People are different. I myself don't mind reading ooc fics. It's very
refreshing from the same topic that has been hammered hundreds of times.
I believe the only one who has the right to hoist the ooc flag here is
Takahashi. Heck, she might decide to have Ranma an epiphany.
The question is who has the right to judge?
-Ramon
On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Ryan Mathews wrote:
Maybe it's just me, but I can't see why *anyone* would want to read
an out-of-character fanfic. As someone else pointed out, there's
more to a character than just a name. With the obvious exception of
parody, if the author keeps the name and throws out the qualities
that go with it, what's the appeal of the story?
Mind you, I can see two exceptions off the bat:
Parody
Alternate universes, where events have shaped a character in a
different way. Even here, though, the appeal is that, inside, the
character is still the same person.
I just can't see the appeal of a story where the characters are all
unrecognizable. (But then DC is doing just that with their Tangent
Comics. Go figure...)
------RM