At 06:17 AM 4/27/99 -0700, Gregg Sharp wrote:
the front of this story comes from the Spells R Us:Nerima Chronicles
story. Akira is a transformed Akane. Insert standard disclaimers and all
that sort of thing. This is just meant as something enjoyable, don't take it
too seriously. i leave the Great Literature to those who insist on treating
this whole fanfiction stuff as such.
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Akira frowned, realizing that he had to do something. The way things
were were getting entirely too comfortable. It was beginning to feel "right"
to be this tall and muscular fellow with the gleaming smile. Time for Akane
to return, but how?
Looking around in desperation, Akira felt more of Akane beginning to
slip away and made a choice.
The wizard merely smirked, looking past the transformed former sixteen year
old Japanese girl. A sign displayed where almost everyone would ignore it,
read "Only Three Per Customer."
Besides, after he was done here, he could go visit Juuban.
"Sobe beverages, 'Zen Blend'." Akira looked at the label on the tea
and wondered about the contents briefly. He was really good at English, but
some of the writing here looked to be a _completely_ different language.
What the heck was a 'schizandra' anyway? The yin/yang symbol with the
little lizards was kind of cute, and Akira picked up the bottle.
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ZEN BLEND by Gregg, strangely enough.
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The Wiz frowned. "THAT was not supposed to happen."
"What *was* supposed to happen from a product called 'Zen Blend'?" A
reasonable sounding voice asked.
"She would have been turned back to Akane, all right, but would have been
exchanged with some fanfic writer named Zen. Zen would then have been the 16
year old son of Soun Tendo." The Wiz stopped. That had *not* been his wolf.
It had not been one of his cursed antiques, nor the perverted leprechaun,
nor had it been any of the sentient cursed items. His eye caught a short
elven fellow leaning up against a copy of the Unabridged Necronomicon. The
book appeared to be flinching. "Oh Puck."
"Well, I *was* Toltiir up until a few days ago, but people started
confusing me with that Osciir fellow so I dropped the cat guise. Too bad,
Bast liked it."
"They're confusing an Elder God with... Never mind. I don't want to know."
Well, it's a parody, right? It was useful for us to corrupt and alter
the head entity, yes? I've always liked parodies, myself-- if done correctly,
at least (because they show intimate knowledge of what is being parodied.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, for instance, is pretty much the closest
version to King Arthur and the Grail saga in any Arthurian movie. Those
boys knew their stuff and what they were talking about)....
That's my defense and I'm sticking with it! ^_^
"Oh, and who died and appointed YOU god?" Ranma's voice had continued to
rise. Akane, however, was as calm and uncaring as ever.
"Nietche." Akane shrugged. "While many of his conclusions are flawed and
self-serving, he did have his good points."
"Huh?"
Heheheheheh. :)
hi people. is this different enough? this is just something i worked out
that i thought would be amusing and different. it's wrapped up here, though
if (like the Genma Ascendent piece) someone wants to take the idea and run
with it, feel free. (For that matter, if someone wants to write the Zen as
Soun's son piece, that's one i wanna read. snicker. chortle. Image of
someone slapping Ranma out of the way with his spatula when a certain chef
shows up.) i personally think this particular concept has been explored
enough here that there is no need to go further. Other opinions will, and
should, vary.
Akane is *good* at the Art, though pursuing the Zen ideal of nothingness to
the extent she has means that she comes across as not only cold but almost
Vulcan. She is extremely self-controlled and aware of her immediate
environment. Given the nature of the series, what with ghost cats and the
like, some mystical abilities seem mandated for an order of
warrior-spiritualist-monks/nuns.
Actually, the Akane of this is (to me) reminiscent of the Ranma at the end
of my Soul of Ice: Thesis. Not quite at that point yet, but her ideal is
very, very close to what I believe Ranma to have become, at least in
practise.
By the end of Thesis, he removed himself totally from the world so that
it would not disturb him. This Ranma was a being of pure logic, and needed
nothing from anyone, so there was no reason for him to interact with them.
Family? Friends? Children or passing on his knowledge to someone else? Nothing
for him to gain by it, and so there is no reason to (although if asked to
teach, he would because he also has no reason not to). Akane seems close to
this, and seems to want to become closer to this, but not quite there, which
makes her somewhat unpalatable to me because of that patina of humanity
left in her. Might be that persona of "all-wise" and "I-know/am-better-than
-you-so-do-what-I-say" which she has, which has always rubbed me the wrong
way (in other people. In myself, well, that's just a truth and the sooner you
all realise this... ^_^ ). I always like to see people like that get shown
up in stories, because that appeals to my sensibilities-- that's just me,
however (even though I'm pretty guilty of doing the same thing in at least
one story myself-- though even as I wrote it, nevermind posted it I was
unhappy with it and that particular character-- must rewrite one of these
days....)
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Reality and I have this arrangement, see?
I ignore it, and it ignores me. we're quite happy
with the way it works, really.
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