----- Original Message -----
From: Sining <shihlin@pacific.net.sg>
To: Kevin D. Hammel <kevinsff@pacbell.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [FFML][Fanfic][Ranma/SM][Rewrite] Honor and Love 1

Kevin D. Hammel wrote:

   Also, the sailor senshi Ranma thing has been done a wee bit too

often,

you might want to think of adding something more to spice up the story.

I won't argue. I think there is a lot more than Ranma joins the Sailor
Senshi in the 4+ episodes I posted, but I respect your right to voice
your opinion.

Well thanks a lot.

I meant *no* disrespect. I unfortunately noted that the reply was to
chapter 1 and not 4 or 5, and jumped to a conclusion that you hadn't
read the rest. My sincere apologies.

Anyway, I meant that there wasn't really anything
*new* in the fic. Nodoka sends Ranma to school as a girl, been done.
Ranma becomes a sailor senshi, been done. The whole female cast of Ranma
1/2 becomes senshi, been done. The last two have been kinda cliche among
SM/Ranma readers.

Well, this has gotten a *lot* more responses (nearly all positive)
than anything I've ever written, (by a factor of 10) so somebody
likes it...

You might want to add something new to the plot, like
maybe have Happosai become the main villian

Nope. This is much more a Sailor Moon story than a Ranma story...

who sends out gigantic
monsters to steal panties to recharge his energy.... Get Ryouga to
become the second Tuxedo Kamen etc etc. I'm sure you can think of
something.

I have (and several people actually think I have already) you can wait
to see more or hit the delete key in the future... your choice...

Here's a little bit more of Episode 5...

alpha (WORK IN PROGRESS) STORY FRAGMENT...
Sailor Triton's description may change, this is un-proofed, etc...
***

Closer to Tokyo a teenaged girl, her long hair shining in the moonlight,
slept at a campsite with her great-grandmother. The two women were
Chinese Amazons from Joketsuzoku, and they were after the girl's husband.
As was often the case, the girl twisted and turned through dreams she
could not quite grasp the meaning of.

In her dreams the teenager, Shan Pu, was sometimes a cat and other times
a human. The dreams were of a time long vanished; ruins and buildings of
legend were sparkling and new. Tonight, there was another dream...

Shan Pu looked around; she was standing on a beautiful, deserted beach. A
shadowy woman appeared before her, features concealed by motes of
darkness. Somehow Shan Pu knew the woman was offering a proud smile.
"Shanna, my most faithful courtier... Thank you. You served me well in
the past as a trusted courier; now I can finally reward your service."

The shadows re-formed to create the image of a bearded man holding a
trident. He smiled at the young Amazon warrior. "Greetings Shanna, or
should I say Shan Pu? In the past, you served at the side of the Sailor
Senshi, though behind them... doing the dirty work. Now you can finally
join them as an equal. Somehow, Shampoo's heart was filled with happiness
at the offer. This was a long cherished dream of hers... But it had
*never* entered her mind before!

The girl's face showed an unstable mixture of happiness and puzzlement.
"I'm so confused. I want to be a Sailor Senshi, but I've never wanted to
before... What's going on, Mr.?"

The man laughed as the waves seemed to add to the sound of his merriment.
"I am known as Triton, Shanna. I am the spirit of Neptune's largest
moon... How would like you to be *my* Sailor Senshi?"

With a start, her clothing began to shift. Her Amazon pantsuit became a
while bodysuit ringed with a short pink skirt. Long white gloves with
rimmed with pink piping materialized on her hands and forearms. In the
center of her chest was a pale lavender bow with a pink jewel circlet at
its center. A mirror appeared before her, and she saw a tiara on her
head, as well as some lavender ribbons tied to the back of her uniform.

Her expression turned from shock to a smile as, somehow, she *knew* that
this was the uniform she dreamed of wearing. It marked her as one of the
beautiful warriors she had somehow forgotten.

****************

End Fragment 1

But wait, there's more!...

Fragment 2

****************

In a campsite not far away, a young man woke from a fitful sleep.

The boy rubbed his eyes and sat up. There was enough moonlight to see his
two most distinctive features... a pair of teeth that were almost fangs
and a yellow bandanna with black spots. <Curse you, Ranma! If you hadn't
left that lot where I was to finally defeat you, I never would 'ave
followed you to China. Ever since that training ground, my life has been
a living hell! Not only am I cursed, but somehow I got married! Damn
those Amazons and their stupid laws! Because of them my life is hell!>
After a while, the boy mentally ranted himself back to sleep.

In Juuban, a black cat shared the fitful dreams of the teenager sleeping
nearby. Luna was able to make some sense of them, however. Somehow,
through some incredible miracle, Shanna's soul had survived. Not only
that, but she had been rewarded for her service.

****************

End Fragment 2

Anyway, on a side note, now that Ranma knows that girls aren't stupid
or useless, can he go back to going to school as a boy now?

We shall see...

Sining

Kevin D. Hammel
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