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dolorosa_12Day Two: Favorite supporting female character
Jane Lane (Daria)
Back in the '90s, if you were a nerdy, socially awkward teenage girl, you watched Daria, you wished you could respond to the absurdity of high school and surburbia with as much wit as Daria Morgendorffer, and, above all, you wished you had a best friend as awesome as Jane Lane. Where Daria was an A grade student, well-read and misanthropic, Jane was a bit of a slacker, artistic and slightly more of a people person than Daria. Despite these differences, the two were on the same wavelength, intellectual equals whose façade of ennui and detachment was always being challenged by their ethics and deep sense of (in)justice.
The writing on Daria was always razor sharp, and the IMDb page of quotes shows that Jane got many of the best lines. Her dialogue was always bristling with pop culture references, acerbic observations and self-deprecation. But under all the witty posturing, like Daria Jane was an insecure teenager with a great deal more empathy for her fellow Lawndale High students than was immediately apparent. The duo's observations were as keen as if they had come from a pair of investigative journalists, which was only possible because Jane and Daria were possessed of a deep and forgiving understanding of their fellow students' fears, foibles and failings. (To digress for a moment, this is one reason why the show worked so well: it satirised the '90s suburban adolescent experience while retaining respect and compassion for the teenagers it portrayed. No one — from the overworked, overachieving sole black teenage girl in Daria's year, to the apparently airheaded, big-breasted cheerleader — is without depth.)
Jane and Daria occasionally fell out (most divisively, in terms of fandom, over a boy), but their friendship was rock solid, based on a foundation of gallows humour, alienation and industrial quantities of pizza. Jane brought out the best in Daria, and grew herself as a character over the show's many seasons. What more could you ask of a supporting character than that?
Day Three: A female character you hated but grew to love
Day Four: A female character you relate to
Day Five: Favorite female character on a male-driven show
Day Six: Favorite female-driven show
Day Seven: A female character that needs more screen time
Day Eight: Favorite female character in a comedy show
Day Nine: Favorite female character in a drama show
Day Ten: Favorite female character in a scifi/supernatural show
Day Eleven: Favorite female character in a children’s show
Day Twelve: Favorite female character in a movie
Day Thirteen: Favorite female character in a book
Day Fourteen: Favorite older female character
Day Fifteen: Favorite female character growth arc
Day Sixteen: Favorite mother character
Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character
Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character
Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character
Day Twenty: Favorite female antagonist
Day Twenty-One: Favorite female character screwed over by canon
Day Twenty-Two: Favorite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day Twenty-Three: Favorite female platonic relationship
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day Twenty-Six: Favorite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like)
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day Twenty-Eight: Favorite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec
Day Thirty: Whatever you’d like!
Jane Lane (Daria)
Back in the '90s, if you were a nerdy, socially awkward teenage girl, you watched Daria, you wished you could respond to the absurdity of high school and surburbia with as much wit as Daria Morgendorffer, and, above all, you wished you had a best friend as awesome as Jane Lane. Where Daria was an A grade student, well-read and misanthropic, Jane was a bit of a slacker, artistic and slightly more of a people person than Daria. Despite these differences, the two were on the same wavelength, intellectual equals whose façade of ennui and detachment was always being challenged by their ethics and deep sense of (in)justice.
The writing on Daria was always razor sharp, and the IMDb page of quotes shows that Jane got many of the best lines. Her dialogue was always bristling with pop culture references, acerbic observations and self-deprecation. But under all the witty posturing, like Daria Jane was an insecure teenager with a great deal more empathy for her fellow Lawndale High students than was immediately apparent. The duo's observations were as keen as if they had come from a pair of investigative journalists, which was only possible because Jane and Daria were possessed of a deep and forgiving understanding of their fellow students' fears, foibles and failings. (To digress for a moment, this is one reason why the show worked so well: it satirised the '90s suburban adolescent experience while retaining respect and compassion for the teenagers it portrayed. No one — from the overworked, overachieving sole black teenage girl in Daria's year, to the apparently airheaded, big-breasted cheerleader — is without depth.)
Jane and Daria occasionally fell out (most divisively, in terms of fandom, over a boy), but their friendship was rock solid, based on a foundation of gallows humour, alienation and industrial quantities of pizza. Jane brought out the best in Daria, and grew herself as a character over the show's many seasons. What more could you ask of a supporting character than that?
Day Three: A female character you hated but grew to love
Day Four: A female character you relate to
Day Five: Favorite female character on a male-driven show
Day Six: Favorite female-driven show
Day Seven: A female character that needs more screen time
Day Eight: Favorite female character in a comedy show
Day Nine: Favorite female character in a drama show
Day Ten: Favorite female character in a scifi/supernatural show
Day Eleven: Favorite female character in a children’s show
Day Twelve: Favorite female character in a movie
Day Thirteen: Favorite female character in a book
Day Fourteen: Favorite older female character
Day Fifteen: Favorite female character growth arc
Day Sixteen: Favorite mother character
Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character
Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character
Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character
Day Twenty: Favorite female antagonist
Day Twenty-One: Favorite female character screwed over by canon
Day Twenty-Two: Favorite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day Twenty-Three: Favorite female platonic relationship
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day Twenty-Six: Favorite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like)
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day Twenty-Eight: Favorite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec
Day Thirty: Whatever you’d like!
