WG_Writer wrote:No the idea is the knew the truth about the curse but the pun is strictly that he doesn't want to wear that outfit and that they think he is skirting the issue of him not giving the real reasons for not joining, (the entire contract with his mother is something they do not know about.) Thus they think he is 'skirting the issue,' skirting is a word used to imply that he is "avoiding". but with the contract over his head he is avoiding wearing a skirt, as in the garment, at all. Thus they see him "skirting the issue" or avoiding the explaination" and he sees "skirting as the issue." or rather being dressed in a skirt as the problem.
I do feel I need to explain the meanings here because skirting something with the meaning of evasion or avoiding is not a common usage of the word if you are not a native english speaker.
Crescent Pulsar S wrote:Yeah. It seems like all you really need is a story to build up to that point.
Personally, though, I don't see the problem. Even after he's reunited with his mother, it doesn't stop him from wearing female clothing, including ones with skirts (such as when he tried to help run Ukyo's restaurant while said owner was sick). Even dressing up as his mother doesn't seem to be a problem. Ranma's a rather short-sighted individual, who is often blinded by the potential usefulness of something now, not thinking of the potential consequences that could happen later if he's not being too self-assured about his ability to avoid it in the first place.
PCHeintz72 wrote:Blinks... I think it actually more a matter of fact Takahashi held back all the characters more than the characters had no forward thinking.
Crescent Pulsar S wrote:If you write a story that isn't of a nature where the fourth wall will be broken, you have to rationalize the lack of foresight. I'd likely drop a story if an author writes a serious story yet accounts for the lack of the character's foresight as Takahashi's doing instead of taking the time to think of a self-contained reason for their behavior. (Especially if you're trying to emulate Ranma 1/2's style, since I don't believe that Takahashi ever broke the fourth wall in the series.)
WG_Writer wrote:No the idea is the knew the truth about the curse but the pun is strictly that he doesn't want to wear that outfit and that they think he is skirting the issue of him not giving the real reasons for not joining, (the entire contract with his mother is something they do not know about.) Thus they think he is 'skirting the issue,' skirting is a word used to imply that he is "avoiding". but with the contract over his head he is avoiding wearing a skirt, as in the garment, at all. Thus they see him "skirting the issue" or avoiding the explaination" and he sees "skirting as the issue." or rather being dressed in a skirt as the problem.
I do feel I need to explain the meanings here because skirting something with the meaning of evasion or avoiding is not a common usage of the word if you are not a native english speaker.
besides the lines stuck in my head were actually just the last two.
Spica75 wrote:Huh, it´s not THAT rare an expression...
Té Rowan wrote:Hem, hem(line)…
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