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Line 10: Many off-canon writers appreciated Wild's essay, and some used it as a rallying cry against the canon prescriptivists. However, Wild would come to regret writing <i>The Off-Canon Approach</i>. Although she never wavered in her belief that characters should be explored, or that even bad <i>Daria</i> stories were still fanfiction, Wild was not a great fan of off-canonism. She liked the tension and emotion inherent in every-day relationships, and felt that off-canon fanfics, too frequently, used external crutches, such as school shootings or supernatural events, to spur a plotline along. While Wild read and enjoyed the works of authors ~~like~~such as [[Renfield]], [[Yui Daoren]], [[Nemo Blank]], and ~~the~~so ~~like~~forth, it bothered her that more and more, ~~rather~~far ~~than~~from being ridiculed for not following canon, their brand of dark, dramatic storytelling was being heralded as the epitome of <i>Daria</i> fanfiction. She came to believe that her essay was being used as a justification for writing fanfics in which the characters bore scant resemblance to the ones on the show, ~~and~~with ~~oftentimes~~too ~~there~~little ~~was~~of ~~little~~an attempt to explain the transformation. Since writing <i>The Off-Canon Approach</i>, Wild has remained critical of fanfiction in which the characters and situation stray too far from their roots. She has toyed with writing a counter-essay, <i>The Canon Approach</i>. ==External Links== * [http://www.the-wildone.com/essays/kw_essays/off_canon_approach.html Essay at the Contrarian's Corner] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20120719075241/http://www.outpost-daria.com/essay/kw_the_off-canon_approach.html Essay at Outpost Daria] (via Wayback Machine) [[Category:Essays\|Off-Canon Approach, The]]