At 11:19 PM 1/5/98 +0100, Sebastian Weinberg wrote:

Nope, not that I know of.  And I have to admit that I'm a bit
surprised, seeing it come from you.  Usually your fics are deeply
grounded in realism (as is this one, for the most part), but when
you look at the cat phobia realistically, then Nabiki has done
something unproportionally cruel to Ranma here, by triggering his
psychosis and taking advantage of him.  Only when seen in the
context of the usual Ranmaverse, where the Cat Fist is just
something funny that happens to Ranma, this can be viewed as the
mischievous but benevolent trick as which you obviously intended to
portray it.

I know how it's meant, and I think it's cute, but you should be
aware that the usual realism in your prose and character
interaction may be working against you in this setting.

  Sebastian hit the problem precisely.  The story doesn't have the zany
slapstick feel where the audience will naturally interpret Nabiki's actions
as comedy.  The story has to be established as extravagant comedy.


 dml