I LIVE... and I'm still poking away at my fic ideas.
One of the fic ideas i've been poking at (and I did post about before, but has changed a lot since then) is a fic inspired by Sunny's Strained Harmony. It's, of course, a Ranma/Sailor moon cross with Ranma ending up being a nanny to Hotaru. I currently have the bulk of the first 5 chapters planned and about half that to different levels of written. Basically the first arc from getting the job to getting the powers and entering the fight... Anyhoo, as with most of my ideas that I've been poking at for years, I have been taking the plots of Kamen Rider shows and cannibalizing those, as well as kinda crafting 'rider' style senshi powers for Ranma.
In this case, Kamen Rider Wizard. Though, since 'Sailor Wizard' feels a touch wonky to me (it may not be, but it does to me), I'm going with 'Sailor Mage' for now (*shrugs* still probably clunky, maybe even worse XD but until I post a chapter with the official name for the fic, it can always change XD and even then I can still change it. fan fic is great XD)
For the fic, I'm going with 'Manga Black' for her hair (something that I'm planning as standard for any sailor moon cross that involves Ranma actually getting senshi or senshi style powers that I do eventually post), and much like how the Senshi of the Live version's hair changes, so will Ranma's.
For those that know about kamen rider: Yes, the style is based on the S.I.C. figure version XD
Different Hair styles and Gem shapes depending on element type:
(note: Hurricane's tiara gem should be a triangle like on the rest of her)
On the back of rider belts, there are a kinda box (irl reason is for the toy version's belt to cover where the two sides of the belt connect), so I just redesigned that to be like a bow clasp XD
Wip of 'Infinity Style' (Wizard's final form). Much like Sunny's fic, Ranma will get an amulet from Setsuna. In this fic's case it's going to be an Opal and tied to how she gets her final form (not too different from Wizard, though an opal instead of a diamond. cause I said so : p)
The previous versions. On the Left are the designs before I switched to bows. I wanted to keep the gems on the coat of the original rider design, and figured i'd go with a simpler scarf thing, but then I realized it looked too much like a neck tie... was starting to play with a smaller bow, but it just didn't feel right. The design on the right is the original one you can find on the post I made a year and a half ago... (note: I'm using a 'base' for my current designing process that is based around the vibe of the Crystal designs. That is a big reason, besides art growth, for the difference in style)
I'm going to try to have some actual chapters to post soon XD