On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, you wrote:
Hello,
First of all, Thank you to Steve Pardue for this interesting idea
(which I feel is new ground). And thanks as well to Deborah
Goldsmith. I can't wait to see the end (tonight... really...
wahoo!).
Hah! You think it ends? Well, I understand the feeling. When Deborah told
me she had written 60 pages, I thought that meant she had finished, too.
Here are a few thoughts on the story and early C&C...
The examples provided to show the ground has been covered before,
"Ranko 1/2" and "Ranma's Curse" do not really tell the same story or
explore premise, IMHO. The Ranko in "Ranko 1/2" was born a girl, but
only truly had her gender changed at Jusenkyou. The Ranma in
"Ranma's Curse" was male, then cursed as in canon. The curse is
locked in the 'Cat's Tongue' story arc.
These stories might end up at the a similar point, but the journey
there is vastly different.
Believe me, I thought for a long time trying to come up with a Ranma as a
girl plot which had not already been done.
And, is this really Genma bashing? Perhaps, but the Genma bashing is
ingrained in the plot. What Genma did, with Soun and Happi's help,
is unconscionable. It also is the core of the story, and thus cannot
be 'fixed'. I think this is an interesting look at a radical change
in things, much like the recent "Youngest Tendou".
I agree. Genma's issues will be resolved (or filleted, as the case may be)
when the time is right.
"Youngest Tendou" is a story I am enjoying very much right now.
Kevin D. Hammel
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Steve
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