Hey! Nice Revision!
Agreed. Very nicely done.
<> Ditto.
Ranma-the-Trainer works better than Ranma-the-Pilot. Also, if we are
seeing
more from his point of view, you won't need to re-write everything that
happened in the Robotech series verbatum. Veritech battles are cool
visually, but can get dull in reading. :) Definitely looking forward to
more dialog and interpersonal stuff.
I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree somewhat here. Ranma starting
out as a trainer is definitely a good idea, but I don't believe that it's
in his
character or honor to remain out of the battles forever. IMHO, he would
be lead by his honor to take the path of the warrior as the way to help the
most people the most effectively. I can see strong scenes of angst filled
soul-searching as he slowly comes to that decision, but I believe that this
decision is inevitable. Especially as he sees his new found friends not
coming back, or being killed when shots make their way past the SDF-1's
defenses.
<> I agree with this. Ranma, at least the semi-canon versions of him,
<> would hate to kill another sentient. On the other hand, when
<> he sees people hurting because of lost friends/lovers/relatives
<> he's not going to like it. When some of his students and friends
<> don't come back - it will be personal. Not to mention the fact that
<> at least *some* of the fatalities are going to be women, right? I
<> know that the RDF and the REF didn't *seem* to have that many
<> female pilots (unlike the ASC - sexism is one of the few things I
<> can't claim that Supreme Commander Leonard was a rampaging
<> example of), but there had to be *some.* And that will *really* push
<> Ranma's buttons!
<> And, while I despise Genma almost as much as a certain other R1/2
<> character, he did do at least two good things in his life. He taught
<> Ranma to be among the (if not *the*) best martial artists in his
<> generation. Of course, at least part of Ranma's abilities were probably
<> developed to keep him alive despite the terminal stupidity his father
<> is infamous for (Like, say, the Neko-Ken). The other was in showing
<> Ranma how to be honorable (a lot more than I'd be in his shoes).
Largely
<> by providing Ranma with, through his actions, of the things an honorable
<> person *shouldn't* do.
Also, previous foreshadowings in the story intimate that Ranma is filled
with protoculture powers due to eating several complete plants of the
flower of life. This would tend to force him into the forefront of the
events as they unfold as everyone knows that the flowers tend to mess
with a person's destiny in order to get whatever it is they want.
<> This point is a bit more iffy. After all, Lang and Zand were both
pivotal
<> figures in the Shapings; and neither of them were "front line" players,
<> so to speak. Zor's another potential example, as long as you ignore
<> Zor Prime and Rem, that is.
The whole bathroom scene was classic! Poor Rick, he's never gonna know
what
hit him! I can definitely see one big mess though, between Kyle, Minmei,
Rick, Ranma, and Lisa. They are all interconnected in some way. Ranma
fighting Kyle is definitely one-sided, but Ranma training Rick to beat
Kyle?
THAT would be fun! :)
I HOWLED when I read that scene! :) Give us more! I also agree that
Ranma training Rick would be fun :)
<> I want to see Ranma teach Rick enough to be able to match Kyle if
<> he has to. Of course, I also want Ranma to personally take Kyle down
<> a few notches. Hmm.... Why am I suddenly thinking of the first Karate
<> Kid movie, when Mr. Miagi (spelling, I know, I know) deals with the
punks
<> before he starts to train the kid? With Ranma and Kyle-baka in the
<> respective roles of sensei-to-be and punk-about-to-be-humiliated? :-)
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