At 10:24 AM 11/24/97 -0800, Mark Premo wrote:

one.  Ranma, is now the goddess of change and pleasure in all its

aspects. 

NOT A CHANCE IN HELL!!! despite the curse, he'd likely be the god/goddess
of the fighting arts. 

	Acutally, I can see the logic in the choice here. With his curse, Ranma
makes a fairly logical choice as a deity of change, and with Urd, the 
self-proclaimed "cupid of love", being the god of pleasure does have some
basis
(although god of screwed up love-life would be a good choice too, what with
the
multiple engagements and all).

	As for some sort of C&C, Mark pretty much covered the grammar bits I would
have mentioned, so I see no point in re-hashing that. I would have imagined
that Urd
would have demonstrated the change, or at least said something about it,
when she first
got back to the temple with Ranma. 
	On Ranma's new powers, what classification/power level would he be at?
Skuld, being the most inexperienced of the trio, has to create devices to
use her abilities (I don't have it on me, but there was a little
dissertation by Belldandy to Keiichi on this, in the Terrible Master Urd
story arc, if I recall correctly). However, Ranma's abilities with chi
might put him a step or two ahead of Skuld in this, meaning that he would
not have to rely on devices. Alternatively, he uses martial arts to channel
his powers.

	Regardless, life at the temple just got more interesting (how's Keiichi
going to take all this? Where was he during this part anyway? I have to
second Mark's request that Ranma's change of form not be permanent, as it
really screws around with the reasoning for making him the god(dess) of
change. 
	Will Ranma be able to handle the duties of being a god? Will even more
strange beings start chasing after him? Let us not forget Nekomi tech, and
everyone their either. What's everyone going to say when they meet Urd's
son/daughter, and how is she going to explain the age difference (adoption
might be an option, I suppose)?
	Many more questions remain unsolved (such as what relation Ranma's going
to have with his aunts. How will Belldandy react when she finds out more
about Ranma's past (already she seems worried, and maybe a little
frightened, by it, and right now she's ony speculating after one incident).
Skuld too-- she seems unwilling to let anyone else in her family, although
with Ranma around, Urd would be spending less time getting Bell and K1
together. Should she realise this, Skuld might start thinking of Ranma in a
better light. I could easily see Skuld viewing Ranma as something like a
big brother (although I doubt she would let him forget who was the aunt,
and who was the nephew), especially if he somehow rescues one of them from
trouble (eg. one of Skuld's inventions goes gaga and Ranma stomps it into
the ground).

	I would like to see where this is going.

Matthew "Shortfics are a way of life" Lewis
	maybeso@ican.net
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