From: Ken Arromdee [mailto:arromdee@inetnow.net]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 1997 4:08 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

My take on Bitter End (which may or may not be the same as Zen's) is

that

it applies to Akane the same standards that are used when people say

"Ukyou's

obviously nuts--she's been after Ranma for ten years and she

suddenly falls in

love with him when he calls her cute!"  Bitter End says that by

those

standards--by ignoring Takahashi psychology--Akane comes off as bad

as if not

worse than anyone else.

TIL embraces Takahashi psychology; BE rejects it (for Akane).  Using

Takahashi

psychology, Akane's actions can be explained as immaturity and not

mental

illness; using realistic psychology, they can't.  That's why the two

stories

don't fit together.

Ken, I understand all of your points up until the final sentence.
Yes, the stories are based on different standards.  But why does that
mean they don't fit together?


-Richard
sterman@sprynet.com

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