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. :-)

Stephen Tsai <stsai@netcom.com> wrote:

KOC #24 and KOC #30.
Very seldom read these days because they're not Ranma fanfics...

That's a bit of a presumption there. Me, the reason I haven't read it is
because of the big backstory; i.e. I would first have to read #1 through
#23. Same reason I have yet to read a lot of Ranma series.

David Johnston wrote:

Yes.  The one where Kasumi's married to Tofu, and Tofu is totally
incapable of having sex with her.

Is there such a fic?? Somebody who knows the title and/or author please
E-mail me.

Eric Adams wrote:

I completely disagree.  Fics where people die and stuff like that
are darkfics or shockfics and sometimes depressing fics.  One of
the problems is that there are two catagories depressing and dark
fics and in both The Bitter End is winning for both *sob*.
However a story can just be sad and not have anyone die.  In
fact! *plug warning* I feel my story can be considered sad but
not dark cuz no one dies.

While I liked your story a lot, I really didn't find it depressing. Ukyo
to some extent managed to prevail against the difficulties she was
facing.

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.

David Lerman wrote:

 I had forgotten about it, but there was a fic where some supernatural
power gives Kuno the choice of which of his loves he will gain.  No one
dies, but the story was really depressing, more so than many other fics
where someone dies.  

I remember; it was a "One Hour Challenge" thingy by Jonathan Haas. I
think I have it in my backlog. If anyone wants it, E-mail me.


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