At 18:19 -0400 05/27/2004, Bob Schroeck wrote:
Mark Shurtleff wrote:
There's no vengeance fic'ing involved here. There also isn't any
character bashing.
I didn't say there was. What I tried to say was that to the careless
reader it might look that way. Knowing how you write, after reading
so much of your stuff, and knowing how *I* write, I can only assume
that it's a set-up for a later payoff -- probably more than one.
Which you have confirmed in the next sentence. That's all I need to
know -- and I didn't even need to know that. Unlike some readers, I
don't need to have my hand held through the confusing or dark bits of
a plot. <grin>
intervene. The timing is... suspicious.
Heh - y'think? :p
<chuckle> I'm just waiting to see what Ranma does when the Emperor
tells him the Tendo "situation" has been "handled". And when he
finds out exactly how it was "handled"...
Ranma abruptly teleports to Eiko, scans incident, returns to Emperor,
teleports HIM to gates where Emperor sees incident, then demands
action and restitution for Tendos. Emperor lives by sole fact that
he IS the Emperor. Heads roll. That would be just about right for
this situation if Ranma hears about it that way.
In the mean time, the entire security services of Japan go completely
nuts trying to find out what happened, and how.