--- Mark Shurtleff <gaijin@sfcmd.com> wrote:

At 04:03 AM 11/12/2003 -0800, Scott Jamison wrote:

Thoughts:  I for one want to see the kunoichi girls discover that

they've made bad assumptions about the Nerima characters and have

it

come back to bite them in their collective asses.

Heh. One of the main background themes of this story is that the
characters 
are making important decisions that are often (but not always)
based on 
incomplete or erroneous information.

Just very annoyed by the little darlings, and want to see them
brought down a few notches in situations outside combat.
 

Ranma is way too weepy for my tastes.  Thought.  Maybe Eiko is
interfering with his emotions to make him more pliable?

Not really. I've addressed Ranma's current state of mind in another
message 
reply, so it can be summarized that Ranma is simply on the verge of
a 
nervous breakdown.

I really can't buy that much.  *Maybe* stress plus hormones, a
little, but Ranma at the very least should notice that this isn't his
normal behavior.

So why *doesn't* Pluto know the Gates are sentient?  They've had
3000+ years to make this apparent to her.  And honestly, I think
Pluto would pick the Crystal Tokyo future because it required the
*least* number of innocent deaths.

See Sebastian's posts.

Umm, the evidence contradicts itself.  And I am very certain that
Eiko is wrong about Pluto's motivations.

Note that Eiko carefully did not tell Ranma that eliminating

Crystal

Tokyo would kill Chibi-Usa.  Sounds to me like "she" wants a dupe,
rather than a free-willed guardian.  And that ribbons vs. bows
deception clearly indicates that Eiko is willing to fudge the

truth

to get what she wants.

Eiko didn't lie about the ribbons and lace. It didn't fill in all
the 
blanks either.

Still, I'm betting on the "dupe" explanation.

Oh, since you've killfiled Therm, and no one quoted that bit in any
replies, you may want to check out what he said about the Japanese
school system.  Might be useful....

For what it's worth,
SKJAM!

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