At 10:43 AM 7/7/1997 -0400, C. Wong wrote:

Blade Wrote:

Mousse is DISRESPECTFUL toward her, its true.  But if Cologne WOULD ACTUALLY
BULLY HIM, wouldn't Mousse be AFRAID TO SAY THOSE 
INSULTS **TO HER FACE?!?!?!?!**

No, Mousse DARED to say those things because he knew that COLOGNE WOULDN'T
HAVE TAKEN **ACTUAL** steps to stop him.  That's WHY HE DIDN'T FEAR HER
DESPITE HER STATUS, BECAUSE SHE WAS EASY GOING enought to just reward him
with a whack to the head  (Akane, for one, would have done MUCH WORSE if
somebody dare insult her).  Cologne was ANNOYED with him due to his lack of
manners, but SHE DIDN'T hate him.  Otherwise, Mousse would have been chopped
up and served, or maybe turned permantently in a duck or whatnot.         

On the other hand, none of the R 1/2 characters have gone as far as eating 
each other; it's possible that even if Cologne wanted to strangle the guy 
and turn him into poultry spam she'd restrain herself.

Also, Mousse has parents back in the village.  They'd get upset if Cologne 
pounded Mousse.  If you babysit a little twerp who keeps whacking you, do 
you attack him or her?  No, partly because the parents will get mad at you 
and you might be in more trouble than it's worth.

Remember, what did Mousse do as SOON
as he figured out the use of the glasses?  Beat the crap out of 
Cologne!  

Cologne is THE HEAD OF THE AMAZONS, and beating HER up WITHOUT KILLING HER
would have been STUPID because shall Cologne tells the Amazon council about
this, Mousse would be toasted.  BUT HE KNEW THAT COLOGNE WOULDN'T, that's
why HE DARED TO DO WHAT HE DID!

Did Takahashi ever say she was an unopposed leader, though?  Suppose Mousse
beats up Cologne, word gets back, and the response is several opposition
party leaders going "Yippee!  Another excuse to reshuffle Cabinet!"

Sorry, there is no love lost between the two, even if she

doesn't actually hate him (it's more like contempt).

Cologne was simply annoyed with him because he blames his own failings on
the old woman.  Besides, Mousse was HARRASSING Shampoo according to the
ancient Chinese views with his blind pursuit, and Cologne HAD BEEN VERY
TOLERANT TOWARD A GUY WHO WAS BOTHERING HER GREATGRANDDAUGHTER. 

Also remember the generation gap.  If half the sophomores here think frosh 
are stupid munchkins, imagine how Cologne feels about sixteen-year-olds 
("They'd be really adorable little munchkins if they didn't whine so 
much...").

Bull.  Cologne is concerned with following the law, and what Shampoo
wants be damned.  If she wanted only what was best for her granddaughter 
so bad, she wouldn't have tossed her into Jyusenkyou and dragged her 
back to Japan.  

Cologne was SPARRING WITH HER GREATGRANDDAUGHTER in hopes of making her
stronger.  If she is THIS RUTHLESS, Shampoo would have learned the Hiryu
Shoten Ha(Cologne knew it even as a girl), the Kechuu Teshin Amaguriken, the
Bakusai Tenketsu and VARIOUS OTHER TECHNIQUES THAT HAD BE BE LEARN THROUGH
**PAINFUL** TRAININGS.  YOU GOT HER CONFUSED WITH GENMA!!!!  No, buddy, if
Cologne is EVEN REMOTELY that bad, Shampoo wouldn't have lost to Ranma when
he came to their village.  Shampoo would have been THE STRONGEST FIGHTER
THERE IS IN THE SERIES (which she isn't).

See, there was this manga episode in which Cologne teaches a martial arts
technique with a VCR.  Hmm...training...videotape...maybe Shampoo was raised 
by the electronic babysitter while Cologne slacked off?

BUT BOTH OF THEM WERE PRINCES!!  Politically speaking, a union with either
of these tribes could hve EXTREMELY PROFITABLE to the Amazons, don't you
think?  Besides, when facing A VILLAGE of Amazons, neither Herb's nor
Saffron's tribes could DARE to expect their OWN tribes to take precedence.
Ranma, on the other hand, CAN GIVE NOTHING TO THE VILLAGE OTHER THAN being a
good warrior, of which the village had already got tons of.  If Cologne was
power- mad, she WOULD HAVE MADE SHAMPOO DUMP HIM!! 

On the other hand, who said the Amazons were monoandrous?  Takahashi never
said they were or were not.  If Cologne was power-mad, maybe she could let 
Shampoo keep Ranma but demand that the girl accumulate a few royal husbands 
as well?  And maybe Shampoo's not choosing between Ranma or Mousse but 
between Ranma or M&R?