Subject: Re: [FFML] [idea][bizarre]
From: Brendan
Date: 10/18/1997, 11:52 PM
To: ztl@u.arizona.edu, fanfic@fanfic.com


The main reason that I find for the two of them getting along is that
they are both so damn alike.  Arrogant, slightly cruel, extremely
possesive... Plus Aeka outpowers Ranma, so once she sets her sights on
him, he's toast.

Eh?  No no no... Aeka nad *Kodachi* are alike - arrogant, and overly
concerned with social status and position, MORE than *slightly* cruel, and
posessive.  Ranma is MUCH more like Ryouko - Devil-may-care attitude,
highly competitive, unable to resist a challenge and less than perfectly
versed in the social graces.

The problem with that is that Ranma is also extremely arrogant, insanely
concerned with the Neriman pecking order, more than slightly cruel at
times, and so possesive that he latches onto four girls and won't let
them go.  'Less than perfectly versed in the social graces' doesn't even
begin to cover it.
	I'd say that what covers it is "Raised by Genma"  Anyways to go over your 
points, Ranma is a bit arrogant, thought in the case of Martial arts it's simply 
a manifestation of the fact that that's the most important thing in his life and 
he needs to excell at it.  The question of the pecking order is simply an aspect 
of the first point.  Cruel isn't really a good term for Ranma, he doesn't like 
hurting people at all, The only incidents where he can be seen as acting cruel 
are when, A, the other person did something to deserve it IE Ryouga. b, he was in 
a social situation he had no idea how to deal with and treated it like a combat 
situation, and when your talking about Akane, Ranma only acts like a jerk to her 
because he can't make himself admit his feelings for her, and tries to provoke 
her to convince himself that she cares enough about him to be provoked.