> Do you have a job?

Just curious, are you trying to be excessively nosy?

>You know what?  Genma's a real bastard, isn't he?  I wonder if _anyone_
>likes him...^_^

Actually, I kind of like Genma.  He's an interesting character, and I'm
writing a fanfic based on the theme of, "What if Genma wasn't such a
coward?"  Chiefly, I think he wouldn't have been trained by Happousai,
never met Nodoka because of this, and would have decided to take a fun
little training trip to China as a young man... ;)  (GEE I WONDER HOW THAT
TURNS OUT ;)

It's at by website http://www.serve.com/guilds/ranma/ with the title,
"Destiny's Wings."  Currently, only the prologue is available.

>Well, seeing what you've done here and on RAAM, you're pretty good at
>conjuring up these things...^_^

It must be magic.  I'm also on RAAF - I'm the guy who started that whole
'Ryoga is/isn't a moral person' debate, along with the whole
'P-Chan/Ryoga/Akane' thread, which has endured over a month now. :P

>I think he generally _is_ a nice person, just that he can be a bit
>thickheaded and doesn't take things too seriously.  Ranma ain't no
>coward, but if people were trying to kill you, what would you do?  When
>does he lie?  Cheats?  The Saotome Secret Tecnique isn't cheating- it's
>strategic withdrawal.  Abusive?  And everything else- Again, I just
>don't think he takes things too seriously, that's all.

Lying:

Sometimes he's got a good reason to lie, but the times he doesn't (and
therefore are unexcusable) are several occasions with Ukyou and Ryoga, most
notable the Secret Sauce story and any storyline where Ranma interferes
with Ryoga and Akane.

Cheating:

Using techniques that don't require skill, like showing his/her breasts to
Herb or saying he can see Akane's panties.

Abusive:

Ukyou and Akane.  I've explained my thoughts on this in another post.

>Only if you notice that you kicked someone off a cliff.  Ranma was so
>intent on beating the stuffing out of Genma that he apparently didn't
>even notice.

He noticed *something* because he kicked him out of the way.  He had to.

>While several fanfics seem to portray Ryoga as being much bigger/heavier
>than Ranma, I don't really see that much difference  in their frame
>size.  Also, Ranma didn't smash into him- it was a glancing blow done
>while both were in the air, which would take much less force to
>accomplish than a head-on collision on the ground

It wasn't a smash or a head-on collision, actually - Ranma kicked him.

>I don't think WHAU has a presence on the ML anymore.

Isn't that an Akane hate organization?

Hunter Kid
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