Subject: A Lesson In Love, comments
From: WebDragon
Date: 11/23/1996, 2:35 PM
To: mdp102@york.ac.uk
CC: fanfic@fanfic.com

        Very realistic.  Emotions run high after that aborted wedding and
everyone wants to know what happened and what will happen.  I like the way
you had Nabiki selling pics left and right, though I was expecting Akane or
Ranma to tell her off.

        Good descriptive detail, but the focus was on the emotions of the
characters, that being more of Akane - which I think you do a very good job
of.  One spelling error I detected : marital arts (should be martial arts).

        Everybody was in-character all the way up to the point where Akane
kisses Ranma in the bathroom, I think.  I couldn't see Akane suddenly
kissing Ranma, although the words she said set me up for it.  "I would be
expecting a surprise attack..." or something like that.  That was a nice touch.

        Now, let me say that while it was OOC for me, that is not to say
that I didn't like it.  Let's not call it OOC but character development, ne?  

        One suggestion for that part, though : I think Akane should spend a
little bit more time making up with Ranma before she kissed him, and I think
Ranma should not be thinking so much of the pleasure sensations of the kiss
than the implications of it.  

        IMO, You made it seem, at that point, that Ranma was thinking with
his hormones first, rather than of his love for Akane (fear -> lust ->
realization that he wanted to do it for a long time).  It can't be
self-denial of his love for her because he had already admitted to himself
that he DID love Akane.

        Anyways, will read the other part later  :)