On Fri, 9 Aug 1996 gaffney@iconn.net wrote:

Y'know, having glanced at Elseworlds 5, I think I'm beginning 
to see a pattern...

The first three ended fairly happily for everyone...indeed, I
suspect Ukyou will be utterly shattered when the timelines
resolve.

The 4th Elseworlds ended happily for everyone except the wisher,
Happosai being Azusa'd to death.

Now we have Ghosts and Shadows...a dark mamma-jamma that ends
pretty rottenly for all.

As I said, a pattern.  Is it deliberate?  Hmmm...

Heh.  Bokkenhearted will have a fairly cheering ending.  Nerima by Night, 
on the other hand, is gonna bear a strong resemblence to the ending of 
Hamlet if you know what I mean...

John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D 
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