Subject: [C&C] Lotsa Fanfics from Plunger
From: bastian@enterprise.mathematik.uni-essen.de (Sebastian Weinberg)
Date: 8/11/1996, 2:20 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com
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bastian@enterprise.mathematik.uni-essen.de

My, my...


Bio Booster Armor Ranma

Akane Get's Kidnapped...Again!

The Great Ramen Run Around

Close Encounters of the Hentai Kind

Return to Ryugenzawa

Ranma vs. General Bison

Pins and Needles

The Twelve Tasks of Ranma

Separation Anxiety

Ranma and the Genie

Malicious Manipulations, The Date from Hell

Reverse Sorcery


Plus probably half a dozen lost with the batch that I accidentally
deleted (Oh, BTW, I've been trying to recover that batch from the
ML-archive, but either I'm doing something wrong, or the server
doesn't like me.  I just don't get any response).  It seems, dear
Plunger, that you've got *far* too much time on your hands.  Have
you considered selling it to us poor people, who don't?

I can only give some general comments here, since a detailed C&C
would take too much time (Which I don't have - Did I mention that
already? I wouldn't want to waste time on repeating myself).

In general they are pretty silly and entertaining, but not always
very original.  Some seem to cover pretty well-explored ground, or
are variations on a theme - which is *not*, as I hasten to say, a
bad thing;  I just wanted to point it out.

Obviously they are all meant to be completely separate, since
almost all of them start with Ranma & Akane quarreling, and end
with the two in love, or at least having reached a better
understanding.  I like that.  Doing lots of one-shots takes some
creativity.  Although... see above.

If I had to name my favourites, they would be:

"Akane Get's Kidnapped...Again!" for sheer sillyness and quite
some good points made.

"Separation Anxiety" (or Split Personalities done *right*) for
showing us that it *is* possible to be done well.

"The Twelve Tasks of Ranma" for no particular reason at all.  I
just liked it.  Oh, that reminds me - that quote from "Quigley
Downunder" baffled me.  Don't tell me *anyone* watched that film
to the end without serious coercion (as in my case).  Or liked it
enough to *quote* it.  I mean, that twist *in particular* was so
transparent and predictable... feh.


All in all:  Good work, Plunger.  If this is the result, I hope
you will continue to be bored a lot.


Sebastian
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