On Wed, 10 Jul 1996 gaffney@iconn.net wrote:
Seriously, you seemed to have misnamed the character of Ryouga
in your fanfic, who bears no resemblance to Ryouga in any Ranma
story by Miss Takahashi.
I dunnow...he invoked Mr. Hayashi's "how to fanfic" escape clause by
setting things a few years in the future ^_^.
Ms. Takahashi makes Ryouga petty, irresponsible, and spiteful. He's
tried to kill Ranma innumerable times, and he initially tried to kill
Ukyou just for being Ranma's friend. Mr. Crewson makes Ryouga petty,
irresponsible, and spiteful. He's tried to kill a number of girls (or at
least give them AIDS), and he almost kills Miyuki for giving him AIDS.
The darkness and the differences from RT's Ranma didn't come from poor
characterization, it came from taking things seriously. Perhaps treating
the violence as real, rather than cartoonish, is non-canon...but it's
not bad, it's just another perspective.
If Ryouga was to get AIDS, the story seems realistic enough. Certainly
interesting. I mean, Ryouga is shown (by RT) to have homicidal
tendencies, and he'd take out his anger on someone...my gripe is that
Ryouga seems too base to do something as subtle as sleep with girls
after breaking the condom...
Not one to review.
I disagree, as with most of the "Classic Reviews" choices, but
unfortunately other people have different opinions than me ^_^.
Jeff
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