On 28 Jun 2004, at 10:18, Nuki Mouse wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Rosebaugh" <fanfic@inklesspen.com>
To: "Nuki Mouse" <Nukmouse@bellatlantic.net>
Cc: "Innocent Bystanders" <ffml@anifics.com>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [FFML] Re: Hikari no Daija (The Serpent of Light)

I can't speak for the authors about the Potterdom part of the 
plotline,
but the aging mushrooms are straight out of Ranma manga. As such, your
concerns about plot holes in that section of the story should be
directed towards Rumiko Takahashi.

    FIRST:  Yes, there are aging mushrooms in Ranma 1/2, as well as 
hypnotic
ones and poisonous ones.  But in the Manga, it was always explained 
were
they came from and how they were used.    Just because Takahashi 
Rumiko used
them in her manga does NOT excuse a writer from building a proper 
background
or framework for their story.
   Think of the infamous Hypnotic mushrooms Shampoo gave Ranma inside 
of
pork buns. (Every time anyone sneezed near Ranma he would glomp/hug 
them for
no apparent reason.)  If you go back and READ the chapter, you would 
see
that Takahashi did set up the story properly so the readers knew were 
the
mushrooms came from, how they were used. and what they did.
    Now what if that episode did not start with Shampoo testing them 
out
first on a delivery man but latter, when Ranma was alone with a sick 
Akane
that evening after taking them?  It would be too confusing and 
difficult to
figure out just what is happening.

  SECOND:  YOU are assuming all readers of this story are well versed 
in
Ranma 1/2 lore. I'll admit that Ranma is the most common subject 
matter on
the FFML, but this story may be read by Potter fans or others not 
familiar
with Ranma 1/2.

Perhaps you are on the wrong mailing list. After all, the reason the 
FFML exists is to provide a place for people to post and read 
anime-based stories. It is not (or at least, shouldn't be) necessary to 
paraphrase the manga backstory in every fic. If people did that, nobody 
would want to read them, as croaker said. This list -- this medium -- 
assumes your familiarity (to a certain extent) with the canon of every 
fic that's posted. If I'm assuming that "all readers of this story" are 
vaguely acquainted with Ranma 1/2, it's only because the fic is 
obviously labeled as a Ranma story, and this is a fanfic mailing list. 
Now, you're perfectly free to not know a thing about Ranma. But you 
won't get much out of the story. It's not the writers' responsibility 
to distribute manga to everyone so they'll know the canon.

Accordingly, please refrain from lecturing and finger pointing and 
either sit back and enjoy the story or go find something else. The 
authors are attempting to utilize an advanced technique known as "story 
telling", and I would like you to stop disturbing them.


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