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Mack participated in the betting pool on [[Mr. DeMartino]]'s upcoming roller-hockey battle in "[[The Big House]]", but so did everyone else, including Daria, Jane and Jodie, so gambling is not likely one of his vices, if he has any. Fanfic writers have noted that writing an "evil Mack" story is nearly impossible, as there is so little in [[canon]] on which to hook it.
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[[Joma|Mack's and Jodie's relationship]] exists throughout the series, and the two are often seen together and have sometimes down their own version of the Daria/Jane snarkfest on the idiots around them. Often, their relationship seems stable and positive. The implication is made in "[[My Night at Daria's]]" is that the couple is sexually active, though we don't know to what degree. Jodie promises to tell Daria all about it "once my parents are dead."
However, Jodie often places a higher priority on her own commitments than on maintaining the relationship. Mack is often disappointed when he attempts to get time together with Jodie but is rebuffed. His frustration is quite clear in a number of episodes and was a running subplot through "[[Is It Fall Yet?]]", and in "[[The Daria Database]]" Mack's new year resolutions to not be bothered that she puts "every damn thing" ahead of him. In the MTV feature [
A dark spin on their relationship is raised in "[[The Daria Diaries]]", where Jodie covertly questions whether she's dating Mack because she genuinely likes him or "because he's who he is and you're who you are and others don't care to question the equation?".
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===Mack-Who-Belongs-With-Someone-Else===
[[Image:FIC_Mack_Colour.jpg|thumb|Right|Model sheet of college freshman-age Mack from "Falling Into College" illustrated by Drocem]]
Debate has arisen on a number of occasion over the issue of why Mack dates Jodie (see [[Joma]]). Is it because they are among the very few black students at [[Lawndale High]], a situation implied several times in the series? Couldn't they find anyone else to date? This is the late 1990s in the series, after all. Worse, [[canon]] depicts their relationship as [[Joma|riddled with conflict and frustration]].
The first known fanfic to pair Mack up with another girl was "[[Boy Fiend]]" by [[Austin Covello]] in 1999, where he briefly dates Daria after a breakup with Jodie. In this case, it just takes being left alone for a bit with Jodie to get him to realise that he still loves her.
The few true-blue '[[shipper]]s left in ''Daria'' fandom have taken pains to hook Mack up with other characters in [[alternate-universe]] or [[post-canon]] tales. Picking Mack's "best possible" girlfriend is almost a cottage industry. Among those usually chosen as his new mate are [[Jane Lane]] (a popular one), [[Brittany Taylor]] (also popular, though she did irritate him in the series), and [[Daria Morgendorffer]] (a more difficult mix).▼
▲The few true-blue '[[shipper]]s left in ''Daria'' fandom have taken pains to hook Mack up with other characters in [[alternate-universe]] or [[post-canon]] tales. Picking Mack's "best possible" girlfriend is almost a cottage industry. Among those usually chosen as his new mate are [[Jane Lane]] (a popular one), [[Brittany Taylor]] (also popular, though she did irritate him in the series), and [[Daria Morgendorffer]] (a more difficult mix). [[Shiva]]'s "[[Ethan Yeager in Lawndale]]" splits him and Jodie up as she's aware he's gay and in the closet,; she tells him she would become friends with him 'once he has figured himself out'.
In a twist on this, [[Ruthless Bunny]]'s "[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/932090/1/A_Change_in_Plans A Change in Plans]" has Jodie's parents believe ''Jodie'' belongs with someone else, viewing Mack as unsuitable because of his class and background.
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130708213225/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/trophy_chasers.html "Trophy Chasers,"] by [[Crusading Saint]] (a rare Mack-centric [[adventure]])
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130708213242/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ma1_twenty_years_from_today.txt "Twenty Years from Today,"] by [[Michael P.]] (Mack as President)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130708213426/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/with_the_help_of_her_friends.html "With the Help of Her Friends,"] by [[Bob Marley ]] (sequel to "You Don't Know Mack" in which Mack helps Daria)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130708213435/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/you_dont_know_mack.html "You Don't Know Mack"] by [[Bob Marley]] (Mack as a good guy with a secret life as... a good guy)
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[[Category:Canon Characters|Mackenzie, Mack]]
[[Category:Lawndale Lions]]
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