On Fri, 29 May 1998, Matthew Campbell <mgcampb@CLEMSON.EDU> wrote:

Brendan wrote:

      I never mentioned that Ranma accepted Cologne-- on the contrary, I
have him trying to find some middle ground between the polar opposites
of Cologne and Happousai. The time of day, twilight, between day and
night, light and dark, serves to highlight this search for balance.
      The way I see it, there are three possible stories here 1) the
obvious one is that Ranma accepts Cologne's proposal, and eventually
attains the 'soul of ice.'
2) Ranma stays with Happousai (perhaps after hearing Happi's story, or
for other reasons)
3) Ranma's search for his own way, not necessaricly based on either
Cologne's, Happousai's, or some combination of the two's, philosophy,
training, or style.

        Ah yes so Cologne is the Vorlon's, Happousai is the Shadows, and
Ranma is Sheridan

More like they represent the forces of order and chaos (Which is what the 
Vorlons and Shadows represent).  Too much chaos leads to obvious problems, 
while too much order leads to a world forever _frozen_ in perfect stasis.

Ranma would represent the Balance.  No wait, Ryouga could probably 
represent the Balance better.  Ranma's just screwed.

	Um, Ryouga is very blatently Chaos.  At least he's almost as 
unrestrained in his passions as Happosei it's just that his passions don't 
involve women's underwear, just attacking Ranma and obsessing over any girl 
who acts nice to him.  Ranma at least acts based on both Reason and Passion, 
even if he does let Passion take the upper hand at times.

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