On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Ilsa wrote:

At 10:08 PM 30/04/96 +1000, you wrote:

* Kun-chan might kill me, but face it, the reason people think Shampoo

has a

very low intelligence is that she doesn't speak Japanese very well.

However,

it should be obvious that she speaks Japanese better than Ranma & Genma
spoke Chinese. Their problem wasn't a low IQ, but lack of common sense on
Genma's part, and a lack of options for Ranma. With Shampoo, she's not
completely stupid, rather, she doesn't have much experience outside of her
tribal customs. And we all know that her tribal customs are quite different
than normal actions.

She's not stupid - she's just a ditz!

I am neither! *bap*  ^_^

Now that that's over...

I think that Shampoo has low intelligence because she never does anything
of any worth, apart from causing trouble... She does stupid things that
make Ranma end up disliking her more, rather than him liking her more like
she wated... She bounces everywhere like a bimbo... she tries to get into
Ranma's pants, like a bimbo would... And she *looks* like a bimbo, too!
That girl probably shares a brain cell with Cologne... and Cologne stole
it and added a couple of bytes of memory to it and kept it. ;p

Kun-chan...

Hmm, let's not be so hard on Shampoo!  According to her Amazon culture
violent methods are used to win love.  Cologne obviously supports this and
Mousse is certainly a good example.  To Shampoo, her methods are
just an expression of how much she really wants Ranma.  Now the fact
that they backfire on her and make Ranma more upset is not really her
fault.  I guess she should realize that later that they do but considering
that time works weirdly in Ranma 1/2, we don't know how long she has
been in Japan.
Anyways, she does NOT act like a bimbo.  I think she is just extremely
affectionate and  uninhibited.  Mousse declares he loves her all the
time in public so Amazons are probably very expressive.  I have friends
who sorta glomp onto their boyfriends in public, and it does not make
them bimbos.  As for looking like a bimbo, what do you mean?  She
certainly looks exotic but then she's an Amazon, not a modern
Japanese girl.  I will concede that she is a bit of a ditz and not very
quick, but then the Ranma gang (except for Nabiki) aren't exactly
gonna join Menza anytime soon.

--Ilsa, OAA and COR

I totally agree.  Shampoo is not quite as stupid and cold hearted as many
people think.  I refuse to believe that she doens't care about Ranma and
that she's just doing all this for spite.  There is an episode where her
sisters LinLin and RanRan come to Japan to find out what's been happening
with their sister.  When they find out that Shampoo hasn't killed
Ranma-chan yet, they decide to do it for her.  Shampoo does all she can to
stop that from happening and even places the Kiss of Death on her own
sisters.  I think there is depth to Shampoo that not many people realize
or wish to explore.  What's wrong with being affectionate and bouncy?
Surely it's better than being dour all the time like Akane.  If you think
Shampoo is too violent, than I suggest you take another look at Akane.
Why is her violence toward Ranma always condoned?  From Shampoo's point of
view, she is as legally bound to Ranma as Akane is and so she's basically
taking care of what's hers.

Sage-chan ^^

Echo : You always were soft-hearted towards the social pariahs of the
	world :P
Sage : oh jeez,....(thinking)<where's that bonbori of mine....gone,just
	when I need it>
Echo : Here, take mine.
Sage : Hey, stop reading my mind!!!  This is what I get for employing
	witches as .sig characters. -_-