I have yet to read one which strikes that peculiar

but successful balance that Kosuke Fujishima manages to
achieve (though I admit to not having read many).<<

Have you ever read a short one titled "Scenes from a Life" or "Years of
Wonder"? You can practically forget about other AMG fics after reading those
2.

Haven't read them yet.  I will look out for them... when I 
make some time, that is.

From: Ranma Al'Thor [ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu]

Warning, psychobabble by a non-psychology major approaching in succeeding
paragraphs :)

I agree with your observations. Keiichi's no loser. He's never lost a race
since Belldandy has been around.
There's two more, Belldandy is not one to lord over Keiichi, good for him.
And Keiichi is not one to take advantage of her magic, good for her. If it
was any other goddess, Keiichi might have serious damage by now. If it was
any mortal, the world would be in serious trouble by now.

Let me rephrase my sentiment, so nobody else gets too hung up on the
term "loser."  I didn't mean to suggest that Keiichi is somehow a bad 
character or that there are not worthwhile stories to write about him - after
all, I do enjoy Ah My Goddess.  What I was trying to express is that he is
the sort of character who fits poorly into the sort of stories that I like to 
write.  Same with Belldandy.  I believe that the -M- Productions guys 
encountered the same thing.  Other people might find him to be a pure
joy to write, which is terrific - for me, though, writing him as a central 
character would be very, very tough.  

Not trying to start a character debate about Keiichi here.  My apologies
for giving the wrong impression.

Grayson Towler
grayson@rigroup.net

http://www.rigroup.com/~grayson/relentless