspective on the relationship in beforehand. When "Lane Miserables" wound up going in the same direction (right down to the future fantasy), many people half-jokingly claimed that Wild was clairvoyant.
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