On Tue, 25 Jun 1996 joe.ortiz@ci.slc.ut.us wrote:
  

        Seriously, a week ago I read a story by Richard 
Lawson, "Heart of the Home", a very touching Kasumi Tendou 
fan fiction story.  Now I've only been reading fan fictions 
for the past five months, but in that time, I haven't seen 
too many stories concerning Kasumi.

        Now here would be a challenge, writing a story in 
which Kasumi's character starts to develope beyond or away 
from her normal calm, sweet, and nuturing ways.  The change 
or developement maybe based on some sort of incident 
involving the other characters in the Ranma Universe, which, 
directly affects Kasumi.

That pretty much describes "Smoke and Mirrors". Kasumi undergoes fairly
fundemental changes, and the reason why definitly has to do with the other
characters. 
   And no, it's not up on the remailer yet. The second draft of the 2nd
half will be done in a day or two, and will be posted to the remailer with
the first half.

        On the other hand, Kasumi could <for some reason> 
just decide, on her own, to do something that would seem 
totally out of character.  The storyline in this case could 
go in two directions. First, you could re-trace events that 
caused Kasumi's action(s). Second, you could look at the 
effect on the Tendou household with Kasumi acting differntly 
or even removed from the Tendou home.

Nice idea. Hope someone does it, there really aren't enough Kasumi fics
out there.
   I'd do it myself, but writing Smoke and Mirrors as made me a bit
Kasumied out. :)

- Mike of No Particular Title or Handle
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