The Bizarre Case of The Daria MULTIVERSE: A Daria Fandom Deep Dive

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Time to bring back that old series of Wandering the Web with Episode 1, The Strange Case of The Daria MULTIVERSE! I hope you all enjoy the video!
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[@welltemperedclavier819]

Great video! I'm pretty involved in the Daria fandom, and I enjoyed seeing your perspective on our community. One mild correction I wanted to make. CINCGREEN is the person who organized the idea of the Daria multiverse, and who set up the big list on the wiki. However, many other fans also contributed to the Wiki's multiverse page (like Brother Grimace and the Angst Guy, to give a few examples). But still, all credit to CINCGREEN for getting it rolling in the first place.

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Oh that's cool, thank you for letting me know that info, and I'm glad you enjoyed my perspective!

[@Sheilawisz]

There is also a new multiverse in the Daria Fandom! The AFC Multiverse, centered on the background character Happy Girl.

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Awesome! I'll look into that one as well then.

[@Sheilawisz]

@@DylantheKnightOwl Thanks! You might consider making a video about Happy Girl first. Just recently, a video about her reached 30 thousand views in certain channel.

[@Randomflashbang]

@@Sheilawisz Happy Girl? Really?

[@matttyree1002]

Considering the multiverse aspect of the video, I'm surprised we never mentioned Daria's origins as a character on Beavis and Butthead.

[@hedgehogstatus69]

This comment is even more right than before. Now with the episode Abduction last summer, we see Daria’s smart version in the smart universe.

[@LookToWindward]

We don't speak about that.

[@jp263]

@@hedgehogstatus69 wait what

[@veronicarose4474]

I'm a huge Daria fan (even dressed up as her for Halloween back in the day) and I had never heard about the fanfiction multiverse! I can't wait to sink my teeth into this video ❤️

[@veronicarose4474]

Just finished the video. Thank you for teaching me something about the fandom and for the trip down memory lane! As wild as this was, I gotta admire the guy's dedication.

[@chandalikepanda]

​@@veronicarose4474 I also dressed as Daria Halloween 1998! It never occurred to me to look for other Daria fans on the internet. Mystic Spiral was my wallpaper for a while, though!

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Man, I never knew Dara had that big of a fanbase during the early era on the internet.

[@Blackdiamondprod.]

That’s when it came out though?

[@comixproviderftw_02]

@@Blackdiamondprod. 1997

[@DavidGonzalez-tv2lf]

Seems logical, thou

[@MatameVideos]

It was a show targeted at teens and young adults, specifically those of alternative interests and those you could call "nerds", precisely the kimd of people that used rhe internet for fun in the late 1990s early 00s

[@CZsWorld]

What is more insane? The fact that I watch this or the fact that I was entertained by it enough to watch the whole thing?

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Glad you enjoyed it! lol

[@JimMilton-ej6zi]

The daria fandom feels like it was originally made for daria but became a way for people to have a creative outlet. It reminds me of the old starfox forums where most of the discussions about it weren't really about the games, but media surrounding it after all the typical topics dried up.

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

On the Wikipedia Page for Shipping(fandoms), they only mention 3 fandoms as NOTABLE. Daria is one of them, alongside Xena Warrior Princess and Harry Potter.

[@FeeBee3001]

I lived on Outpost Daria in high school and would save offline versions of the web pages of the fanfic to read offline to keep the phone line free. I hated it when a page in the middle of a good story would not load and then would have to wait till I was allowed on the internet again to keep reading. I would be sad when I was allowed online and the page would be offline for maintenance then have to wait longer to keep reading.

[@minhaesposanaomeama362]

I was fairly aware that the Daria fandom was really huge back in the late 90s / early 2000s, but I had no idea the fanfiction craze had gone up to this level, lol, or that there even was a Daria multiverse. I have no idea of of how I stumbled upon this video either but I must say you did a good job uncovering this whole rabbit hole.

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Thank you! Lol

[@estelar0067]

Can’t believe that James guy had an irl enemies to lovers arc over the internet of all places

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Yep, played out just like a fan fiction funnily enough lol.

