On Sat, 14 Jun 97 19:56:33 MDT, Ryan Anderson wrote:

I have to echo this statement,.. this is a wonderful story, and it would
really ruin it if rape became involved. please please please let that last
just have been a bad, hangover-induced, dream.

I disagree.

That is the thing about rape: It's the kind of thoughtless, violent act
that can transform someone's life into a living nightmare. It's not a
pleasant reality to face, but it happens. More in the US than in Japan I
would think, but it's reality for all too many people. That makes it a
story worth telling. The relatively carefree atmosphere of this story
could be there to show us what was lost.

I agree that rape can be a great, plot inducing, dram building development
in a story, it just doesn't seem to be.. wel.. nessisary in this one.
There are so many intresting things happening in this story, a rape would
take the focus off of all these other elements which are unique to this
story and make it mch darker... 

there are other stories out there, maybe not lots, but more than a few,
that explore what would happen if ranma got raped, but I've never read one
that explores the side of Ranma we see brought out by the party scene, and
I think that exploring that plot point more is what will make this story
really good.

Well, just my two cents.
Ryan