In a message dated 99-01-27 11:07:06 EST, wolf@sbm.org writes:

Now... I have nothing against casting her in a different light (it's YOUR
 story after all), but things like Akane grabbing a mallet out of nowhere at
 the slightest provocation and Shampoo always poisoning Ranma are pretty
 much fanfic cliches and are not canon.
 

Funny....  And here I thought it was always Akane trying to poison him
(unintentionaly of course) by forcing Ranma to eat her cooking..... But I
thought I remembered Akane malleting Ranma frequently in the few episodes of R
1/2 I was able to watch.  Geesh, looks like its time to dust off the TV and
VCR and do 'research' again...