You wrote: 

Yes, but Ryan expressed disgust for anyone who tries to give 
characterization to the cast of Ranma 1/2...

WHOA!  TWEET!  TIME OUT!  ERRRRRRRRK!

I *never* used the word "disgust".  My exact words were:

"Of course, it's possible to get radical with any character, but in the 
case of RANMA, I have to feel that assigning depth to any of the 
characters is the literary equivalent of staring at a pattern of lines 
until you see it change from eyestrain.  There's nothing really there 
that you haven't completely made up."

In other words, I'm saying that there's little to no basis in the manga 
or anime for writing the cast of RANMA 1/2 as complex characters.  Any 
depth of character pretty much has to be completely created from 
scratch.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, as long as you accept that 
you're turning the characters into something they're not.  RANMA 1/2 is 
the very antithesis of complex characters.  As I like to say "If you 
want to change the rules so you can pick up the ball, fine, but don't 
call the new game 'soccer'."

------RM