In response to something from Barry Cadwgan (bcadwgan@fl.net.au):

OUCH!!!
That was dark!

(sheepish grin)  So it was.

So they were the Erinyes (Furies, AKA The Kindly ones) rather than the
Norns.. 

Allecto (She who rests not) = Urd?
Tisiphone (Avenger of murder) = Bell-chan?
Megaera (The jealous one) = Skuld?  (Well, she is isn't she!)

I actually have no idea.  I just used the Sandman concept of the Three Who
Are 
One, plus the fact that they avenged any murder of within the family blood.

(Incidentally, the Kindly Ones did adopt the sisters' names [Vol. 2 No. 2].)

ALSO, I'd like to apologize to anyone who had read the shortfic and found it
too dark for general public consumption.  *sigh*  I think I like OMG! dark.
(Read Dire Fates, people!  Vertigo line comics make for good OMG! mixers.)
Much as I'd like to add the [DARK] tag, Stefan "Twoflower" Gagne's disclaimer
for "Hiroshi and Daisuke are Dead" comes to mind.  Weakling, I am, then.

You don't need to apologize to anyone. Personally I perfer the darker fanfics over the sappy
Ranma-based fanfics. If the people you are talking about don't like them, that's their problem, 
not yours. There's no need for you to feel guilty over it. and you're right, Dire Fates is a great
read. 

I also agree with you about the [DARK] tag. Quite frankly, the people who think something like 
this is really necessary should stay on AOL where they belong....