Ranma ½ Chance of Author X Finishing or Simply Updating One of their Fics?

#1
OK, general purpose thread for people to ask other members what they think the chances are of an author updating their fic(s).

(Question for mods/admins: Do we want one thread per fandom or simply a single thread in general discussion? Please move with how you feel things belong)

Inaugural/Prompting question: Are JonaBee likely to do this to one of their fics? JonaBee is a combined account for Jonakhensu and our very own Weebee over on FFn and the last update to one of their fics was on Aug 10 last year (FFn also says that said fic was PUBLISHED on Aug 20 of last year, so somethings up there)
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
#2
Well... leaving off other series for now, and things like AA threads, and known actually dead authors... For pretty much most of the below I am sadly fairly sure we will not see updated again, but still hopeful:

Story: MULTI 'Not Another SI Fic Saga'
By: Enigmatic Magus
Last Updated: 11/5/2009

Story: RANMA 'A Not so Simple Wish'
By: Ebiris
Last Updated: 7/11/2003

Story: RANMA 'Astrild's Restaurant'
By: Skysaber
Last Updated: 11/27/2011

Story: RANMA 'Changes'
By: gromittd
Last Updated: 8/9/2011

Story: RANMA 'First I Giveth'
By: Marik Kurakashi
Last Updated: 5/19/2010

Story: RANMA 'Only You'
By: Tsunami-Saotome
Last Updated: 11/5/2005

Story: RANMA 'The Smallest of Actions'
By: Hawk
Last Updated: 9/7/2006

Story: RANMA 'Way of the Ninjitsu'
By: Jason Wong
Last Updated: 11/22/2001

Story: RANMA 'Will You Be My Fiance'
By: Ammadeau
Last Updated: 1/29/2001

Story: RANMA-DUKENUKEM 'Ranma Saotome The Atomic Kid'
By: ContraBardus
Last Updated: 1/26/2004

Story: RANMA-KP 'Take the Green and Go'
By: Usagi-Hasano
Last Updated: 1/21/2008

Story: RANMA-MGLN 'Fate, Stay Ranma'
By: Bean Bandit
Last Updated: 1/12/2012

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'A Time Apart'
By: Ozzallos
Last Updated: 1/19/2014

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Breaking Chains Saga'
By: TheGrum
Last Updated: 1/27/2014

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Changing Path'
By: Xerxez
Last Updated: 9/19/2005

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Frozen Flame'
By: Dreamingfox
Last Updated: 12/31/2013

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Ice Squared'
By: Lerris
Last Updated: 4/22/2014

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Just won't die'
By: Jeffrey OneShot Wong
Last Updated: 6/1/2006

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Love of a Cheetah'
By: Ryan Slicer
Last Updated: 10/8/2007

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'No Need for Destiny'
By: Innortal
Last Updated: 10/3/2009

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'On A Clear Day You Can See Forever'
By: M MacKinnon
Last Updated: 9/7/2008

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Prices Paid'
By: Ar-Kaos
Last Updated: 1/4/2006

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Sic Semper Morituri'
By: Daniel Gibson
Last Updated: 8/15/2010

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Siren's Calling'
By: WG-Writer
Last Updated: 5/18/2013

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Travelers Return'
By: Zaxxon
Last Updated: 3/13/2007

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'War in Tokyo'
By: LordsFire
Last Updated: 2/10/2012

Story: RANMA-NEGIMA 'Lux Aeterna'
By: Krahae
Last Updated: 2/13/2014

Story: RANMA-OMG 'The Demon's Contract'
By: Ringmaster
Last Updated: 7/12/2007

Story: RANMA-OMG 'When Bakas Learn'
By: Bluefurball
Last Updated: 10/2/2003

Story: RANMA-SABERMARIONETTE 'Strangers in a Strange Land'
By: Pat Olsen
Last Updated: 5/6/2001

Story: RANMA-SM 'Finding an Anchor'
By: TheGrum
Last Updated: 7/11/2007

Story: RANMA-SM 'Forever the Tomboy'
By: ranger5
Last Updated: 2/9/2005

Story: RANMA-SM 'Missing Time'
By: claihm solais
Last Updated: 5/17/2009

Story: RANMA-SM 'Princess of the Moon'
By: CRose
Last Updated: 1/20/2007

Story: RANMA-SM 'Ripples of a Chaotic Pebble'
By: Gaming Ikari
Last Updated: 9/16/2009

