From: "Ken Brockwell" <rolothamasi@hotmail.com>
To: ffml@fanfic.com
CC: nerondvl@yahoo.com
Subject: [FFML] [info][repost]public service announcement
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:30:14 MYT

Hello everyone. So that this post would not be a full
blown spam, I've decided to include an old fic of mine
that I intend to do a major rewrite on. Hopefully, I'll
get some last minute C&C before I go through with the
rewrite.

As long as you seriously intend to rewrite it, then it's
not spam.

Now for the main reason in posting this. First, let me be
honest, >until recently, I've never actually even seen or
read a single issue or episode of Ranma. But recently,
I've been able to download the an English subbed version
of episode one. That's when I noticed that many fanfic
authors have made minor mistakes when retelling the
beginning of Ranma. So, as a public service to help
authors on the list in producing a more accurate retelling
of, IMO the currently most widely written series, Ranma.
I have decided to clear up certain facts that many of us
have been getting wrong.

In chronological order:
1- Genma hit Ranma-chan in the back of the head with a
stop sign. Not with one of his signs that are used for
communication. In fact, he never actually used those in
the first episode.

Actually, it's a no parking sign. I extrapolate this from
the circle with the bar through it. That's most common in
a no parking sign.

2- Now for what is IMO the most widely made error in
fanficdom(in regards to this series). The conversation
between Akane and Nabiki in the dojo.

Incorrect Version:
Akane jogs into the dojo. She breaks some bricks.
Nabiki: No wonder boys think you're weird.
Akane: Unlike you, I don't revolve my life around boys.

More accurate version:
The screen pans into Akane in the dojo. She breaks some
bricks.
Nabiki: It's because you do stuff like this that boys
are not interested in you in a normal way.
Akane: Mind your own business sis, unlike you, I HATE
boys!

As you can see, the difference is a fairly major one in
terms of Akane's attitude towards boys. P.S. I didn't
quote the show word for word. I just pointed the
differences out. Hence the 'more accurate version'
rather than 'the correct version.

Akane is sitting in the dojo in front of a pile of three
cement blocks.
Akane: Hiya!!
Brings hand down, busting the blocks in twain(I always
wanted to say that). Wipes her brow.
Akane: Whew! That felt pretty good!
A camera flash from the door. Akane looks up. Nabiki has
camera poised.
Nabiki: There you go again, Akane, this is EXACTLY the
type of thing that makes the boys think you're so wierd!
Akane: So why should I care, Nabiki? Not EVERYONE thinks
the whole world revolves around... BOYS!<Horrid grimace>

[I have a script of the Viz dub of the show. I am
currently inscribing it into digital format. When I'm
finished, I will post it.

Akane doesn't hate boys. She just dislikes them intensely.
Bad experiences with one in particular.]

3- The members of the Tendo family who went to greet
the Saotomes were not Kasumi and Soun. It was Soun
followed behind by Nabiki.

Actually it was Nabiki followed by Soun. Kasumi and Akane
wait at the door of the living room.

9- Ranma-kun came out as Akane was holding the
STONE/stone colored (basically not wooden) table. He
repeated the 'I'm Saotome Ranma, sorry bout this'.

I'm not going to argue about what the table was made of.
It's animated, it's not 'made' of anything. Besides, who
cares? Another thing people get wrong is that Akane lets
the table collapse on top of her, flattening her. Actually,
it just bumps her head

10- Please note he was not standing on the stairs when
he said it. He was standing by the interior door leading
to the yard. In fact, from what I see, Japanese
architecture does not allow you to stand on the upper
level of a flight of stairs without obscuring your upper
body.

The stairs are at the front of the house anyway, nowhere
near the living room and opposite of the furo. The furo
is in the back of the house, near the rear entrance,
where combatants come to engage the owner in vicious
combat. Ranma in the show comes from the back of the
house. There's a web page with a interior plan of the
house. Can't remember the url.

You got some good points, but you're not QUITE right. But
really, who cares? Every author has the right to write as
they please. Doing a door scene is perfectly legit, and
really a minor change.

Thomas Hood
thood3@hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/thood3/

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