#esteemsters

[ooc-daria]

#daria mtv #ooc daria #daria out of context #sick sad world #esteemsters

[fardell24b]

Daria Character Descriptions - Daria

Daria Morgendorffer First Appearance: Esteemsters "Did we move?"

Last Appearance: Is It College Yet? "Hmm. That the students are shockingly ignorant, the professors self-centered and corrupt, and the entire system geared soley to the pursuit of funding?"

Parents: Jake, Helen Sister: Quinn Aunts: Rita, Amy

#character descriptions #daria #daria morgendorffer #esteemsters #is it college yet?

[its-me-jane-lane]

s1 ep1: esteemsters

i want to make fanart for every daria episode. here's esteemsters.

my favorite fact about this episode is that the daria diaries say daria met trent off screen during this episode, where he fell asleep mid conversation.

#daria #daria morgendorffer #jane lane #quinn morgendorffer #janey paints #daria fanart #daria art #digital art #digital artist #esteemsters #lane's daria draw a thon spectacular

[humbug-demartino]

"Esteemsters" [S1 Ep01]

#daria #cartoon #90s #mr. demartino #daria morgendorffer #daria scenes #esteemsters s1ep01 #gif #mtv #daria mtv #television

[lovehours]

one day we’re gonna have a serious conversation about how misinterpreted daria, the literal main character of the show that’s named after her is. she’s either girlbossified or hated but neither are for the right reasons imo

daria’s not someone who hates everyone and everything, she’s someone who cares deeply about issues. she’s disappointed in the idiocy around her and how the adults in power who can solve these issues don’t do much out of corruption (ms. li) or are idiots themselves.

behind the sarcastic front that daria puts up shows a person who’s afraid to be alone and is afraid of being hated if she put her best effort in, making her not put any effort to reach out to others at all (“and im so defensive that i actively work to make people dislike me so i won’t feel bad when they do”). it’s someone who’s actually self depreciative and hypercritical of herself. despite her criticisms of everything around her, daria is deeply insecure of her talents, her appearance, and her ability to connect with other people.

this is why boxing daria is such an important episode to not only her but the show. daria was someone who was constantly isolated and bullied for being different, and it stuck with her. back then she DID put an effort in, and all it did was get her shunned and mocked. when she puts effort in to connect with others in the show (episodes like the new kid or the old and the beautiful come to mind) she’s abandoned or not wanted, reaffirming the pushing everyone away mentality that she’s had for so long. for daria, it’s easier for her not to get hurt if she has no one around.

but a huge part of the show is confronting this idea, the front that she puts up. the idea that daria is completely antisocial is denied by the show itself (her mother saying that her antisocial mask isn’t real, but if she keeps isolating herself it will become real in iify). having her acknowledge that she does want some form of connection with people, even if it’s not necessarily her classmates. it’s learning to appreciate those around her even if they don’t completely understand her because they love her (and realizing that she wants to have her family around her despite their flaws/that she wants to be loved by someone). it’s learning that the attitude she has to cope will only hurt her in the end.

so she grows. she acknowledges her mistakes and the fact that she isn’t always right. she realizes that her worldview is actually quite small because she’s only a teenager and she still has a lot to learn. she reaches out to children who she believes may suffer the same fate she did growing up. she stands up for classmates who she may not respect, but she feels that are being exploited. she begins to expand her worldview and grows closer to quinn who once represented every problem she had with being a teenager. she starts to allow people into the bubble few could enter. she starts to show how much she truly cares about things, getting out of her comfort zone by submitting her work that she’s passionate about to newspapers. but people still like to act like she has no interest in anything at all and just doesn’t care.

daria is a teenage girl. an incredibly flawed teenage girl, but a teenage girl nonetheless. one who we see grow massively over the course of five seasons and it’s annoying to see people treat her growth as if it didn’t exist. if you sit here and try and tell me daria is the same person from esteemsters to is it college yet you need to rewatch LOL. and it’s just so tiring to see her mischaracterized so often despite her arc being so clear

#daria #long post #idk if this is coherent but. well #got a dumbass comment on tiktok and had to just get this out somewhere that isn’t my twitter

[confessionsofafilmfreak]

Daria, season 1, episode 1, Esteemsters

"But I like having low self-esteem. Makes me feel special."

