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DeMartino has often found him supremely irritating, but in ''IICY'' referred to O'Neill as a friend. |
DeMartino has often found him supremely irritating, but in ''IICY'' referred to O'Neill as a friend. |
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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." |
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. |
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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". |
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". |