The Misery Chick: Difference between revisions

The next days are filled with reactions to his death. Mrs. Li address a student’s assembly, praising Sherman, as with an inconsolable Kevin cries all throughout the ceremony. Daria, on the other hand, Daria finds herself the object of much unwanted attention from other students and even a teacher. They feel either sad or anxious by the situation and consider Daria to be a candidate to understand death related subjects, since she is aoften thinkingseen personas being gloomy and depressed. Despite her unease with her role and label of misery chick, Daria consoles Kevin, Brittany, [[Timothy O'Neill|O’Neill]] and even [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]]. At the same time, Daria finds herselfthe beingone avoidedperson byshe is interested in talking to, Jane, seems to be avoiding her.

Finally fed up with her friend’s absences, she goes meet her at the [[Casa Lane|Lanes]]. After a brief conversation with [[Trent Lane|Trent]], where he reveals Tommy and he had been classmates but hadn’t had much contact, Daria confronts Jane in her room. After an awkward beginning, Daria expresses her frustration: that people keep assuming she's miserable and therefore knows what to do, when she ''isn't'' miserable, just not like the others. Jane explains the reason the others were coming to her was that they were searching for ways to deal with Sherman and to stop thinking about life and death, thinking Daria would be the best to approach; when they say she's miserable, they mean "you think" and they want to know how to cope with having to think things they don't want to.

Soon everything is back to normal in Lawndale high, though Daria gets to lay things down when asked a question about Tennyson's "better to have loved and lost" quote, as she says realising that life is both good ''and'' painful is being realistic, not miserable, and recognises pain is better than feeling nothing. Despite all this, Daria is still approached a few days later. This time by [[Sandi Griffin|Sandi]], whose cat [[Fluffy]] is ill. However, Daria is now ready, demanding a cash payment in advance of delivering blunt, though effective, advice.