8 The counterpoints to Bitter End(Dark of course) 
A: Shampoo.  Through 
whatever circumstances Ranma marries Shampoo, and
they move to the 
Amazon village.  Shampoo's initially happy, however
she soon discovers 
that Ranma isn't just an expert at martial arts,
he's a master at 
infuriating the village elders.  He tries to be
polite and respectful, 
but whenever he's asked to do anything he thinks is
stupid, he tells 
the requester "This is dumb, what's the point?"  And
he refuses to 
accept any of the "Tradition dictates you must do
this!" arguments, 
which infuriates the elders.  Things get tenser as
they start trying to 
pound acceptance of Amazon traditions into Ranma's
head, but Ranma just 
sees it as a training opportunity.  Essentially the
fict would trace 
the opinion of Amazon leadership as it went from
"He's annoying, but 
putting up with him is a small price to pay for the
strong blood," to 
"I don't care if his children will be gods!  Nothing
is worth putting 
up with him!"

      This one I see serious potential within. Since
Ranma is too strong for Joketsuzoku elders to handle
easily, he will demand higher respect and rights than
what he is expected of. The Amazons trying to get rid
of him through small loopholes in their law, all the
while Ranma and Shampoo's relationship gets worse as
she is now considered a troublemaker for bringing in
such a dangerous husband. I like.

B: Ukyo.  Through whatever circumstances Ranma
marries Ukyo.  Initially 
Ukyo thinks it's her dreams come true, the two of
them managing a 
restaurant together, however Ranma spends almost all
of his spare time 
practicing Martial arts, her attempts at getting
Ranma involved in 
Okonomiyaki cooking are refused because he "Knows
the techniques."  
Ultimately he either begins entering high standing
martial arts 
tournaments (Street fighter anyone) or starts
building a Dojo.  Ukyo 
realizes that Ranma loves martial arts more than
her, and begins a 
planing a way to force him to give it up.  The fict
being what it is, 
the plans would get more extreme until a mistake in
one caused a great 
tragedy.

     Again, I can see this happenning very well. Ranma
is a martial artist first and foremost, while Ukyo is
a cook. I think this would work best as retrospection/
remembering fic told from Ukyo's perspective.
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