On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Alpha Centauri wrote:
...
(Sniffle)
You are cruel... plain and simple.
<grin> I'll take that as a high complement...
I've barely recovered from Richard Lawson's "Transitions", and then you
come along and nail the list with THIS!
AND I CAN'T HATE YOU EITHER!!
Because... well, it was good. Not just good, REALLY good. Great even,
and I can never hate anyone for writing a great fic.
Thanks! It's quite a complement to have my story put up there
with 'Transitions'...
And, ah... well, I'm glad you don't _hate_ me. <grin>
I'd like to see more scenes between Ranma and his mother. So far that
mostly happens in the background. You might also want to write the
wedding scene where Ranma says he doesn't want to marry Akane (Their
subsiquent dicussion didn't make sense until about halfway through).
One of the interesting things about C&C is how it often
conflicts: I've received another comments saying the exact opposite -
leaving out the wedding was good, but I should have Ranma spill the curse.
But you're right... it does take a while for it to become clear
that a wedding took place. I'll hafta check that out.
As for the wedding... well, one of the reasons I skipped over it,
I hate to say, is 'cus I didn't trust my writing skills enough to write
it up without messing it up. <shrug> But I'm thinking of giving it a
whirl in a side-story involving Ukyou.
And as for Ranma/Nodoka... well, it's odd. They have their first
meeting fully described; the next one is told in flashback; then it gets
relegated completely off screen. I'm not sure how it happened that way -
I guess I just didn't want to have Ranma whining too much, or something.
Any ideas how I could bring him forward, without coming off too
melodramatic?
I loved the scene with Ranko, especially how the issue of Ranma's curse
never gets addressed, because it essentially becomes irrelevant. Ranma
tells Nodoka what he needed to tell her, without robbing her of her
'daughter'.
Thanks! I wasn't sure if it came off like that, or if it looked
like I just forgot to write it out. (Actually, I'm not sure which is
true myself <grin>)
Again, thanks for the C&C!
-Mike Noakes