...because no child, whatever their age,
should ever utter such
a terrible prayer...
It was a truly horrible prayer for a child to say.
Yes, but there are some real children in OUR
world
that may be praying for their own death for whatever
trauma they suffer. That fact makes this fic all the
more terrifying.
In all of the Ranma fanfics I can recall right
offhand, I don't remember
any that really focus on the horror that such a
trauma must have caused
Ranma. It has always been a slightly detached view
that we get, almost
boiling down to...
- Ranma exhibits signs of the Neko-ken.
- Ranma falls into the Neko-ken.
- <Someone> tells <others> of the Neko-ken and the
training involved.
- <Others> are horrified at such an act.
I can think of one. The second epilogue of Ill
Met By Starlight had the 10-year-old Ranma doing a
monologue right before and after the Neko-ken training
had him going mad on inside while appearing sane on
outside. The phrase of
"I'mstillinthepitI'mstillinthep
itI'MSTILLINTHEPITI'MSTILLINTHEPITI'MSTILLINTHEPIT-"
was enough to sum up Ranma's trauma which he never got
over in that fic.
The Neko-ken has always been treated as a truly
horrible thing, which it
is (even if it is only fiction; I _hope_ it's only
fiction) but to show
Ranma's fear and trauma at such a level...
Well, most people, including myself, want to
treat Ranma 1/2 on a cheerier tone.
No other fanfic concerning the Neko-ken has affected
me like this one.
I was rocked by the the prayer. For such a yound
mind to by so scarred...
It gives a horrible new insight as to what must be
going thru Ranma's mind
whenever he sees a cat.
Thanks for sharing...
Likewise. Now I'm gonna have trouble going
sleep... That's a compliment, mind you.
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