On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Ryan Mathews wrote:

I would still have problems with fanfic that spends so much time 
exploring the "serious side" of RANMA, getting so serious and involved 
that it forgets to make you laugh.  Again, I don't read much RANMA 
fiction, but if it's anything like some of the "serious" UY fiction 
I've read, I wouldn't care for it.  The authors often completely missed 
the fact that UY is supposed to be funny.

Just because a series is funny, does that mean its fanfics have to be?

	My opinion of serious Ranma fanfics is this: if it can be done, it
should be done, as long as it's done well.

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