Subject: [FFML] Re: [fusion][R1/2/Avengers] Avenging Chapter 6: Weighty Matters
From: "DB Sommer" <sommer@3rdm.net>
Date: 11/30/2000, 2:25 PM
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You wrote:



Must defeat the dark powers or laziness. Must.



I'm slowly catching up on things as well. Slowly:





On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, DB Sommer wrote:



Not was not as if Nabiki really cared who won, though if she were

running a



"Not was not"?



Should have been 'Was, Not Was' then everyone could 'Walk the Dinosuar' :P



First 'was' should  have been 'it'





Satisfied all was the same as it was before she entered the room, she

departed with one last glance of disbelief at the circular object.



It really was unbelievable.



Huzzah, huzzah. I'm very curious about the 'hubcap.'



Why? I already told you what it was. :)





"I thought you always said, 'it's best to fight in a variety of

different

surroundings because they more accurately reflected potential fields of

combat you'll likely find yourself in, rather than the staid conditions

of

an ordinary dojo'," Ranma quoted.



But then, sometimes one does fight in the dojo. Unlikely an event as it

may be, it does happen, his father replied.



Heh.





As Ranma tried deciding which set of red shirt and black pants to wear,

he



snort



Hey. These are the tough decisions would be superheroes like him have got to

make in their lives.





"An inquisitive nature is always a good attribute for any potential

wife,"

Genma happily pointed out.



Unless you maintain a secret identity as a crime fighter and his sidekick.



Well, after you marry her, you let you know.





he had taken the time to locate and wrap up a real hubcap to throw

people

off in case someone got too inquisitive.



I'm really beginning to notice in this chapter that you're making Ranma

more intelligent than he usually comes across as. Whether it will be

enough to overcome his usual mental disadvantages and bad habits is what I

want to know.



Nah. It's just that he's more perceptive in some areas, which lends itself

to being stupid in others because he thinks he's more 'brilliant' than he

really is. For instance, he's certain all the girls want him when in fact

they just want to pawn him off on one of the others.







"Yeah, it'll almost be like they're practically married," Akane quickly

added, smiling at this unexpected opportunity to bring the two closer

together.



Wonderful. Now Ranma's having his life plagued by not just the fathers but

the Tendo trio as well. I bet he's got to be real happy about this.



He has no idea of what's really going on, though.





"Now wait just a minute," Ranma repeated, this time for a whole set of

different reasons. "I didn't say I wouldn't fight. I'd be glad to put

some

slow, overweight guy in a giant diaper in his place."



And I see the answer to my previous question is no. He just fails more

gracefully.



Yep.





He was the largest of the men present, standing six feet tall and

weighing

at least six hundred pounds, dressed in a huge white kimono that could

have

doubled as a tent. A very wide, six hundred pounds. He was more akin to

a

mountain, or at least a foothill, than a human being. Luckily, the

entryway

to the dojo was wide, and allowed him to enter without having to turn

sideways. But perhaps the most curious characteristic of all was that

the

man was clearly a gaijin. A Caucasian, to be specific.



If my memory serves, last I checked the current reigning Sumo champ was

700 and something. You may want to beef the blob up, as I recall him as

being more than human.



The weight was the one listed in a stat sheet Marvel gave on him. Before a

further mutation made him REALLY huge. I think he's back to normal now,

though.





Blob rubbed his belly as he smirked. It didn't make a bit of difference

to

him if they tried to take him two-on-one. He had fought a whole dojo

once

and defeated everyone.



Dojo's don't exactly move that fast, though. Methinks Ranma and Nabs are a

bit more capable than your average wooden building.



_<





Case in point: seeing the Blob wear nothing but a too tiny g-string.



I really didn't want to think about that, thanks.



Hey. Think of how warped I am in coming up with it on my own.



I'd get rid of the comma after dryly and though, but thats just me.



Actually it was lost on the men too.



I'm noticing the humor in this started slowly and is building. I like it.



Thanks. Had mixed reviews about it, in some spots.





"Then we can all get counseling to try to get over the effects of what's

just happened," Nabiki added.



wondeful. I can hear all sorts of connotations in her voice and its

written.



Thanks.





Okay, it was that bad, but the others were somewhat used to the unusual,

and

therefore they adapted to the situation, looking everywhere higher than

waist level on the huge roll of fat that stomped his foot down and

prepared

for combat.



