First off to Ms. Saotome:
Don't worry, I'm not sharpening my headsman's ax yet. For a first attempt at MSTing, 'Sake' was pretty good. Most of the riffs were fairly funny, although IMHO, there were a few inappropraite shots at Kirasmommy midway through the fic. Aside from that, the only real drawback
was the lack of introduction and finale to the MSTing. Those are always my favorite parts, since it is in those segements that an author can really shine.
Now, to address Byooki;
You're 'mst' showed an apalling lack of maturity and its only purpose seemed to be to provoke Ms. Saotome. Maybe I just haven't been floating around the mailing list long enough, but I have no idea who CoRR are and if this fic is the best that they have to offer, than their
obscurity is well deserved.
I would have a real problem with the credibility of any fic that tries to match up Ryouga and Ranma, unless it established a considerably altered timeline beforehand, since for the most part, the way that Ryouga treats Ranma is fairly consistant no matter what form the latter is
in. Anything even hinting at that is absent in 'Sake' which begins with throwing a drunken Ryouga into Uc-chan's, and ends with Ranma calling him 'my sweet.'
As for which sex of pronoun to refer to Ranma by, to himself, he is always a he, no matter what form, and most of the people who know about his curse do so as well (with notable exceptions like the Kunos, etc.)
Thank you for your time,
-Douglass Weeks
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The secret of being a child is never knowing that you will one day die. The secret of being an adult is never forgetting that you once were immortal.
"I'm not your worldly passion! I'm a guy with issues that need resolving!"
Generic Anime Villain: "Ha! Foolish woman! What do you think you can do to me with that puny wooden sword?"
Bystander: "Dude, you are so cut in half!"
Sandra: Actually, the RDF command tried to conceal the Zentraedi invasion as well.
Matt: They must have felt mighty stupid when four million-odd ships showed up.
Sandra: They did. Briefly.
Would the Japanese Emperor know that we children our bowing our heads to him? ...he may be eating his breakfast... or he may be in the toilet... and I can't help giggling about the picture conjured up by the last image... the Emperor is in the toilet and somebody knocks on the door
and says, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The children, the children! They are bowing to Your Majesty!"... and the Emperor says "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! I have my pants down!"
-Richard Kim "Lost Names"