On Mon, 5 Aug 96 12:17:23 -0700 Travis Butler said:

: >From:        Richard Lawson, sterman@sprynet.com

: >I have publicly stated my general disapproval of lemons.  It's best not
: >to think of the characters in *that* way.  Nevertheless, when writing
: >chapter 8 of "Thy Inward Love", I felt strongly motivated to write of
: >Kuno and Nabiki's prom night.  Not just for the sex, but for the other
: >things they had gone through.
:
: I agree, it's the 'other things' that make this story worth writing.
: Though I'm going to leave the 'thorough' review to Sebastian or someone
: else, since I really don't want Frito to come within 30 miles of this. :)

Whoa!  I don't have the time to do in-depth reviews.  God, I
don't have the time to do in-depth *reading*.  If my workload got
any fuller, I wouldn't have the time to *breath*!

I did a *little* one, that's gotta suffice.  Anyway, the
*interesting* points were already brought up by you here:


: I've always felt these 'suddenly his/her emotional attitudes changed
: forever' bits to be pretty cheesy, with very *very* few exceptions. I
: have seen (and experienced ^_^) emotional storms that suddenly sweep away
: old attitudes -- *temporarily*. However, the old attitudes usually make
: at least one last-gasp return after the storm has passed; even in the
: cases where the storm has dealt them a death blow, they don't vanish
: immediately.

Yep, this is a kind of trademark for Richard.  It *does* happen,
though.  Especially so, since the characters in _Ranma 1/2_ all
share the same kind of deluded denial that strains against the
forces of better knowledge.  Complete and utter turnabouts of
attitude are more likely in such situations than just slight
modifications.  Just as it is easier to go from love straight to
hate (or the other way round in Ukyou's case) than to go from love
to indifference.


: a) Given Tatewaki's character, I find it pretty hard to believe that
: there had ever been 'previous sessions'; he strikes me as an
: 'all-or-nothing' person, and it seems strange that he would go that far
: even once before, let alone multiple times. The part later about wanting
: to get married immediately is more what I'd imagine his character to be
:
: b) With the possible exception of the passage I noted above, this didn't
: seem to be foreshadowed in any way; I had the impression that they'd been
: spending a lot of time together, but never a hint that they were doing
: anything stronger than holding hands (if even that).

I perfectly agree on both counts.


: >Humming to herself, Nabiki opened the door and went inside.
:
: What? She isn't dazed? :)

Can you imagine Nabiki humming to herself, when she's *not* dazed?
:)


: ...Cats are the proof of a higher purpose to the universe.

A "higher *purr*pose", you mean?


Sebastian
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