Ain't No Day at the Beach
by zukone
This epilogue dedicated to EVERYONE who read. I realize the story metamorphosized and well didn't have the same carefree happiness as in the beginning.
I definitely appreciate your reviews and those of you who stuck with the story anyway.
To Bunny. My first reviewer. Thank you. Hop hop hop.
To Katchie. Thanks for stopping by to review. Always love your fics.
To Makotojs. Thank you for your review
To Speed. Thank you for the Wonderful complement. *sigh*
To Sa. Thank you spending time to read and for your review.
To Steve-O. Thank you for your input and for your review.
To Naso. Always thank you for your encouragement and for spending the time to read.
To Delerium's Hostage. Thank you for your many reviews. Many times the best encouragement I needed to keep writing. PS. God bless you too.
To Kura-kun. Thank you for your reviews (even though one was a correction). I don't know how I let that one slip by me. It was a fun entry though.
To Alex. Thank you for my first complaint, EVER. :) I hope you liked the ending of the story. Please drop a review if you did get a chance to read it
To Brandon. Thank you for taking the time to review. I hope you got a chance to read the whole story. Please review if you did.
To CleverWitch. Thanks for the review. This fic was a big project for me. I am glad to have completed it.
To Jen of the Wildfire. Thank you for your reviews. I hope you are not upset with the pairing.
To OmegaDL50. Thank you for the explanation on Cannon Pairings. I had to turn the entire direction of the story to fit it. :P Just a little jest. You came up with some valid points, which I appreciated. I am curious to know what you think.
To Chrisitine. I saw double of you. :) I hope your curiosity was satisfied. Thanks so much for your review.
To Butterfly. Sorry for leaving the bad taste in your mouth. I hope you liked the other chapters. *please see my rant on OOC. I know I failed in that area*
To QuirkyCellist. Thanks for spending the time to review. I am glad that you could sympathize with all the characters. That is what I was aiming for. Thanks also for the encouragement.
To Holly. Thank you for your brief and too the point review. :)
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Epilogue: A day at the Beach
On one unsunny evening, the Ranma ½ crew disperses from a summer picanic at the beach. For many a day at the beach has been just that, a day at the beach.
Ukyo's bathing suite still draws a lot of attention, but so does her short hair and the peculiar load she is carrying - her shop equipment, Ryoga's pack and umbrella, as well as a small black creature in her arms.
For others this day at the beach has posed a much bigger problem.
Shampoo is alienated from the boy she loves or hates. She cannot quite understand her feelings for him anymore. She picks up the ducky who was still swimming in the kitty pool and ponders making a nice sweet and sour duck entrée for dinner. The duck rests his head against her and she decides against it for today.
The Tendo's and Saotome's jovially exit the beach. A female Ranma walks away with a lump on his head.
"Got beat by Akane again," Genma probes.
"What other tomboy would do this to me." She replies.
Akane whomps her again. "Hmph. He deserved it,"
"Oh like I planned the rain to come at that exact moment." Ranma interjects.
"What moment?"
Both Akane and Ranma shook their hands and deny everything. "Nothing important
When they were quite again Ranma whisper to Akane, "Out of everything I missed about you, I missed your love taps the most."
Akane blushed. "I know."
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Author Notes I am eager to hear what all the reviewers have to say, including those who hate me. I assure you, I am thankful for every review, and always extremely flattered that you found it interesting enough to read. For those of you who like or do not like the way things turn out you will find my reasons for doing some of what I did in some big fat self-important essay coming up soon. You will also find out what my favorite and least favorite parts are as well as my take on OOCness.
In any event, I am seriously amazed at the fact that people actually read my silly little Author's Notes. I was using them as a semi private journal and didn't really consider that anyone was prying into my head. In fact I didn't think that many people were reading my fic at all. That so many people reacted to what I wrote means that more people than I thought were reading it.
