Now, bear in mind that one reader's 'quality'
is another reader's 'toilet paper,' so I'm going to concentrate on the
size aspect.
But how long is a fanfic before it's considered
an 'Epic'?
I asked a lot of people, and I got a lot of answers. From the reasonable to the ridiculous, they covered nearly every possible size of fanfic there is. I'd have to determine it on my own.
I decided to go with an average size of 500k.
Maybe a little more, maybe a little less.
Now, before you decide to cyber-lynch me because
your favorite fanfic might not qualify, just listen to the criteria I decided
to use
1. An average size of 500k, with the file(s) in
.txt format. .Doc doesn't count, as they are larger by nature.
2. This average includes multiple-file
stories. If said fanfic is stored on the author's website in more than
one file (one chapter per file is a common method), if the total size of
the files is near the minimum, then they'd qualify.
3. This average includes sequels and sidestories.
If a 'fic and its sequel add up to near the minimum, then they would both
appear here.
Alright, I'll admit to something here. Even having
read as many Ranma fanfics as I have, I'm positive that I don't know nearly
as many epic-sized 'fics as there are. So I need your help.
If you know of a story that would meet the above
qualifications, email me the title, author, and URL (if you know it). I'd
like to get as many as I can onto this page.
Enough babbling, on to the Epics.
Altaverses
A
Scary Thought -- Wade Trischler
Careful
Destiny -- Todd "Shadow Stalker"
Hill
Chima
Baifeng Shengshan Chun -- Eric
Hallstrom
Destiny's
Child -- Fire
Destiny's
Wish -- Mike Koos
Featherbrite's
Tale -- Gregg Sharp
Fighting
Blind -- Hung Nguyen
Genma's
Daughter / Equal
Halves -- Deborah Goldsmith
Quantum
Destinies -- Stephen Thesken
Love
is Never Easy -- Mark Doherty
Mirrors Multiplied
-- Jared Ornstead
Most
Unlikely of Friends -- Wade Trischler
Nabiki
1/2 (A Very Scary Thought) -- Jim
Bader
Paradise
Lost -- Andy Kent
Permanent -- Carrot
Glace
Ranma
Ichibunnoni -- Dave Harper
Reality
Bytes / Reality
Squared / Reality
Cubed -- Jim Bader
Reluctant
Bet / Third Labour -- Gregg
Sharp
Ryouga
and Ukyou -- Mark Doherty
Shampoo
1/2 -- D. B. Sommer
Storm
In Heaven -- Hunter Kid
Divergences
A
Different Viewpoint -- Pat Olsen
A
Tale of Two Wallets -- Jim
Bader
Cat
Fist Fury -- Hung Nguyen
Dual
Destinies -- Hung Nguyen
Fist
of the Pikachu -- Hung
Nguyen
Instruments
of Change -- Mike Koos
Tenchi
and Ranma, Together Forever? -- T.H.
Tiger
Continuations
A
Change of Scene -- June "KaraOhki"
Geraci
A Feather
in the Wind --
"Ataru-kun"
A
Lesson in Love -- Marisa Price
Ah,
Megami-sensei?! -- Peter Ward
Almost
a Miracle -- Cuotuva
An
Ending to All Our Days / With
Wings to Carry Them -- Joshua
Trujillo
Between
a Rock and a Hard Place / The
Long and Winding Road -- Zen
Bliss
--
Mike
Loader / Lara Bartram
Brutal
Reality -- Lara Bartram
Chiesai
-- Dreams of Darkness -- Shannon M.
Richmeyer
Childhood
of a Modern Dynasty / Adulthood of a Modern Dynasty -- Jim
Lazar
Converging
Series -- Ross McKenzie & Various
Daigakusei
no Ranma / Daigakusei no Ukyou -- Paul
Gallegos & Various
The
Dark Chronicles -- RanMaFan
Dynasty
-- Sydney Kyle
The
Furansu Series -- RanMaFan
The
Great Crossover Crisis -- Hung
Nguyen
Halftime
-- Aaron Ziegler
Hearts
and Minds -- Gary Kleppe
Hearts
of Ice -- Krista Perry
Ill
Met By Nerima -- Jim Bader
The Insanity
Continues -- Lord Archive
The Iris Tales
-- Nicholas "Nightelf" Leifker
Just
Won't Die -- Jefferey "OneShot"
Wong
The
Least One Can Do -- Jefferey
"OneShot" Wong
Life
and Times -- Donny Cheng
Lines
of Destiny -- Phoenix
Meiyo
Ai soshite Nikushimi (Honor, Love, and Hate) -- Joseph
Kohle
The
More Things Change / The
Pursuit of Happiness -- RpM
Much
Ado About Ranma -- Bert Miller
Mythos
-- Joshua Trujillo
Nabiki - New
Horizons -- G.L. Sandborn
The Nature of the Curse
-- Douglas MacDougall
Nekophobia
-- Dave Eddy
Progeny
-- Jeffrey Vasquez
Putting Your Heart
in the Right Place / Furinkan
Summer -- John Biles
Ranma
Gets a Clue -- Asayagure
Ranma
Goes to War / Once More Into the Breach / Chasing the Wind -- J.
Austin Wilde
Ranma .05
-- Darren Demain
Ranma's
Girls -- Jefferey "OneShot"
Wong
Relentless
-- Grayson Towler
Sailor
Ranko / Twice in
a Millenium / Black
Moon --
Fire / Kevin
D. Hammel / Arthur Hansen
The
Shadow Chronicles -- Mark McKinnon
Skysaber's
Choice -- Jared Ornstead
Sword &
Sorcery --
D. Fire
Thy Inward Love / Magic
-- Richard Lawson
Tiger
Claw -- MadamHydra
Trials
of Destiny -- Kyle Emmerson
Trio
-- Flashman
Turning
the Wheel -- Alan Harnum
Waters
Under Earth -- Alan Harnum
The
Wheel of Fire -- Razorclaw
X
Wolf
in Samurai's Clothing -- Lara
Bartram
Fusions
BubbleGum
Splash! -- Mike Koos
Jedi
Kasumi -- Jim Bader
That's
1/2 My Goddess -- Scrivener