Subject: Re: [FFML] [Ranma][Spamfic] Who Will Crack First?
From: "The Eternal Lost Lurker" <lurkerdrome@worldnet.att.net>
Date: 9/8/1999, 4:08 PM
To: <jstaik1043@earthlink.net>, <ffml@fanfic.com>


Okay...

Utterly pointless, completely OOC, seriously contrived...and hardly what
I'd call a spamfic. A spamfic generally entails some sort of twist ending,
a punchline that the entire fic leads up to. This read more like...I don't
know. There was absolutely nothing entertaining about this.

Kodachi and Nabiki were in-character, but then, their characterizations
aren't that difficult to pin down. Everyone else was completely off,
especially Kasumi and Ranma.

Suggestion: Go through the story, and replace every instance of 'Kasumi'
with 'Nodoka', because that's what she's acting like.

As for Ranma...not something he'd do. At least, not something he'd do and
manage to pull off.

In short, this is the ultimate example of how *not* to execute a
continuation-style fanfic.

I can only say two good things about this:

1. The writing was technically superb.

2. It was mercifully short.

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