From: arromdee@inetnow.net [mailto:arromdee@inetnow.net]
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 1997 3:21 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

You forget. This is a crossover between two alternate realities. In

such

cases all bets are off. There are no rules about how similar the two
realities have to be.

They're not rules "about the realities", they're rules about how
we're supposed to read the stories.  When reading TIL, we're supposed
to shove aside any thoughts about what hitting one's partner means in
real life, because this is Ranma 1/2 and it just isn't all that big a
deal in Ranma 1/2.

Actually, I wonder where you get that.  Don't forget, TIL Akane has a scar
on her face - from Ukyo's spatula.  Akane also gets seriously injured in
her battle with Shampoo.  Ranma gets his bell rung by Kuno, and it takes
him a while to shake it off.  There are many other examples in TIL where
it is clear that doing violence to another person *hurts* that person,
sometimes seriously.

TIL toned down the slapstick violence quite a bit and gave it serious
consequences.


-Richard
sterman@sprynet.com

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