Subject: [FFML] Re: [Ranma/Sailor Moon][Xover][Drf#2]Awkward Consequences 11
From: "PsyckoSama \(Sam Phoenix\)" <syp104@email.psu.edu>
Date: 8/28/2003, 10:44 AM
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The boy in the Chinese shirt sighed and whipped out a cigarette.
Lighting
it
with a spark of ki, he took a long drag. Looking at Sailor Moon, he
replied,
"Yeah, another one. What is it with you sailor chicks and stickin' your
heads in other people business?"

Sailor Moon scowled and began to quake in anger. How dare he! How dare

Question mark, not exclamation.

this... monster lecture her about butting in?! He was in her house
threatening her mother! Her grasp on her scepter tightened and her teeth

I know you're trying to mimic Usagi's thoughts here, but it's "in her
house
AND threatening her mother".

oops. My bad...

Actually, you should try reworking that whole paragraph to take out some
of
those "her"'s.  Just a stylistic thing, though, I don't think it's
actually
bad grammar.

I'll take a look at it. Thanks.

clenched at his nerve. "It's our duty to protect the innocent from
monsters
like you!" she exclaimed with great vehemence.

He looked over to Ikuko and in a tired tone, he asked, "Do you need
protecting?"

Usagi was surprised when her mother shook her head. "Not at all,
Ranma-kun... and don't smoke in my house!"

Ranma chucked in embarrassment and flash incinerated the cigarette.
"Gomen!"

Cute scene, but it doesn't seem right considering the Ranma you've
developed
in this story.

He's in her house and she hasn't given him any reason to disrespect her.
He's being a good guest.


Usagi turned her head to the source of the dull chuckle. It was her
mother.
The woman had stood up and was intently looking over Sailor Venus and
herself. There was a very intense, and slightly cracked gleam in her
eyes.
The way she held her head only enunciated by shadowing them. She had a
very

*blink* "enunciated"?  "enhanced", perhaps?

Oops... god, I HATE that spell checker.

"U-SA-GI!" Ikuko screamed in rage, her lungs somehow providing enough
force
to rattled the very foundations of the house.

"rattle"

*nods*

Sailor Moon shrunk back at her mother's outburst.

In one swift motion the woman grabbed her magic girl daughter by the
ear,
forcing her to bend at a very unnatural angle. Screaming loudly, but
without
the banshee like force she had used before, she exclaimed" TSUKINO
USAGI,
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!?"

"banshee-like"

*nods*

All Usagi managed to do was cry out in pain from her ears. If it wasn't
pain
from the close proximity sonic blast, then it was the fact that they
were
all but being torn from her skull by a exceptionally pissed off mother.

"close-proximity"
"pissed-off" (that one's arguable)


*nods*


With the kind of stride usually reserved for death row inmates walking
the
green mile, Usagi walked over to the table and sat down, seemingly
defeated.

I think "Green Mile" is should be capitalized.

*nods*

Nothing else stood out to me.

I'm really enjoying this series.  It's easily one of your better ones.

I would, however, suggest that you take some time and look up the true lot
of teenage pregnancies in Japan.  From what I recall, Hotaru is actually
understating what sort of social pressures she's going to be under.

I know teenage pregency is common. It's true there are alot of them, thing
is, that there are almost as many teen abortions has teen pregencies. There
are very few teen mothers, which Hotaru is going to be, in about 7 months
time.

I've researched. The japanese are expecting standoffish with the negative
details of their culture. Hard to find any numbers.

- Sama



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