At 03:04 AM 8/12/98 -0800, you wrote:

Guy Under The Bridge . wrote:

What does Lawson have to do with it?  And just what is so bizarre about
that characterisation?

That scene was *very* similar to one in _Right Side of the Ledger_ by
Lawson.

He likes coming up with bizarre characterizations, one of which happens
to be Nabiki's. The real Nabiki is like Yotsuya; not especially
interested in money, but in self-indulgence. And, also like Yotsuya, she
is basically harmless.

Shimitsu Kaoru responded:

   *Rolls on the Ground Laughing His/Her A** off!!!* Nabiki!?!??!
HARMLESS!?!?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
   I think Nabiki is more dangerous than most people *I* know, and that is
saying a lot.  Money is power in the world, and she can manipulate the
economists world like nobody else I know.
   I wouldn't be surprised <Speculation> If she had major links with some
prestigious businesses in Japan.  If not that, she would DEFINITELY have
clout with them, since I know someone who is a lot like her, only male.  He
Graduated in the same class as I did in High School.
   My point of this is, Nabiki is ANYTHING *BUT* Harmless.  Ranma and
Ryouga and all the rest MAY have the superior martial arts abilities <Not
sure, Never seen Nabiki fight>, but Nabiki can Manipulate any system or
person she can fathom.... and she has a good eye for reading people.

Souldrake and I were having a conversation were having a conversation about
Ranma 1/2 and we came to the conculsion that Kuno's most dangerous foe was
Nabiki for the reasons you listed above. :-)
"Never play an Ace if a Two will do."-The Great Red Dragon in Bone.

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