In a message dated 7/9/2002 5:50:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
mathews1@gte.net writes:

Bloody formatting errors... stupid AOhelL e-mail client... Anyway, here's 

the

response, resent, hopefully without the stupid errors that plagued the 

last

send of this message.

In a message dated 7/9/2002 9:32:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Thermopyle@tds.net writes:

Don't make the mistake of assuming that Genma is a total doofus and

that's

all there is to him.  He's more complicated than that.

     Perhaps, but he *IS* a fat, lazy moron, martial arts skill
notwithstanding.

...Genma could in no way be mistaken for being fat.  Go read the breast
growth
arc where Ranma tries to peep on Akane and gets his father, instead.

Which arc? Hmm... don't remember that one, although it *HAS* been a while
since I've read the later volumes of the manga... As for fat, don't forget
that *THIS* Genma's been at home all this time...

Maybe.  There are a few things that are a problem.

When does Genma say women/girls are weak?

     Not in as many words. I explained why I have him think that in a private 
discussion rather recently, but it won't hurt to do it again. Among other 
things, Ranma was taught to bottle up emotions, both because they were "weak" 
and because showing them is "unmanly". Hence, in at least one context, Genma 
associates strength and masculinity. In addition, Ranma was taught to avoid 
hitting or fighting girls (although it's hardly something he's consistant 
about), and had to get that attitude *SOMEWHERE*. Given that Genma was the 
only influence on his life... hence, he had to learn it from him. Therefore, 
Genma is a chauvinist. There are a lot of other lines of reasoning that I 
could take, but they all reach the same point.

The one time he made a comment about Ranma sounding like a girl, was during
Ranma's complaining about the curse.  You know the sterotype: women always
complain.

Genma has Happosai as a master and probably suffered the brunt of a few 
angry
females beating the crap out of him.(remember the warning Genma gave to 
Ranma,
right before Happy sent all those women to pound on him)

If he was lazy, he would not have gotten a job at Dr. Tofu's.  IMPO if the 
curses
were supposed to teach Genma something, it was to take it easy.  Non-stop 
martial
arts day-in and day-out.   No rest.  The panda would be the best to teach 
that(He
didn't seem to mind it changing in later chapters.  He was more interested 
in
curing his baldness. ^_^)

     No rest for Ranma. Genma, on the other hand, did rest a lot. Remember 
the swamp filled with rabid wolves and the couch?

If the curses are suppsoed to teach something, how does a newborn baby fit
in(Pantyhose Taro)?  Panythose was baptised in Jusenkyo waters.  He was a 
totaal
inncoent.

     True, but I didn't say that they were punishments, did I? No, the curse 
was to help him learn something. Given that Happousai named him 
Pantsutotarou, or Pantyhose Boy, he'd have to learn to not 'judge a book by 
its cover', to use a common expression. In other words, he'd have to learn 
that things like what he looks like (a monster) or his name don't matter.

Rouge(drowned Shiva) seems to like her other form.  Where does she fit in?

     Hard to say. We don't see much of her (outside of her cursed form), and 
she only really seems to like her Ashura from when she's in it. It's probably 
like the Virtuous Man spring probably is in that regard. As for the lesson, 
Rouge seems to be the type to surpress her darker emotions. My guess as to 
the lesson is that doing so isn't healthy. She would need to get in touch 
with her emotions, including anger and so forth, to get rid of her curse.



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