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Part of the problem in evaluating an OOC situation is that an author can "cherry-pick" elements from canon and use them to show a character is not OOC, but a reader can often do an equally good job cherry-picking other elements to show the reverse.
=="Daria Would Never Do That"==
The "out of character" accusation is not a cut-and-dried manner. A fanwork could have an egregious instance of being out of character -- for example, a fanwork showing Quinn as loving country music and NASCAR races. Many accusations of OOC, however, come from decisions made by a character during a story. The appropriate phrase is "Daria/Quinn/Jane/Jodie would never do ''that''!"
Whether choices made by a character are OOC if they go against what has been established before are a matter of contention. Some prescriptivist fans believe that the patterns of action established in canon episodes prescribe the actions of the canon characters -- Daria will never join a school function, Quinn will never have a steady boyfriend, etc. Other fans, however, take the opposite extreme, believing that circumstances and momentary irrationality can affect even the most consistent characters to make decisions one would not normally expect them to make.
=="Out of Character" in Fanfiction==
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