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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 Dariahe remindedtook hima "ofspecial myselfinterest atin aDaria youngbecause age,he beforethought Ishe discoveredsuffered Gestaltfrom anda the"serious writingsmalaise" ofthat M.her Scottsarcasm Peck"was hding, and admittinghe admitted that Daria's sarcasm upsets him. "Sometimes, after a conversation with Daria... I ache."
 
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".