Why I wrote what I wrote. I guess I like Ryoga and wanted to give him enough weight. I wanted to take him seriously enough, not as a contender for Akane, but as a person with real feelings and emotions. I totally think Ryoga and Akane are not good for each other simply because she doesn't love him. Sorry Ryoga/Akane fans that you didn't get your ideal pairing here.
So you might find it hard to believe that I am a die-hard Ranma/Akane fan and my favorite second coupling is Ryoga/Ukyo (classic but not cannonical). But it's true. I think there are Fantabulous writers out there who write these fics well.
I think I made Ranma go through the ringer several times in this fic. The title "Ain't no day at the beach" is mainly for him and then Ryoga. I proposed it to be a day at the beach that went horribly wrong for Ranma. Well that would be normal in his world so I made it go even MORE horribly wrong for him. Notice that in this fic he really hasn't won any battles save the first, and just when you think he could lift up his head, it gets squashed. Although it "Ain't no day at the beach," at first it eventually does become a day at the beach for Ranma in the very end.
Ukyo was already over, Ryoga gets over, and Shampoo just can't get over the person who he/she loves.
My favorites and Least favorites I loved writing the first chapter. It was a lot of lighthearted fun. I hated writing chapter 3 and 4 because they annoyed the bajeebas outa me. They required the most mental effort.
Favorite parts: Ukyo and Ryoga scenes. Ryoga and Ranma fighting in chapter 1 then in chapter 5. Ranma and Akane in the end playing around.
Least favorite part: Ranma saying, "I hate you to Akane." In real life I don't think it's necessary. Which brings me to...
The BIG Controversy Why did I write "I hate you Akane" coming out of Ranma's mouth? I wrote it because I wanted to write something over the top for Ranma to say to Akane. If I ever revisit chapter 4 (or chapter 5 as it is posted), I won't change that line. I might give him a better reason to say it, but I don't want to change it. While I do agree it might slightly and possibly be OOC of Ranma to say such a thing, I tried to make Ranma stressed to the max in order to push him to say such a thing. Though my LEAST favorite part, I thought it was essential to the story that I wanted to write. I guess it could have been worse. I could have made him say something even more OOC like, "I love you, Akane."
Of OOC and stuff I find a couple of things ironic about OOCness in general. Most fanfics are OOC. It is VERY seldom that one can capture the essence of the Ranma ½ verse, not bring the characters OOC all the while making a desirable solution/ending. The fact of the matter is that you are taking SOMEONE ELSE'S Characters and sending them on this journey YOU, and NOT the original writer, wanted them to go on. In order to grow and continue on this journey, most of the times, the characters MUST break away from their original mold. I would even dare to say that coupling Ranma and Akane together (in terms of admission of love and having a reasonable relationship) is the most impossibly OOC thing a writer could do. The story goes that they like each other but NEVER really get together. In fact, while there is growth, them not getting together is almost essential to formula, the glue, that holds the Ranma-verse together. WE however BREAK the "rules" because we are fanfic writers. :)
Of those that accused me of writing OOCness Of those of you who accused me of writing Ranma OOC I contest. That statement is completely unfair. I made sure to write Ryoga, Akane, and Ukyo completely out of Character as well. So that to say, "Ahuh. Yes, they are OOC." Ehem I suppose one could take me back to a statement that said I try not to let the characters get too OOC. I failed, I am well aware. I would like to add that I went to visit other people's stories, of those who accused me of OOCness, and read some stories. They too wrote OOC characters and very much so. I don't think it makes the stories bad at all. I enjoyed reading most of them, actually. So I say embracing OOC is not evil. It is just having characters with specific and more desirable quirks;).
Plus I can also say that things have changed and while many of the characters retain some of their original flare, they still have the effect of time.
Again, I hope that you enjoyed this little ficy. I am about to retire from fanfic writing for now (I think). One thing is for certain, from henceforth ALL the fanfics I write will all have OOCness. I'll make it my rule, yes, even my specialty.
