"James Barnhill" <mecvolve@zdnetonebox.com> 03/23 12:12 PM >There are some great epic fics out there, but even if the next..oh say >ten Ranma+Akane fics were great epics the whole premise would be >boring, tedious, and repetative.
Maybe I have become a bit too cynical.
Perhaps so. As for myself, if the fic is a great fic and an enjoyable read, I don't care how much it rehashes old material. After all, most of Shakespeare is a reworking of old material. Some of those stories date back from Roman times.