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[[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).
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