[@41dn]

i''m not surprised fans would be this dedicated to a late 90's-early 2000's cartoon series, but i didn't imagine there would be this much to dissect/discuss fandomwise.

[@randallbesch2424]

Daria a serious premise set in a comedic format of dry humor.

[@sword6449]

I love the fact you`re reviving old series man! Better to revisit old ideas then to throw them away altogether.

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Thank you!

[@Puddle]

great vid! I love daria and still go back and watch it as a comfort show. that closer "it's always nice to see sweet, wholesome endings in such a Sick, Sad World" was iconic btw

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

lol thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@NightpireVideos]

Pretty cool to see how much dedicated fans that show has to this day

[@Cattafang]

Daria fanfic multiverse, eh? just started the video but I have a feeling that alexandria’s genesis is gonna be brought up in some form edit: nope, wasn’t on the money on that prediction. still a neat video tho

[@kaltphoenixtail]

Honestly when I clicked on this video I thought he was about talked about the end cards of Daria where they had everyone in different clothing doing different things. This was interesting though.

[@MissMeggarz142]

When people ask me who I know I look like, I'll rattle off a line from the show. I'm just glad to be compared to such a cool chickadee.

[@chrisduffy6490]

There's another weird internet community you should look into called the ever expanding bunker wiki

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

I'll look into it!

[@Randomflashbang]

Speaking as something who logged into all of these places on a regular basis back in high school, I'm kinda shocked to see it all on youtube 20 years later. You left out some stuff, I'm pretty sure that he also started 'Lawndale After Dark,' which was another whole thing which regular fic authors writing R and X rated stuff as a bit to piss off another faction on Outpost-Daria. Heady Days. Guy just liked to provoke people, but to his credit he wrote VERY well while doing so.

[@Sheilawisz]

You attracted the attention of the Daria Fandom, we are watching your video already!

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Lol tell the Daria fandom I say hi.

[@cannibaldotcom]

i cant say that im in the daria fandom really but ive been watching the show for the better side of 5 years now, and i can diffidently say as a writer myself there is a correlation between watching this show and it inspiring you to write and also pulling you in because of that aspect. the show has had a huge impact on me and now i really want to go read some of that fanfiction and see whats up with it

[@GolldenVallion]

Now that I think about it. As someone who was deep in the bnha Fandom and literally addicted to fanfiction the bnha Fandom did something similar. They did not make a numbered system to order alternate universes but sometimes an AU would pop up and everybody would like it so much that 100s of fics were created with the same concept and sometimes people would make fanfiction for another fanfiction. I don't know if they still do that because it has been almost half a decade sinds ive last been a dedicated fan of bnha but I think there was something very special about it. I think other Fandom do similar things like that where fans get inspired by other fans and make more fan works

[@Detective_Stone]

I loved Daria back in the day, but hadn't really thought about it in a long time. So I this was appreciated dose of nostalgia and interest. I really hope you dive deeper into the strange world of Daria fan fic.

[@memelord69420]

Thats the girl from Beavis and Butthead! :0

[@ProgSnob14]

That's all she is to me.

[@judithmorgendorffer6106]

Finally I have an excuse to use this alt I snagged years ago

[@Courdorygirl]

I really enjoyed the retrospective, thanks for bringing back some fond memories! The Daria fandom members were there for me at a rough time, and quite a few I still consider very good friends.

[@DanielSantosAnalysis]

While the dude comes across as just a bit unhinged, it's ostensibly wholesome that he found his wife through his love of Daria.

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Agreed lol

[@ronain]

What a great video to run across. I loved Daria as a kid. If I had had better access to the internet back then outside of a library, I would have fallen deep into the random, I'm sure

[@omarmatouq3855]

Daria is like that one show that you think is basic on the outside, but it turns out to be much more complex community and lore wise. Also, I'm pretty hyped about the DA Iceberg, and it would be kinda funny to see an entry documenting the "hate" it received from your regular youtubers to the wheraboos (and their derivitives)

[@marissawilson4644]

I'm in a Daria fan group on Facebook. I love it!! I discovered Daria the summer that I got injured. The show helped me during my recovery.

