Honestly, I'm amazed at how much I liked this one considering how many reasons it gave me to hate it with a passion. The author kills off my favorite Sailor Moon character in the backstory and hands her powers to a character I was neutral-at-best towards when I first read it; worse still, the S Season goes Darker And Edgierin style, complete with Body Horror, You Cant Fight Fate, huge numbers of civilian casualties, a brief appearance by Azathoth and a fight scene between the Senshi and freaking Ithaqua. But it's also amazingly written, Ranma's struggle to Screw Destiny and not destroy the world is about as compelling as such plots get, and ultimately it still comes down fairly solidly on the idealistic side of the Sliding Scale despite being caught somewhere between Cosmic Horror Story and Lovecraft Lite. While I usually despise Sailor Moon fics that get Darker And Edgier to this degree, I have to give this one a recommendation simply because I can't bring myself to hate it.
FanficRecs Comment by Comartemis
Honestly, I'm amazed at how much I liked this one considering how many reasons it gave me to hate it with a passion. The author kills off my favorite Sailor Moon character in the backstory and hands her powers to a character I was neutral-at-best towards when I first read it; worse still, the S Season goes Darker And Edgier in style, complete with Body Horror, You Cant Fight Fate, huge numbers of civilian casualties, a brief appearance by Azathoth and a fight scene between the Senshi and freaking Ithaqua. But it's also amazingly written, Ranma's struggle to Screw Destiny and not destroy the world is about as compelling as such plots get, and ultimately it still comes down fairly solidly on the idealistic side of the Sliding Scale despite being caught somewhere between Cosmic Horror Story and Lovecraft Lite. While I usually despise Sailor Moon fics that get Darker And Edgier to this degree, I have to give this one a recommendation simply because I can't bring myself to hate it.