On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:34:53 -0600 Richard Lawson wrote:

: Warning:  There are sexually explicit scenes in this story.  There *is*
: a serious story in between the lemon bits, but it started life as a
: lemon.
: 
: In fact, it was Webdragon who inspired the lemon, and it is to him I
: must give credit to for being the original inspiration.  I asked him for
: permission to post this.  This is his introduction to the story:
: 
: 
:         Richard Lawson and I have been (unofficially) continuing the
: romantic relationship between Kentaro and Ranma-chan.  What had started
: out as a full-blown lemon on my part, told from Ranma-chan's
: perspective, had been taken by Lawson and transformed into a most
: serious and engaging story, complete with the lemon bits of which the
: story is based on.  
: 
:         He says that his story was inspired by mine, yet I have to say
: that at least 95% of "Tears" came straight from his imagination and onto
: the computer screen.  It is, IMO, wholly his work and his creation.  And
: good work it is.
: 
: 
: Thanks, Webdragon.  Now, I must give equal credit to Sebastian
: Weinberg.  While Webdragon inspired the lemon, Sebastian inspired the
: *story*.  He suggested a very good way for the lemon to mix in with a
: good, dramatic story.  I liked it so much, I abandoned my original idea
: and started over from scratch.

In fact I can't accept that much credit.  In reality I just
mentioned an idea I had about a possible story with Ranma and
Kentaro in the same mail where I commented on his first draft, the
only connection being that my idea also included mention of some
adult situations.  I didn't really think about it, since I had
just wanted to mention it, nothing more - and suddenly, Whammo!,
Richard comes back with the first draft of this gem here, wherein
he had put the whole thing into a different context all of his own
and had made the fic infinitely more poignant and meaningful.  I
can only bow before his mastery of writing - and speed.  :)


: Thanks also to Zen for his excellent C&C.  He and Sebastian engaged in a
: lively debate that greatly helped me in a rewrite of this story.

Well, as lively as it gets when both participants are on different
continents and in different time zones, so that there's a 24h lag
between answers most of the time. :)


Say, I just realized that this fic could also be sub-titled
_Tiresias_, for the more historically minded among us.  ;)


Sebastian
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