Well, I just checked Lawson's web site and found fics specifically 

about these

characters.  You appear to be in need of some reality supplements.

_Thy Inward Love_ was Lawson's primary work. He wanted to write a 
continuation fic, so he HAD to write in all the characters he didn't 
like. He copped out by joining Ranma and Akane from the start, 
automatically shutting out everyone else, and cheating the reader out of 
a Final Battle. What we get instead is typical Lawson: Make Them See The 
Truth.

Ukyou's portrayal was okay, if you ignore Lawson's bizarre idea of her 
madness. How he copped out of dealing with Akane's greatest rival for 
Ranma's attention by having poor Akane injured in a fight was a sin and 
an insult to the best all-around female character in the series. Since, 
he has put out her purely obligatory prologue, a small part in his 
forgettable Next Generation fic, along with every other character. I 
will say that he perhaps doesn't dislike Ukyou because she got a cameo 
in the _TOP_ series, which is next to impossible for anyone he doesn't 
like to get in.

Kodachi, although he made no bones about slamming this character, he 
used to good effect to wrap up the relationship of his second favorite 
couple, Nabiki and Kunou. She got her obligatory prologue and cameo and 
then nothing, until Lawson falls in love with her. He admits all of 
this, by the way.

Shampoo's portrayal was pathetic. You see, she REALLY doesn't need to 
follow the laws of the Amazons--it was something she only did because 
she sort of felt like it. She would have let it go at that, but that 
evil manipulator, Cologne, forces her into trying to kill Akane. Good 
thing for the ending that Akane's skill in the martial arts had 
increased a hundred fold. But that evil, underhanded Cologne saved 
Shampoo from defeat. Ranma's had enough, so he doused himself with cold 
water and took the fight to Cologne. Of course, if it wasn't clear 
Lawson had lost all credibility at this point, he does an admirable job 
of proving it when he has Ranma attain a level of skill that at least 
equals that of Cologne's. That was even more bizarre when he had Ranma 
beat Happi. Obligatory prologue and the cameo follows, than absolutely 
nothing.

Then, finally, Ryouga gets his turn. Typically, you would expect Ryouga 
to go on another 'long journey' upon learning that Ranma and Akane are 
getting married again like he did the first time. Nope. Lawson has some 
Ryouga-bashing he wants to work out of his system. So poor, delusional 
Ryouga shows up and gets into a fight with Ranma. You would expect their 
'Final Showdown' to be spectacular. It was boring and cut short by the 
Ryouga-basher's favorite device: Akane Finds Out About P-Chan. The king 
rival in the series gets dealt with as an afterthought, manages to be a 
secondary character in his prologue, and dies in _Magic_. Awww.

His fanfiction, aside from the obligatory mentions here and there and 
the supporting roles in _Magic_ have been absolutely free from any 
mention of any character he doesn't like. On the other hand, characters 
he does like regularly show up; Kodachi, Kunou, Nabiki, Kasumi, even 
when they don't really need to be there. In _TOP_, Lawson displays a 
willingness to contort the laws of Ranma into modern art to keep 
characters he doesn't like out of _TOP_.

Am I reading too much into things? No, this is confirmed by Lawson 
himself.

Am I saying this is bad? No--or, at least, it's a lot better than openly 
bashing a character.



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