On Sun, 22 Sep 1996 11:04:04 -0500 (CDT) Scott Jamison wrote:
: DEEP REFLECTIONS
: by Scott K. Jamison
: "It just isn't fair! We can't all have Ranma, and we shouldn't
: expect him to try to please everyone. Whatever he does will hurt
: someone, and his dithering just hurts all of us. If only--that's it,
: that's the future I want. Mirror, show me a future where each of us does
: find happiness, where we found a solution!"
Insert _Thy Inward Love_ here. :)
: "I messed things up, just like Ranma always says."
: "Did you really? The others all asked for their own dreams.
: Only you thought to try for everyone's happiness. Perhaps the Mirror
: finally ran out of power, or it couldn't find the future you wanted. Or
: perhaps, just maybe, it took you into that future as far as it could, and
: we'll have to walk the rest of the way there ourselves, one step at a
: time. The way we always do." Nodoka hugged Akane, just a little.
This is *so* wonderful. It's sweet and sad and hopeful all at
once. I love it. Thanks.
: This story was actually inspired by the "Ranma Fanfic Error
: Drinking Game" posted a bit back, specifically the bit about using the
: Nanban Mirror "without at least repairing it first." That started me
: thinking about whether it could be repaired, and who might do it.
I suspected as much.
: Once I'd settled on Nodoka, I decided that the end of Volume 36
: was the proper timeframe to work in. Unfortunately, by that late in the
: series, there is little to no chance for any of the other fiancees to
: marry Ranma without getting Akane out of the way.
They never had a chance to begin with.
: I also realized that a
: time travel device activated by tears is awfully unlikely to take you to
: a happy future, and that set the tone of the story.
Fair enough, I guess. But you owe us a happyfic, now.
: SKJAM!
: "Now back to 'Worse'"
That's the sequel to, um, that fic with the magic not-quite-
wish-fulfilling ring, right? (Sorry, I forgot the name - was it
_Sequence_, or am I confusing that?)
Anyway: Get to it!
Sebastian