Godda... Please. accept=/=except=/=expect

'I accepted the deal, since I like it.'
'I like everyone, except Raymond; he's irritating.'
'I expect you to keep your promise.'

Learn the differences! And while we're at it! threw=/=through

throw threw thrown 'He threw me a key.'
through 'The bullet passed through a wall.'

Seriously, they are simple words, you really should know them before attempting to write a story in English. -.-'

I'm an -85, who've read more fanfiction than I'd like to admit... I started reading back in 2003, maybe earlier, I can't quite recall anymore. Since I started reading the stories of some of the greater Ranma fanfiction writers, I have set a rather high standard for what I consider good. Nightelf, Kenko, Goldsmith, coutuva, Lawson, metroanime, are all writers I've read and loved. These writers used maillists and betas. Betas really are usefull, and the better writers I see actively posting here in these days obviously use betas.
I have since started reading some Harry Potter fanfiction as well. It, honestly, began as research on how pairings, but grew to actually liking some parts of the HP fanfiction sphere.

I started reading more and more cross-overs a while ago, almost all based on Ranma½, (possibly because many cross-overs are good, or really terrible, it's one of the two, and when you find out it's easy to know whether to read on) but I have yet to see very many ways of initiating the story.

Akane malleting Ranma into the next district/country/dimension is classic.
Then we have the random artifacts of Happosai and Cologne, not necessarily in their hands, which wreck havoc on most everything from gender to home-dimension.
Apart from that... Uhm, some long lost friends or relatives. And that's it really. There haven't even been any good representation of Aliens.

What I'd like to see is something new, Gosunkugi for example. I have seen him used as a initiator of a cross-over once (sadly I didn't like it =/ ), is it really so hard to imagine him actually, somewhat, succeeding with a spell?
Heck, why not have Ryouga lead someone to somewhere very off, and leaving them there by mistake/boredom/michieviousness? (Ellen Kuhfeld have done this though, 'Different Colors', read it.)
We could also use more of the other series spilling over into Ranma½, why not use screenings of other series? Perhaps a Youma mistaking her landing point, or why not some random other guy landing in the Tendo yard? Ranma is not the only one catching flight thanks to flightly women, or why not a girl landing in the pond, launched by just about anyone.
Then we have the random gadgets from crazy scientists, misfired magic missiles, dropped cows, pokemons of DOOM, undead goldfish of DOOM (I applaude you if you get the reference), bored gods, bored and/or evil demons, or why not blame it on the author?

Just a thought, or three...

Aaanyway, I was working on a longer fanfic, but it got stuck. Well, it's more like I actually read it and cursed at the darn thing. I've seen monkeys write better stuff. Sadly that's not the end of the problems, I've started planning on what I need to change, but also gave me more ideas. There's that odd idea floating about... When that's done, I'll go for making an original story, if it turns out well... let's see what the future holds.

Why are people adding alerts on me when I post oneshots? (More than 20 of them) It's like getting an RSS-feed on a three-line notice in the local newspaper. When I post a proper story I might understand it, but now it seems silly.

And lastly, all my oneshot fics are free for all to use, really, they are. They are ideas that popped into my head at the time and you can do whatever with them, I can't come up with a way to continue. Besides, my muse is buzy (avoiding) producing potential storylines for my other stories.

Ever searched for 'bayankala' on google map? There are a ... few... puddles of water around that mountain...

Ranma is sitting at a campfire, a bucket of water next to him. -"Hmm, I wonder if it will work?"- Ranma tosses the bucket of water upon the fire. -"YES! Grilled fish!"- Spring of drowned carp, very tragic story of carp who drown in spring an hour ago.