At 12:48 PM 9/23/96 -0500, you wrote:

Actually, it's always been like this.
More people will read Ranma fics than almost any other series.  Most fics 
based on other series vanish without a trace, thus discouraging people 

>from writing them.  The main exception is Sailor Moon, but then half the 

list will just delete your story without reading it.  You'll still get 
some feedback, but not enough.

Agreed.  The problem is not that fanfic authors must slave under the
whip to generate stories from other serieses (WRITE! *wh-CRACK*)
but that the ones which ARE being produced are being discouraged.
This discouragement only breeds the Ranma As King Of The Hill
situation.  An author could go and write 37 fanfics on a variety of
serieses, but if this simple fact (nobody'll read them) remains, it
won't really help matters.

I personally am worried because my next project isn't from Ranma.
It's not even from an anime most people have heard of.  But I personally
like it, and it's funny (stop typecasting me as the Cobain of Fanfic! :),
and you don't NEED to know the source material to get it, and I'm
worried nobody's gonna bother looking at it.  Very unnerving since
this is my first story of any kind I've managed to see through in
about a year... I may simply insert this line into the subject or header :

Read this fanfic and send a comment or I will find you and I will kill you.
                                                ^_^

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