From: terrin@netcom.com (Isabel Arantes)

	The writer's block was due to [I think] the fact that I only
got *one* response when I posted part 1 to r.a.a.s. I was thouroughly
disapointed, I had hoped for anything, even flames. :(

 Don't get disapointed lad. A friend of mine ("smiley") who is a better 
writer than me got one reply for TWO fanfics he posted. Don't get 
dissapointed if you get less than five comments, since you posted your 
fic in this time of year. Remeber than many people are busy in this time 
of the year with exams and/or holiday to read (and therefore reply) to fics.
 As for flames, I don't know about you people, but I have never been flamed
for a fic so I suppose that people usually prefer to stop reading rather
than flame.

1) I can accept your premise for the story's sake

	[Snip about Shampoo]

	Shampoo, to me, is an ignorant, violent and inconsiderate girl.

(Ricardo lights the flame of his ACME (tm) flame thrower)

Just like everybody else in Ranma. ^_^

(sound of flame dying out) Agreed  ^_^

Despite what ppl say, I think Shampoo is perfectly capable of killing.

Agreed. 

She was bought up in a culture where apperantly killing a preson is as 
comon as killing an ant.

 I would say uncommon but accepted.

This really isn't Shampoo's fault, its the tribe's , I suppose. 

Agreed

	Lazines is going to be my death yet. I do proofread, but
I prefer to let the ppl on the ML catch the mistake. (Not to
mention I might miss these mistakes)

 But try to learn from your mistakes (at least I try) because in the long
run people do get feed when they see the same mistake again and again
and ..

3) I don't think Akane would have agreed to a duel to the death under ANY
  circumstances.

	Akane all ready has; the Dojo Destroyer, Shampoo
and anything else in the future I haven't seen yet. Akane knows
perfectly well that any duel (especially with Shampoo) could lead
to death. She's got that annoying two annoying things called
stuborness and pride.

Agreed.

4) For my money, P-Ran was taken by the crowd too easily at the duel.

	Well... um, the guys didn't pile on top of Akane
all at once, they came one at a time. And in LWFR, Ranma-chan
is being held back by a group of guys, who didn't want Ranma-chan
to get to Miss Hinako's pressure points.

 It isn't the same situation. In LWFR Rama was held by his friends to protect
Miss Hinako. In that situation Ranma wouldn't hurt Hiroshi and Daisuke.
 In your fic some guys (If those were supposed to be Hiroshi and Daisuke
then they are way out of character) pin Ranma to prevent him from interfering
in a fight where Akane was already badly injured. Forget about death for a second,
Ranma hasn't and wouldn't allow someone to injure Akane.

 That is my two pesos worth.
From: Shannon <Windlily@aol.com>

And a question. I was having a chat with another writer friend who said
that most 'fic writers have a Lemon lurking on their hard disk that
they're too embarrassed to publish. Is this true? I know I do. *^_^*

From: Isabel <terrin@netcom.com>

I'll admit I tried once (Why can't I have my fun, too? ^_^),

YIKES! At this rate you are going to pervert me insead of the other way around ;)

From: Isabel <terrin@netcom.com>

but I quit 'cause I was losy at it, and couldn't make it look believable. 
I prefer reading about 'em, anyway.

 Maybe I should not say this, but writing lemons isn't that hard since it
is also prose. When I started TRNT I thought exactly what you are now saying
so I wrote the rest of the fic until I got an idea for the lemon scenes. 

(Ricardo calmly await to be pummeled to a pulp by half of the members of
the ML while the other half prepares a clock-work orange setup with
barney tapes)
 
From: Brian Geringer <ranma204@igc.net>

Yes, you understand! Shampoo is cute, but boy, she *is* STUPID!!

 Grr!! I have to diagree. Shampoo is no rocket scientist, but she as
smart as Ranma, Akane, etc. (maybe they are not brilliant, but are not
stupid either)  

Ricardo "who was that guy anyway" Martinez Garza