Subject: [FFML] Re: [fanfic][Ranma/GL] Bedlam Fire chapter 1
From: allyn yonge
Date: 11/22/2000, 10:33 AM
To: Dave Menard , ffml@fanfic.com



Hi,

Glad you liked chp. 1.

Thanks for writing.



-<SNIP>

    Whee! Hoo-boy, this was a fun ride; Golden-Age

GL continuity to boot! I

especially like how you turned the Necromancer, a

tiny little blurb in the

original, into something that sent shivers down my

spine. Rare indeed is the

prose that can make me wince in disgust

(deliberately ~_^), but Zhang's

ingredients lists (enumerated in painful detail)

caused a few shudders.

Truly horrible stuff, and I mean that in the best

possible sense!



@@<blush> Thank you very much.

Exactly what I was trying to do.

Glad it worked.



    I wonder if you're familiar with recent DC

continuity regarding the

Starheart, in which it was revealed to be sentient

and malevolent; if you're

not, what you've written is remarkably close to it,

without seeming

derivative.



@@Have no idea what you're talking about. ^_^

I never really read "comics" at least not

DC or Marvel. (I liked some of the odd-ball

things like E-man when I was an under-grad)

When the entire Ranma/GL x-over first came

on the FFML I started to C&C, then decided to

write an essay. The essay needed some "examples"

and the examples grew into a 400+ KB story. 





 This piece put me in mind of Warren

Ellis or Garth Ennis' runs

on Hellblazer, or Moore's run on Swamp Thing, in

that you took classic DC

continuity and made it "weird+creepy" while still

staying true to the spirit

of the original.



@@It's amazing what you can do with

a short bit of on-line research. The entire

GL bit is based entirely on two sites I found

that gave a summary of the original GL in

1940. 







 Tojo as the person saved by the

"life" flame was a nice

touch; one wonders if he would have proven to be the

aggressor history makes

him out to be without the influence of the

Starheart...



@@^_^ Interesting idea.

I'm going to elaborate a bit

more on this at the end of the

story. However my thought

was that the "flame" did not

_make_ the necromancer or

Tojo evil, merely facilitated

their evil.





    Another nice touch was the rapid shift in tone

from the Moore-esque

horror of the first part into the rampant sillyness

once the Ranma regulars

were introduced. The "breast-feud" was hilarious

(SOMEbody's gotta do a

fanart piece for that) and perfectly in keeping with

Takahashi-style comedy,

while adding your own slightly-hentai touch. Bravo,

and woo-hoo.



@@<blush> Thank you again. I don't plan these

things, they just seem to flow naturally from

the story.  I warn you that there is less "sillyness"

and more "Moore-esque" action as the

story progresses. There are also some

more dark-hentai (to coin my own phrase)

things to come.



    Anyway, looking forward to the rest of this

epic; it's always a treat to

read new stories from you. I take it from your

afterword that Sukeban Senshi

#7 is officially finished; if that's the case, when

are we going to see it

on your site? For that matter, are you still

planning on moving it? Keep me

posted, 'cause I love those naughty-naughty

Sailors...



@@My loyal and hardworking web-master and

friend tells me she's having some troubles with

what was supposed to be her new ISP. Real Life

has also gotten in her way. The new web-page

is on hold. :(



I can either write or code HTML. I choose to write.

People are welcome to help though. 

(Fan art is also appreciated. ^_^)



Be well!

Dave Menard

-------------------------------------

<SNIP>



@@You also. Thanks for writing

and Happy Thanksgiving.







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 And, if any is left, I buy food and clothes."-Erasmus



"A man is a small thing, and the night is large 

and full of wonders." -Lord Dunsany



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