Story: RANMA-SM 'Timed Vacation'
By: ukie1
Last Updated: 10/3/2003

Story: RANMA-TM 'No Need for a New Start!'
By: Bean Bandit
Last Updated: 1/9/2002

Story: RANMA-TM 'Ryoko's Apartment'
By: E-Type
Last Updated: 4/15/2004

Story: RANMA-UNKNOWN 'Big Trouble in Little Midkemia'
By: KPJam
Last Updated: 12/29/2001

Story: RANMA-XMEN 'Change of Power'
By: Ice-Tea-1983
Last Updated: 6/11/2012

Story: RANMA-XMEN 'Prime Attitude'
By: CRose
Last Updated: 4/26/2004

Story: RANMA-XMEN 'The Ultimate Antidote'
By: Matdeception
Last Updated: 9/17/2011 (actually older, this was the last update of the partial rewrite)
 

Dumbledork

Well-Known Member
#4
I asked CRose years ago, but he told me he wasn't really interested writing fanfics at that moment. But maybe he'll change his mind.
 

seitora

Well-Known Member
#5
Man, I remember reading War in Tokyo. 2012 feels so far away now.
 
#6
PCHeintz72 said:
Story: RANMA 'Way of the Ninjitsu'
By: Jason Wong
Last Updated: 11/22/2001

Story: RANMA-OMG 'The Demon's Contract'
By: Ringmaster
Last Updated: 7/12/2007

Story: RANMA-OMG 'When Bakas Learn'
By: Bluefurball
Last Updated: 10/2/2003

Story: RANMA-SM 'Finding an Anchor'
By: TheGrum
Last Updated: 7/11/2007
"Way of the Ninjitsu" ... I don't think about that one much these days ... I gave up on it a long time ago but checked the website for years and years. I wonder if it's still up; EDIT: IT IS.

"The Demon's Contract"... oh man, I remember going nuts over this one when it was new. What did it stop at , two and a half chapters? The last one was posted at old-TFF and never completed afaik.

"When Bakas Learn"... Before this thread, I cannot remember the last time that story crossed my mind. I do vaguely recall liking it a lot.

"Finding an Anchor"... Gave up on this one a long long time ago also. Taking off the nostalgia goggles on this one would likely get you punched in the face. Metaphorically.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
#7
"Way of the Ninjitsu" ... I wonder if it's still up; I lost the address. Wouldn't be hard to find though.
It is still up:

RANMA 'Way of the Ninjitsu' by Jason Wong - [Dld Date=11/22/2001] - [Dld Size=964kb] - [Dld File Cnt=9] - [Dld Status=Inactive]
  • - [Direct URL] http://members.optushome.com.au/dojohouse/ninjitsu/index.html
  • - [Author1 URL] http://members.optushome.com.au/dojohouse/main.html

"The Demon's Contract"... oh man...
Yeah.  We both did, at the time at least it was good, it was innovative, and different.  And on top of it, at least for the time well written.  A more hard line Ranma with not only the more draconian type of morals of a demon, but of all things a demon acting as guardian angel and truly wanting to help, if by her own slanted ways. 2 1/2 - 3 chapters were done:

RANMA-OMG 'The Demon's Contract' by Ringmaster - [Dld Date=07/12/2007] - [Dld Size=166kb] - [Dld File Cnt=3] - [Dld Status=Inactive]
  • - [MD Source=FF.NET] - [MD Rating=M] - [MD Word Cnt=30816]
  • - [MD Summary= Tired of stories where Ranma goes back in time and fixes life so everyone's happy and perfect? Try this Ranma on for size! A contract with a demon gives Ranma a second chance and he ain't gonna stand for anyone running his life but himself!]
  • - [Direct URL] https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2693964/1/
  • - [Author1 URL] https://www.fanfiction.net/u/633021/

"When Bakas Learn"... Before this thread, I cannot remember the last time that story crossed my mind. I do vaguely recall liking it a lot.
You did, we both had commented on it to the author in the forums with recommendations...  he kept insisting he was a slow writer...  as far as I know, he still left off that last chapter in the middle of a sentance:

RANMA-OMG 'When Bakas Learn' by Bluefurball - [Dld Date=10/02/2003] - [Dld Size=238kb] - [Dld File Cnt=4] - [Dld Status=Inactive]
  • - [MD Source=FF.NET] - [MD Rating=K] - [MD Word Cnt=41998]
  • - [MD Summary= Ranma uses his head! A story of self-discovery love and just WHAT a baka would do when he uses his brain.]
  • - [Direct URL] https://www.fanfiction.net/s/372560/1/
  • - [Author1 URL] https://www.fanfiction.net/u/98498/


