r/daria

One of my favorite things to talk about in this sub is the characters in modern times. I’m also a fashion enthusiast and love talking about The Fashion Club. I’ve seen positive and negative versions of their personalities irl.

I don’t think the show ever tackled how much they spend and how much of a problem that could be except in throwaway lines.

Do you think they have spending problems? How do you think that would be shown if they were teens today?

Do you think they’d have standards for their clothes or just enjoy buying to keep having something new?

I think
- Quinn definitely has the biggest problem with it and her parents would absolutely try and intervene. She’d be a “natural fibers only” person but of course have some polyester in there due to her love of athleisure. While she doesn’t always care for them properly, she actually has some standards for the clothing she buys. She’d also pick through the best clothes at vintage stores just to resell them at a markup, to the annoyance of Daria and especially Jane.

- Sandi also has a problem but her mom enables it. Her mom gives her all the money she needs because they have a lot of it and likes to flex their wealth and status. Sandi would do massive Shein hauls, get defensive and complain “what about the poor people who can’t afford clothes” when she’s called out on it.
She would think she looks expensive but doesn’t actually as most of her stuff is just poorly made fast fashion. She’s the biggest consumer of the group but is only discerning for trends.

- Tiffany wears a lot of Korean beauty trends and will claim that she originated them because no one at Lawndale knows any better. I see her obsessing more over makeup and skincare. She’d have cabinets full of products. She’d likely wear a lot of street fashion and try to emulate her favorite idols.

- Stacy is a microtrend final boss. She gets caught up in every single one and struggles to stay ahead of each trend. She’d repurpose her stuff the most and maybe take up sewing. Sandi would mock her for it and compare her to a sweatshop worker until she needs constant help fixing her cheap clothes. Stacy also likes a few microtrend pieces long after they stopped being popular and would lie to Sandi that she’s wearing them ironically.

i need a better place to put them but i'm obsessed with them!!! i can't believe this took almost a YEAR to deliver :/ not sure what happened there

Trent received the most votes as the most overrated main character; the one with the most votes today will be the best secondary character.

it's not perfect but i adore it <3

In the previous post, Tom received the most votes as the worst main character; the one who gets the most votes in the comments today will be the most underrated (I see that many people didn't agree with the characters I listed as the main ones, so it's better to let everyone vote for characters based on their own criteria).

One of her worst episodes fr. Can’t really watch it lol

I love this show. I just finished ‘is it fall yet’ and I have one more season and a movie to go. I might need to save it,it’s too good to finish it off all at once💔

Whenever people in show mention Jody’s dad inventing the “folding coffee cup”, I could never picture how such a thing could work. It kind of annoyed me to think about because it sounded like such a stupid idea.

However, I was scrolling tik tok and saw exactly that in real life.

My apologies, Mr.Langdon, I was unfamiliar with your game.

Daria won for best main character of the series; now it's time to determine the worst main character, based on the most votes in the comments (I see that many people didn't agree with the characters I listed as the main ones, so it's better to let everyone vote for characters based on their own criteria).

NOT that it wasn't 100% the right thing to do, but it seemed so unlike Jake to actually try and make an effort like that

This is the very last episode btw; SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED IT, it might be wise if you don't read this post as a whole tbh but the premise: >!when Jake came home from a conference and saw Daria in the box, he said "Oh, hey kiddo!" then walked away, but then came back and said "Uhh, Daria?" which then prompted the discussion between him, her, and Helen about the fight Jake and Helen had a long time ago!<

I love that there's all sorts of talk and discussion on this subreddit about character growth throughout the show, and I lurk around here sometimes but also not so I don't really see much about Jake since he, well, seemingly hardly grows as a character; he still has those super irate interjections about his father, his job, etc., and outside of that he still always has a goofy demeanor with the *occasional* serious moment with Daria or Quinn where he tries to connect with them in a very heartfelt and serious way, but they never really progressed/increased either in scope or in frequency

In the episode Malled (which admittedly was at the very start of the show, before any character growth could occur), he even says "Oh, you know Daria, she loooves to act cool.", then like we go the whole show with Jake remaining relatively static, then this? It makes it feel like all of a sudden Jake evolved overnight just like that