okay.

Always Man wrote:

Well, I just checked Lawson's web site and found fics specifically

about these

characters.  You appear to be in need of some reality supplements.

_Thy Inward Love_ was Lawson's primary work. He wanted to write a
continuation fic, so he HAD to write in all the characters he didn't
like. He copped out by joining Ranma and Akane from the start,
automatically shutting out everyone else, and cheating the reader out of
a Final Battle. What we get instead is typical Lawson: Make Them See The
Truth.

Do all the continuations you've read to date possess -all- the cast of
Ranma1/2 in it? Thats quite a roll call, if so, and I'd like to see what
else you've read. I'm curious who could -remember- all the characters of
Ranma1/2.
 

Ukyou's portrayal was okay, if you ignore Lawson's bizarre idea of her
madness. How he copped out of dealing with Akane's greatest rival for
Ranma's attention by having poor Akane injured in a fight was a sin and
an insult to the best all-around female character in the series. Since,
he has put out her purely obligatory prologue, a small part in his
forgettable Next Generation fic, along with every other character. I
will say that he perhaps doesn't dislike Ukyou because she got a cameo
in the _TOP_ series, which is next to impossible for anyone he doesn't
like to get in.

Um, I thought Cologne was the best female fighter, but fans have odd
tastes. . .
Personally I think -everyone- is a little on the -mad- side. How sane is
it to  carry spatulas wherever you go?

How sane is it to maintain an ML of 800+ with nothing to gain but a
couple of Internic bills, and bandwidth that stretches the imagination?

. . .how sane is it to read and point out nothing but fanfictions you
don't like?
 

Kodachi, although he made no bones about slamming this character, he
used to good effect to wrap up the relationship of his second favorite
couple, Nabiki and Kunou. She got her obligatory prologue and cameo and
then nothing, until Lawson falls in love with her. He admits all of
this, by the way.

Is something wrong with that? Loving a character?
 

Shampoo's portrayal was pathetic. You see, she REALLY doesn't need to
follow the laws of the Amazons--it was something she only did because
she sort of felt like it. She would have let it go at that, but that
evil manipulator, Cologne, forces her into trying to kill Akane. Good
thing for the ending that Akane's skill in the martial arts had
increased a hundred fold. But that evil, underhanded Cologne saved
Shampoo from defeat. Ranma's had enough, so he doused himself with cold
water and took the fight to Cologne. Of course, if it wasn't clear
Lawson had lost all credibility at this point, he does an admirable job
of proving it when he has Ranma attain a level of skill that at least
equals that of Cologne's. That was even more bizarre when he had Ranma
beat Happi. Obligatory prologue and the cameo follows, than absolutely
nothing.

Credibilty is subjective to the creditor.
 

Then, finally, Ryouga gets his turn. Typically, you would expect Ryouga
to go on another 'long journey' upon learning that Ranma and Akane are
getting married again like he did the first time. Nope. Lawson has some
Ryouga-bashing he wants to work out of his system. So poor, delusional
Ryouga shows up and gets into a fight with Ranma. You would expect their
'Final Showdown' to be spectacular. It was boring and cut short by the
Ryouga-basher's favorite device: Akane Finds Out About P-Chan. The king
rival in the series gets dealt with as an afterthought, manages to be a
secondary character in his prologue, and dies in _Magic_. Awww.

His fanfiction, aside from the obligatory mentions here and there and
the supporting roles in _Magic_ have been absolutely free from any
mention of any character he doesn't like. On the other hand, characters
he does like regularly show up; Kodachi, Kunou, Nabiki, Kasumi, even
when they don't really need to be there. In _TOP_, Lawson displays a
willingness to contort the laws of Ranma into modern art to keep
characters he doesn't like out of _TOP_.

Fanfiction by its nature does that anyways. Some more than others, and
some so little you don't notice.
 

Am I reading too much into things? No, this is confirmed by Lawson
himself.

Am I saying this is bad? No--or, at least, it's a lot better than openly
bashing a character.

Well, you've probably been asked this already, but what -does- conform
to what you think should be written for a Ranma1/2 FanFiction?

-TJ
-CSY head
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