[@derekroberts6654]

I always had this idea for a 3 way crossover into the universe of “Daria”, “Three’s Company” and “King Of The Hill”. Jack Tripper would move in with 2 girls but they would be Luanne Platter (equivalent to the “Chrissie” character) and Daria Morgandorfer (equivalent to the “Janet” character)

[@hedgehogstatus69]

Daria being a Beavis and Butt-Head character would make a crossover with King Of The Hill bizarre.

[@derekroberts6654]

@@hedgehogstatus69 personality-wise, Daria has alot in common with Hank Hill, being the “normal” one in a world of crazies..

[@hedgehogstatus69]

@@derekroberts6654 I am saying that would be weird because Tom Anderson and Hank Hill have a only slightly different voice.

[@professionalballsinspector2006]

12:44 "He was originally reviled and hated by most of the fandom, particularly by his now-wife, Ruthless Bunny" Top ten anime plot twists

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

lol I know right?

[@professionalballsinspector2006]

@@DylantheKnightOwl When I first heard that, I literally filled a glass of water, drank it, and spit the whole thing out in shock, as commitment to the bit

[@CherriNGT]

@@professionalballsinspector2006 How did cleaning up the mess go

[@lobster4531]

respectfully, you sound exactly like upchuck. great video!

[@lorddingus42]

I am surprised I haven't heard of this show before. Thanks for introducing it to me, I'll have to watch it.

[@WildHeart7777]

I’m a huge fan of the show and remember reading fanfics when I was younger, but I didn’t know like… *any* of this. Thru this whole vid I’ve just been like 😮

[@theauthor6669]

Its a good day when Dylan uploads. Just finished that beast of a video. Surprised it hasn't hit a million tbh.

[@megafox2x2]

im glad you put the work in to making this video, this is the type of stuff I feel should get more attention on YT as it givwa real insite into other communiteis and people and really indepth and niche ways, thanks for the work I really appreciate it !!

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Thank you!

[@STARSVeteran]

This is a really great video, I never knew about any of these sites, and especially not the Daria Encyclopedia. Great video, I love the FF8 song in the background too. 👌

[@limitlesscondition]

thanks for sharing this, i was born around the time it came out so i never saw the initial release tho i was really into animation as a teen and came across daria early on... it put so much light in my world (ironically enough).... makes me happy a bunch of netizens were feeling the same a decade before

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

i think there might be as much simpsons content, no? but maybe the fanfic is indeed bigger for Daria. Love the show

[@Aluenvey]

What I mainly know about Daria is that show was why The Pataki was originally rejected. Which makes me wonder what could have been. But also I've been curious about what exactly I missed by not watching Daria.

[@HerzogAndrean]

Man, this was a wild ride.

[@brothergrimace3859]

Thank you for noticing a multiverse that I spent an unusually large amount of time in, and the first online fandom I was really serious about. Oh, we took our writing seriously but had lots and lots of fun, and if you think the Daria Wiki is big now... you should have seen it before a crash several years back, when there were almost 5,000 entries posted there. As someone who had a fic roasted by CINCGREEN, I can say two things: he wasn't often wrong about his criticism, and jeez, he could drop down on you like Godzilla's stunt double if your work deserved it. He was also responsible for giving me my 'big break', if you will, as a fanfic writer: I was already writing Daria fic when he decided to take a breather from a shared-world series he created. I had been a huge fan of the series and had even allowed to do some fics in that series, so I asked permission to continue it. He said yes, and for me, the rest is history because oh, did I get busy! In any case, thank you for this video, and a nice flashback to a fun, really creative period in my life.

[@Christine-xv6xh]

The Daria's fandom is the most healthy fandom about a animated serie's about i know. It's all i need say. (Excuse my bad english)

[@skylarblackwell2279]

Oh my gosh I completely forgot about Daria! My gosh this took me back in time

[@cinematicpsychology6725]

THAT INTRO SONG IS FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@chabytemmie]

what game are you playing?great vid! i love the feel of the early 2000s

[@superwhatbrosdes5064]

I'm still confused why people don't know daria is a character from Beavis and butthead

[@OcyTaviAh]

I thought that the username of CINCGREEN was pronounced “Sink Green,” which is why is own website was The Green Sink…

[@KrunoslavSaho]

subbed, thank you for covering Daria.