"Finding an Anchor"... Gave up on this one a long long time ago also. Taking off the nostalgia goggles on this one would likely get you punched in the face. Metaphorically.
Yeah, this did not really age as well. But this was still an innovative take on her wanting him AND her having to balance not only her helping him but what she needed for him to be capable of doing for her group. It was good because especially as at the time it came out we had been inundated with years of stories with her either gunning for him, or trying to figure how he could not be tracked.  This was a very nice change of pace:

RANMA-SM 'Finding an Anchor' by TheGrum - [Dld Date=07/11/2007] - [Dld Size=373kb] - [Dld File Cnt=16] - [Dld Status=Inactive]
  • - [Direct URL] http://thegrum.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/public/lemon/rhms.book1.index.html
  • - [Author1 URL] http://thegrum.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/public/master.html

What was annoying with the above ones was they were all a decent ways along, the setups were all in place, they merely needed the occasionsl update.
 

Stormfury

Well-Known Member
#8
Ringmaster still posts here every so often i think.

Whenever I see it though I always wish there was more to that story. It was so damn good (The Demons Contract, that is)
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
#9
The only one like it ('The Demon's Contract') I've ever seen, is a story called 'Out of the Frying Pan' by Alathon
 
#10
I was right when I said "The Demon's Contract" had two and a half chapters. Yeah, there's a third chapter on FFnet with enough length that most people would consider it complete, but the author himself didn't ... and to my knowledge it has never advanced from where it left off, clearly only half-finished probably forever.
 

Stormfury

Well-Known Member
#11
checked hte member list, Ringmaster was last active 4 hours ago, though his last post was a month ago.

Please update that story <3 <3 <3
 

shiki

Well-Known Member
#12
I have no hope for any unfinished fics. Still have a soft spot for lots of them but no hope.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
#13
checked hte member list, Ringmaster was last active 4 hours ago, though his last post was a month ago.

The problem is not that he is not around, or even that he may or may not be writing (checked, he is not)... The problem is he is not writing *this* story.

I've seen plenty of good authors that left abandoned stories not because they stopped writing, but because they stopped writing the specific stories or stopped writing the specific fandom.

EDIT: A related issue is those that abuse the FF.NET tagging system and mis-tag their stories as complete when they are not.
 

zane

Well-Known Member
#14
Jeez some of these I had entirely forgotten about. And the dates of some of these make me really wonder why I keep reading Ranma Fanfiction after all this time to say nothing about hoping for certain updates.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
#15
I track plenty of newer stuff too... I deliberately chose mostly known and sizeable stories for my initial post here.

That being said, I track less and less the newer we get... not only is less being put out, but less is worth reading.

In total for Ranma fan fiction I track 2763 stories:
- 650 complete stories
- 74 in process stories,
- 1987 inactive stories,
- 52 I have no valid links to, even internet archive/wayback type ones.

Of those, for the counts of the year last updated in:
- 8 last updated in 1997 or below
- 52 last updated in 1998
- 33 last updated in 1999
- 38 last updated in 2000
- 157 last updated in 2001
- 205 last updated in 2002
- 257 last updated in 2003
- 287 last updated in 2004
- 231 last updated in 2005
- 261 last updated in 2006
- 202 last updated in 2007
- 183 last updated in 2008
- 329 last updated in 2009
- 122 last updated in 2010
- 88 last updated in 2011
- 81 last updated in 2012
- 64 last updated in 2013
- 67 last updated in 2014
- 73 last updated in 2015
- 24 last updated in 2016

EDIT: For more recent stories, say, those after 4/1/12 that were decent sized and/or liked and in question of updates, how about the following:

Story: RANMA 'Much Ado About Kasumi'
By: Valk the Talk
Last Updated: 7/31/2015

Story: RANMA 'Thyself Known'
By: Zorknot
Last Updated: 7/12/2014

Story: RANMA 'Young Heart'
By: erzamarie
Last Updated: 9/5/2015

Story: RANMA-BL 'Forcibly United'
By: Gaming Ikari
Last Updated: 10/13/2015

Story: RANMA-MSNEGIMA 'Magic Within'
By: Ryoga's best friend
Last Updated: 9/24/2014

