Adrian Wong wrote:

Hell holds no fury . . .

A short, cheesily titled Ranma 1/2 fic done on the spurn of the moment
By Adrian Wong

<Snip fic>

*Sigh* As much as I like Shampoo (hell, I've been writing a story with her
as one of the main characters for over a year now) I hate character slams/
glorifications far more, and this undoubtably comes off as a nasty one, as
bad as a couple that were against Ryouga a while back. It's doubly painful
in that you have written far better things in the past, and this whole
thing was beneath your abilities. I have to say this one was a waste of
time. It should be noted that this is far, far more likely to alienate the
character to people, not win them over. 

The End (PLEASE KEEP READING THOUGH!)

Sounds abrupt?  Sorry.  But this story's just a little POV upon the manga
that I had long since wanted to get out of my system.  I can't stand the
maniacs out there who keep on bashing Shampoo for no good reason.  

There are some, but pretty much every character has some fanfic writers who
dislike them. Susan Doenime can't stand Kasumi, go figure. (If I'm wrong
about that, let me apologize, SD.) Everyone has their favorties and least
favorites. If a writer allows his or her personal bias to show through,
usually the work suffers. Most people don't care much for reading a fic
that's trying to do little else than push a personal agenda, including the
one you just wrote.

Hope
you Shampoo fans out there like it!

Nope. Like I said, I couldn't stand this. 

WAIT!!  DON'T DELETE THIS FILE YET!!!!!!!!!!!!

For also attached to this fic are the TOP TEN REASONS (I believe) that

fic

writters try to degrade Shampoo into a "bimbo/maniac/bound to lose to

Ranma

failure" in their fics:

This doesn't help things either.

10) They hadn't ever finished reading the complete set of R 1/2 manga,

but

the earlier chapters alone.

9) They read those EXTREMELY WELL WRITTEN fanfics by Richard Lawson, Mike
Loader, John Biles, Two-flowers, Blade . . . and prefer their realities
over the actual R1/2 one.

You're bring more than a little harsh here. In Lawson's case I think the
only one he said he really hates is Happosai. (Though IMO Konatsu got short
changed in TIL. Poor guy *SNIFF*.) Most of the time if a writer, especially
the good ones, don't like a character they simply write them out of the
story. No one says you should have to write a character you don't
particularly care for, though it's a fun challenge to do it anyway.

8) They didn't know that Shampoo know pressure point techniques (which
Ranma don't), and can actually mind-control her opponents (Manga vol 7,

12

. . . and some others)

I always thought that was more than a contrived plot device RT came up
with, especially since, to my knowledge, Shampoo never used it after that
one instance.

7) They hadn't seen how Shampoo had been willing to give up Ranma if only
he admit his feelings for certain (vol 16, Onsen chapter)

6) They hadn't seen how Ranma had manipulated her feelings at every turn,
even going so low as to steal her potions from the girl through use of
seduction, and how Shampoo has always SEVERLY OUTSMARTED him. (vol 8, 22)

5) They didn't realize that Shampoo is the only girl smart enough to

avoid

getting conned by that bitch Nabiki 

I see a little more bias of your own creeping in here.

through the entire Manga series.  The
one time Nabiki tried had ended up with her fleeing from the outer

fiancee

gang with her tail between her legs.  

Well, now, that would be a sight to behold. Which volume was that in?

They also didn't realize that Shampoo
didn't learn Japanese properly cause it isn't a universal language, and
that she plans to return to China as soon as possible (I'd like to see

any

of the almighty Tendo girls being able to speak grammatically correct
Chinese) 

4) They didn't realize how dominant Shampoo had been in her relationship
with Ranma

I really didn't get this one.

3) They are girls who can't stand other girls possessing beauty, curves

and

wits, and sought to destroy them in their own jealousy.

This is starting to go WAY out there.

2) They are boys who can't stand to see girls possessing beauty, curves

and

wits, and sought to destroy them in their own jealousy . . . <shiver> . .