I had no idea I'd get this many responses this soon!

To all those with praise - thanks!

To all those with criticism - thanks, and now I'll elaborate.

To all who mentioned "packs" - whoops, slip o' the keyboard.
My mail server doesn't have spell check, and it tends to 
UUencode, so I had to type this out.  It'll be corrected
next draft.

Ranma not getting hit - you're probably right.  I'm not good
with fight scenes.  I'll have to rewrite that.

Nabiki and the stereo - this scene is definitely going, not
because Nabiki is too nasty, but because it's "gratuitous use
of title in fanfic".  In other words, it's unnecessary.  I
do like that song, though.

End of Ukyou scene - I know the end of this scene needs work.
I tend to write from experience, and I've just never been
this depressed before.  How does one write a suicide?  But
I agree, and I'm working on it.  Another problem is that I 
don't like depressing fanfics.  <pause>  Yes, that's right.
However, my happy writing tends to be godawful, whereas my 
downbeat stuff has earned praise.  So, hey - if you want
everyone married off, read "Too Much Wedded Bliss?" (another
one I really liked).

Nabiki - well, I needed a devil's advocate, and Nabiki plays
that role the best.  I don't think it was sympathetic to 
Ukyou as such.  I just don't feel that Nabiki deals with
death very well.

Ranma yelling at Ukyou - well, this may be slightly out of
character, but it's staying in, because otherwise the whole
fanfic collapses.

Ranma not allowing Akane to go with him - normally, this would
be the case.  But Ranma is very fragile at the moment, and 
needs someone.  I think that overpowers his urge to keep her
safe.

To the person who asked when the next part is - umm...that's it.
Really, it's just a one-off.  Sorry.

Keep those cards and letter coming in, folks!

--Sean Gaffney
--"You git!  I thought you were dead!  Git git git!" - Benny, No Future