You wrote: 

I read a lot of fiction, be it anime fanfic, Superguy, LNH, r.a.prose or 
whatever.  But not very many are ones I come back to with very regular 
frequency.  I'm proud to say that Ryan's stuff is very much an exception, 

Thanks.  I'm touched, honestly, but...

To me, I really can't see much, if any of Warren's influence....

There's *plenty* of Warren influence.  I drew as much from Warren as I did from 
the anime, sometimes more.  When I began to disagree with him, I toned down 
this aspect, and eliminated that one, but Warren was always there.  A few 
examples:

-- The "interface sockets" behind the ears have been in all my stories
-- The "you can't warp into a gravity well" idea
-- The Warren characters in REUNIONS: Ayoob, Paul, Shasti

I have been a fan of Warren, and that's why this hurts so much.  He's been 
crapping all over classic DP fans for years, but this is the first time he's 
really stuck it to his own followers.  (Well, the less rabid ones.  His biggest 
fans believe he can do no wrong and will surely find this latest development to 
be "crucial realm".)

Maybe I'm overstepping my bounds, and I KNOW I'll like Ryan's other fics, but 
I don't want to let something I think is special die due to commercial idiocy. 

I thank you.  However, I don't want to be known as simply "the Dirty Pair 
fanfic writer".  I do dabble in other things.  :-)  For example, I posted part 
one of "Star of Jurai" the day I came on the list, and yet I have received only 
one response, to at least three messages complimenting me on my Dirty Pair 
stuff.  If you truly appreciate my writing, I hope you will give me the chance 
to expand my horizons.

------RM