Disclaimer:
The opinions in this review are not shared by the Synopsis list
moderators. They are the opinions of the reviewer, namely one
Elsa Bibat.
[Theater. We see someone dressed in a lavender tuxedo underneath
a lavender cape fastened to him at the collar. A smiling face mask
covers his face while a wide brimmed hat is on his head. Hints of
black hair peek from under it. Apollo is beside him]
Lavender: Like the new look ?
Apollo: Welcome once again to the Synopsis List Review !
Lavender: And since were running through this-
Both: On with the fics !
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[El Hazard]
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Title: Oracle pt.1 --The Fifth Earthling
Series: El Hazard
Genre: Backstory
Title: Oracle pt.2 --The Coming of Gallus
Series: El Hazard
Genre: Backstory
Title: Oracle pt.3 --The Advent of the Oracle
Series: El Hazard
Genre: Backstory
Lavender: One of the best El-Hazard fics to come down
the pike.
Apollo: Nice format and a very clean work though they were attachments.
Lavender: Anyway, this is a definite must read. The concept alone
is amazing bit with Matthew's prose style it really come alive.
A definite ten roses.
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[Evangelion]
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Title: Prelude to a Kiss
Series: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Genre: WAFF
Author: Florencio B. de la Merced, Jr.
Email: fmerced@pworld.net.ph
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/3641/index.html
Date sent to FFML: April 3, 1998
Size: 9 Kb
Lavender: NGE fics are picking up steam, I see.
Apollo: Yeah, a few months ago we only saw two EVA fics. Now they're
becoming a greater presence.
Lavender: Anyway, another masterful fic by Mr. Merced. A very WAFFy
fic indeed.
Apollo: And it's nice and clean too
Eight
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[Devil Hunter Yohko / La Blue Girl]
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Title: Dark Queen's Reign Chapter 3
Series: Devil Hunter Yohko/La Blue Girl
Genre: Lemon
Author: Dark Schneider
Email: drkschneider@ibm.net
Date Sent to FFML: March 30, 1998
Size: 52 Kb
Lavender: OK, what were gonna do is use some stock footage here :
[stock footage from last Review]
Lavender: Were hurrying this thing so let's just say that if you like-
well, the usual stuff, then read this.
Apollo: Nice clean format.
Lavender: It's a pretty average lemon though it has a plot. So since
most lemon lovers have obviously already read this,you
know what it's like. So , seven roses.
[stock footage ends]
Lavender: Nothing has changed except the the plot is getting better.
Eight roses.
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[Kimagure Orange Road / Marmalade Boy]
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Title: Orange Marmalade - episode 11 (beta)
Series: Kimagure Orange Road/Marmalade Boy fusion
Genre: romance/drama/comedy
Author: Scott Schimmel
Email: schimmel@seas.upenn.edu
Homepage: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~schimmel/writing/writing.html
Date Sent to FFML: April 3, 1998
Size: 22 Kb
Lavender: Let us now repeat that we are Marmalade Boy impaired.
Apollo: Mmmmm.... marmalade.
Lavender: As you can see the only marmalade we know about is
the one they sell in the supermarket. But we KOR but
still we shall have to judge this fic by it's literary merit.
Apollo: The way you write in script format is nice and it fits what
the fic, like hand in glove.
Lavender: And since we did not fall asleep during your fic it's eight
roses.
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[Magic Knight Rayearth]
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Title: Reunions and Tragedies Chapter 3: Shadows at Dawn
Series: Magical Knight Rayearth
Genre: Continuation
Author: Nikholas "elf" F. Toledo
Email: niftol@i-manila.com.ph
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/3145/elfn.html
Date Sent to FFML: April 4, 1998
Size: 34 Kb
Lavender : Nice fic overall.
Apollo: Yeah clean format too.
Lavender: But the problem is .... we don't have chapter 2 !
All we got is 3 and 1. But the fic was nice so it's
eight roses for you.
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[Ranma 1/2]
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Title: Saint Ukyo
Series: Ranma 1/2
Genre: Spamfic
Author: Matthew "Maybeso" Lewis
Email: maybeso@ican.net
Date sent to FFML: March 29, 1998
Size: 6 Kb
Lavender:[theatrical voice] Oh, Saint Ukyou ! Save us from the Demon Akane !
Both: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!
Lavender: An excellent fic though I have to take your word for it that you're
not on drugs. This fic's almost as crazy as that Preacher Mousse fic
Apollo: And nice format.
Lavender: Ten roses, Mr. Lewis. And you better deliver on that 'Getting Anno on
Otomo and Otomo on Anno' promise at the end. We'll be waiting.
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Title: Faux Existence Part 1: A Secret Revealed
Series: Ranma 1/2
Genre: Continuation, Grim
Author: The Eternal Lost Lurker and Nikholas "Radler" F. Toledo
Email: EternalLostLurker@World.Att.Net and niftol@i-manila.com.ph
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/3145/radlern.html
Date Sent to FFML: March 22, 1998
Size: 65 Kb
Lavender: One very interesting fic that has come down the pike,lately.
Apollo: Yeah. Akane: Biker Chick ! Watch for it at the ML near you.
Lavender : And the prose style keeps it going even though it shifts
writers in ,I think, the middle of the chapter. Ten roses for
both of you.
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Title: The High Cost of Loving - Chapter One "The Hero"
Series: Ranma 1/2
Genre: Continuation / Alternate Universe
Author: Suds-kun (Shaun Schillinger)
Email: suds1964@tir.com
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/8222/
Date Sent to FFML: March 31, 1998
Size: 20 Kb
Lavender: Nice fic.
