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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'' community. 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. SeriouslyShe though,is sheprickly reallyand hard to get to know. She is aalso described as refreshingly honest. If that scares you, maybe it should. bitch
==Contributions to the 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 show began...
===Cynic Magazine===
Tafka and her crew picked up the reins ofstarted [[The Padded Walls|Cynic]] came out in October 2000 as a printed newsletter. Still the only ''Daria'' Fanzine, it had an extremely small but loyal readership. It is suspected that virtual copies got passed about the place because the mailing list was rather smaller compared to the amount of people who came up to Tafka & said "you write that?!"
===OzDariaCon===
Tafka hosted the original [[OzDariaCon]] in JAnuaryJanuary of 2001, held in Brisbane, QLD. Attended by [[Lew Richardson]] (writer of [[Heroes]] ), [[Caira]] (callingwho hi,selfcalled himself Rancour in those days,) andthe webmaster of the [[Daria Fan Quotefest ]] , and [[jewli]] of the small j. [[Geoff Roberts]] , who designed the website, cancelled at the last minute after helping Taf immensely.
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. ▼[[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===
==Relationship with Fandom==
Taf has a love-hate relationship with fandom. You either love her or you hate her. There is no inbetween.
On [[SFMB]] , [[Doggieboy]] writes, " (to be inserted pending permission) " Over all this is a fairly accurate representation of Tafka's reputation among fellow fans.
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