At 23:59 10/16/97, Gary Kleppe wrote:

I asked the question:

So are there any really good depressing fics where NOBODY dies?

There were a TON O' responses; thanks, everyone; and I sincerely hope
Tybalt doesn't kill me. :-)

Zen wrote:

OH yes.  There certainly are.  The entire run of "Thy Inward Love" comes to
mind...

And then Nicholas Leifker answered:

Incorrect, Zen-san.  Cologne died, after all.

BTW, since when is TIL depressing?  I personally consider TIL near the
WAFFy zone.  Think about what happens to each of the characters through
the story, and then tell me if it seems depressing to you.

(remembers Zen's Ranma-Ukyou leanings)  Um... nevermind.  ^_^;;

What Zenster forgets is that Ukyo's search for companionship and sexual
fullfillment was answered by one of the side stories to that series: All
it Takes is a Spatula.

Zen forgets no such thing!  What Kleppe-san forgets is that Lawson
abandoned that story and wrote it off.  It never happened.  In the
TIL-verse, Ucchan is still all alone, and has no one.

And if Lawson links her up with either of three people, (Tsubasa, Konatsu
or Ryouga) Zen will personally hand him his kidneys on a plate. ^_^)

It is Sooooo sad!  <<sniff>>  Poor Ucchan!  Why, oh why does Richard hate
her so?  ^_^;

Gary Kleppe
http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe/comics

Zen no Itan-sha