Pierre:

>Cyberwiz gushing on his japanese abilities...
>I'm pretty sure others (Newcomer, Albert, Chris, Don, Brad, Yoru, and 
>probably more that may already have answered) can do it too.

Hahahahaha!  To make my own paraphrase of a popular saying: "All the
Japanese I know I learned in fanfiction."  Well, a bit from the ML, and my
dinky little pocket dictionary, but as a whole my knowledge wouldn't get
anywhere on a placement test.

Coordinator: "Mr. Clark, this oral exam will determine how fluent you are
in Japanese, and allow us to place you in the class that's most appropriate
for your level.  Please begin by making small talk to me."

Bradster: "Ummmmm.  Baka.  Hentai Jiji.  Sakura mochi.  Kawaiikune
iinazuke.  Boku wa Lime!  Dai suki, Otaru-sama!   Ummmmm, gimme a minute
here...."

Coordinator: "Thank you, that will be all."
============

NC:

>I would just like to take this opportunity to say again how -much- I 
>despise Thy-inward-love. It is quite possibly the most despised 
>fanfic I have read in a VERY long time.
>Badly written? No. Plotted? No. Scripted? No.
>Why do I despise it so much? I don't know.
>But I jsut find it to be a million times more sickeningly depressing 
>than that amusing peice of lightheartedness that one Zen wrote, 
>namely Bitter end. That wasn't a darkfic! That was a -PARODY- . Learn 
>to tell the differences!

Are you certain you're not confusing 'Thy Inward Love' with 'Thy Outer
Part'?  The former is another contribution to the Ranma + Akane Finally
Admit Their Feelings to Themselves and Everyone Else, while the latter is
the one with Ranma being stuck in girl form and finally having a
relationship with another man.  The former has all the WaFF and pain
associated with the solve-it-all genre, and the latter is just creepy (not
IMBS creepy, though).

Do you have this rant saved as a text file?  This is like the 3rd time
you've informed us of this, though in your favor it's the first time it's
actually been somewhat topical, what with TOP being the next fanfic to be
discussed.


-Bradster
   Asuka:  "Arrrgh!  I didn't mean for you to get THAT up!"
   Shinji:  "It's morning!  I gotta take a whiz, or something.."
   Asuka:  "Don't point it at me, you jerk!"