Message-ID: <005c01bef469$7ed6c3a0$1400a8c0@stiffanie> From: "Stiffanie Flores" To: Subject: Re: fanfic discussion Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 19:00:36 +0800 Reply-To: ranma@ML.usagi.org X-ML-archive: http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/ML/ Precedence: bulk >General Questions: >Could the story fit in the regular Ranmaverse? Except for Ranma willingly staying as a girl, I guess. >Was anyone noticeably OOC? >(specifically address Ranma, Akane, and Nodoka) Most of the characters are actually "in character". Akane's temper, Genma's cowardice, Kasumi's calm attitude.... everything was pretty much in place. Nodoka ... somehow I can't imagine Nodoka accepting her son's female half. In the manga even after she was reunited with Ranma when she caught him dressed in a woman's kimono she brought her sword out and swung it at him. No, I don't think she would force Ranma to stay as a girl unless totally necessary. Akane though was pretty much the same "Akane" in this fanfic. Still violent, still prone to jumping to the wrong conclusions. And yup, her hair-trigger temper is in place. Ranma.... I've always believed Ranma *HATED* his curse, and would do anything to rid himself of it, and would never stay as a girl, except when being a girl would enable him to do something he can't do as a guy. I can't imagine Ranma almost being comfortable with his curse. It's what makes Ranma - his desire throughout the entire manga series to get rid of his curse. >Were there any noticeable author biases? > None that I could see. As I said, most of the characters are portrayed very well, very little OOC. >Any favourite quotes? Especially liked the scene where Ranma was playing a Japanese Amazon and Akane was playing Ranma. Shampoo's reaction to an Amazon Ranma was hilarious! Oh, and the "demon Saotome" scene was just so funny. > "Pardon, Kasumi Tendo. But I seek the Demon Saotome." >Kasumi thought. There was a Ranma Saotome, and a Genma Saotome, but... > "There's no-one here by that name, Kuno-san. Would you like some tea?" > "There's... No male? About this high, dark of hair, tied in a pig-tail that mocks my goddess, dressed in the garments of heathen China?" > "No," Kasumi answered in total accuracy. "Not for about ten days or so." >Did you enjoy the fanfic? > If nothing else, it's certainly funny. >=================== >Story-specific questions: > >Would Ranma ever, in a month of Mondays, actually agree to the Girl Days? > Nah. I don't think so. It just doesn't seem like Ranma. >Would Ranma ever, in a month of Mondays, actually go out with Ryouga? > Well, his honor certainly demanded it. It was a dare, after all. >Did the author do a good job of dealing with some of the more "feminine >aspects" of Ranma's curse? I suppose I'll be mercilessly derided if I don't >just say it - In other words, did he deal well with the sort of stuff that >Takahashi terms "I don't think about it, and neither should you."? (PMS, the >possibility of pregnancy, and the like) > Well, Ranma's reaction to his monthly period was definitely very funny. And the author did a good job of writing about Ranma's ... um ... sour temper during the first few days of his first period... >Was the author's continual commentary/fourth-wall breaking distraction, or >did it work in this case? > Yeah, his side-comments were pretty funny. I kinda think it fit very well with the way the author was telling the story. >What did you think of the final (as of now) costume-party chaos scene at the >Kunou estate? > Didn't read it carefully, though I remember Ranma singing karaoke and P-chan blown away from the speakers... ^_^ >Just for fun, since the story is unfinished, where do you anticipate the author will take it from here? Probably kick what's-his-name's butt all the way from Japan to who-knows-where. On Ranma fanfics : If there's anything to be said about the number of Ranma fanfics being produced, though, it just goes to prove how famous the series is, and how people are not very contented with the series ends and thus they try to provide an ending they like on their own terms. And, with the many Ranma fanfics available, it's certainly rare that you can find something really REALLY worth reading. It takes much skill, I think, to be able to craft a story with these characters and not be OOC. Stiffanie Flores