Twoflower <twoflowr@ikkoku.maison-otaku.net> wrote:

    In a weak attempt to recover control of the show, Hiroshi
tugged at the microphone.  "Ah.. ladies!  Not yet!  Two more
competitors to go.  From the famed Ucchan's Okonomiyaki--"
    "I'm here, let's get on with it," Ukyou said, not
particularly caring.  "Why I agreed to this, I have no idea..."

This is a fanfic cliche characterization of Ukyo. In the actual manga,
she's as willing and eager to fight over Ranma as anyone else. (See, for
example, her reaction to meeting Shampoo in the Hot Springs Race
storyline.)

    The battlefield is soaked in small puddles of quivering
green goo.  Three girls sit, exhausted and needing a shower, but
victorious.  They look at each other.  Eye to eye to eye.
    Then, all three promptly faint from sheer fatigue.
    Hiroshi peeked over the portable announcer's table, at the
aftermath.  Noting the camera that was still pointed generally at
it, and figuring now would be a good time to close off the
broadcast.
    "Well, folks... it's.. been interesting.  And I'd say we
have a clear victor," he decided.  "The winner of the Bride
Brawl... AKANE'S COOKING!"

Yawn. This sort of thing has been overused so much that it fails to
evoke a laugh -- at least from me.

(And I just know that someone is going to come in here and say that
*everything* in Ranma fanfiction is like that. That's not true at all.
For a list of overused themes in Ranma fics, see
<http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/5990/overused.htm>)

All in all, an amusingly written little vignette. But it would've been
better IMO without the fanfic cliches.