It seems I've left a lot of blank spaces that need to be filled.  
Unfortunately I don't have enough time in the day to complete my chapters 
fast enough to fill them.  So to rectify that problem, I have set up a 
questionnaire style outline that touches on the points that were brought to 
my attention from the C&Cs that were sent to me.  I'd like to thank everyone 
that read my fic so far, and let you know that the next chapter will pick up 
the pace to the speed that you have been asking for.


Hmm... I don't want to really give anything away about the plot, but I can 
tell you what I based everything on, and you can figure out where I am going 
with my idea from it.

First of all.  You know that Amazon Laws are strict and must be followed to 
the tee.  If an Amazon is beat in combat by another woman, she must give 
that woman the "kiss of death" and follow her to the ends of th world to 
kill her.

Another Amazon Law is that; if an Amazon is defeated in combat by a man, she 
must marry that man.  Unfortunately, all of the Amazon laws are ironclad.  
Breaking them is just about impossible.

Both of those laws have been confirmed by either Cologne or Shampoo.

Shampoo managed to slighty pull off breaking one of the laws in the episode 
where she gave her own two sisters the "kiss of death"  to keep them from 
Ranma.  =Make a mental note of that=  Also, Cologne's response to Shampoo's 
actions.  =I'm going somewhere with this=  Remember that Cologne admitted 
that Shampoo was making a hard decision and that things would be difficult 
due to her choice.  Yet she didn't bother to help Shampoo fight.  Could this 
be because she refused to help her, due to the fact that she was breaking 
one of the Amazon laws.

The main questions that are focused in the next chapter attack subjects that 
were never touched on in any of the episodes. (and probably not in the manga 
either)

What happens if an Amazon falls in love with a man that has not or will not 
fight her?

We've seen Shampoo follow tradition and set out to make Ranma her's and 
her's alone.  Mousse has an infactuation for her, yet she doesn't openly 
show that same emotion to him.  But if she did like Mousse, would she ever 
be allowed to be with him even if he can not beat her in battle?  (Which he 
has proven he can not do) Also, could she ever choose another suitor, even 
though Ranma beat her?  If Amazon law is enforced, IMO she is trapped with 
whomever she was beaten by first (Ranma).  So even if she ever wished to 
marry someone else.  She could not, because it would contradict Amazon Law.

Also, what happens if an Amazon decides that she no longer wants to live 
under the Amazon laws?  Can she leave the Amazons altogether?

It seems that Amazon law is for life.  Those who are born into it, seem to 
live with it as if it were a part of their genetic makeup.  In situations 
like this, something majorly important would have to be sacraficed for that 
person to leave from the group.  (That doesn't necessarly mean a person's 
actual life, but something that is just as important)

What if that person that wanted to leave had a child?  If she were allowed 
to leave the Amazon tribe, would she be allowed to take the child with her?

>From other stories that I have read and actual tribal customs, a child is 
not only born into a family but instead into the entire tribe.  Every person 
plays a role in the childs life, and in that since they have a small claim 
to it.  If an Amazon is allowed to leave the tribe, she can only take in 
account for herself.  She would lose her claim on her child, and care would 
fall upon the tribe.  That is because the child would be an Amazon of its 
own being, and leaving from the tribe can not be decided for it.

Why can you never find any men with the Amazon's?  If an Amazon women can 
get married, why do you never see any men (husbands) in the Amazon tribe 
scenes?

If you follow Xena, Hercules, or the book the "Land of the Warrior Women," 
you know that only women can stay in an Amazon village.  They, once and a 
while, attack nearby villages and take men.  (This doesn't happen in the 
Ranma series, because Amazons marry the men that defeat them) However, this 
does explain what happens to the children quite well.  At a certain age, 
male children are given  to the nearby male inhabited villages.  That is a 
good explaination for the children.  However, As for the men, this fact does 
become a little wishy-washy and is a poor account for them.

My fic will pick up everything that I just said, so if you see something 
that seems out of line please let me know so that I can explain it better or 
just change it all together.

Thanks for reading...


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