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A [[shipper]] story written about a love affair between two same-sex characters, lesbian or gay. The genre gets its name from the Star Trek fandom, for the slash mark used between the names of the characters involved in the relationship (e.g., [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk/Spock Kirk/Spock]). For a discussion on whether [[canon]] supports such relationships in ''Daria,'' see [[Homosexuality in Daria]].

Lesbian stories (called '''<i>yuri</i>''' in [[anime]] fandoms) dominate slashfic here. Daria/Jane, Quinn/Sandi, and Jane/Quinn are the best known sorts of slash fiction in ''Daria'' fandom. MaleTales involving male gay relationships are('''<i>yaoi</i>''') exceedinglywere formerly rare in this fandom but not unknown ("[[Overcompensation]]," "[[Ragged Denim]]," "[[TnT]]"). This changed with the appearance of fan writer [[Shiva]], who has made up for the lack of representation of gay male relationships in ''Daria'' fanfiction.

Generally speaking, there are two types of slash stories seen in ''Daria'' fanfic: the purely erotic ("[[The Passion Club]]," "[[Girls' Night Out]]") and the romance, or relationship explorer ("[[Out On Vacation]]," "[[Pause in the Air]]"), though some stories manage to combine both ("[[Writes of Passage]]").

"Coming out" is almost always an issue and promises considerable turmoil and [[angst]] ("[[Out onOn Vacation]]"), if not outright danger ("[[The Two of Them]]"). Same-sex relationships are prey to the same difficulties and breakups as heterosexual ones, with outpourings of [[angst]] always a possibility ("[[Just the Sun at Night]]").

Given that the ''Daria'' series offers almost no support for any same-sex coupling (see [[Homosexuality in Daria]]), slash stories are of necessity creative in their choice of partners. They have been written about characters who usually have at best antipathy for each other ("[[Quinn's Nights at Casa Lane]]," "[[Writes of Passage]]") or don't even know each other in canon ("[[Bar Fly]]"). Some are clearly alternate-universe tales, rewriting the series as a whole to incorporate lesbian or gay relationships ("[[Pause in the Air]]"). Science-fiction and horror fanfics carry the creativity further&mdash;sometimes very far indeed ("[[The Alpha and the Omega]]"). Same-sex characters can even have sex together but not be homosexual ("[[Witches’ Flight]]"). The genre has even been taken to unconscionable extremes in terms of parings.

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110915003756/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/love_reign_over_me.html "Love, Reign Over Me"] by Crusading Saint