2. Within the Candle-Wick, by Chris Willmore
Ranma and Akane spend a pleasant day together, and then
have a romantic candlelight dinner. No-one goes mad, kills
anyone, performs any kind of cannibalism or perversion,
travels through time, or rapes any water ladies.
Actually, replace Ranma and Akane with Ryouga and Akari, and
he's promised me he'll do this.
3. Housework, cowritten by Jeff Hosmer and Susan Doenime
Kasumi reveals herself to be a genius. After cooking dinner,
performing complex calculus equations in her head, and saving
the world as we know it from complete destruction, she
marries Dr. Tofu. Both of them are deliriously happy together,
and Kasumi turns out to be the best mom in the world.
Nah. Jeff Rutsch's got this one. Right after his AMG trilogy
with Keiichi and Belldandy in their 80s, reflecting on a
deleriously happy life, with absolutely no irony whatsoever.
4. Thy Sideways Cream Pie, by Richard Lawson
A slapstick comedy making fun of fics that pair up Nabiki
and Kuno, have Ranma attracted to men, and end the series. A
sizable portion is also devoted to putting down the Nuku-Nuku
series of anime. Written in script format.
Ahem..."Guys...normally I'd wouldn't send this to you..." <WHAM>!
5. Stabbing the Heart in the Right Place, by John Biles
Ranma and Akane have a horrible, angst-ridden fight,
resulting in Ryouga and Nabiki's accidental deaths. Ukyou throws
herself off a cliff, and the Sailor Senshi make a cameo in
which their school bus explodes in a massive fireball,
charbroiling them and a nearby Gosunkugi. Then nuclear war
breaks out, and everyone dies. A chilling darkfic with no
jokes, no romantic bits, and not a single damn wombat.
Written in prose format; author's notes at the end contain a
lengthy rant on how script format is for losers.
That's Paul Gallegos. Plus, you forgot, Tsubasa lives happily ever
after. Actually, Tsubasa does do well in Biles fics. What's with
that? In Still Waters he gets off with Ryuu, in Furinkan he's
trying to be nice as a boy with Ukyou, in Lemonade he gets to have
sex with her 6666 times...Biles is a Tsubasa lover and we never
knew it!!!
--Sean Gaffney
--writing that Ryouga/Ukyou fic this year...suuuuuuure