At 1:59 PM -0700 6/7/00, Anthony Woo wrote:

Oooh Ranma acting like Akane?  did this Ranma get a brain transplant from
"Bitter End" Akane?

Hey!  ;p

::blink blink:: so Ranma got a brain transplant from both "Bitter End"
Akane AND Ryouga?  Boy it must be getting crowded in there.

Mou!  ;p

Why is Ranma such a Slime?  Why is Ryouga so Angelic?  Why is
Akane so demure?  out side of changes to characters from Takahashi-sama's
work, these are questions you should ask.  Take "Bitter End" Akane for
example, she's evil, really really evil (Zen was most definitely showing
his pro-Ukyou bias in that one) but even though I hated her, despised her,
I still simpathized with her.

Anou...  Thanks, Zen thinks...  ^_^;;

Or Ryouga from "Lies" hated him too, the
lying SOB, yet somehow Kleppe-sensei made me feel sorry for him.  It's
okay to have someone whom you're writing that you have a clear bias for,
it's only natural, but you shouldn't let your bias turn the characters
into cardboard cutouts of your favored morals.

With all respect to Kleppe-san's excellent stories, 'Lies' is not one of them.  'Lies' was written by Jeff Hosmer - and to this day is one of Zen's all time favourite Ranma Dark Fics.

Other than that, a very complete and thoughtful analysis, Woo-san...

Zen agrees with it solidly.