1997 February 6, Andrew Huang, “[Ranma] [fanfic] Life and Manhood”, in rec.arts.anime.creative[1] (Usenet):
Just keep in mind that I don't do darkfics or sadfics.
1997 February 13, Mark Doherty, “Re: [RANMA} semi-[RANT] Fanfic conventions...”, in rec.arts.anime.fandom[2] (Usenet):
The other one you were probably trying to think of was Emptiness and Renewal, possibly the only (certainly one of a very few) sadfic to have the readers saying 'it was too happy'.
1997 April 4, Joseph "Ashira" Kohle, “[ranma] [fanfic] Last Moments”, in rec.arts.anime.creative[3] (Usenet):
Just one warning. This is a sadfic (for those who don't like them)
1997 August 3, Talswapr [username], “[Ranma] [Review] Taleswapper's Quarterly Post”, in rec.arts.anime.creative[4] (Usenet):
For I had faith that this author would apply craft and finesse to the fic, even if it were yet another "sadfic" with yet another Akane added to the corpses that litter the archive.
1998 January 31, Hunter Kid, “Creating a Fanfic”, in rec.arts.anime.fandom[5] (Usenet):
Now, I haven't written a really dark fanfic yet (though book two of Ryoga 1/2 prolly qualifies as a sadfic at least), but I think that people write dark because they simply like writing dark.
1998 August 13, Noriega, “[Ranma] [FanFic] Losing a Loved One”, in rec.arts.anime.creative[6] (Usenet):
Well, this is my second sadfic and my third one that isn't WAFFy ^_^ ^_^
2000 March 13, Robert Geiger, “Re: what happened to the bodies??”, in alt.fan.bgcrisis[7] (Usenet):
BGC story called 'The Sweet hereafter' it's a sadfic but go read it, it's excellent (Should be in the RAAC archives)..
2000 March 31, Rakna, “[Eva] [FanFic] The One I Love Is... - Darkness of a Broken Heart”, in rec.arts.anime.creative[8] (Usenet):
This is probably my first attempt at writing something even close to a darkfic. If anything, it seems to come across as a sadfic. Even if the character does try to take her life, I won't try to classify it as a suicide fic.
2001 June 20, Kouryuu Gendou Knepper, “[Ranma][FanFic] Dark Revenant”, in rec.arts.anime.creative[9] (Usenet):
Darkfics. Angstfics. Sadfics. Realfics. Anything you *can't* do?
Noun: "(uncountable, fandom slang) such fan fiction collectively"[edit]