On Jun 29, 2006, at 9:24 PM, Glazius Falconar wrote:

Nabiki Tendo doesn't take your shit. One step over the line, and  
she'll
fuck you up.

She's a true American legend! From America!

It might just be the little fanboy inside of me, but hurting Kasumi
seems pretty off-flavor. Ranma's entire history and the resulting
complications do, now that it's out in the open.

People don't generally get hurt in Ranma. If they do it's comedy pain,
which lasts just long enough for an embarrassing photograph. People
don't generally get hurt in Love Hina. If they do it's primarily for
irony purposes, like the broken leg that keeps Keitaro out of Todai
(when the man has survived being hucked into the path of a firework).
And when Keitaro gets kidnapped it's so Suu can marry him and live
happily ever after, which will only be a disaster for a few people.

I'm not sure whether Shonen Protagonist Cascade Failure could get  
Ranma
out of Nerima _without_ something that drastic, and obviously you want
to deal with Nerima wanting him back.

But that doesn't change the little voice in the back of my head going
"don't hurt Kasumi! T_T"

People don't get hurt in Ranma canon and Love Hina canon because  
they're comedies. Heck, there aren't ANY consequences for Naru  
pummelling Keitaro in canon, but there are economic ones in this fic.  
It seems to me that Brian's writing a more of a bildungsroman, not a  
comedy, and your expectations should reflect that. Yeah, we don't  
like seeing Kasumi hurt, but I prefer that Brian not pull his  
punches. (And if you think it's realistic to go through all the  
misadventures of Ranma canon without a casualty or two, I worry for  
your fanfiction.)

I am a leaf on the wind.
Watch how I soar.




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