Sebastian Weinberg wrote:

 On Sun, 22 Sep 1996 11:04:04 -0500 (CDT) Scott Jamison wrote:

:                       DEEP REFLECTIONS
:                       by Scott K. Jamison

:       "It just isn't fair!  We can't all have Ranma, and we shouldn't
: expect him to try to please everyone.  Whatever he does will hurt
: someone, and his dithering just hurts all of us.  If only--that's it,
: that's the future I want.  Mirror, show me a future where each of us does
: find happiness, where we found a solution!"

I just figured out WHY the Mirror cracked. I'm not sure if this is the
reason you intended, but consider this:

All of the requests by the other characters had be relatively specific:
'Show me a future where Ranma and I are happily married.' However,
Akane's wish is rather nonspecific. In fact, if she had been a little
more careful, she might have actually been able to see the future she
wanted.

(General response of 'Huh?' from readership)

Let me explain. Akane asked to see a future, not where she, Ukyo,
Kodachi, Shampoo, etc. found happiness, but "where each of us does find
happiness, where we found a solution!". Basically, this could be
interpreted as EVERYONE finding happiness, meaning the entire five plus
billion population of the planet! This would be a little beyond the
mirrors capabilities, so no wonder it broke!

Just my version of this version of Rumiko Takahashi's version of
reality.

*tlhonchaj chIljaj*
(Klingon for "May they lose their nostrils". Quote from "The Klingon
Dictionary")

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