Li Sheng wrote:

I just want to say I love the story, but the end... well it kind of
sucked. couldn't you keep the other personnalitys alive in end? I like
Shade! don't kill him, or merge with Ramma.

But the other personalities aren't _real_.  They're just Ranma acting
differently in different situations.

No matter how cute or entertaining the other personalities seem, in the
end they're just symptoms of a sickness.  Ranma can't really be in any
way considered well or healthy until they're gone.

To tell the truth, I always found "A Stained Glass Mind" to be kind of
depressing.  The Ranma in it is just as sick and twisted as the Ranma
from "Ill Met by Starlight".  I kept hoping that once Ranma felt safe
enough with the Tendos, he'd lose the need to pretend to be different
things in order to deal with the outside world and just be able to be
himself again.

-- 
Matthew Campbell
E-mail: mgcampb@clemson.edu

"Margaret's explanation, which I liked better, was that you 
had to learn a culture until you knew whether the person on 
the other side of the table was following a cultural norm 
different from yours, or just an asshole."

- EARTH MADE OF GLASS by John Barnes