In message <Pine.OSF.3.91.960510153318.1508A-100000@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
  Ranma al'Thor said:

: On Thu, 9 May 1996, Andrew Stodden wrote:

: >
: > Ranma-chan: Two of them grabbed my arms, another two my legs. I tried to
: > break their grip, but this body isn't as strong as my male one.
: >
: I have to disagree that Ranma wouldn't STILL be able to break their
: grip.  Given that we've seen him toss around several ton objects, hurt
: people who can take boulders exploding in their own face and come back
: for more, etc.  A group of common thugs shouldn't 1.  be able to grab
: Ranma in the first place, 2. hold onto Ranma, even when he's
: female...yeah his female form is weaker, but that's like saying a 20 inch
: cannon does less damage than a 30 inch cannon...Ranma is still stronger
: than any NORMAL human by far, even four of them combined.
:
: Now, once you accept that these thugs SOMEHOW did this, the rest of the
: scene follows very well, but I just can't accept that Ranma would ever
: get taken down by a group of ordinary thugs unless he was extremely
: tired, drunk, hallucinating, or otherwise hampered.  Ranma is
: superhuman...ordinary people don't have a chance in hell unless they have
: a BIG edge.

You summed up exactly what I thought about this.  The story
follows logically from the setup, but the setup itself is heavily
inconsistent with the Ranma 1/2 background we know.  That needs
some serious working out.

: > Akane: I. understand.
: >
: I understand.

I think he meant "I... understand."

The same thing goes for two or three of the other corrections you
pointed out.

: >
: > Akane: Latent voyeuristic tendencies. Nabiki's bra must have warped your
: > mind.
: >
: while I might say the first sentence here, I don't think Akane would
: speak like that.
: The second sentence, on the other hand, yes :)

Huh?  Don't you two mean "*exhibitionistic* tendencies"?


: I rather disagree with the basic premise of this story (I still don't
: think they should have succeeded in raping Ranma...not joe ordinary
: thugs), but given that premise, the rest of the story flows very well.

I first thought that a more natural reaction for Ranma would be to
turn male and completely shut out his *female* side, not the other
way around.

But then I realized that for a male Ranma the trauma would
*double* - not only rape, but also sexual contact with men.  Just
remember how he reacted to being kissed by Mikado:  He wasn't
angry because that sick pervert forced a non-consenting kiss, but
because he was kissed by a boy.


Sebastian
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