[FFML] [Fic][Ranma][Pokewomen][Crossover][Dark][Lemon]No TurningBackPrologue 1

[Jon Rosebaugh]

On Sep 2, 2008, at 8:46 PM, Adrian Tymes wrote:

> --- On Tue, 9/2/08, Jon Rosebaugh <fanfic at inklesspen.com> wrote:
>> For the purposes of this discussion, I am choosing to
>> treat "our
>> rights here in the United States" as a close
>> approximation to "what
>> our rights are, inherently, as a result of being sentient
>> beings".
>
> This is where you err.  The world of Pokewomen is, inherently, a far
> different one from the modern United States.  Outside of cities,  
> there is
> little law save that of the jungle (or desert, or badlands, or  
> whatever
> terrain).  There *are* creatures that are different from ordinary  
> normal
> human beings - while they can think and speak and feel like humans  
> when
> sane, they have certain requirements to remain sane.


What the deuce does it matter that they are different from "ordinary"  
human beings? They are rational, intelligent beings; to borrow a term,  
they are 'hnau': http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transwiki:Hnau

Once we have understood this, things much simpler. The fact remains  
that there are things which MUST NOT BE DONE to hnau and the doing of  
these things is what we call a "crime against humanity". Genocide is  
still genocide, whether it be directed against a tribe of Indians or a  
tribe of wood elves. Anyone who would argue otherwise is a monster.

Of course, 'crimes against humanity' committed in fiction against  
fictional people are a far different thing from the monstrous crimes  
that have from time to time been committed in reality. But it is my  
belief that a writer has an obligation -- be it to his deity, his  
characters, his readers, or to society in general -- to ensure that  
his sub-creations -- his stories -- do not pander to any sort of  
desire for such crimes. Simply evening the gender odds, as you did in  
your response, does nothing to alleviate the incredible wrongness  
involved in thinking these sorts of things are okay.

Let me be clear; I'm not saying it's wrong to depict murders or rapes  
or any other sort of hideous crime in fiction. Some stories may  
require these events. Some stories may have protagonists who commit  
such crimes, or have in the past committed them, and attempt to  
justify for them. And it is right that some of these stories be written.

But it is wrong to glory in these crimes. And that is what the  
Pokegirls world does. Reversing the gender situation -- making it a  
Pokeboys world instead -- does not and cannot change this. I thought  
you were better than this, Adrian.