[FFML] [Ranma][Revised] Hearts and Minds, Part 2 of 10

[Michael Clark]

> >This and the subsequent discussion...I gotta be honest, it strains
> >disbelief.  We're supposed to believe that, for all this time, this
> >particular point just never came up?  It makes so much of what Ranma
> >tried to do very, very futile.  I agree with you there's a gap of logic
> >(as you describe in your notes) that calls into question why someone
> >wouldn't just instantly cure themselves.  I don't know if this is the
> >answer.
> 
> 
> It's not that it never came up; Shamps has learned a few things from
> the Elders in the seven years between the original series and now.
> In the original series where these things are played mostly for
> comedy you can get away with glossing over these points, but in a
> more serious story that deals with the curses there really needs to
> be some sort of explanation. I don't know that this is the most
> plausible one, but it does fit into the overall treatment of the
> curses used here.

So you're saying Shampoo did not know at the time, but does know now
that the supposed cure would not work for Ranma.  Mousse, if he had
known, would've had no reason to disclose this information anyway, and
same for Cologne (since it could be used as leverage against Ranma, so
she wouldn't want to undermine herself).  Is that about the gist of your
point of view on this?

Hm. Still, it strikes me as very sweeping, in that with that one line,
you're forced to reconsider a whole bunch of character motivation and
such.  I suppose I don't have a big problem with doing that in itself,
but I might feel better about it if the consequences of that revelation
are more thoroughly explored.  You probably do just that later on,
however.