On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Douglas Helm wrote:

2. Why should Ranma & Co care? Your new guy shows up. He 
says hi. He's a martial artist. Well, big deal. Ranma & Co have 
their own problems, and new martial artists usually mean 
trouble. They aren't going to immediately latch on to him, 
invite him to stay in the dojo, etc. By doing so, all you're doing 
is insulting the reader's grasp of character development.

(nods) One of the fatal draw backs of Sailor Moon fics that have new
characters show up is that Usagi and the others seem to immediately either
trust them or whole heartedly hate them with no aparent reason. There's

Actually, Usagi has a tendency to trust on sight which makes that
perfectly in character.

is one, everyone will automatically assume it to be a self -
insertion. Whether it is or not. Just ask Greg Sandborn.

Yes that applies to Sailor Moon as well. At least for me it does and 98% of
the time they are from the states. I figure they could at least give some

We made ours British (Steven Grant) in Symphony of the Planets/Sailor Moon
Z :)

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