On Mon, 26 Aug 1996 13:30:42 +1000 (EST) The Plunger wrote:
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: Clogged Sink Press Presents:
:
: The Crow/Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction:
:
: As the Crow Flies
:
: By Plunger
:
: All characters copyright of Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan Inc. and
: Viz Communications, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah...
: The Crow is copyright of James O'Barr or whoever else owns it...
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Hmmm, I guess that Kitchen Sink Press at least partially owns the
copyright, seeing as they are exclusively publishing O'Barr's
comics. Oh wait, I'll look it up...
Nah, Says here "_The Crow_ (TM) and (c)opyright 1996 Crowvision,
Inc.", but I don't know if that's only the film or also the comic
it is based on (which, as far as I'm concerned, is the *real*
Crow)
: Author's Notes:
:
: I know that some of you are mad at me for making this into a gunfest, but I
: did it for a couple of obivous reasons. The first is that the style of combat
: used in the movie was all gunplay and I was trying to stay as close to the
: feel of the film as I possibly could. The second reason was that after getting
: toasted, Ranma was only going to be able to beat his enemies by adopting their
: methods. While some may question the morality of this, I will just point you
: to Mouko Takabisha and Hiryuushoutenha as examples of Ranma adapting to beat
: his opponent with their own abilities.
You're right. I *hated* the gun angle - they're so *stupid*. As
we see in the last fight, he certainly doesn't need them. Oh
well, from the time it took him to take out those last two, it
seems that he has lost half of his martial arts abilities when he
died. I have no other explanation why he went around wielding
guns and letting the criminals have their way with him for that
long.
Honestly, I really liked the fic up to the moment when Ranma went
into that weapons shop. At that moment I went "Oh, *silly* me,
for forgetting that the magic of the crow turns everybody into a
cheap carbon copy of the first film (which was disappointing to
boot)" It still had its moments after that, but that was the
point were you left me behind.
Sorry. I normally like your fics, and your plotting and writing
is as good as always, but this one didn't work for me.
Sebastian