Subject: A couple of questions to Mr. Lawson
From: Nightelf
Date: 9/27/1996, 6:53 PM
To: Fanfic ML


     After the events of the recent few days concerning the C&C of your 
recent work, two questions remain burning in my mind.  I apologize if 
this seems a little harsh, but I am very tired right now, and am not 
quite as patient as I normally am.

     First of all, you asked for C&C as critical as possible.  Yet, when 
I reported to you my opinions, you acted defensively, not able to comprehend 
how I or the others who interpreted your work as Ranma actually having 
sex with Ukyou could even see it that way.  Why?  Richard, that is what 
C&C is all about: to get the opinions of others who see the world through 
different eyes than yours.  We don't critique to start a spam war or a 
hassle; we do it because we care about fanfiction and want to see the 
best writing possible.

     Secondly, why was the response to my initial critique posted 
publicly on the ML?  It was a private message (believe me, I checked), 
and to post such a response publicly was a serious violation of 
nettiquette. 

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Nicholas Leifker, aka "Nightelf"
nwl9354@tam2000.tamu.edu
"He's so beautiful when he's unconscious."
-Kodachi Kuno, "Kurobara"
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