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'''Veronica Morgendorffer''', also called Ronnie or Ronni, is one of the more ubiquitous original characters in the past few years of <i>Daria</i> fanfiction. Veronica is the non-existent (or very forgettable, in some stories) third and last Morgendorffer sister, a being who exists only in [[Alternate Universe|alternate-universe]] (AU) ''Daria'' stories.
She is the likely the first fan-made character (as opposed to fan-made name for a [[backgrounder]]) to be a [[shared character]] allowed to be used by the whole fandom, rather than needing permission from the original author.
==History==
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The concept was an immediate sensation, as such things go, and Veronica was shortly adopted into other stories by many authors. A partial listing of all <i>Daria</i> stories including Veronica, in any of her various incarnations, follows.
* “[[Twilight's Own|Twilight’s Own]],” by [[Renfield]] (a heart-wrenching shock-fic in the style of <i>The Twilight Zone</i>, based on Robert Nowall’s original story fragments).
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* “[[Esteemsters Reloaded]],” by [[Decelaraptor]] (an unfinished AU serial comedy on PPMB that continues the original hypothesis that Daria has numerous other siblings of various ages, one of which is Veronica).
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* “[[Three]],” by [[Richard Lobinske]] (a Nowall-type Veronica is killed by an alien assassin; Daria in this AU is deaf).
* “[[The Trouble with Veronica]],” by [[Brother Grimace]] (a future tale about a teenage Veronica who is smarter and prettier than either of her older sisters, with a distinctly original, non-Nowall personality and appearance). This version is
* “[[Nothing Happens for a Reason]],” by The Angst Guy (a Nowall-style Veronica included in an AU parody of [[Mahna Mahna]]’s [[shipper]]-fic, “[[Everything Happens for a Reason]]”).
* "[[Evil Daria Vignettes]]," by numerous writers (Evelyn Veronica Barksdale is a long-lost half-sister of Daria and Quinn, who turn out to be half-sisters as well).
A number of authors contributed to the PPMB Iron Chef: [[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=37072&start=0: Fresh takes on Veronica Morgendorffer]] in 2012 including peetz5050's [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8382400/1/We-don-t-talk-about-it: We Don't Talk About It]], JoeMerl's [[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=556302#p556302: Veronica's Makeover]] & [[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=37072&start=45: Gothic Days]], Wassaufer's [[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=37072&start=49: Meeting at the Park]], ST91's [[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=37072&start=62: Daria & Veronica]] which is continued [[http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=38146: here]], Vukodlak's [[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=37072&start=102: Mine]] and Shiva's gender twist on the trope [[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=39153: Victor Morgendorffer]].
Characters named Veronica appear in the Morgendorffer household with some frequency to this day. In an unnamed serial by [[NightGoblyn]], in the 2007 PPMB thread, “More Apocalyptic Daria,” Veronica is again the youngest Morgendorffer sister. The tale is set in a post-atomic, <i>Road Warrior</i>-style American wasteland. In Richard Lobinske’s “[[Accidental Future]],” Veronica is Daria’s oldest daughter, born of her marriage with [[Tom Sloane]]—which Daria does not recall because of a car wreck. (The near accident in “[[Boxing Daria]]” was more serious in this AU.) Decelaraptor created a [[crossover]] ficlet for an October 2005 “[[Iron Chef]]” competition in which Helen Morgendorffer remarries after Jake’s death, giving Daria and Quinn an older stepsister, Veronica Lodge (from the Archie comics). Fictitious Veronicas, invented on the spot by either Daria or Quinn, appear in [[Roentgen]]’s “[[A Lie]]” and The Angst Guy’s “[[One More River to Cross]]” (“Aunt Veronica”). Additional Veronicas appear with regularity in ficlets and fragments from the various “scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have” threads on PPMB.
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[[Category:Alternate Universe Characters|Morgendorffer, Veronica]]
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