[@KylarPlayz]

Very excited about this new series!

[@ogiemon]

It's always a good day when Dylan uploads a vid

[@CherriNGT]

Hi Ogie

[@ogiemon]

@@CherriNGT Sup 👋

[@fedupN]

...y'know, Daria was awesome back when I was a wee lad growing up and watching. But this...damn, I had no idea the rabbit hole went so deep.

[@Samrules888]

if there are infinite beavises and infinite buttheads as per the movie then there must also be infinite versions of daria.

[@TheMeader]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I very much enjoy your content and look forward to all work you publish. An incredibly niche but I think also very interesting topic would be the History of Historians of Super Mario 64 Speedrunning. I have a lot of contacts and a pool of a wild amount of documents if you end up having any interest.

[@richiejune3604]

There a fan of Daria on another show called inside job. On Netflix I got a huge kick once I saw a Easter egg of Daria 😂😂

[@mathieuleader8601]

amazing job this guy did with keeping updating with the universes

[@GumshoeGamer]

The new adventures of WtW

[@HolographicCathawk]

Pretty sure they didnt get the rights to the killer soundtrack and that versions we see now have a soundtrack that replaced the original.....its sad.

[@Exorsister]

I love you, Dylan-

[@Meredythe]

Didn't know about this, but I have loved the Daria series since it first debuted. I own all the seasons and the Daria movies. I still watch to this day. I own some Daria clothing too 😅. Wish it would be revived!!

[@imbuzzkillington]

Battle of Hayes Pond is a mighty interesting story

[@Tiny.pixie1]

I’m recent news fan I’d definitely appear at a meet to watch and discuss show 🍕

[@vampiremystic]

I really enjoyed the video. I love Daria, good watching .

[@superwhatbrosdes5064]

When's that Beavis and butthead or evil dead video coming though!

[@EternalYorkieMom]

I have seen the Onceler and Gravity Falls fandoms this doesn’t surprise me

[@jasonseacord]

27:18 thats adorable

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Agreed.

[@lancegibson2708]

You should like upchuck reading this.

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

lmao damn bro.

[@n3squicc]

The only thing I know about Daria is Dariacore - Leroy and it’s sequels

[@jp263]

What is the video game esque walking Daria from. I kind of want to build that

[@JOEmega64]

Thorough enjoyed this.

[@La_vie_likeafish]

you surprise me when you open your mouth.Your voice sound like one of the characters, Upchuck

[@gopherthegold8722]

Love ur vids, owl dude

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Thanks! Lol

[@jayviescas7703]

IRC stands Internet Relay Chat NOT "Instant" Relay Chat.🤨

[@ECartmanist]

I really wish you could do a South Park video! Don't care what about, not enough people do South Park videos! Maybe on old fansites, a South Park iceberg, or the missing cancelled episode "Return Of Lemmiwinks" from Season 8?

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

I'll for sure consider it!

[@maksimtribiani1335]

How do you not mention that Daria is a spinoff of Beavis and Butthead? The Daria show was not created by Mike Judge but, her first appearance was in Beavis and Butthead.

[@CherriNGT]

Gosh I didn’t know even fandoms of old stuff where this dedicated.. “Wisdom rich Dan G” HMM I WONDER WHAT THAT’S REFERENCING! I am thinking of a different title for me though as the “SHOJ loremaster” bit is a title i got since it was the servers first impression of me. Then again I dunno what else fits.

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Very true, I'll think of a new one for you.

[@CherriNGT]

@@DylantheKnightOwl alr my vampiric friend

[@fryandel]

Whens the next slasher iceberg part coming out? Or was it just that one part

[@bagandbroad]

This is amazing 🥲

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Thank you!

[@hankhill2719]

omw to make a KOTH multiverse except with YTP instead of fanfics

[@elextrano7597]

the Nigthfall Homestuck Fancomic is the greatest in my opnion

[@kcfriday5801]

I actually own the series. This is awesome!