This epilogue dedicated to EVERYONE who read. I realize the story metamorphosized and well didn't have the same carefree happiness as in the beginning.
I definitely appreciate your reviews and those of you who stuck with the story anyway.
To Bunny. My first reviewer. Thank you. Hop hop hop.
To Katchie. Thanks for stopping by to review. Always love your fics.
To Makotojs. Thank you for your review
To Speed. Thank you for the Wonderful complement. *sigh*
To Sa. Thank you spending time to read and for your review.
To Steve-O. Thank you for your input and for your review.
To Naso. Always thank you for your encouragement and for spending the time to read.
To Delerium's Hostage. Thank you for your many reviews. Many times the best encouragement I needed to keep writing. PS. God bless you too.
To Kura-kun. Thank you for your reviews (even though one was a correction). I don't know how I let that one slip by me. It was a fun entry though.
To Alex. Thank you for my first complaint, EVER. :) I hope you liked the ending of the story. Please drop a review if you did get a chance to read it
To Brandon. Thank you for taking the time to review. I hope you got a chance to read the whole story. Please review if you did.
To CleverWitch. Thanks for the review. This fic was a big project for me. I am glad to have completed it.
To Jen of the Wildfire. Thank you for your reviews. I hope you are not upset with the pairing.
To OmegaDL50. Thank you for the explanation on Cannon Pairings. I had to turn the entire direction of the story to fit it. :P Just a little jest. You came up with some valid points, which I appreciated. I am curious to know what you think.
To Chrisitine. I saw double of you. :) I hope your curiosity was satisfied. Thanks so much for your review.
To Butterfly. Sorry for leaving the bad taste in your mouth. I hope you liked the other chapters. *please see my rant on OOC. I know I failed in that area*
To QuirkyCellist. Thanks for spending the time to review. I am glad that you could sympathize with all the characters. That is what I was aiming for. Thanks also for the encouragement.
To Holly. Thank you for your brief and too the point review. :)
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Epilogue: A day at the Beach
On one unsunny evening, the Ranma ½ crew disperses from a summer picanic at the beach. For many a day at the beach has been just that, a day at the beach.
Ukyo's bathing suite still draws a lot of attention, but so does her short hair and the peculiar load she is carrying - her shop equipment, Ryoga's pack and umbrella, as well as a small black creature in her arms.
For others this day at the beach has posed a much bigger problem.
Shampoo is alienated from the boy she loves or hates. She cannot quite understand her feelings for him anymore. She picks up the ducky who was still swimming in the kitty pool and ponders making a nice sweet and sour duck entrée for dinner. The duck rests his head against her and she decides against it for today.
The Tendo's and Saotome's jovially exit the beach. A female Ranma walks away with a lump on his head.
"Got beat by Akane again," Genma probes.
"What other tomboy would do this to me." She replies.
Akane whomps her again. "Hmph. He deserved it,"
"Oh like I planned the rain to come at that exact moment." Ranma interjects.
"What moment?"
Both Akane and Ranma shook their hands and deny everything. "Nothing important
When they were quite again Ranma whisper to Akane, "Out of everything I missed about you, I missed your love taps the most."
Akane blushed. "I know."
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Author Notes I am eager to hear what all the reviewers have to say, including those who hate me. I assure you, I am thankful for every review, and always extremely flattered that you found it interesting enough to read. For those of you who like or do not like the way things turn out you will find my reasons for doing some of what I did in some big fat self-important essay coming up soon. You will also find out what my favorite and least favorite parts are as well as my take on OOCness.
In any event, I am seriously amazed at the fact that people actually read my silly little Author's Notes. I was using them as a semi private journal and didn't really consider that anyone was prying into my head. In fact I didn't think that many people were reading my fic at all. That so many people reacted to what I wrote means that more people than I thought were reading it.
