At 12:15 AM 5/5/96 -0400, you wrote:

Wing wrote:

Orig> 	You _really_ hate Shampoo for some reason, don't you Izzy-chan?
Orig> HTG

Just my opinion, but it didn't sound like hate in the story... It's
possible in Shampoo to hit such a point.  It's tragic. It's sad.  But it's
not unrealistic, considering her attitude in life and towards life.
*smiles*  It may sound cruel, but then again, not every ending is all nice
and rosy... there are some dead ends and sad snippages.  This is one.

Yeah... if there was any hatred (and distaste is probably a better word)
in the story, it was for the Amazon culture Shampoo came from.  Am I the
only person who thought the "If at first you fail, you will never
succeed" line was hilarious?  It was such a screwed up thing for a
society to believe in.  Shampoo was portrayed as a victim, and she even
managed to overcome it for a while, by giving up on trapping Ranma over
Colonge's protests.

Overall, it was a very good story, but I'm kinda burnt out on sadfics at
the moment.

As far as I'm concerned, sadfics are better than gorefics (Yes, I'm still on
the gore-level of Gun Dreams)
  
[Kendra walks into the room in big flannel pyjamas looking very sired and
ragged]
 Aaron: What are you still doing up?
 Kendra: I haven't been able to sleep since I read that story...
[Kendra sits down on Aaron's lap, wraps her arms about his waist and quickly
falls asleep]
 Aaron: um, Kendra? hello?
[half hour later, Kendra's still on Aaron's lap]
 Aaron: She's cut off all circulation in my legs...
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