Subject: Favorite Moments in Ranma Fanfiction - 1996
From: Richard Lawson
Date: 12/17/1996, 6:07 AM
To: Fanfic Mailing List
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sterman@sprynet.com

Well, we're rapidly approaching the end of the year.  As 1996 winds to a
close, I can't help but think that this was the best year ever for Ranma
fanfics.  Many high-quality stories were produced, especially in the
latter part of the year.  So many, in fact, that between my own writing
and other commitments, I was unable to keep up with them all.

So I'd like your opinions.  Please answer the following questions.  I'll
take your answers and publish them on Dec. 31.  This is just in fun,
more of a way for me to see what you liked and what I may have missed
than anything else.  I make no claims that this is an "official" poll,
or that the results are scientific.  This is only going out to the
FFML.  Please don't take this too seriously; it's not meant to be
serious.  I just want to know, and I think other people would like to
know, too.

Also, please reply only to me so as not to flood the FFML.  Like I said,
I'll take all the answers I get and post them in one giant email later
on.

Okay, question 1:

What was the funniest moment in a Ranma fanfic this year?  What made you
guffaw the loudest; what made other people in the computer lab look at
you strangely?  If you can, quote the passage.


Question 2:

What was the most touching/ tenderest/ endearing/ heartrending moment in
a Ranma fanfic?  What made you reach for a tissue, and then reach for a
hundred more?  Happy or sad, what made you cry?  Again, quotes would b
nice.


Question 3:

What was the most surprising moment in any Ranma story you read?  What
made you say, "Wait, that can't be right.  Here, let me read it again." 
What made you blink your eyes and drop your jaw and gasp?


Question 4:

What was the strangest Ranma fanfic you read?  Which story made you
question the author's sanity for producing such a weird plot? 
Crossovers, alternate realities, or just plain weirdness, what was the
most bizarre story you read?


Question 5:

Well, may as well ask you what your favorite stories of the year were. 
However, let me break it down into categories.  Please vote *only once*
in each category.  What was your favorite Ranma:

A) Comedy?

B) Darkfic?

C) Dramatic/Serious Story?

D) Crossover/Alternate Reality?

E) And only because there seemed to have been a lot of these this year,
what was your favorite story that killed one or more of the major
characters of Ranma 1/2?


Any and all Ranma 1/2 stories are eligible, as long as they were written
this year.  Being posted to raac is *not* a requirement.

I eagerly await your responses.  I'll mail this out a couple more times
before the end of the year to ensure saturation.  I'll post the answers
sometime during the day of Dec. 31, 1996.

Please remember to respond only to me.

Thanks very much!  I really am looking forward to your answers.  If
you've been lurking, unlurk and answer me!  :)

-Richard Lawson
sterman@sprynet.com