On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Paul Corrigan wrote:
On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Edward Becerra wrote:
As far as a working definition of love goes, the best I've ever
encontered was something the great Robert Anson Heinlein once wrote.
"Love is that condition where the happiness and well-being of
another person is essential to your own."
What more can you say?
Not much.
To relate this to the subject at hand before the maintainer gets too
upset at us: this is more what I had in mind as to how we could expect
Ranma to act towards Akane if he truly loves her (and he does). Could
Ranma's not only being advanced upon by Ukyo but apparently responding do
anything but break poor Akane's heart in two? i doubt it. So, he won't do
it. Period.
Gee, then how can he bear to rain down insults on the woman he loves?
Could it be that Ranma lacks maturity and doesn't always live up to the
love he feels? Similarly, how does one reconcile this with Akane beating
Ranma up on a regular basis? That's not how MOST people show love.
The whole point of the scene is that Ranma is not thinking about what
he's doing. If Ukyou simply popped out of Ranma's closet one day and
lept into his arms, he'd fend her off. In this situation, Ranma is
hardly thinking about what he's doing...he's just wrestling playfully
with a friend (I've done that with female friends with nothing even
vaguely resembling Romantic Intent on either side). As soon as he is
actually brought to THINk about it, he stops.
Frankly, I think you have a ridiculously high standard, especially given a
situation where Ranma and Akane have not openly expressed their emotions
towards each other (This being set before the last manga story).
John Walter Biles : MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U.
Kansas
ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu bailesu@komodo.hacks.arizona.edu
http://www.hacks.arizona.edu/~bailesu/falcon.html
"I am tougher than the average bear," Davrosite replied. "I
merely wished everyone to believe I was dead." --Lemon Sherbet, Chapter
5 (Draft)