"David Eddy" <dje@progress.com> wrote:

A cute idea!  Had me laughing.

=46rankly, this one I didn't get. Seemed like it was just the author's
opinions put into the characters' mouths. 

Yep!  I am not a true cannon writer, in most cases.  I style things to 
fit the mood that I want to create, the point that I want to make, or 
the vision of what I want the characters to be like.  My version of 
Ranma 1/2 is a lot sillier and more playful than most.  (Check out 
Bweeeee! if you don't believe me.  ^_^)

I know it was a Spamfic, but

where's the fic part?

Hmmm...let's see:

1) Plot:  3 Plots in this one.  a)  Akane and Ranma playing "Go Fish."  
b)  Akane and Ranma discussing thier "roles for the week.  c)  Akane 
cheating at cards and Ranma failing to notice.

2)  Characterization:  Ranma and Akane.  A view into what they might 
think about all of the fanfiction that they are in.

3)  Use of opening action, conflict, resolution, and falling action.

4)  Inside jokes with the audience.  By putting ideas into the 
audience's hear that makes them think "Don't go there!";  by using 
references and meta references on fiction from the list; and by the 
character's own actions and reactions.

Actually, what it was was a comprimise.  I really wanted to write some 
of the authors and ask them to *please* write more, but I knew that they 
probably got letters like that all of the time.  So I decided to write a 
short fic about what the Ranma and Akane from the fanfiction world might 
think about the various genres and quirks of the fanfiction that they 
are in, and put in a dig for the writing that I was hoping to see.  That 
way, the impact would be more memorable to my target audience, while 
entertaining others.  The name "Go Fish" had the double meaning of being 
both the game that they were playing and a comment on the stories that I 
want to see more of.  ^_^  

ja!

catnip_kun

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