Subject: Re: [FFML] [FF][Ranma] Roses of Shadow, Part One: These Last So Bad
From: Richard Lawson
Date: 6/29/1997, 9:22 PM
To: "Peggy A. Stonnell" <izzie@vcn.bc.ca>
CC: David Lerman <mdlerma2@gsbpop.uchicago.edu>, Fanfic Mailing List <fanfic@fanfic.com>

Peggy A. Stonnell wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, David Lerman wrote:

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Wouldn't the family honor require that Ranma attempt to 
uphold the agreement with the Tendos which did not 
specifically call for a Ranma-Akane marriage but a 
Saotome-Tendo marriage?  I would think that the earlier
promise would continue to hold and would take priority and 
there are two other Tendo sisters available.  And of course,
if Nodoka ever found out

And why is the arrange regarding Akane broken, she did not
agree to give up Ranma, that was just assumed by the Kuno's?

Well, I agree, this by itself is not enough to nullify the engagement. 
Kodachi knew this, and was sufficiently motivated by her victory over
Ranma to find a way around the Tendo-Saotome agreement.  So she went to
the head of the Saotome family - Genma.  She convinced him to break the
engagement between Ranma and Akane, and to make a new vow between her
and Ranma.

Or did she not protest enough so they considered her silence
agreement?

Kodachi, like Tatewaki, is quite adept at not seeing what she doesn't
want to see, not hearing what she didn't want to hear, and perceiving
reality in the way that best fits her desires.

Peggy

Thanks for the commentary.  :)

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