On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Soren Smith wrote:
Before I release my next fanfic I have decided that, due to the fact
that I have no one else to tell, that I am going to write for a moment
about Ranma Theory. What is Ranma Theory? It's something I made up.
It's
a list of very specific rules of what can and cannot happen (i.e. no
member of the Kuno family will ever have an IQ of over 5) The last rule
*Sigh* When will people stop throwing around this scurrulous slander?
Kuno, Sr., was smart enough to pass the rigorous testing requirements
for a teaching position. Kodachi is a brilliant chemist/botanist--Her
potions virtually always work. And Kuno has a memorized Shakespeare
quote for any occasion. The family is lacking in sanity, NOT
intelligence.*
Tatewaki isn't so much insane as unobservant. Extremely so. Admittedly
he twists events around so that they fit into his worldview, but to a
certain extent everybody does. Your absolutely right, Kuno Tatewaki is
not stupid, but neither is he insane...just blind.