I heard a few things about this show and I finally took advantage to see it. I'm one of those viewers who watched "The Simpsons' for Lisa, and I thought that this would be a show that focused of a similar character.
Well, this show goes beyond that. Daria is a character that feels more like me than any other I have ever encountered. I went through three high schools and the first two were a hell with morons who thought it was the height of entertainment to harass a bookish outsider like me. Well, Daria is the same kind of person, but with a difference. She usually has an way of responding to abuse with her wit and intelligence in ways I could not pull off. And yet, she has her flaws that make her so human like her hidden insecurities and her softer side that she submerges. She is facing her own life and its troubles in much the same way I did and I cannnot turn away from seeing her fight to achieve the happiness she secretly wants.
Best of all, this show has the courage to show her story in a subtle continuity minded show that allows her to grow. You can see the whole series as one story, and yet you can still jump in part way to her development.
In short, this series is about a person I wish I could have been as a teen and a girl who I wish I could have met as one myself. If I could have earned her respect, then teenage life would have passed easier with her company.
Well, this show goes beyond that. Daria is a character that feels more like me than any other I have ever encountered. I went through three high schools and the first two were a hell with morons who thought it was the height of entertainment to harass a bookish outsider like me. Well, Daria is the same kind of person, but with a difference. She usually has an way of responding to abuse with her wit and intelligence in ways I could not pull off. And yet, she has her flaws that make her so human like her hidden insecurities and her softer side that she submerges. She is facing her own life and its troubles in much the same way I did and I cannnot turn away from seeing her fight to achieve the happiness she secretly wants.
Best of all, this show has the courage to show her story in a subtle continuity minded show that allows her to grow. You can see the whole series as one story, and yet you can still jump in part way to her development.
In short, this series is about a person I wish I could have been as a teen and a girl who I wish I could have met as one myself. If I could have earned her respect, then teenage life would have passed easier with her company.