C. Wong wrote:

        After being on the FFML, more than ever before had I seen cases in
which Cologne became the ultimate bad guy/ghoul in at least 70% of all the
fanfics on the list.  Owning all 38 volumes of Manga myself, I had NEVER
seen Cologne being maliacious to ANYONE; nor had she ruined anybody's lives
(Genma, on the other hand . . .); nor had she ever used one of her
techniques as a bait to get Ranma to marry Shampoo (not even the Whirlwind
trick that Ranma desperately needed at the time); nor had she ever even
attempt to hurt Akane (even in the Shark-fist Chapter, she threw Ranma and
Akane both out the water so that Akane won't get caught up in the match);
nor had she ever been mean to Mousse (read ALL manga episodes).

Yes.  All true.

        So to all those writers using Cologne as a evil character without
stating that it is OFC, I would like to ask WHY do they do what they do with
Cologne.

<shrug>  I dunno.  'Cause we can?  She's the main bad guy in my Hearts
of Ice fic because it was convenient for me, and the plot, to have her
be such.  And I know dang well that she's not as malevolent as I depict
her in my fic.  

If you want a deeper answer than than, though, I would probably guess
that, in spite of her relatively malice-free nature in the manga, her
continuing insistence that Ranma marry Shampoo in spite of his own
wishes is inherently disturbing, to me at least.  And it's easy for
fanfic authors to magnify that aspect of her personality into something
much darker.

My advice?  Don't stress over it.  Fanfic authors have distorted many
more characters in much more disturbing ways, and will continue to do so
as long as people continue to write fanfics.  It's the fanfic way of
life, and there's no point in getting bent out of shape over it.  ^_^

If you want to see a fic where Cologne is treated better, write one. 
^_^  But I wouldn't get your hopes up that others will hold her, or any
other character's ICism as sacred as you do, because the infinite "what
if" possibilities are part of what makes fanfic so facinating.

Ja ne,

Krista