Standard Disclaimer:  As ever, omission should not be considered to imply
anything about my opinions.  

Subject: 
        [FFML] <Ranma 1/2>A Second Chance at Love chapters 4 and 5 
  Date: 
        Thu, 29 Apr 1999 05:20:54 PDT 
  From: 
        "sean wrinkle" <swrink@HOTMAIL.COM>

Description:  Having lost Ranma, Ukyo considers Ryoga but finds him
equally unavailable.  So she makes terrible life choices.

Comments:  Excuse me?  What happened to okonomiyaki?  Perhaps earlier
chapters explained why she gave up her life's work, but I find it hard
to believe.  

Subject: 
        [FFML] [Ranma][Fanfic] Waters Under Earth - Chapter 37 
  Date: 
        Thu, 29 Apr 1999 01:46:24 -0400 
  From: 
        Alan Harnum <harnums@thekeep.org>

Description:  In this huge fan novel, Ranma is up against a vast magical
conspiracy which thrives on mayhem and destruction.

Comments:  Man.  By rights this should be almost over.  It isn't.  
The author has a genuine gift for writing evil.  Maybe he likes it
so much he can't bear to do it a serious injury.  


Subject: 
        [FFML] [FF] [R.5] Age Don't Matter Week 01: Wait 
  Date: 
        Thu, 29 Apr 1999 23:06:32 +0800 
  From: 
        "Nikholas F. Toledo Zu" <niftol@i-manila.com.ph>

Description:  Ranma arrives some years earlier.  

Comments:  I'm not sure I get it.  Ranma and Nabiki seem to be past puberty,
but Akane is what?  Six?  Apparently Genma isn't as good a teacher in this
timeline as well, or Soun is a far better teacher.  


Subject: 
        [FFML][Fanfic][Ranma] Returning Home part 7 (draft 2) 
  Date: 
        Fri, 30 Apr 1999 00:35:51 +1200 
  From: 
        David Farr <djfarr@ihug.co.nz>

Description:  Ranma and Akane, having returned from 5 years doing the 
Sliders thing, must deal with a world where only three months have passed.
This chapter, Ryoga must deal with an Akane who knows about P-Chan, and
the existence of their children.

Comments:  One notes that Genma was exactly the same man when Nodoka 
married him that he is now so I have to wonder why she is wondering
what happened to him.  The author has deliberately changed Kasumi.
Perhaps he found the original to be excessively two-dimensional.  
Over-all this series seems to going quite well, though.  


Subject: 
        [FFML] [Ranma/???Guess???] [Resurrected Memories]
        [Crossover/Fusion] [A little spammish] 
  Date: 
        Thu, 29 Apr 1999 01:36:48 -0700 (PDT) 
  From: 
        "Curtiss R. Nelson" <curtiss@seattleu.edu>

Description:  Alternate Ranma timeline where the Saotomes and Tendo 
daughters turn out to be reincarnations of characters from some 
computer RPG.

Comments:  Not everyone has played that game.  Me, for example.  The author
appears to have no idea what to do with his gimmick but this might be more
effective if I knew who these people were.

Subject: 
        [FFML] [Ranma] REV A Little Earlier 3/? 
  Date: 
        Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:32:40 -0400 
  From: 
        Stephen Ratliff <sratliff@runet.edu>

Description:  Ranma arrives a few years earlier, sans curse.

Comments:  Some spelling errors that should be fixed up.  I have my doubts about
Ranma's teaching style.  If he modeled himself on his father as one would expect,
he'd probably be a little more hectoring in his approach.  Also, since when does
having a boyfriend cost the girl money?  White Day would be the only thing Nabiki
would have to worry about.  

Subject: 
        [FFML] DB VS SUPERMAN 2[X-over] 
  Date: 
        Thu, 29 Apr 1999 12:47:39 -0400 
  From: 
        Ryoga P Hibiki <catbert25@juno.com>

Description:  Superman and Doomsday are to duel Goku and Vegita.

Comments:  I guess the author is going to tone Goku and Vegita down to make it
a fair fight.  

Subject: 
        [FFML] [UberShortfic][Ninja Scroll] 
  Date: 
        Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:49:15 PDT 
  From: 
        "Tenchi Masaki" <mr_otakki@HOTMAIL.COM>

Description:  Juubei makes a point about swordsmanship.

Comments:  I have no idea what the point of this fic was since I do not understand
the distinction being made.  Also, Juubei from Ninja Scroll seems to have a rather
less classy demeanor so far as I can tell.  

Subject: 
        [FFML] [Ranma/Starcraft][Crossover] Second Star : chapter 3 part C 
  Date: 
        Thu, 29 Apr 1999 00:20:22 EDT 
  From: 
        Ohmen1@aol.com

Description:  Ranma wakes up and learns the background of the Starcraft 
universe, and then gets to fight his first alien monster.

Comments:  Honestly, this is probably a better place to start reading the
fic than the first chapter.  Nicely described, provides needed exposition,
and it's closer to the action.  Skip the first two chapters, which will
tell you nothing important.  However, if Ranma has lost access to his
chi, how can he continue to perform superhuman stunts?  (Incidentally,
the light from a "battle-aura" isn't actually light.  Indications are
that only a martial artist can perceive them.)

Subject: 
        [FFML] [Ranma] Bad Acting 
  Date: 
        Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:24:25 -0500 (CDT) 
  From: 
        Andrew <c621358@showme.missouri.edu>

Description:  Shampoo is revealed to also be a phony.

Comments:  Well, it isn't very funny, and it doesn't make a lot of sense.


Subject: 
        [FFML] RE: Ranma - the Great one 
  Date: 
        Wed, 28 Apr 1999 17:57:02 -0400 
  From: 
        "Payne, Kenneth" <KPayne@segalco.com>

Description:  An army from another dimension decides to kidnap
Nabiki.  Ranma follows and gets trapped on the other side.

Comments:  Hmm.  Ranma and Nabiki are a good complimentary pairing, 
actually, each with talents the other needs.  However, the author's
style is rather detached, not drawing the reader into the action.  
Perhaps he should consider writing in the first person format from
Ranma's point of view and see if that helps.  

Also, the author needs to learn how to cut and paste properly.  
I'm not sure what he did, but the whole thing ended up "quoted",
and therefore rather difficult to read comfortably.  



Subject: 
        [ffml] [ranma] [fanfic] Switching Heirs: Chapter Twenty 
  Date: 
        Wed, 28 Apr 1999 16:14:51 -0500 (CDT) 
  From: 
        dreiser1@ix.netcom.com

Description:  In an alternate universe where Ukyo was Genma's student
(and Happosai's heir) instead of Ranma, things have come to a climax,
as Shampoo marries Ukyo and Ranma, Nodoka runs into a couple of her
old girlfriends and people spend an awful lot of time reacquainting,
reminiscing, and shagging.  

Comments:  "It's time I told you the truth.  I'm your half sister's 
maternal uncle's cousin's brother in law."

"What does that make us?"

"Nothing at all!"

You know what this chapter really reminds me of?  An old novel entitled
"The Harrad Experiment", the shiniest, most sunny portrayal of
group marriage imaginable.  Is no-one possessive?  Well, Akane
and Ryoga I suppose.  Somehow this chapter had way more information
about people's geneology, old friendships and love lives than I wanted
to know.