Message-ID: <20040605123935.67928.qmail@web41415.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 05:39:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Haney To: ranma@usagi.org In-Reply-To: <200406042239.i54MdDRR002721@mail.ucla.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [ranma:96198] Re: My Goodness... (Was: Re: Did Viz ever finish...) Reply-To: ranma@gold.win.jp ML-Count: 96198 Precedence: bulk --- Don Wang wrote: > Errr that doesn't work out. Akane can afford to > lose Ranma more > than Ranma can afford to lose Akane. Her life is > quite complete even > without a love interest. > It is invariably always Ranma's fault. That is > just how the series > work out. There is no real point to look at it any > more than that. For > Akane to back down from Ranma would mean she'd > actually have to put up with > his rude if not abusive behavior, and she's not a > character that'll accept > this. She appropriately lashes out at Ranma when > Ranma acts insensitive. > Akane isn't someone who's going to 'treasure' her > relationship more > just because it was taken away from her. She may > take Ranma for granted but > losing him isn't the end of the world for her. If > she wanted to, she could > be nicer, but it's entirely dependent on her mood. > Perhaps it's the > episodic nature of the story, but more importantly > Akane never really feels > the need to make up for whatever she's lost, because > Ranma certainly never > does that, either. ---------- Again, that is "assuming" you are going to apply purely nothing more than strict Takahashi-san logic to the story and nothing more. The whole point of fan fiction is the ability to explore other plausible avenues. To think otherwise is pretty sad in my opinion. ==== -- Michael "TheZorch" Haney zorchhaney@yahoo.com Read my Anime Fan Fiction... http://www.fanfiction.net/~michaelthezorchhaney Visit the Zorch Central... http://zorchcentral.4t.com/ Member of #SAS#, #WASHU#, KOME, etc. __________________________________