At 10:32 PM 5/27/2004, Robert Knighton wrote:
[snip]

I really don't think that it will go there.  At least not to that
extent.  It's my opinion that the officers were more than allowably
vindictive in this instance, and took a hastily declared blood feud
as permission to "get revenge" on behalf of the Yamada's/the Emperor,
regardless of their specific instructions.  They will regret that.

ayup.

Both Akane and Nabiki will be severely affected by the trauma they
endured, no doubt, but I think that neither Ranma or his Grandmother
would allow them to go without finding healing.  They will be
different after that, anyone would be.  How they respond to Ranma and
others will depend on how they place blame.  Ranma will blame himself
for not being there, then look for the root cause as his Grandmother
gets involved.  Nodoka's reaction to this will be key.  One wrong
move and she may just lose Ranma.  She declared the feud, and is
ultimately responsible by that act.

And it's even messier than that. Nodoka's declaration of blood feud 
involved her *personal* honor as well as that of the Saotome clan. While 
filing the closed registry takes care of the Saotome-Tendo part of the feud 
(there's no feud if there's no clan), the feud carries over to Nodoka no 
matter what her status.

The only way Aiko can adopt Nodoka back into clan Yamada is if Aiko assumes 
responsibility for the feud on behalf of clan Yamada as a whole.  It's 
either that or hand Nodoka a tanto.

So, at the moment, the active blood feud still exists, except it's now 
between the Tendo and Yamada clans.

We'll find out as soon as Mark gets the next chapters written and
pre-read so we can be allowed to see them. [BROAD HINT there, Mark :)]

I'm workin', I'm workin'.  I've got about 7 pages of chapter 10 done at the 
moment and I plan to spend most of the holiday weekend trying to keep the 
Muse on task. :)

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