----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher J. McFarland" <homernet@nethere.net>
To: "Fan Fiction Mailing List" <ffml@anifics.com>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 1:44 AM
Subject: [FFML] [C&C] [Ranma] Jin Lu Zi Lao (all posted)

Second, the existing characters are just a /touch/ OOC.  Ranma could
certainly see Mifa as a challenge later on, but what happened to "don't
hit girls" in the first place?  (as for the original Amazon Village
incident, you'd have to ask Takahashi herself)  Akane has clearly shown
willingness to bean Ranma whenever a girl so much as breaths in his
direction.  Why suddenly is she leaving him alone?  Not to mention
Akane's sudden passivity.

The only time in the manga that Ranma says anything about not fighting girls
is when he fights Konatsu.  I think we can call that a gag on Takahashi's
part.  Otherwise, there's not a single example to show even the slightest
reluctance to fight somebody simply because they are female.  Shampoo,
Kodachi, Rouge, Kiima...hmm...who else is there?  Anyway, the "I don't fight
girls." thing is a fanfic cliche, along with all the others.  "It's a
martial artists duty to protect the weak!","My Honor is All.","I eat only
Twinkies for breakfast.", etc..  Sometimes you have to actually stop and
think about the things that are so common in fanfics yet never show up in
the original series.  Otherwise it's hard to keep all the garbage seperate.
^_^;


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