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Crapspace Where Fiction Goes to Die!'
By: Ozzallos
Last Updated: 7/13/2015

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Impacted Souls'
By: ZRO4825
Last Updated: 8/22/2013

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'No Tendo'
By: Greylle
Last Updated: 5/18/2014

Story: RANMA-MULTI 'Warp Realities'
By: Vahn
Last Updated: 11/10/2015

Story: RANMA-ORIGINAL 'Millennium'
By: Black Dragon6
Last Updated: 6/17/2012

Story: RANMA-TMOHS 'Demiglace Graffiti'
By: ToastedPine
Last Updated: 7/29/2012

Story: RANMA-YNN 'Ranma of the Shield'
By: fanboy913
Last Updated: 5/14/2015

I'd list more, but they were in the prior post... I can think of some others, but they are mostly by either more controversial authors or specifically stories containing graphic content here... so been avoiding those.
 
#16
Given that Crapsapce is a drabble/Omake collection I fail to see how it can not be updating enough
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
#17
That is not really a drabble/omake collection, it is stories dumped into it he is not continuing... not the same thing.

Oddly, for that to update means he has more he is not updating.
 
#18
Everything by Black Dragon is dead; he's stopped writing fanfiction and said so directly.

It made me sad, but compared to a ton of other authors, it was at least honest.
 

zane

Well-Known Member
#19
I was shocked by Blackdragon stopping all fiction about as much as the sudden suicide announcement on Durandall's site. Even though it was fanfiction they both had a way with engaging stories that just made me impatient for what happens next.

Going by this tracking sample I guess 2000-10 was a pretty good decade for the fandom. 200 ish stories almost every year worthy enough to be listed and watched?
 
#20
Goddamn this fandom makes me feel old %).
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
#21
Going by this tracking sample I guess 2000-10 was a pretty good decade for the fandom. 200 ish stories almost every year worthy enough to be listed and watched?
Well... that was for me... for the longest time I centered on Ranma, Evangelion, and Love Hina fandoms... to this day, I track more Ranma stories overall than any other.

Mileage varies, but quite simply, no matter what you liked or not liked in Ranma, you cannot deny that less Ranma stories are coming out now and as such generally no matter the tastes there is less to like from what is coming out.

This is different from a lot of Fandoms... some died nearly overnight, others have remained steady, this one has, at least for me, taken a very long, very slow, slumping of stores...

Fortunately, I've branched out somewhat in regards to reading other fandoms. Unfortunately, no matter how much I've branched out, I've not made up the different in stories I read now compared to prior years. Shrugs.
 

goldenarms

Well-Known Member
#22
I'm not even looking to see if I'm up on the list because of how long I've been stalling on Zero Interface. The story still spins in my head, and I really want to get to the plot points that I've written out for the end of this story and perhaps get to work on the next part of the tale. However, I freely admit I cannot find the will to write, to draw, to do anything that puts material out from my head and into a tangible surface for everyone else. Mainly, depression/anxiety has been holding me ransom, with no one wanting to pay, plus my personal life is... not entirely good. Not to say it's all bad, as there are workarounds for just about everything under the sun if you know how to game it right.

I have written in starts and fits, though; the last completed chapter I did was almost exactly six months to the day today. No, I haven't posted it because it's 1) a spin... off? spinaround? I dunno... of things going on with Ranma and Louise's connection via the Gandalfr runes, and 2) the entire series -- series? -- would be as lemony as the drinks at Charley's, and I'm not 100% certain if I want to go that route publicly. Frankly, it's a workaround of some scenes that I've thought about for the main series, but likely would be cut because it's neither appropriate tone-wise nor is it feasible for fitting within the actual chain of events I've planned out in advance. Mostly because of the latter.

Though I have stumbled across some story plots I had started developing. Some of them are for the Naruto fandom, and not relevant here. The rest, though... there's one I'm looking at that I cannot recall for the life of me if it's a crossover story (likely) and if so, what series was I going to use (the centerpiece leads me one way, but at the same time, I think it's a little too obvious and I may have been trying for another angle altogether). But the concept of putting our hero in a tight fix that he doesn't have the luxury of time to think and consider on and has to do something NOW or face a stiff consequence is certainly interesting enough by itself. But I'm digressing. [EDIT: Just remembered who and what the idea was centered on -- not a crossover, whew!]

Back to the somewhat blank drawing board.
 
#25
I remember the name, but I don't remember the story premise at all. :help:
 
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