At 07:13 PM 4/15/98 -0700, Pablo R. Ar�valo wrote: 	Has anyone attempted to 

address the problems an apparent age difference between forms, (a la 
Hinako-sensei,) would cause Ranma?  Or the daily problems in Mrs. Hinako's 
life, for that matter?   	If so, would someone be kind enough to point me 
towards the appropriate works?  I'm curious to see how others have addressed 
this idea. 

	Try Scott Jamison, aka SKJAM! He did one titled (I _think_) 'No Fair', 

where Ranma falls into the Spring of the Drowned _Little_ Girl, and is 
cruelly (in _my_ opinion) treated by Kasumi, who is trying to FORCE him to 
behave like the cute little girl he now looks like. Making him wear cute 
little girly clothing, making him behave in a cute manner, and so on.

	There may be more, but I can't recall them right off.

	And yes, I'm sort of back. I'm still malfunctioning pretty badly, but I 

managed to have some friends set up my laptop (thank you, Anand!) to where I 
can type without getting out of bed.

	Gods, the mail that's piled up.

	I'll answer everyone who wrote asap, I promise. And I'm sorry for getting 

ill on your guys.

	If no one had thought of this before, or maybe they just had not written 

about it, I got plenty of room for suggestions.  (I'm already incorporating 
problems with patronizing attitudes, ID's, housing & employment, but there 
could be possibilities for lots of other issues.) 

	Well, there's always what SKJAM pointed out, whether he intended to or 

not.. that is, the need for some people to have the perfect little girl/boy 
child. And using a victim of the proper Jyusenkyo spring would be terribly 
tempting. Taking advantage of them, trying to turn them into a fantasy 
child.. <shiver Reminds me of that episode of Batman: The Animated Series 
where the villainess is this pitiful former child star who is trapped by a 
disease into looking like a child for her entire life, unable to grow up, 
know love, marriage, et cetera.

	That way lies madness.

	Ed Becerra 

	"Dreamers may die, but the Dream is eternal.."