On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, David Johnston wrote:
Out of curiosity, what's the signifigance of this title? It doesn't look
like something you made up out of the blue.
The story is a fusion of "Ranma 1/2" with "Hamlet". When Hamlet is pretending
to be insane, he acts much like Ranma does in this story. Of course Hamlet does
have a _much_ better reason for what he is doing. He believes his uncle will have
him killed if he looks like a threat. Ranma's just being an even bigger jerk.
In any case, the Hamlet connection also explains why Ranma soliliquises about
what he is going to do, before doing it.
I see.
So, how to regain control?
So, how do I regain control?
There is nothing really wrong with the original sentence.
Except that Ranma goes from being extremely well spoken to stating
something that isn't a proper sentence. Had he been speaking in his
ordinary fashion, I would not have pointed this out. Even so, it still
sounds like Viz's Shampoo might say.
"Then it is rude for school to be late. I'd expect it to be here promptly."
I expect...
I'd means "I would". By saying it as you have it, he's not making a
complete sentence.
Yes he is. "would" is a perfectly acceptable verb.
Sorry, this is a problem with finishing C&C at 3:00 in the morning. I
-should- have said that the tense is incorrect. He's talking about
something that is going on right now, so saying -would- is incorrect.
"I can not. I'm expecting my departed parents."
Out of curiosity, why did Ranma not use the contraction (can't) here? If
you're trying to make him sound a little stranger, then I could see it,
but then you shouldn't have him use contractions in other places either.
People's speech patterns don't usually move -that- erratically.
They do when they are faking it.
True. I hadn't thought of that aspect. I wonder if this was intentional
on the part of the writer.
Where are the random 'acts' of madness? What posessions is he treating as
meaningless pieces of paper? Again, you have not accomplished what you
have said tha tyou originally intended.
Well, the truth is Hamlet's speeches were not so random as all that either.
No, it wasn't. But Hamlet wasn't trying to prevent himself from being
manupilated. Instead, he was trying to manipulate others (the King and
his mother). Ranma wanted to make it not cost-effective for Nabiki to try
to manipulate him and to shield himself from retribution by faking
madness, but so far, he's just making a sermon.
-Natsume Ranma Ranma
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The sardines weren't worth the trouble. A few more shots, then
Ryoga-san would overheat and explode. Ducking around a corner,
I managed to lose him as I entered the ramshackle residence of
my Anime supplier.
One look at his face and I knew that I had been betrayed. "Tell me,"
I insisted. He refused, so I slammed him against the wall.
"Last chance. Where can Ranma-Ranma find good fanfics?"
"Try Jason Liao," he whispered, before he slumped to the floor.
I heard the sounds of a door splintering as I left through the
window, one step ahead of Tendo Heavy Industries...