At 01:55 PM 1/23/97 -0600, William Jones wrote:

This is a pleade to all fanfic writers out their who have gone
insane over  what would be termed "gay" fanfic.  First let me state that
I am not gaybasher.  In fact two of my closer friends are gay.  This is
more into regards to the slaughter of the Ranma characters.  I do not
deny that authors have a right to write and post what they want.  This
is more of a plea to state that this has gone out of control.  Almost

If you think something has gone out of control, never ever say so.  That 
just reminds the rest of us to try harder - remember that "I Am a Part" 
thread a few weeks ago?  You just may have started the next flood of "Ranma 
has a crush on Ryoga" stories.

all of the stories are poorly written so I can only assume that they are
being posted for attention or a desire to justify their own feelings, or
worse yet to see who can just outdo the other.  Today I read a fanfic
with Kasumi having sex with her father Mr. Tendo.  If this is not a good

Gay fanfiction?  Kasumi is female.  Mr. Tendo is male.  That story was about 
*straight* incest and most likely rape.

case of things just going to far I don't know what is.  If you feel as I
do, and judging from the amount of email I have recieved their are more
than some voice your opinion.  We can't force anyone to stop, but maybe
we can make them understand how much damage they are causing.  How many
readers have quit  simply becouse of this. Remember the series you fell
in love with.  Give others the chance to understand the magic.  Put your

Wait a minute, wasn't all the gender switching, cross dressing, etc. 
(implying gay or similar stuff) Takahashi Rumiko's idea in the first place?

talents to better use.  With Ranma over for the time, it's up to us to
keep it alive.  We now decide what is and what can be.  Live up to the
responsability. 

At least this isn't a call for censorship (Dave Row, note that Brad Jones 
is asking the authors to stop, not asking White Wolf to stop the authors).

              Brad Jones....aka DaBear

Grand Imperial Master Of All Things Ranma, Lord and Ruler Of Anime, and one 
heck of a great guy.  Life is too short, live it. 

Life is too short to pretend to rule stuff that you don't have the 
(copy)rights to and the rest of us even admit we're plagarizing.