2005-06-01
Fanfiction - “Rejected”
Title: Rejected
URL: @ Lord Archive’s Website
Author: Lord Archive
Source: Ranma 1/2
Rating: 6/6
Type: Alternate Universe, Dark
Length: 10 Episodes, Complete
What if Nodoka hadn’t accepted Ranma as a man among men? What if she called him on the Seppuku pledge? The idea is an easy one to conceive, but a difficult one to write. It would be completely out of character… but Lord Archive gave it a shot. I’m fairly good at accepting out-of-character characters as long as they are well written and I consider Rejected to be the best of this little-attempted plot. It has a few flaws, but it did something right. I’ve re-read it at least twice in the last year or so.
Modifiers:
+2 Interesting writing style. First-person with a different character narrating each episode.
-1 The writing occasionally feels lacking but I’m not sure exactly how. I do think it could use a little more descriptive padding around the dialog (in some places, it feels like a script)
-1+1 Characters are sometimes out of character but, in some places, it can be quite a laugh.
Oh, and the author’s notes contain some very good lessons for anime/manga/fanfiction fans.
The Fanfiction - “Rejected” by Stephan Sokolow, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.
