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Tafka the Dragon (also known as FlooybooFloopyboo) is a one of the most colorful and longest sustaining member of the Daria Communitycommunity. She is notoriously abrasive and quick to blow up, but she has become constant worker in the Daria community looking for ways to strengthen our bonds as a group and ourselves as people. She is prickly and hard to get to know. She is also described as refreshingly honest. If that scares you, maybe it should.
==Contributions to Fandomthe Daria Community==
An artist, a writer and a general LOUD voice, Tafka has had her hands in a lot of a places in fandom since the showmiddle of 2000, starting beganwith...
===Cynic Magazine===
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===OzDariaCon===
Tafka hosted the originalfirst [[OzDariaCon]] inon JAnuarythe 20th & 21st of January of 2001, held in Brisbane, QLDQld. AttendedThere byhave [[Lewbeen Richardson]]ODCs (writerheld ofannually [[Heroes]]since. ,The [[Caira]]most (callingrecent hi,selfODC Rancourto indate thosecoincided days,with Lew’s and webmasterTafka's ofwedding on the [[Daria3rd Fanof Quotefest]]March 2007. Happily, the OzDariaCon resumed in 2019 and [[jewli]]was ofeven held in 2020 (early in the smallyear, j.before the pandemic hit, of course).
[[Geoff Roberts]] designed the website.
It was officially held for the weekend of the 20th/21st January, although most guests arrived on the 19th. The event is particularly notable as the first official meeting of Lew & Taf, who by then had been dating for two months.
There have been ODCs held annually since, the most recent ODC to date being the wedding of Tafka and Lew on the 3rd of March 2007.
===Mental In The Morning===
Established on August 2003, [[Mental In The Morning ]] is a private forum on the [[SFMB]] dedicated as a support group to those members of fandom who desperately need it.
===Writings and Art===
Tafka has authored a hand full of fics and Ficletsficlets. The most notable of which can be found at her Deviant art profile in the link below. Her work is virtually unique for a frequent use of Andrea as the main character in a serious manormanner.
Tafka also critique's other people’s writings and artworks, on request. Those who have found her critique helpful have maintained a strong relationship with her over the years.
==Relationship with Fandom== ▼
===Daria Blandom Blog===
On [[SFMB]] , [[Doggieboy]] writes, " (to be inserted pending permission) " Over all this is a fairly accurate representation of Tafka's reputation among fellow fans.
Tafka is an enthusiastic contributor to the [[Daria Blandom Blog]]
==Relevant LinksCoincidence==
Lew and Tafka got married on the 10th Anniversary of Daria. They didn’t actually plan it that way. They’d originally planned to get married on the 6th Anniversary of OzDariaCon – the 20th of January, but decided it was way too hot to do it then, and so picked a date they though would be cooler. They found out that the date we’d picked was the big day for Daria fans just as we were finishing up the last of the invites.
▲==Relationship with Fandom==
*[http://www.geocities.com/ozdariacon/ OzDariaCon Home page] ▼Taf has a love-hate relationship with fandom. You either love her or you hate her. There is no inbetween.
==Relevant Links==
▲*[http://www.geocities. comws/ozdariacon/ OzDariaCon Homehomepage page(last updated 2001)]
*[http://floopyboo.deviantart.com DeviantArt page containing Tafka's fanart and fics]
*[https://ozdariacon.wordpress.com/ OzDariaCon Website]
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[[Category:Authors]]
[[Category: Fans from Australia]]
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