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Same, it's one of my faves.

[@zerosonic4158]

How will you think? If there is a Daira reboot and how will the fan base react

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Not really sure, it could be good, but honestly these days I feel like it would be too easy to mess this show up. Daria had a certain charm, edge, and chillness to it's writing and I feel like it would be to easy to make all the characters more extreme versions of themselves, add modern day political discourse, etc. Would ruin vibe and what made the show fun imo.

[@jordanayoung13]

@@DylantheKnightOwlyou said exactly what i think. If someone as passionate as James and with some quite money could turn the fanficts into a real series.

[@mr.nobodymc9741]

I hope that you do other fandom Wiki videos.

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

I will for sure be doing more on fandom wiki's, they're a great source of internet stories.

[@regenerations67]

how did the daria fandom view other mike judge shows like beavis and butt head and king of the hill, especially beavis and butthead since daria is directly like to that show.

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Ya know I never really saw them bring them up at all, so I'm not sure lol.

[@regenerations67]

@@DylantheKnightOwl really, huh, I guess the daria fandom never left there close cirlces, still though pretty strange considering daria was pretty well known from in beavis and butthead before her own show.

[@Randomflashbang]

for the most part, well.

[@derickseamanfps623]

Transported back to the land of SOUL. It baffles me that we've been corralled away from the SOUL of Geocities- That we've been divested of the sweet sweet mind candy and carcklepacklry of flat bare bones non-drop down menu websites. Nothing inspires a more ferick response in my gamershoes. nothing.

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

Lmao agreed

[@HomelessWarfare]

Love the intro. Goblins assemble.

[@ramblinevilmushroom]

thats actually pretty fuckin cool.

[@MustyYew]

6:12 what is this guy saying

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

You can literally read what I'm quoting from on screen? It's a section about different message boards that the Daria fandom used. What's so confusing? Lol

[@MustyYew]

@@DylantheKnightOwl nothing lol, it was just a joke about the amount of acronyms there were in the span of a singular sentence

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

ah okay fair enough then lol.

[@steveneardley7541]

The show was built on exceptionally funny, socially-penetrating writing. Having read a number of offerings from other "fanfiction" sites (Veronica Mars, Star Trek), I was mainly impressed by how awful the writing was, how unfunny, derivative, and juvenile. I never went back, and don't plan to. There's a reason why television writers are actually paid. They know how to write.

[@Misty8097]

I just want to live in Lawndale and go to hs with Daria forever. Is that so much to ask

[@noo343]

What do you mean dark like is there a murder and a rape or something or just obsession like what do you mean I'm listening to this I'm not hearing anything dark

[@ConnorO74]

Second

[@Kondrow3]

The waffle house has found it's new host

[@RealCrazyDiamond]

I really tried to care about this video. But it's Daria. For people that didn't have a sense of humor or thought Beavis And Butthead was not pretentious enough.

[@ProgSnob14]

Amen, and that new Beavis and Butt-Head season is among the best if not the best that series ever has been!

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

I mean personally I was always one of those people who enjoyed both Bevis and Butthead and Daria. I feel like both the shows are well written and very funny in there own ways, and actually in some similar ways as well since both rely on character based comedy often and how their main duo interacts and reacts to others, though Bevis and Butthead for sure has more slapstick.

[@RealCrazyDiamond]

@@DylantheKnightOwl I was a teenager when they both came on, I in high school in the early 90's. NO ONE I ever met watched Daria except girls. Girls hated Beavis and Butthead but watched Diarrhea. I thought it fizzled away like a bad fart, I didn't know people even remembered it.

[@RealCrazyDiamond]

@@SnicketySlice By you. I can deal with that, since I don't know you.

[@DylantheKnightOwl]

" NO ONE I ever met watched Daria except girls. Girls hated Beavis and Butthead but watched Diarrhea." Okay but that was high school full of a bunch of dumb teens on both sides. Both shows are remembered fondly and enjoyed by both guys and girls. The world isn't your 90's high school after all lol.