From: "Guy Under The Bridge ." <the_supergenius@hotmail.com>
To: ffml@fanfic.com
Subject: RE: [FFML] [Ranma][Opening] Possibilites, Fragile Flower
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:31:04 PDT

I will make this challenge once again.  The last time I did in regards 

to

Kodachi, you ignored it.

Well, you told me that Kodachi was crazy because she does things which 

a 

crazy person would do--not things that ONLY a crazy person would do. I 
responded by pointing out that, in that case, Ranma is gay because he 
does things a gay would do.

Again, I challenge you to point to behavior in the manga that would 
DIRECTLY suggest that Kodachi is crazy--walking down the street 
screaming "I am the Lizard King!" or something that ONLY a crazy person 
would do.

He doesn't have to.  Most people who are insane to the point of
needing help don't act insane most of the time.  They have a single
flaw in their mental make-up that makes them unable to function in
society.  So for sake of argument we'll assume you mean: Does Kodachi
need help?  I say yes.

  In the story-line that introduced her, she hunted-down and
assaulted the members of an opposing team.  She did not see anything
wrong or dishonorable in hunting down and beating people to achieve
her own ends.  That's sociopathic behavior.

 There are arguments for serious mental illness in many of the Ranma
characters.

Kuno:
    Kuno is delusional. The man is very close to a complete psychotic
    break.
    He still has some grasp on the reality around him, but he has
    slipped very far into his own samurai fantasies.

Ukyou:
     Ukyou is obsessive.  She reminds me of a star-stalker.  She was
     attempting to hunt sown and kill Ranma for an imagined slight.
     Ranma had no knowledge of the crime is father had committed.
     The crime he DID commit hardly warranted homicide.

Ryouga:
      Same as Ukyou, but with severe self-esteem problems.

Ranma:
     Ranma's fear of cats is so extreme that it causes a complete
     psychotic break.  Until he is calmed down he thinks he's a cat.
     If that ain't mental illness I'll eat my hat.

   If I have made any mistakes in terminology, pardon me.  It's been
awhile since I had any soc. or psych classes.
                                                     -Ba'al


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