On Fri, 26 Apr 1996, Mechaman wrote:

I'm sorry, Nightelf, but this has got to be one of the most classic cases
of not checking out the opposition first.  Ryan's been doing intense
characterization since almost fic one (and I DO mean fic one), six years
ago.  Anime fanfic writing on the Net has been blamed on HIS shoulders.
He was writing the Big! Sweeping! Epics! even back then.  Take a look at
http://www.eyrie,net under "Dirty Pair Fanfiction" We have a few of his
fics up there with some synopses.  Then read (or print for the summer)
some of those fics.  You'll be glad you did. 

Yexs, but his characterization while good, is as created whole cloth as 
he accuses the characterization of anyone writing "deep" Ranma fanfiction 
of being.  The Dirty Pair are close to blank slates upon which he creates 
his masterworks...Unless they hid deep characterization of the Dirty Pair 
in the TV episodes I haven't seen...
(I'll admit I've only seen 6 TV episodes and the movies of Dirty Pair...)



John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. 
Kansas         
ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu   http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~ranma/falcon.html 
                            http://www.dhp.com/~wraven/john/index.html

If you've ever watched the game warden through a gun sight...
     You might be a redneck.