On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, Sebastian Weinberg wrote:

: Scott:  Actually, people seem to like "Twilight Existence."

"Like it"?  I *love* it!  Where do you always come up with these
great ideas?

	I got it straight off the ML, actually.  The only original parts 
were making the second personality start at the pool itself, and the 
first-person viewpoint (which I was pretty surprised no one had done 
before in this context...)

: 	"In my wanderings, I found myself in China, in a place known as 
: Jyuusenkyo, the Valley of Cursed Springs."

Hmmm, I have a little problem with this.  It was obvious in the
last chapter that Hikaru would have something to do with Ryouga's
curse, but to have Ryouga just *accidentally* go to China and
*coincidentally* arrive at Jusenkyou at the same day Hikaru got
cursed... Doesn't work for me.  Despite his directionlessness,
Ryouga has never left Japan, except on purpose.  Crossing an ocean
isn't something that even Ryouga would do without noticing.

	Okay, I'll try to give a bit better explanation next revision. 

: 	And the other major option wasn't really all that appealing 
: either.  Ranma had been raised to think of lesbianism as just as 
: unnatural as male homosexuality, and while she could probably overcome 
: that conditioning, her choice of partners would be relatively limited.  
: She didn't think Akane, for all her protestations of hating boys, would 
: really be interested.  No question, she had to get back to the real world 
: or his real body, and soon.  Akane...I want Akane...

Hmmm.  I'm not so sure about Ranma's homophobia as others seem to
be.  He is very forceful about his own orientation (probably for
the reasons outlined here: it's his way of assuring himself that
his masculinity is still intact), but where are any signs that he
thinks badly about *others* being homosexual, or homosexuality in
and of itself?  Remember that homosexuality does not have such a
long history of being vilified or tabooized in Japan, as it has in
christian-dominated coutries.

	Well, there *is* the Tsubasa story, but since Hitomi called me on 
this one too, this is another bit that will need a fix...

SKJAM!