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From: Lathrop L Preston <lpreston@drake.edu>
To: Reid Carson <rcarson@user2.mnsinc.com>
Cc: ffml@fanfic.com <ffml@fanfic.com>
Date: Thursday, 16 April, 1998 3:58
Subject: Re: [FFML] [QUERY] On Amazon Law...

On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Reid Carson wrote:

   The asnwer here is unclear in the manga, but deductions can be

made.

   First: it's unlikely the defeat rule applies at all within the

tribe, as

otherwise Mousse could have simply defeated Shampoo to marry her

(he's

certainly good enough to). Note that although many fanfics have

Mousse

challenging Shampoo, somtimes on a regular basis, he is never seen to

do so

in the manga. Note also, that although it is never actually said that

Mousse

is a member of the Joketsuzoku, the fact that he doesn't challenge

Shampoo

would seem to indicate it, as well as his behavior towards Cologne.

Personaly I think that the reason Mousse doesn't chalenge Shampoo is

that

he loves her too much to hurt her. He might easily hurt her in the

process

of defeating her. Also mabey he is so good because he is trying to get
good enough to defeat her without hurting her.

Depends on how you view the characters.

I've always thought that the initial battles they had with Ranma tended
to indicate that, when they entered the series, Shampoo was
noticeably better than Mousse.

Over the course of the series Mousse has tended to stand still in
his skills while, judging from the Reversal Jewel story, Shampoo
has gone backwards in a big way.

And as for the defeat rule, one of Shampoo's objections to Mousse
is that she beat him when they were 6 (or some really young age) and
thus he lost the right to be her husband.  This would imply that
Joketsuzoku
males have some challenge rights, but they are once off challenges,
the male wins or is locked out of that route for good.  Mousse, from his
actions, doesn't seem to think that he can force Shampoo to marry him
(as per defeat in a challenge) but does go on about how Shampoo
can marry him when she realises her true feelings.  From this you
might choose to say women can marry whom they choose, but men
only get one shot at women who don't want them.

All in all, it's hard to get a feel for Amazon laws, not enough are
shown,
and the Amazons on view don't seem to have consistent traits to judge
from.

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