On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Scott Jamison wrote:
: Because nobody demanded it...
A good reason if I ever saw one. Only that way new stuff gets
invented.
: HALF A CONVERSATION
: by Scott K. Jamison
: (Takahashi disclaimer)
: Okay, mister, you've been following me around all morning. I
: want to know who you are and what you want.
Who, me? I just work here.
: You want to help me do *what*? To *Akane*!? Two words, mister.
: Not. Happening. Mr. Tendou sent you, right?
Heh, a reasonable assumption. How come he never says that in the
otaku-fics?
: Is there an echo in here? That's what she said, all right. So I
: said, "Really? So even the most flat-chested girl has hope!" I was
: hoping to get her mad, but I still think swatting me with the table was a
: bit much.
Appropriate, I would say.
: Doc Tofu? Nah, didn't meet him until later. And if Akane had a
: crush on him, it was long over by the time I arrived.
I've got a *baaaaaad* feeling...
: Then Akane broke into a run, and her eyes went all starry-like.
: She'd spotted her boyfriend, and was definitely happy to see him.
: "Kunou-sempai!" she shouted.
Um, excuse me. [walks off-screen] <REEEEEEETTTCCCHHHHHH!!!!!>
<spit, spit, ptooeey> [reappears] Err, sure, Scott. Whatever you
say.
: And I liked what I saw. Tousled hair, piercing eyes, handsome
: features, and his kendo outfit showed off his clean, manly limbs. I took
: one look and knew I was in love.
Gee, how fortunate that I have nothing to lose anymore - like my
lunch, for example.
: Heck yes, I'm gay! No, the spring didn't do anything to my
: brain, thank you very much. You're looking a little green. You aren't
: one of those homophobes like Pops, are you? Yeah, here we are in Japan,
: where homosexuality is accepted and dealt with openly, and *I* have to
: have a father who thinks men loving each other is "unnatural" and
: "unmanly."
Somehow I doubt that someone who lives in Japan would give such a
speech about "Here, where it's accepted". I mean, we don't go on
about things that we take for granted either, do we? That
sentence just screamed "Look here, ignorant reader, let me explain
the customs and culture of Japan through the mouth of this
character." :)
: Now, I love Kunou dearly, (why are you shuddering?), but the boy
: is a little thick-headed. It never even occurred to him that the girl he
: found had *anything* to do with Ranma Saotome. And he started coming on
: to me.
Gee, and it's such a *natural* conclusion, you'd *have* to be
stupid not to think of it. :)
: Up to then, I'd thought of my girl form as nothing but a
: nuisance. I was a man, after all, a "manly" man.
Why would he put the "manly" in quotation marks? Does he see
himself as unmanly? Why?
: I got some hot water and kicked his ass in male form, my duty as
: heir to the Anything-Goes Martial Arts school, you know. But that night,
: there was a new face in my dreams.
Heh, neat reference to what happened in the manga.
: Hey, if you're here to help me, howzabout you help me get Kunou
: squarely in my camp once and for all, and cut Akane out of the deal?
: No? You're not sure you can pull that off?
Heh, chicken otaku.
: Say, you know, you're kinda cute yourself. I wouldn't mind a
: quickie... I could turn into girl form for it... Hey, where you
: going!?
: Wussy.
Obviously no Kentaro material. :)
: Please don't hit me :-)
I think I may be able to restrain myself. :)
Sebastian