On Mon, 07 Sep 1998, "Brian M" <brian_kun@hotmail.com> wrote:

I believe it was Gary Klepe who said:

Matthew Campbell <mgcampb@clemson.edu> wrote:

"An Exercise in Manipulation"

Wow! This may be the single most believable Ranma/Ukyo matchup I've 

ever

seen, and expertly told in less than 400 lines. If I had a hat, it 

would

be off to you.

And Nabby, you were wrong, and you know it. Mind you, not any wronger
than all the countless other people who've interfered in Ranma and
Akane's lives... just better at it.

Actually, I think she was right.  Other than Ranma, Ukyo has to choose 

>from either a boy who thinks he's a girl, or a boy who thinks he's a 

mailbox, as they are the only ones in love with her.

	So she should find someone else!  She's sixteen.  If she gets 
over Ranma and actually looks for somone else she has plenty of time to 
find someone.  There is nothing requiring people to marry someone they 
knew when they were sixteen after all.
	Besides as Nabiki observed it was a relationship where Ukyo knew 
that she didn't and would likely never hold the center of Ranma's heart. 
 Ranma was content, but never much more than content.  And of course 
Akane was devistated and never tried to love anything except martial 
arts.
	Ultimately it's not a question of weather or not she did 
something beneficial to the parties concerned, it's a question of weather 
or not she was justified deciding the course Ranma and Akane's future 
should take and then acting to force them to take that course.  And I 
would definately say that everything she said was a rationalisation and 
she really did it because she decided she didn't want to deal with Ranma 
as an In-Law, and because being able to pull off the manipulation gave 
her a satisfying feeling of power.

Akane, on the other hand, has:
Ryoga, who, while my least favorite male character, is still a helluva 
guy.  Kuno, who's rich, if slightly deranged.  Shinnosuke, who may have 
a memory like a sieve but is still a nice guy.  Those three are 
unnattached and in love with her.

	Like all the guy's at school.  And the simple fact is that she 
isn't interested in them and never became so.  Besides as I said there is 
no reason why she has to marry someone she knows when she's sixteen.  Oh 
and this is set after the final story which means Akane wouldn't try to 
steal Ryouga from Akari.

"But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong."
   -Dennis Miller

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Brian, singing off...

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