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DeMartino has often found him supremely irritating, but in ''IICY'' referred to O'Neill as a friend.
O'Neill also takes a strong interest in Daria's education and well-being, whether she likes it or not. Daria usually responds with annoyed sarcasm and occasionally harsher words (quite strongly criticising him in "[[Boxing Daria]]" for trying to get her to tell other "outcast" kids how good Lawndale was). In "[[The Daria Diaries]]", O'Neill wrote to [[Helen Morgendorffer]] saying he took a special interest in Daria because he thought she suffered from a "serious malaise" that her sarcasm was hding, and he admitted that Daria's sarcasm upsets him. "Sometimes, after a conversation with Daria... I ache." A letter which would have come across much better if he had gotten the name "Morgendorffer" right.
Helen's response in "Diaries" was to chew him out for sending her these letters, attacking his views and defending Daria's "coping mechanisms" as necessary for the working world. In "[[The Lawndale File]]", she referred to O'Neill as being "creepy".
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