<snip abbreviated rewrite>

I had resolved not to respond to you or anything you say anymore, Gubby, 
or whatever you're calling yourself these days (why do you change your 
name so often anyway?  Could it be to get around all the people who I'm 
sure have killfiled you by now?  Or do you actually think people are 
fooled by your identity switches?), but I can't allow such a gross 
misrepresentation of what I have written to stand without a response.  

*stage whispers to Alan* I think it's because he's got lots of time on his
hands - whenever he's not wanking, he's trying to piss others off. Maybe
you should sell him a life, or at least introduce him to women? Maybe
he'll be less gittish when he's had some. :p

Desire is what I wrote about.  Perhaps you didn't pick up on the fact 
that Nabiki is not exactly Nabiki, but the framework for this story is 
as old as the New Testament, and has been used in everything from the 
worst B-grade Hollywood horror films to Goethe's "Faust".  

Either he IS dense, or he's just trying to upset you... Maybe it's both!

Ryoga is offered the achievement of all his mortal desires; the 
possesion of both Akane and Akari, the defeat of Ranma, and even the 
basest temptations of the flesh in the form of "Nabiki" herself.  He is 
offered physical desire at the price of spiritual damnation.  

Yay for character driven fanfics!!

I tend to find them much more interesting and enjoyable than just plot
driven fanfics (ie. fit characters in to plot, rather than plot occuring
due to characters)

He is asked, to put it bluntly, to sell his soul in return for all that 
he desires upon earth.  I generally do not state the purposes of what I 
write so explicitly, preferring to allow readers to form their own 
interpretation, to understand the layers that lie below the surface.  
But your statement that the theme of desire has nothing to do with what 
I wrote galls me to the point at which I feel I must make clear exactly 
why I feel desire was the most important concept to what I wrote.

*whispers again* It's because he's got a head as thick as a brick! He
doesn't understand character-driven fanfics!

This is the only fanfic that he'd like:

A Ranma 1/2 Fanfic.

Ranma did stuff. He lived happily ever after.

The end.

See? It's short and sweet like he wants! It doesn't use un-necessary words
or any character interaction! It GOES somewhere, without getting bogged
down in the gory details!

I mean, isn't THIS such a GOOD fanfic? I mean, isn't it even more
enjoyable than yours? Than my normal ones? Than any fanfic ever posted?

I mean, wow... it's just so CAPTIVATING!

*sarcasm mode cancelled*

Basically, if you listen to most of his comments, you'll get disheartened
about your own work, and that's no good. I think, like I said before, he's
doing it just because he can't write a fanfic to save his own life.

Your 'fic was good! And this was prooved by myself, John 'Jimbo' Biles,
Sean Gaffney, Chris Willmore and Jamie Seaman's judging!

It was interesting, captivating and had a great twist on things!

Second place was pretty good, considering all the good fanfics that were
sent in! ^_^

Kun-chan...
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