#daria #1997 #tv series #cartoon #tv quotes

[kinetic-elaboration]

April 27: Daria Episode Recs

I saw the question again so I've been thinking about it: what would be good Daria episodes to use to introduce someone to the show? I've been pondering this since B said that he'd tried to watch it and couldn't get into it, not because I am going to try to convince him to--I feel like that's a jerk move and also sort of a waste of time--but because I get why he didn't get into it, and I think starting Esteemsters is not a great way to try. Because the thing is that it is a show about teenagers and high school and he is 34 years old. It's definitely possible to get into Daria as an adult; I know people did during its original run and probably still do now. But it's never going to weasel its way into your brain and permanently change your DNA if you watch it for the first time in your 30s, the way it did to me when I watched it for the first time at 13. I think in some ways I love Daria so much because it grew with me--which is to say that yes it is the sort of show that can do that, but one of the prerequisites for a growing-with experience is starting out with the media when you're not-grown. It's really impossible to say what I would think of the show if I'd watched it for the first time in my 30s or even my 20s.

Anyway, I think part of the issue with trying to get anyone into the show by just starting at 1x01 is that the early episodes, while they aren't bad, are much more one-note and simplistic than the later ones. The show at its best was so thoughtful, developed its characters so well, included so much nuance--but you're not going to see that in the first half of season 1, which is mostly just Nerd Fantasy: smart outcast makes fun of other people and comes up with various schemes to make herself the winner of all the weird and embarrassing situations she finds herself in as a high school student. I do like these episodes, I'm not trying to say I don't know, but they're not the strongest and they don't show off the diversity and intelligence of the show very well. I find them the least-rewatchable.

Not even I started watching at 1x01. I think the first episode I saw might have been Write Where It Hurts, which is the last episode of S2.

On the positive side, most of the episodes are sufficiently stand alone that you don't need to start at 1x01 to understand what's happening.

So--what would I recommend to someone who wants to give the show a try but doesn't want to commit to watching the whole thing, or even the whole first season, up front?

1x13 The Misery Chick: I think this episode is the closest this show comes to a thesis statement, and is one of the best episodes for 'decoding' Daria's character. It uses most of the main cast and shows off several different characters and dynamics. It includes a couple of different registers--the darkly comic, the serious, etc. And it's in S1 so it gives you a sense of the show's early era, while still being more complex than, say, College Bored. (Boxing Daria is the other episode I consider to be truly essential for understanding Daria as a character--but I cant recommend someone start at the finale lol.)

1x12: The Teachings of Don Jake: A good episode for Morgendorffer family dynamics but honestly I just consider this one such a Classic I have to include it. I think it also is a good test of whether or not this style of humor is for you.

2x05 That Was Then, This Is Dumb: I think this episode places the show pretty well in its cultural context: that Daria is the Gen X daughter of Hippie Parents (actually she's probably an older Millennial technically, but the show is very Gen X). Also, even though the Yaegers are mercilessly mocked by both the narrative and Daria, this is one of the episodes where she does question her assumptions and judgments ("People believed in stuff back then.")

2x13 Write Where It Hurts: Another episode that really goes into Daria's character and inner life. Also as I said I think this was my first episode, and it worked to get me interested in the rest of the show.

I think I would start with those. There are others that spotlight particular parts of the show, like particularly good Morgendorffer family episodes, or Jane episodes, or Lawndale High episodes, and so if I thought someone was showing an interest in some specific aspect I might have more recommendations. There are also some personal favorites, like Road Worrier or Lane Miserables, that I didn't include because I didn't think they were really representative of the show. And I don't think anyone should really start with anything in seasons 4 or 5. Those are too different, and I think they need to be appreciated in context. But if I were to rec from those seasons, I'd probably say Lucky Strike, which is one of my overall favorites, and maybe something like Psycho Therapy or Groped by an Angel for character-centric episodes that are still understandable as standalone episodes.