Given that Sumo has very specialized rules, I'd surprised they don't lay

out the victory conditions before the fight.



It's not a standard sumo fight. Just one for the dojo, like the Dojo

Destroyer did.





the floor and redoubled his efforts to pry it out, but still his fist

wouldn't budge a centimeter.



You're mixing metric and english. I would recommend picking a story and

sticking to it.



Right





"Ha! Whatcha' going to do now, lightweight?" The Blob began laughing

hard, a

deep nasally thing that involved a lot of snorting and caused him to

jiggle

like a bowl full of jelly... on a lifeboat  in the middle of a typhoon.



nasally intentional?



Yep.



 extra space            ^^



"Hardly. You should see what he can do with a cream pie," Genma said

ominously.



And we see that there are no depths DB will not go too to make a joke.

Were they not really funny, I would be saddened.



Nah. You should be sad anyway. :)





preferring one of my sister's over the other. Since I love both of you

equally, it's only fair that both of you go out with him. Besides, don't

you

think it's best that Ranma has equal opportunity to see which of his two

potential fiancees is the one most suited for him?"



Wow. Thats straight up kinky. Go Ranma.



It's not that kind of fic. :P





Standing on her toes, Nabiki unleashed the Anything Goes Osculation

Technique (without tongue. There were limits, even for Nabiki)



I'm sure you've heard it before. but eeeewwww.



There are few lengths Nabby wouldn't go to to get Ranma engaged to one of

the others.







balance and at last forced the Blob off his shoulders and down in the

direction that he wanted him to go...



...headfirst into the koi pond.



You do know fat poeple float, right? And someone as portly as the Blob,

unless he's especially dense, would pop right to the surface like a cork?



Ranma's holding him upside down, otherwise the Blob would just get up

himself. Yes, he is very strong.



Ranma could stand on the guy and they'd still not sink



He hasn't sunk. It's just he's too big to bend at the waist and being held

vertically.





"And in all of the names of the gods above, do you swear never ever,

ever to

wear a g-string again?"



The feet began kicking forcefully once more. In response, Nabiki, Soun,

Genma, and Akane helped hold the Blob where he was. After a full minute

of

struggling passed, a reluctant, "yes" again emerged from the pond.



A true victory for the forces of good.



Oui.







Nabiki stared at her sisters, slack-jawed. "But that means-"



-Ranma is so lucky Miashara just pounded his head repeatedly into a brick

wall? Why yes, yes it does. Now if this were real instead of fictitious,

I'd really be green.



Heh. Nah. Going out with two girls at the same time is a 'Bad Idea' Trust me

on that.





actually found their tension drift away for a moment as they found

themselves, while not necessarily attracted (they told themselves), not

quite as disinterested in their date as they were a moment ago.



I'd switch attracted and a different word. Interested would be my

suggestion. As is, there is some ambiguity as "date" seems to be refering

to both the event and the person with whom it will be held.



Supposed to mean both, actually.





"Why don't we find a middle ground? You don't refer to me in any

affectionate culinary terms, and I won't kick you in the balls hard

enough

to make them come out your backside?"



That would seem to be very fair to me.



Me as well.





"Oh yeah. I knew from the moment you sucked my face you were steaming

hot

for me. But don't worry, I like playing things slow. There's no reason

we

can't go on several dates first before we go back to my place and do the

horizontal mambo. Got the bed specially re-enforced so I can give you a

real

wild ride." He swayed his hips to add to the effect of the come on.



Oh God.



Hey, Fat guys need lovin' too.





"These girls are scary," he murmured under his breath.



"But cute." he didn't say a moment later.



Quite right.





On the whole:

Little development of how the Tendo's and Ranma both have absolutely no

idea what's going through the other's head.



Yep. Great minds not thinking the least bit alike. :)



I noticed this seemed to have

lots more Ranma dialogue than usual. And you put the blob in the g-string.

Two of the above were good, one made me violently ill. Respectively, so

keep your dirty mind away from my sweat, pure, and innocent one.



Of course, I will. Trust me. I won't do it any more from now on.





As always, I'm happy to see new chapters of this as I love the way you

write Ranmarian social interactions. Yes, it's a word. I invented it.



Sounds good to me. I'll have to use it myself at a later date.



Thanks a lot for the C+C.



D.B. Sommer













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