On Fri, 22 May 1998, Sean Gaffney wrote:

HOTARU:  And generally really pissing off the authors, as indeed
         Davies-san was.

	I was not.  *Annoyed* by the constant, out-of-NOWHERE predictions of
Keiichi's death, but not pissed off.

HOTARU:  And sometimes he doesn't succeed in making us care, or
         deliberately writes it so we'll dislike her, even when 
         we don't.

SEAN:  Nabiki.

	<shrug> I've seen just a few too many "she's really a nice person
with a few unpleasant qualities" versions of her.  I don't think Nabiki is a
nice person -- but then I don't think anyone in Ranma 1/2 is a *nice* person
(Kasumi being an exception).  I tried to show her side -- she's been putting
up with the insanity for three years, and is thoroughly tired of it.  But
the thing is, so is everyone else, so she doesn't have an excuse.  

SEAN:  Not really.  As usual, this was incredibly harrowing - it
       took me a while to get through it - and extremely well
       written.  Sadly, quoting Lionel Richie at the end makes it
       one of the worst fanfics I've ever read -- 

{WHAM!!!}

HOTARU:  <lowering her glaive>  Sorry about that, Sean has a 
         virulent dislike for early 80s MOR.  

	So I take it I can't talk you into writing "Together Again:  The
Music Video" with "Say You Say Me", huh?  Oh well.  Thanks!

Chris Davies.