Disclaimer and other assorted odds and ends.
By this point it should be fairly obvious to anybody visiting that writers on the site don't own the 'canon' content of their stories. Still to avoid any possible bad consequences I'll bow to the established doctrine and print the disclaimer. Only once at the beginning of my story, should be enough. I find it redundant and ridiculous to post it for every chapter. Whatever happened to following the spirit of the thing.
Anyway, here goes:
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the content (characters, storyline, etc) that can readily be identified as belonging to the original creators. (Eg: Ranma, Akane, Happosai, Shin Shi Shi hokoudan , etc belong to Rumiko Takahashi and the rights holders to her work; the puzzle box belongs to whoever owns the rights to Hellraiser; etc, ad infinitum...though I don't know if a mention of just a puzzle box could actually be considered so. There's content from other works I might include later, so the same applies to that as well.)
Where the content is not attributable to canon owners I lay claim to it. (the alternate story line for instance...etc)
I'm not making any money from this. :End disclaimer.
FAQ:
Will there be mature themes?
Yes. Violence, sex, and other mature elements will make their appearances; hopefully they won't dominate the story but instead serve to enhance it. Some parts will be fairly graphic others not so much.
Will there be lemons/limes?
Perhaps, if it enhances the story. But off the top of my head I would say no. There might be mentions of sex and descriptions of nudity but actual sex scenes I will leave out or post separately. No slash.
What about crossovers?
Yes, there most likely will be heavy use of crossovers. To what extent I'm not sure yet as of this posting. There are already small references or content crossovers throughout the first few chapters I've completed and will probably continue. The bigger stuff like world hopping might come later, we'll see.
Powers and abilities?
There will be powerful abilities, though I will try to prevent ridiculous god-like power development. (I'm looking at you, Naruto fic writers. Seriously, 3 doujutsu?) (And definitely no saiyan-a-likes.) (If I decide to do a comic book cross from say, marvel or dc, I'll think of something for Ranma. He won't be a pushover.)
Will it be AU?
Well, by definition, fan fiction would be AU anyway, but yes, there will be significant changes to canon and diversions thereafter.
Will the story be completed?
I'll be up front and say. "I don't know." I'll give it my best shot but there are several reasons I can think of why it wouldn't:
-If I feel the audience overwhelmingly doesn't appreciate it I'll discontinue posting.
-If I write myself into a corner--I may do a rewrite in that case.
-Real life gets in the way
-There might come a time when I just don't feel like continuing the story. I'll try to wrap it up anyway; it just might not be as good a quality as I would wish it normally. We'll see on this point.
That's all for now.
On with the story.