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Some reinventions result from combining numerous [[Iron Chef]]-style fanfic-writing challenges in a single story. For example, a June 2007 [[Iron Chef]] was proposed by [[WacoKid]] that combined many separate Iron Chef challenges issued by another fanfic writer, [[Bliss Ticks]], resulting in the so-called “Bliss Ticks Challenge.” A third writer, [[CAP]], successfully answered the challenge with a remarkable tale in a divergent Dariaverse in which [[Daria]] is an alcoholic, [[Jane]] sells drugs, [[Tiffany]] goes to prison, and so forth. A similar collection of unrelated Iron Chefs produced “[[And When Your Heart Begins to Bleed]],” by [[TAG]], several years earlier.
A reinvention is not necessarily a [[crossover]], though its development mightcan be influenced by an external source, paralleling withoutand perhaps even completely crossing over into that specific other source. For example, if magic of the sort seen in the Harry Potter stories existed in a [[Dariaverse]], but Hogwarts, Harry Potter, and so forth did not exist there, then the subsequent tale about [[Daria]] and company learning magic at [[Lawndale High]] couldwould be considered a reinvention, since magic is pervasive in the setting, but not a crossover. If Hogwarts and Harry Potter were there, too, the story would be a crossover and a reinvention at the same time.
[[Roentgen]]’s [[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]] series, currently continued by [[Brother Grimace]], has usually been called a [[crossover]] as it describes how things might have gone if the ''Daria'' characters had gained the powers of the DC Comics Legion of Superheroes (teenage heroes in the 31st century). However, as few actual DC characters appear in the story, only the heroes’ superpowers, and the timeline has been advanced into the 21st century, the story could also be called a reinvention. (The Lawndale heroes have a "Legion Tower," like the Legion of Superheroes, but in the former case the setting is tailored specifically for Daria and company.) In the same vein, [[LSauchelli]]’s work-in-progress “[[Eldritch Evolution]],” which recasts ''Daria'' in the style of the TV series ''Heroes,'' is also a reinvention, as the background for the ''Heroes'' affects every aspect of the story, essentially reinventing it. In contrast, [[Richard Lobinske]]’s [[Daria Von Doom Series]] and [[TAG]]’s “[[Outcasts from Beyond]]” are true [[crossovers]], not reinventions,. as the fullThe Marvel and DC Comics Universes are assumed to exist '''in addition''' to the ''Daria'' setting, but did not affect the canon [[Dariaverse]] until late in the series, when the crossover begins.
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