got 2a about ready to send to prereaders, but several comments have
me considering a total rewrite (no, not the usual "you suck" (or even
less likely if not physically impossible) messages from the FFMLers.)

No, these comments are from people (including a number of those
wonderful prereaders whose feedback is always appreciated)  who
want to see the young Ranma cast sections expanded. The curses
made completely different and just all sorts of bizarreness.

So the feedback i'm trying for is...

a) CURSES. Currently scheduled:
Akane....gorilla or rhino. (the suggestion of Spring Of Drowned Baby
Triceratops is
    amusing, but i figure i'd go through too many Zoloft from the flames...)
Shampoo...well, why _aren't_ there any Bird People drowned? If anyone knows
the
    Japanese name, send it. i don't have the manga. a winged Shampoo can get
away
    from Mousse much easier.
Kodachi...keep as spring of drowned Cat or make it Bengal Tiger?
Kasumi...sweet innocent Kasumi whom I'm loathe to curse as there aren't that
many
    nice girls in RL or anime. Spring of drowned Xena? drowned unicorn?
drowned boy?
    succubus?(Turns into Morrigan from Darkstalkers?)
Nabiki...catty nature. maybe something really strange? something sneaky or
tricky like
     a fox or a small griffon (Spring of Drowned Cat Catching Bird)
Ranma...his Scorned Woman Fury attack  is something for a female side, but
if he got
     cursed with something else (Spring Of Drowned Dragon) he might be more
comfortable
     with his curse as he got older...
Ukyou...keep the big puppy or go for something more exotic?

b) fiancees, there's 36 of them, AT LEAST.
 currently in The Fiancee Club:
01 Kasumi Tendo, secretary.
02 Nabiki Tendo, treasurer (and seller of official membership cards)
03 Akane Tendo, bailiff
04 Ukyou Kuonji, president (she paid Nabiki for the position)
05 Kaori Daikokuji
12 Ami Mizuno (SM) (bought a card when she was six years old from Nabiki)
18 Makoto Kino (SM) (similar to Ami)
20 Atsuko Natsume (Nuku Nuku) (arranged between her "father" and Genma
     when they were frat-brothers, a card was sent to them as a joke by
Genma
     because he "knew" there were no daughters...)
24 Shampoo
32 Vanilla (Rei Ayanami II, though she doesn't remember that due to the age
           regression she experienced after being put in a healing tank that
was
           never intended to be used by Angels)
35 Lillith of Makai (DarkStalkers)
36 Kiima of Phoenix Mountain
(34 is Saffron, but nobody wants to count that one- especially Ranma!)

c) the feedback i've gotten so far suggests that humor with a high insanity
level
    is what i should try for. this will be a series i work on when i've got
writer's block
    on Featherbrite's Tale, there's been enough positive feedback to
continue on it,
    and that's why _i_ write, at least.

ja ne,
gregg