#the year 2024 #2024: fandom thoughts #2024: daria

[jane-lane-fanboy]

Daria hears Quinn talking to a couple of guys saying she’s the only child (hiding the fact that she’s Daria’s sister) and Daria is not too happy about it.

Taken from the inaugural episode “Esteemsters”.

#daria #daria morgendorffer #esteemsters

[capturadetela]

Daria - “Esteemsters”

#esteemsters #Daria #Daria Morgendorffer #Dark Comedy #lawndale #classic #mtv #quinn morgendorffer #quinn #Helen Morgendorffer #Jake Morgendorffer #Morgendorffers #family #Drama #Teen Drama #sitcom #melancolia #desenho #Captura De Tela #screencap #screenshot #Glenn Eichler #Susie Lewis Lynn #spin-off #Spin Off #Beavis and Butthead #s01e01 #melancholy #90s #vintage

[rodpower78]

I like having low self-esteem. It makes me feel special.

Jane Lane

#jane lane #quote #tv quotes #low self-esteem #daria #mtv #episode 1x01 #esteemster

[h4unter]

Daria (S01E01): Esteemsters.

#mtv #daria #screencaps

[darkarfs]

Workshopping names for my Daria podcast

The Lawndale Files You’re Standing On My Neck Esteemsters Help a guy out?

#someone took Sicker Sadder World #which is legit one I was thinking of

[fardell24b]

Daria Character Descriptions - Jake

Jake Morgendorffer First Appearance: Esteemsters "Girls, I just want you to know your mother and I realize it's not easy moving to a whole new town -- especially for you, Daria, right?"

Last Appearance: Is It College Yet? "She and Tom broke up? Just like that? No clues, no warning signs? I'd better go talk to her! This could drive her back to military school! What should I say? Damn it, Helen! Where's our copy of Mr. Spock?"

Occupation: Consultant

Spouse: Helen Children: Daria, Quinn Parents, 'Mad Dog', Ruth Sisters in Law: Rita, Amy

#character descriptions #daria #esteemsters #is it college yet? #jake morgendorffer

[its-me-jane-lane]

i love you mtv's daria i love you daria morgendorffer i love you trent lane i love you mr. demartino i love you daria! the musical i love you is it fall yet? i love you is it college yet? i love you esteemsters i love you boxing daria i love you beavis and butthead

#daria #janey jabbers

[humbug-demartino]

Daria Day Intro for "Esteemsters" [S1 Ep01]

#daria #cartoon #90s #gif #mtv #jane lane #daria morgendorffer #daria day intro #television #daria scenes #esteemsters s1ep01 #daria mtv

[amillionmillionvoices]

TOP FIVE LADY M LINES/MOMENTS GO GO GO

- Naught’s had, all’s spent, where our desire’s got without content; tis safer to be that which we destroy, than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. 

- I have given suck, and know how tender tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, whilst it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out had I so sworn as you have done to this. 

- To beguile the time, look like the time. Bare welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue. Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.

- Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, that my keen knife see not the wound it makes, nor heaven creep through the blanket of the dark to cry, hold, hold.

- To bed, to bed: there’s a knocking at the gate. Come come come come give me your hand. What’s done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed. 

+ Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now to look so green and pale at what it did so freely? From this time such I account thy love. Art thou afeared, to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire? Wouldst though have that which though esteemst the ornament of life and live a coward in thine own esteem? Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would’ like the poor cat in the adage? 

+ Lady M in 3.4 (the banquet scene) when Macbeth is losing his everloving shit and she’s trying to keep the entire table calm and manages that shit like a boss. (You have displace the mirth, broke the good meeting with most admired disorder. SAVAGE.) 

[ ask me my top 5/10 favorite anythings! ] 

#YAAASSSS OH MY LADY #i did most of these off the top of my head so plz forgive any mistakes #i'm so excited to write about my baby again #lady macbeth #otp: dearest chuck #macbeth #shakespeare #asks #replies #THANK YOU BB!! #atheneglaukopis