On Sun, 22 Oct 1995, Harvey Torrance Griffin wrote:

On Sun, 22 Oct 1995, Daniel A Root wrote:

In message <199510220526.BAA18179@freenet2.carleton.ca>, Andrew Stodden writes:

Alright all you creative people. I need something for Akane to yell when
she does her technique from wliia. I have a few ideas, but am looking for
more, and I'm looking for the Japanese translations if somebody want to do
them. Posted below is a summary of the technique. 

[snip]

Anyway, just start tossing out ideas. If you need any clarification, just
ask publicly on fanfic@andrew.cais.com so I can reply for everybodies benefit.

<another snip>
<Summary, Akane's too short tempered to have that level of power>

	I disagree, it seems that during the course of the story she is 
calming down conciderably (caring for a severely traumatized/effectively 
brain damaged Ranma is teaching her how much she actually cares for 
him).  As for anyone else, I think Cologne is smart enough to try to 
teach her some more self control when she realizes how powerful Akane is 
becoming so I think there is little if any reason to power her down (some 
close calls with someone she cares for might be in order though).
	An important thing about this storyline which some people might be
overlooking is that, at least for now, Ranma the Protecter does not exist;
I suspect Akane will run into a situation where she will have to take care
of herself before this is over.  It would be _very_ interesting, however,
to see how Ranma deals with these developments when he/she gets his/her
head together.

	I thought the original point of the story was to deal with what 
happened to Ranma.  Making Akane super-powered (and face it, these are 
super powers here, not chi powers) takes away some of the story's 
"realism."
	Consider: If Akane has the potential to become a demigod, then 
there is _no way_ Ranma-chan could be raped by five street toughs 
(transitivity property in action: Ranma-kun beats Ranma-chan beats Akane 
beats entire male population of Furinkan high at once should beat five 
punks).  The Nerima of this fanfic started off as a more "realistic" 
world, with the characters not being avatars of fighting.  Thus 
Ranma-chan _could_ lose, and we had an interesting drama going on.
	A super-powered Akane gives us two plots, seemingly 
contradictory, each of which would make a good story in its own right.  
I agree that powering Akane up is a good idea, now that Ranma is "out of 
action," but not to such advanced levels.
	As far as the original post went, would Akane use a battle cry?  
Not everyone yells when they use a special move; I'm pretty sure Kuno 
doesn't (well, he does shout a lot, but that's not the same thing).  The 
fighting girls tend to be much more level-headed than their male 
counterparts, and they don't seem to have the need to prove how macho 
they are by announcing their moves to the world.
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