On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Metthyew <Metthyew@aol.com> wrote:

Arromddee wrote on Dec 19, 1997

The stories don't just continue the series in two different ways, they make
different statements about what the series was like all along.

 
I thought I covered that in my previous post. There IS NO DIFFERENCE between
the interpretations, because there doesn't *need* to be; you can go either way

>from the end of the series. You can go the way where Akane's hitting elevates

into something more deadly, or you can go the way where she stops hitting him
altogether. You don't need to interpret the series differently for either; it
works both ways.

	I think that what is meant is that the two series ascribe different 
reason's for Akane's actions in the series and what happens in the fict is a 
direct result of that assumption.  TiL assumes that Akane hit Ranma because she 
was a short tempered, and had low self estime in respect to her relationship 
with him.  BE assumes that Akane hit Ranma because she had a pathological 
condition which caused her to experience reocuring and escalating periods of 
anger and a desire to do violence.  Both assumptions could be justified from 
the series, however the TiL assumption allowed Akane to calm down once her and 
Ranma's relationship starts feeling more secure to her.  The BE assumption 
means that absolutely nothing could make her stop hitting Ranma unless she got 
specific medical treatment.

-Mercutio
"A plague 'a both your houses!"