A clever beginning, but to anyone who can't stand to read about the
Ranma/Akane wedding once again would probably chuck the fic before
getting past the first three paragraphs.

'sokay.  I can sympathise with people who are tired of it.  As much as 
I've flirted with the Ranma-Akane relationship, unless its part of a 
long running series, their wedding is something I'd rather not write 
about.  There are many beautiful renditions of it, and I don't think I 
can significantly add to it.  (Love you, Richard Lawson!)

  Yeah, running series tend to make the dead subject a little 
interesting (been there, done that kind of thing; every other writer 
seems to have done it sometime). 

As a late joiner into the Ranma 1/2 Fanfic Writers Crowd (July of 

1998), 

I don't really think you can come up with something new - not without 
letting your plot take an absolutely new life.  

  Hmm, I'd say I started sometime Fall '97, but I don't think I actually 
posted something until January '98 or so. 

It is very rare that somebody will produce a work like K. Perry's
HoI, where you stay in-Ranma while producing something new.  And
even then, you need to write something of epic proportions.  I don't
think I can match her genius, knowledge, or writing style.  (We're not
worthy, we're not worthy...)

  So far, I think I'm the only poor sod that would dare to try and 
compare his work with hers (yes, that's me, and I'm trying, too). 

As it was meant to be.  A cute idea and nothing more.  As you may or 
may not have noticed, its hard to add anything new in a short piece.
Even my "Birthdays" pieces, which some people think is fresh, is the
rehashing of old ideas, merely in new incarnations.  This just happens
to be one that's competing in a over-saturated category.

  Hmm, I don't know of any other person (besides myself) that would dare 
to write about Kuno and Kodachi's little 'relationship' and keep them 
both off the mental-retard list (shameless plug). I think there's still 
room out there for the fresh ideas, it's just that it's not as easy to 
think of them. 

"That's my story and I'm sticking to it."--JMS, creator of Babylon 5. 
"If you go to Z'ha'dum, you will die."--Kosh, Babylon 5.
"Understanding is a three-edged sword."--Kosh, Babylon 5. 
"Never show your hand until the end."--me, being profound. 

--Razorclaw X

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