Edward Becerra wrote:

        Ahem. <taps mike> This thing on? Good.

        I've passed on all comments to Hitomi about her story, _The

Youngest

Goddess_, and for reasons I don't pretend to understand, she regards

me as a

friend. (unlike most people who've met me in person, after which they

tend

to regard me as a severely disturbed person. ^_^)

        Anyway, it seems there's been some fuss over the other story

she's helping

with. Jessica's _Ranma's Father_, where Jessica uses the Wishing Sword

story

arc to begin her fic that crosses over with Batman:The Animated

Series.

        As a result, Hitomi has, in order to help Jessica, summed up

the content of

all the replies she and Jessica received over _Ranma's Father_, and

replied

to them in a single post. Said post she passed on to me to forward to

the

list.

        Now, this is Hitomi's reply, not mine. Keep in mind that

yelling, flaming,

or insulting _me_ won't hurt Hitomi. She won't see them because I tend

to

delete the really insulting ones that come into my mailbox.

        Unlike The Lost Lurker, I don't yell at people. Probably

because after the

death of my mother, the stroke I had, the high blood pressure I

_still_

have, and the financial difficulties my father has burdened me with

via his

unending series of rubber checks has cause me to reach a point where I

_have_ to ignore insults, or the stress simply sets me up for another
stroke. One that, most likely, will be the LAST stroke I will ever

have.

        After all, dead people don't get strokes, folks.

        Kindly keep that in mind. My blood pressure and I will thank

you for it.

        Tybalt, I realize that this could be considered a flame

(albeit a most

polite one), and I humbly beg your pardon. But I'm doing this on my

doctor's

advice. And that's NOT a joke. I was just informed that the current

stress

I'm
under has caused my bp to rise to potentially dangerous levels even

WITH the

drugs I'm taking. So I was _officially_ advised to stop holding the
frustration in, and if I feel like yelling, then yell. It would help

me relax.

My sincere apologies if it came out like an ugly rant.

        Anyway, that's all *I* have to say on the matter, and

hopefully I've headed

off a few of the flames in advance. Now over to Hitomi, and her reply

to the

list about _Ranma's Father_.

        Cordially yours,

        Ed Becerra

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Hitomi's reply to the list.

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You know, at this point in time, I'm really annoyed.

All of you offer advice, and are more than willing to offer help, but

in

what way?

Constructive critism?

Except for a few people, not really.

People saying they know what's right and to rewrite the whole story?

A slew of you have done so.

You know, it's so bad that Jessica was going to give up doing the

Ranma's

Father series?

Now, I myself have a fairly thick skin.  I have to, given the number

of

comments I've received over the years, the insults from various

people, and

the way I end up hearing about it.  It's not too bad for me, but I

would

think that you would want to encourage a new writer, especially given

that a

lot of you are new writers yourselves.

Now, perhaps _I_ can answer some questions, which have come in to

Jessica as

complaints saying that she should rewrite everything to reflect what

these

people think.

First, Batman is a lot better than a lot of people think.  In the

comic

books, he spent several YEARS travelling the world in order to learn

martial

arts.  All types of exotic techniques that would beat out ANY that

Ranma

learned, even at the end of the series.

I dunno about that... I mean Anything Goes Martial Arts is pretty
effective and exotic.

He started his crusade, in the
comics when he was 35.

Ranma started since he was 4 or 6... never really got the truth to that.

In the Animated Television Series, Batman started his crusade when he

was

28.  According to the story, he still spent many years learning exotic

techniques from around the world.  Swordsmanship, Akido, Jujitsu,

various

styles of Kung-fu, etc.

Ranma has sparred against Kuno a number of times, and most likely know a

great deal
about Kendo. I think someone said that the Anything Goes School Tendo's
style was a
grappling style... so Ranma would be pretty proficient in grappling.. he

also probably
learned Jujitsu. Genma was a very obsessed man and would force his son
to learn what
ever style was most effective and powerful. I'm pretty sure Ranma
doesn't know too much
about Aikido.... else his demeanor would be much more different. Ranma
definately know
several different styles of Kung-Fu and Wu Shu.. after all he did spen a

few months in
China.

 He even received training in how to handle all
types of weapons from Alfred, who was a former SAS officer and later

an

agent of MI6.  In the Ninja storyline, he learned to kill with just a

touch,

although he never used the technique himself.

Ranma would probably never want to use the death touch or a gun. This is

due to the
fact that Ranma has a very high moral value and will not kill unless
necessary.. But he
has spent some time around Cologne and Tofu... so he does know some
pressure points
that could knock people out... the Cat-Tongue, and so on.

Remember, among his skills is
the ability to seemingly disappear in seconds.  That's something Ranma

does

NOT know.

In the first chapter of this story, Jessica had put down Bruce was a

STUDENT

of Cologne.  If he was a student, and for a longer time, of the same

person

who is training Ranma, who do YOU think would be better?  It would not

be

Ranma from where I sit.

Well... The reason Ranma is so good is because of his rate of learning.
If Ranma can
pick up dangerous Chi-techniques within a few days... he can learn more
in a shorter
period of time. That's what makes Ranma... Ranma :) So it would really
depend on how
much time did Bruce spend with Cologne, and how much time Ranma has
spent with Cologne.

Also, this story DOES NOT OCCUR at the end of the series.  Why so many

people are telling Jessica it is, is beyond me.  Especially since the
wishing sword story arc occurs in the first half of the series of

books.

Besides, who said that this is following the exact storyline of the

books.

Did anyone actually READ the first chapter and find some clues to what

was

going on or did it go over ALL of your heads?

You lost me there....You mean that Ranma's a totally different person
than in the story
line...?

Nodoka STATED that she had already met Ranko and Panda-chan.

Something that

did not happen until LATER in the books.

Overall.... I think the story is written very well.... I like where is
is going...
personally when I first heard the plot of the story... I was hoping for
a kind of Super
Ranma, at the end of the series, who would blow the minds of everyone in

Gotham.... I
was also hoping that BatGirl and Ranma would get together.... but I
suppose that would
be too weird. But I like the way their relationship is going. I can't
wait to see what
happens if Ryouga or Kuno or any of Ranma's enemies show up at Wayne
Manor... at least
now Ranma may be able to afford property damage :) Poor Alfred (heh)
Well, that's about
all I gotta say...I sincerely hope you continue writing!

-Jeff