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A subdivision of the second type is for the ''Daria'' characters to live in a clearly fantasy-based universe, either a crossover with another fiction or an original story. A key example would be the crossover "[[Esteeminator: The Daria Morgendorffer Chronicles]]", where Daria lives in the universe from the ''Terminator'' franchise. A more recent example is [[Daria In Morrowind]] by[[ WellTemperedClavier]] which, as the title suggests, takes place in the province of Morrowind from The Elder Scrolls franchise. There are many stories in this second subdivision about ''Daria'' characters as [[superheroes]]. Various canon characters are assigned roles as heroes or villains, depending on their behavior in the series. "[[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]]" is the longest running of these, though "[[Lawndale's Finest]]" (an explicit DC Comics crossover0 also has notable length.
 
An increasingly popular type of this second AU is one where the Daria cast exist in a different time: "[[Rocket Girls]]" by [[The Angst Guy]] moves Daria and Jane to the late-1940s, "[[Import/Export]]" by [[Brian Taylor]] is set during Prohibition. Some fanfics move the show forward from the 1990s to the present day - or what ''was'' the present day when it was written - to examine how things might be different as a result of the change, such as "[[Daria 2007: The Girl from Hope]]" by [[The Angst Guy]] or "[[God Save The Esteem]]" by Charles RB. (This is different to fanfics set in the present day because of the writer's preference, treating the show as 'happening now' rather than a period piece.)
 
It is also possible to find two types of AU combined in a single fic, such as in the [[Daria Von Doom Series]]. Within events of the show, Daria breaks up with Tom early, during ''[[Is It Fall Yet?]]'' This occurs after Daria discovers that Tom hadn't included her in decisions about attending Sloane family activities, like the Starry Night Ball. In addition, the common history is different from the AU is different from regular ''Daria'' continuity by occurring within the [[Marvel Universe]], making the series a [[Crossover|crossover]] as well.
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