Hiho, folks. 

I have decided to join the horde of Ranma fic writers living in our dark
little corners of the 'net. This is a sort of personal ascension for me as
well as an exploration and exercise of my meager creative talents.

Now that you know where I'm coming from, I have a few questions. Rest
assured that I have researched these to the best of my ability with the
resources I have, and that I am only asking because I couldn't find the
answers anywhere else.

1. What is Cologne's real name? I already know Xian Pu and Mu Tsu, but for
the life of me, I can't find or deduce Cologne.

2. The fic involves a heavy Western influence because of the basic premise.
I intend to include several Western conventions like the drug culture,
Slack, counterculture and excessive violent crime in the story. Is this a
sin against the basic idea of the Ranmaverse, which is mostly humorous?

3. I've noticed that Ranma seems to have, in general, a morning theme.
Everything happens in the morning, and evenings are marked mostly by
everybody going to bed. If I switch that theme to evenings and nights, will
Ranma be so drastically altered that I might as well be using some other
universe?

4. What are the standard objections to the self-insertion? I already know
about the general low quality that characterizes the sub-genre; I want
objections to the very idea.

That's everything, for the moment. I also have a side request: if there's
any good prereaders out there who aren't going to tell me my work is great
and then pat me on the head and give me a cookie, I'd appreciate it if
they'd contact me. I'm also interested in digging up a mechanics editor, if
I can find one.

-Drakkus Blasphemy, Greater Daemon of Eris Discordia
drakkus@labyrinth.net
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