On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, David Lerman wrote: 

  First impression - a lovely little miniature, a gentle sweet romance
reminiscent of Joseph Palmer's fics. 

Yah, very Palmeresque. No conflict, no violence, no angst, little to any
humor... this is a good thing, right? Well, yes. Fun as putting the
characters through hell can be, it's nice to see them relax and have a
good time every once and a while.

  One question. You wrote:    

On the darkened floor of the laundry floor, glinting in the starlight, were
the Tendo family katana and an empty teacup. 

Beside the katana was Kasumi's hair ribbon.

  I'm afraid that I didn't catch the reference.  What did these items
signal to the rest of the household so that they did not interfere?  

Took me a bit to figure out, but wot I presume is this: Kasumi camped out
down there with the katana, and drank tea. Had the ever-so-subtle fathers
attempted to intrude upon Ranma and Akane, well... that was what the
katana was for.
   Hard to imagine Kasumi being threatening, I admit... but Nodoka is
awfully Kasumilike, and look how she and her particular blade are
regarded....
   Although why the normally neat and tidy Kasumi would leave A) A
razor-sharp object, B) A dirty, breakable cup, and C) a article of her
clothing, lying on the ground for people to trip over, is beyond me.
Perhaps I _didn't_ figure out wot the objects meant after all...

- Mike Loader
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