----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Lawson" <nouma@msn.com>
To: "Arthur Hansen" <arthur@kindred.net>; <ffml@anifics.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:39 AM
Subject: [FFML] Re: [fanfic][Ranma] Time Never Did Assuage

Hi Arthur.

Guys (and gals) can be pretty low and cruel, but I read it
that *Ranma* is seeing anyone casting an appreciative
looks at "her" as oogling. Not everyone stares crudely,
but some aspects can be hard to ignore too.

Maybe I'm just naive. [shrug]

No, you're not naive.  =)

What I wanted to convey is that Ranma was both genuinely ogled, and
overreacted to people who were just innocently looking at her.

I didn't really have a problem, but I would have
expected Ranma to do something like Ukyo
(breast bindings) to minimize her own overt sexuality
and to dress as androgynously as possible

That's something I hadn't honestly considered.  You're right, Ranma might

do

an Ukyo thing in that situation.

I'll probably not use that, because it would mean re-writing a lot of

stuff

all throughout TOP - but I wish I'd thought of it to begin with.  =)

You might simply toss it in as a throwaway line during the shopping trip-
Ranma is busily angsting over the implied "surrender" of wearing a bra, and
reflects that she wishes she'd been able to endure binding her breasts a-la
Ukyo. I don't think you need to worry about her dressing androgynously- 99%
of the time in fanfic I generally mentally fill in a description of Ranma
sporting his chinese outfits, unless it's otherwise specified- and his/her
usual togs are generally pretty androgynous to begin with.

This kinda bring something else to mind- if TOP and it's associated sequels
and sidestories can be compared to, say, "Chasing Amy," this particular
piece resonates with "Boys Don't Cry", to my mind- it's not a perfect
parallel, of course, but it has a few elements in common. I have no idea
what this means, but it sprung to mind while reading it. ^_^

Everyone else has pretty much beat me to the punch in singing your praises,
so I'll just add a "good job!" and a "welcome back!" Looking forward to the
return of your site- I still have the URL bookmarked!

Dave
--
"Before some man put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp, the ram in the
rama lama ding dong, the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop, and the dip in
the dip da dip da dip, was it only bah bah, a lama ding dong, shoo shoo, and
da da? If so, what exactly inspired him? And was it possibly the same
individual who wrote the book of love, let the dogs out, got some gangsta
s#!t, and was in my room last night?"
-PAD


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