At 05:11 PM 8/19/2002 -0700, you wrote:

Thank you very much for the comments, everybody! I
hope for more!

Well, here's one... your character misinterpretation borders on character 
assassination. I mean, good lord, I thought maybe the fanfic community had 
grown out of.
Hell, I can't stand Akane, and I've got a more balanced view of her than 
you do. I mean, yeah, she's a violent tomboy sometimes, but the fact of the 
matter is Ukyo LIKES her. At Ukyo's "insertion" into the manga, she wasn't 
even looking at Ranma as a fiance, she was looking at him as an enemy. When 
she did a quick turnaround, she never even said a harsh word to Akane. 
Ukyo's much more likely to try and get Akane together with Ryoga, to MAKE 
HER HAPPY, than to ever badmouth her or outright attack her. (Though I 
don't deny she has attacked Akane once or twice, but never, EVER has she 
been outright hateful to her as you apparently have her here.)
Second, Ukyo just suddenly deciding on someone else and turning into 
"Ranma's matchmaking service" is yet another fanon contrivance that's 
particularly silly. Ukyo's life has revolved around Ranma one way or 
another since she was six, I really don't think she'd suddenly say "Oh, I 
think I'll go with this guy instead, and do my best to get the man I'm in 
love with hooked up with someone else."
Also, I find that the "much less skill" assessment is rather insulting to 
Ukyo. In her introductory arc in the manga, she holds her own against Ranma 
quite well. She actually had him on the ropes for a bit before he decided 
"I'm not going to fight you" and ran away. Ukyo is just as skilled a 
martial artist as any of them, and the only reason she's not as good as 
Ranma is because the first rule of the series canon is "Ranma is always a 
better fighter than everyone else in the world by the end of the storyarc." 
That does not mean she's got "much less" skill than him, a phrase that 
seems to imply Ukyo is in some way weak. Ukyo is Shampoo's equal, and 
Shampoo can smash walls with her bare hands and jab her fingers against 
peoples' scalps so fast that her hands are just blurs.
Look, every author has a bit of character bias. But when the bias becomes 
blatant to the point that the characters are obviously just serving as 
vessels for that bias, then, my friend, you have ventured into the area of 
"Bad fic".
And, much as it pains me to admit it, Akane DOES have affectionate feelings 
for Ranma. They have a LOUSY relationship, it would probably never work out 
in the real world, but she doesn't hate him as you seem to think she does. 
If you're going to have Ranma and Akane break up as you obviously intend, 
at least do it realistically...?

-Rann


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