At 02:13 AM 6/9/98 -0400, Nick Leifker wrote:

Note: This is a side story/prelude to the main "Clothes Make The..."
story.  We're busy working on Part 8; don't worry.

-- Nick

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I am Ranma.  I am woman.

Dear God, what have I become?  

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Care to guess what kind of mood I was in when I wrote this?
Nicholas Leifker
nightelf@thekeep.org
June 9, 1998

Well, another well written story, in similiar vein and mood to "A man I'll
never be" by... er, SKJAM was it? Or at least that's the story that this
reminded me of. 

Anyway, on another note, when the last chapter of this story came out, I
found myself in agreement with those who were arguing that certain passages
in the story seemed to suggest that Ranma was rejecting his male half
completely. While I never vocalized this, I was disappointed at the time
with the direction this story had gone. 

This story has always been well written and an enthralling read, but
originally, when the premise was first introduced, that of Ranma exploring
his feminine side, I had been hoping for a little more balanced treatment
of the issue. In the course of the story however, events seemed to have
skewed off that desired course. Sooo....

My idea/challenge/request is to see a fic out there somewhere where, in the
process of exploring his curse, Ranma comes to except his female half *on
equal terms* with his male half, similiar to his father's familiarity with
his panda curse. The closest I've ever seen this occuring has been in a
little spamfic called something like "A Snapshot" that I forget the author
of. (It takes place in onna-Ranma's mind over a few seconds as s/he's
staring at a mirror while putting on boxers, a bra, and a dress to go to
the beach. Anyone able to place it for me?) Anyway, there's my idea
idea/challenge/request to either write such an idea, or at least point me
in the direction of such a fic.

Thanks,
Scott Pollert

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Scott Pollert [pollerts@hsonline.net]