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The whole issue of the appropriateness of a Daria/Trent relationship is usually attacked in [[Anti-'shipper]]s, which can (if done with an awareness of realistic issues)) serve admirably as metafiction. [[The Waco Kid]]'s "[[Timeless Love]]" makes it clear that, in order for Daria to really believe Trent Lane was a good match for her, she would have to be insane.
Certain kinds of metafic instead take aim at the fandom's perception of fanfiction, in general or about specific tales, or at the attitudes fanfic writers have about their work. This form of writing was once called [http://web.archive.org/web/20080130161159/http://www.subreality.com/glossary/terms.htm '''faanfiction''']. In "[[The Horror of Getting a Daria Fanfiction Reviewed]]," [[Ace Trax]] uses an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Anaconda Angela Anaconda] fanfic to look at the anxiety writers experience when their ''Daria'' stories are reviewed. [[Ruthless Bunny]]'s "[[Melody Powers and the Temple of Doom]]" does the same thing using Daria herself. Both use comedy in pointed ways to deflate the egos of writers who have difficulty tolerating negative reviews.
Metafiction can violate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall fourth wall] by having characters address the reader throughout the tale or in brief asides, or by having fanfic authors appear in the story, manipulating characters and events in ways meant to highlight their particular styles. At times fanfic authors meet their creations, but the ''Daria'' characters get revenge on the authors for abusing the characters in their stories.
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