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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <croaker@rochester.rr.com>
To: "Nuki Mouse" <Nuki_mouse@hotmail.com>
Cc: <ffml@anifics.com>; "Jon Rosebaugh" <fanfic@inklesspen.com>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 11:45 AM
Subject: [FFML] Re: Hikari no Daija (The Serpent of Light)

Actually, the writer in question appears to be making use of a classic

literary technique, called "In Media Res". One of its most famous uses these
days is the opening sequence of just about every James Bond movie ever, in
which we're treated to Our Hero infiltrating, blowing stuff up, etc, with
very little explanation of what's going on. Then the credits roll, the movie
starts, and we get a few clues, and it eventually turns out to be key to the
next big problem.

Now, if we were, I'd have already malleted Nuki.  For Anime/Ranma fans, we
_should_ not have to explain diddly shit, you're right.
However, a breif detail on the Mushrooms, as a add on, or a glossary, might
be appros, for this.  He's right, actually.   Not all the readers will read
Ranma 1/2, or know where to find the information.

In this case, the author seems to be hurrying through this bit because the

setup's already been done by Takahashi. Take the way everybody always
complains when somebody does a Ranma alt-u story from volume 1 -- "Oh, look,
he's rewriting the arrival at the Tendos again, how boring.". If he were to
go back over all the ground you're insisting he cover before we even get to
the real action of the story, which would be the Hogwarts stuff, you'd
complain that he was just rewriting Takahashi's work with nothing original
added.

Intinally, that _WAS_ excatly it.

So, shut up and enjoy the story. ;)

Personally, I think it's going well, although I do think Nabs and Akane

are a little out of character. I'd really rather not see yet another "Akane
is a psycho bitch" story, there are far too many of them as it is. (Just as
one example, how often do such authors demonstrate it by having Akane mallet
him into orbit at the slightest provocation? And yet in the 14 volumes of
the manga I've read, she never once does so... interesting, hm?)

No, Akane's NOT a psychobitch.

So, what I'd like to see... Akane's taken a major hit here -- 

someone/thing she's had a great deal of affection for has turned out to be a
lie (P-chan). She's very upset about it, and she's upset with Ranma for
having kept the secret. Given what seems to be upcoming, I think this is a
good "breaking point" for her - sufficient impetus to really make her look
at herself and change. She may not see what everyone else sees, or change a
great deal, but I hearken to the point made by Happousai in this chapter -- 
that she does have the potential, if she's willing to stand up and work for
it. And with Ranma going off to magic school, she has a reason to compete -
after all, he's getting all these goodies, so /she/ has to be better, too!
It'd be fun to intercut between Ranma's adventures at Hogwarts and Akane
having the sorts of chaos that usually happen to him, come after her, and
see her improving and growing because of it...

Pay no attention to what's going on behind the curtian. Honest, it means
nothing... nothing at all...


Andrew.
(who'd be a silver and green student, if he attended Hogwarts. ^_-)



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