blast from the past -- ranma 1/2

[mikkeneko]

Fanfic for a lazy day. I'd say "rainy day," but I don't think any of you want to read any of these while it's dark out. Please note that they're all quite long.

In case any of you have ever heard me reference any of these fanfics -- three prime examples of the really creepy, dark fic available in the fandom of a fundamentally light-hearted show. I could have named more. I've long marvelled at the phenomenon.

"Bliss" -- a Ranma 1/2 fanfic. You don't actually have to be familiar with Lovecraft to read this. I wasn't.

"Ill Met By Starlight" -- another Ranma 1/2 fanfic. Note that I did not reference the above fic as the ULTIMATE example of creepy, dark Ranma fic -- because THIS one is. Erk.

"Waters Under Earth" -- another Ranma fanfic. Slightly less of the creepy, more of the plot, but every bit as dark.

For more in this vein, check out Transpacific. At the very least, read "Ukyo Can Cook." When you get your stomach back in place, finish off with The Varaiyah Cycle -- still dark, but now comedy instead of angst.

Comments

[ashoka.livejournal.com]

Ill Met By Starlight is my favorite fanfic ever. Gah, it's good.

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

T___T I feel so old. I read those fics practically when I first started getting into anime(and getting online) AND I was reading those fics while they were still WIPs.

*goes away to find her walker*

[wiccat.livejournal.com]

I remember reading Ill Met By Starlight a loooooooong time ago! And I loved The Varaiyah Cycle!

[ice-of-dreams.livejournal.com]

I don't think I could read 'Ill Met by Starlight', 'Bliss' and 'Waters Under Earth' again. They're all good, really. But Ill Met by starlight is really really really SAD. Not your typical Ranma 1/2 fanfic. 'Bliss'.. on principle is REALLY good, and I do try to keep an open mind about my pair ups. I liked Bliss, the author was very talented when writing this, just not my particular cup.

Now WUE I hope to read again, but WHEN my classes finish. And to quote windandwater this post made me feel so old suddenly. -_-; I read all of these at the FFML, WAAY before fanfiction.net and all the rest.

I do hope I could stumble on a WUE type of genre again, although not likely since writing in a WUE type genre is difficult and is rarely achieved.