On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Ken Arromdee wrote:
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Nicholas Leifker wrote:
As
for the mystical cure option... well, I really didn't feel like getting
involved in another Ranma-stule 'search for the cure'.
I do not believe it is good writing to have characters not do something that
they would normally do, because the author didn't feel like getting involved
in writing it.
Well, let me clarify it for you.
The work is about maturity - the development of people as they travel
through life's spring and summer and into autumn. It's about how people
handle these years of their lives, how they handle life, and how they
handle death.
Ranma has matured. He's a father and a grandfather; he's spent many happy
years with his wife and his family. It's been decades since he's done the
questing bit and, considering he never found a cure, it's not something he
looks on fondly. Moreover, when his self-analysis is done, he knows how
far it's progressed. Like many people in life's autumn, he knows death is
coming, and that it's simply a matter of time.
So, he focuses on what's important - the things that death has no
dominion over. He starts settling his affairs, and making sure that the
love he shares with his wife, his child, and his family and friends will
last far beyond his death. Instead of trying to beat death with the
SuperAmulet 2000, he tries to beat death by embracing something eternal.
Would an eighteen-year-old wild-child Ranma go out and search for a cure,
even with no leads? Probably. Would a fifty-nine-year-old Ranma, one
who's lived a full and prosperous life, one who's become more than a
little domesticated? That is a different question entirely.
-- Nick
- Ooh, a negative comment from Ken! The world's normal again!
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