Why I wrote what I wrote. I guess I like Ryoga and wanted to give him enough weight. I wanted to take him seriously enough, not as a contender for Akane, but as a person with real feelings and emotions. I totally think Ryoga and Akane are not good for each other simply because she doesn't love him. Sorry Ryoga/Akane fans that you didn't get your ideal pairing here.
So you might find it hard to believe that I am a die-hard Ranma/Akane fan and my favorite second coupling is Ryoga/Ukyo (classic but not cannonical). But it's true. I think there are Fantabulous writers out there who write these fics well.
I think I made Ranma go through the ringer several times in this fic. The title "Ain't no day at the beach" is mainly for him and then Ryoga. I proposed it to be a day at the beach that went horribly wrong for Ranma. Well that would be normal in his world so I made it go even MORE horribly wrong for him. Notice that in this fic he really hasn't won any battles save the first, and just when you think he could lift up his head, it gets squashed. Although it "Ain't no day at the beach," at first it eventually does become a day at the beach for Ranma in the very end.
Ukyo was already over, Ryoga gets over, and Shampoo just can't get over the person who he/she loves.
My favorites and Least favorites I loved writing the first chapter. It was a lot of lighthearted fun. I hated writing chapter 3 and 4 because they annoyed the bajeebas outa me. They required the most mental effort.
Favorite parts: Ukyo and Ryoga scenes. Ryoga and Ranma fighting in chapter 1 then in chapter 5. Ranma and Akane in the end playing around.
Least favorite part: Ranma saying, "I hate you to Akane." In real life I don't think it's necessary. Which brings me to...
The BIG Controversy Why did I write "I hate you Akane" coming out of Ranma's mouth? I wrote it because I wanted to write something over the top for Ranma to say to Akane. If I ever revisit chapter 4 (or chapter 5 as it is posted), I won't change that line. I might give him a better reason to say it, but I don't want to change it. While I do agree it might slightly and possibly be OOC of Ranma to say such a thing, I tried to make Ranma stressed to the max in order to push him to say such a thing. Though my LEAST favorite part, I thought it was essential to the story that I wanted to write. I guess it could have been worse. I could have made him say something even more OOC like, "I love you, Akane."
Of OOC and stuff I find a couple of things ironic about OOCness in general. Most fanfics are OOC. It is VERY seldom that one can capture the essence of the Ranma ½ verse, not bring the characters OOC all the while making a desirable solution/ending. The fact of the matter is that you are taking SOMEONE ELSE'S Characters and sending them on this journey YOU, and NOT the original writer, wanted them to go on. In order to grow and continue on this journey, most of the times, the characters MUST break away from their original mold. I would even dare to say that coupling Ranma and Akane together (in terms of admission of love and having a reasonable relationship) is the most impossibly OOC thing a writer could do. The story goes that they like each other but NEVER really get together. In fact, while there is growth, them not getting together is almost essential to formula, the glue, that holds the Ranma-verse together. WE however BREAK the "rules" because we are fanfic writers. :)
Of those that accused me of writing OOCness Of those of you who accused me of writing Ranma OOC I contest. That statement is completely unfair. I made sure to write Ryoga, Akane, and Ukyo completely out of Character as well. So that to say, "Ahuh. Yes, they are OOC." Ehem I suppose one could take me back to a statement that said I try not to let the characters get too OOC. I failed, I am well aware. I would like to add that I went to visit other people's stories, of those who accused me of OOCness, and read some stories. They too wrote OOC characters and very much so. I don't think it makes the stories bad at all. I enjoyed reading most of them, actually. So I say embracing OOC is not evil. It is just having characters with specific and more desirable quirks;).
Plus I can also say that things have changed and while many of the characters retain some of their original flare, they still have the effect of time.
Again, I hope that you enjoyed this little ficy. I am about to retire from fanfic writing for now (I think). One thing is for certain, from henceforth ALL the fanfics I write will all have OOCness. I'll make it my rule, yes, even my specialty.