Subject: Re: [FFML][Fanfic][Ranma1/2] Stranger in a Stranger land
From: "Always Man" <always_man@hotmail.com>
Date: 9/6/1998, 4:36 PM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

	I hope y'all enjoy this. It's one of my earlier Fanfic ideas put to 
paper.
An absolutely normal Western (i.e. North American) child as an exchange
student to Nerima. The details of our normal person: no martial arts, 
no
powers, NO AVATARISM (just in case you're wondering), no hordes of 
money.
Just normal.

And just worthless. SI fics aren't even worth being read.

How is the tired Foreign Exchange Student angle 'SI'? It's a less direct 
form of a straight SI. The author is inserting his world view, 
perspective, and culture into where it doesn't belong. 

In the scale of 'SI-ness', the Foreign Exchange Student premise rates a 
3 out of 4, a straight SI being a 4 and inserting North American 
cultural references being a 1. Anything past a 2 is worthless.

	Is he to solve all the problems of the characters? NO. His purpose in 
this
fic is to simple explore the less talked about characters: Nabiki, 
Ukyo,
Kodaci, Shampoo, Dr. Tofu, etc... So RSVP me with your opinions and 
C&C.

You could do this exploration much more effectively without resorting to 
an SI--but then, the point is that you want to write an SI. The 
'exploring the less talked about characters' is nonsense.



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