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''Daria'' fanfiction that shows one or more series characters acting in a manner inconsistent with the usual depiction in canon (e.g., showing [[Daria Morgendorffer]] as stupid). Alternate-universe depictions of canon characters may seen "OOC," though an alteration to the usual cause-and-effect chain in the series is assumed to be responsible, and should be made clear in the tale. For example, Daria is shown as mentally retarded in "[[It Slipped Through My Hands, Like a Shadow, Like a Dream]]," by [[The Angst Guy]], but this happens through an accident of genetics, which is how she is assumed to be so intelligent in canon; reversing the situation allows the story to explore the consequences of such a change.
Also called "OOC," "Out of Character" refers to any depiction in ''Daria'' fanfic that shows one or more series characters acting in a manner inconsistent with canon—e.g., showing [[Daria Morgendorffer]] as stupid. Alternate-universe depictions of canon characters may seen OOC, though an alteration to the usual cause-and-effect chain in the series is assumed to be responsible, and should be made clear in the tale. For example, Daria is shown as mentally retarded in "[[It Slipped Through My Hands, Like a Shadow, Like a Dream]]," by [[The Angst Guy]], but this happens through an accident of genetics, which is how she is assumed to be so intelligent in canon; reversing the situation allows the story to explore the consequences of such a change. If Daria were shown to be of low intelligence with no given cause, that depiction would be called OOC.
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