Apollo: Though it was an attachment.
Lavender: Hush. Anyway good style, though you should make
it grimmer with the grim ending. Eight roses, Suds-kun.
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Title: The Leper Part 1: A Martial Artist Comes to Town
Series: Ranma 1/2
Genre: New Character, Self-Insertion
Title: The Leper Part 2: A Revelation or two...
Series: Ranma 1/2
Genre: New Character, Self-Insertion, Grim
Title: The Leper Part 3: Family Secrets
Series: Ranma 1/2
Genre: New Character, Self-Insertion
Title: The Leper Part 4: Lessons to be Learned...
Series: Ranma 1/2
Genre: New Character, Self-Insertion
Title: The Leper Part 5: The Battle
Series: Ranma 1/2
Genre: New Character, Self-Insertion
Author: Nikholas "NomaD" F. Toledo
Email: niftol@i-manila.com.ph
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/3145/nomadn.html
Lavender: What I don't get is the Self-Insertion in the Genre.
Apollo: Yeah, this could stand up on it's own. And nice format BTW.
Lavender: An excellent fic, NomaD. Ten roses. And hurry up with that
next chapter ! We hate cliffhangers.
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Title: "With a Twist of Lemon"
Series: Ranma 1/2
Genre: Romance/--Lemon--
Author: Yoru-Hikage
Email: Yoru@mindspring.com
Homepage: http://www.mindspring.com/~yoru/anime/fanfic.html
Date Sent to FFML: April 1, 1998
Size: 122 Kb
Lavender: OK, I'm knocking off the sex maniac routine for awhile
since we're hurrying this review. Lemon with plot, though
no matter how ....flimsy is nice.
Apollo: And your format is a bit clunky.
Lavender: So seven roses.
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[Ranma 2096]
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Title: Nikumi
Series: Ranma 2096
Genre: Dark, Sad
Author: Adrian Wong
Email: 7ahw@qlink.queensu.ca
Homepage: http://qlink.queensu.ca/~4cw6/archive.htm (Not my own)
Date Sent to FFML: March 26, 1998
Size: 50 Kb
Lavender: Another depressing 2096 fic. Heck, the entire series is
depressing.
Apollo: What the hell do you expect ? If it's from Willmore and company
it must be depressing.
Lavender: At least it's depressing in a good way. Anyway an excellent fic
for Cologne. And she now has a webpage, too ! Why can't we
get that treatment. Ten roses, Mr. Wong. If your fics are all this
good , we'll make you into a Fanfic god !
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[Ranma 1/2 / Crossover]
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Title: Memories Chapter 9: The quiet before the storm
Series: Ranma (with imports from Sailor Moon, Macross and California)
Genre: Crossover, Action
Author: Nikholas "Mayhem" F. Toledo
Email: niftol@i-manila.com.ph
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/3145/mayhemn.html
Date Sent to FFML: March 30, 1998
Size: 50 Kb
Lavender: If this is quiet then I really worry about the storm.
Apollo: Nice and clean format too.
Lavender: And the chapter is another roller coaster ride once again.
Damnit , Mayhem , I love your work. Ten roses, young man.
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[Ranma 1/2 / Evangelion]
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Title: The Hearts' Battleground 5
Series: Ranma 1/2 / Evangelion
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fusion
Author: Adrian Wong
Email: 7ahw@qlink.queensu.ca
Date Sent to FFML: April 2, 1998
Size: 43 Kb
Lavender: All we can say is.... dammit , Wong, we love your work.
Apollo: Nice format too.
Lavender: We shall now worship you with the pantheon of our personal
gods of Fanfic Writing. May Biles bless you ! Ten roses, O
Divine one !
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[Sailor Moon]
Title: Sailor Moon 4200: Chapter 3
Series: Sailor Moon
Genre: Serial
Author: Angus MacSpon
Email: macspon@ihug.co.nz
Homepage: http://shell.ihug.co.nz/~macspon/
Date Sent to FFML: March 30, 1998
Size: 65 Kb
Lavender: Let us just say that there are currently fifteen fanfic writers that
are in our personal pantheon of Fanfic writing gods along with
the new addition. Biles. Angel. Gaffney. Barr. Hosmer. Huang
Willmore. Wilde. Lurker. Loader. Wong. Lawson. Doherty. Davies.
RPM. They're not neccesarily in that order, BTW. Count 'em
_fifteen_.
Apollo: And it seems this guy wants us to make it sixteen.
Lavender: You have me hooked , Mr. Macspon. But were not satisfied
with just _one_ Pluto scene. And we want more. More !
Apollo: Too much caffeine. Don't mind him. And your fic has a nice
format. How you guys manage to wordwrap is beyond our
author's brain.
Lavender: Ten roses and I want more of SM 4200 !!!!!!!!!!!
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Title: The Rebound Effect parts 1-7
Series: Sailor Moon
Author: Tim Williams
Email: twillia4@utk.edu
Homepage: http://www.angelfire.com/tn/twillia/
Date Sent to FFML: March 29 - April 4, 1998
Size: chapters ranging in size from 10 Kb to 2 Kb
Lavender: Let's just say this kid is good.
Apollo: Very good and clean at it too.
Lavender: You haven't done enough to reach our pantheon, but, hey
want a sainthood ?
Apollo: The fic is very good and has kept our interest since Chapter 2.
Lavender: You notice chapter 2. Hehehehehe, we accidentally deleted it.
Ten roses, young man.
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Lavender: We are now off to the shrine of gods of Fanfic Writing for
inspiration !
Apollo: See you next week !
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