Ohayou!
On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Mike Loader wrote:
: On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Sebastian Weinberg wrote:
:
: > : And after much delay.....
: > : --------------------------------------------------------------------------
: > : EPISODE 8 - One More Time Around - Finale
: > :
: >
: > A-hem [deeep breath]
: >
: > YAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
:
: Oh my!
That too.
: > Van Helsing? Frau *Blutdruck*?! Bwaaaahahahahahaaa!
:
: *smirk* I was thinking as I wrote that, "Sebastian's the only one who's
: gonna get that one.".. I was wrong, as it turned out. Zen spotted it
: immediately.
Heh, that guy is uncanny. He spots just about *everything*.
: > D'oh! Of course the two slightly-out-of-touch-with-reality
: > members of the Tendou household would notice nothing. I mean,
: > Kasumi wouldn't even raise a brow if she *did* notice.
:
: *nod* But _does_ drop dinner after seeing Akane's hair has been cut in the
: anime/manga.
Well, most of them were not completely defined at the beginning of
the story. Think of the way she tells off Genma when the
Jusenkyou Curse is revealed.
: > : Ranma: (pale) Oh man... I know I always call her a tomboy, but I
: > : never thought....
: >
: > Hey, you've still got a chance, Ranma. Just keep up the cold
: > showers...
:
: "Ranma, I think Akane's a lesbian."
: "Huh? No way, man! She loves me!"
: "Err, Ranma.. that doesn't exactly mean I'm wrong, y'know..."
:D :D :D
: > : Nabiki: That's down at the Presbyterian Church. This is the
: > : wedding of Soun and Kasumi Tendo.
: >
: > Uh, I hope that's meant to be "weddings". Nabiki and Akane were
: > enough incest for one episode. This could be taking the "Kasumi
: > replacing her mother" thing a *bit* too far.
:
: Ack! Whoops, need to fix that, yer right. Although I do believe there was
: a fic about that...
Musta been a Bulwer-Lytton. :6
: > : Ranma: (turning to Saburo) We gotta stop that thing. Akane's in
: > : that church, and so are the rest of the Tendos! Oh yeah, and Dad
: > : too.
: >
: > Heh, this is a boy who knows his priorities.
:
: Were it just Genma, he'd be on his way to Kyoto.
Nah, he'd stay and watch from a safe distance.
: > : Saburo: It's 30 miles to Nerima. We've got a full tank of gas, a
: > : carton of okonomiyaki, there's an alien spaceship hanging over the
: > : city, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
: > :
: > : (They think this over for all of a nanosecond.)
: > :
: > : Ranma and Saburo: (together) Hit it.
: >
: > Waaaahhh, I *love* it! Good setup with the sunglasses, too.
:
: Couldn't quite fit in "We're on a mission from God".
Heh, you could have named their superior officer "Godai". That
would also enable you to make a few side-references to Maison
Ikkoku. :)
: > : Zen Monk: (peering at them) STOP!
: > :
: > : Ranma: Huh?
: > :
: > : Zen: (waving his arms impressively) If you marry that beast at
: > : your side, you shall die an early, horrible death! Destruction! Woe!
: >
: > :D :D :D :D
: >
: > Shoulda kept the "Monk" part. The wooden-mallet-over-the-head
: > approach kinda spoils the humour here. Still a *great* gag.
:
: I think Akane deserves to get to slam 'ol Zen into LEO at least once. :)
Sure, but I meant that the reference would have been better if it
was more subtle, i.e. if you kept calling him "the Zen Monk",
leaving it to the reader to figure it out.
Sebastian