Subject: Re: Fanfic error drinking game (NEW LIST)
From: Harvey Torrance Griffin
Date: 7/9/1996, 6:52 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com
CC: untold-l@netcom.com

	Let me see how badly I'll blow X-Change Students once it's done
(the plot's in my head, the problem is getting it down)

HTG
On Mon, 8 Jul 1996, Ken Arromdee wrote:
              The Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction *Error* Drinking Game

Disclaimer: The author takes no responsibility for what happens if you actually
try to play this.  And it wouldn't work anyway since it depends on how fast you
can read.

NAMES AND LANGUAGE:
Kunou using the phrase "date with"                                    1 drink
	uh-oh.... (that's one... more like several)

"-kun" and "-chan" treated as synonyms for "male" and "female"        1 drink
... "Ranma-chan" used as a name by regular cast (except Happosai)     2 drinks
... "-kun" and "-chan" used for any other transforming character      2 drinks
	Even P-chan? ;)

Kawaikunee is spelled any other way                                   1 drink
	Better check that....

"I THOUGHT THAT WAS A ONE-SHOT":
If Shampoo is treated as habitually drugging Ranma's food             1 drink
	Well... not _always_ (mentioned, not shown)

If Ranma or Ryouga use ki-blasts in every battle, no matter how minor 1 drink
	Awww, what's a fight in mid-town Manhattan without energy blasts? 
(Ch. 4)

Nabiki constantly selling pictures of Ranma to Kunou                  1 drink
	Why not?  Good source of income! (that's another)

Akane attacking with a hammer is treated as an everyday occurrence    1 drink
	Actually, an explanation/expansion of that ability is coming up by 
part five (think Illyana :).

PAIRINGS (Only drink if these pairings supposedly started in the series):
Kunou and Nabiki                                                      1 drink
	NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MARTIAL ARTS SKILLS:
Nodoka is skillful with her katana                                    1 drink
	She isn't?

Akane is a match for any trained character (except Kunou) in a regular
battle (no slaps, no special circumstances)                           1 drink
	Not _yet_ <grin>

CHARACTERIZATION:
Sex between any main characters with no explanation                   2 drinks
	Still debating on a side story (don't worry, there is explanation)

If anyone commits suicide                                             2 drinks
	Does fighting inhumanly strong _flying_ mutant or an armed and 
homocidal barbarian with a lifetime of training count? (Ch. 4)

VISUALS:
Ranma-chan's hair is seen as red by the characters                    1 drink
... any other odd hair color is visible to the characters             1 drink
Battle auras are visible to the characters                            1 drink
Hammerspace is actually used to store something (including a hammer)  1 drink
	That's four (wonder if firearms count extra....)

COOKING:
Akane being totally unable to cook any food                           1 drink
	Well, she _did_ blow the burgers....

Ryouga afraid of or dislikes Akane's cooking                          1 drink
	BAKA BAKA _BAKA_!!!!!!

"HEY, DIDN'T THEY GET RID OF THAT?":
If the Nanban Mirror is used without at least being repaired          1 drink
	Iffy (Critical Plot Device(tm) for final rescue/battle)

MISC:
If someone falls in the drowned girl pool and looks just like Ranma,
with no explanation of why                                            1 drink
	Ranko != Victoria, I assure you....

If character's relative strengths change for no apparent reason       1 drink
	And for a good reason?

If beating any Chinese amazon doesn't count because she wasn't beaten
honorably (how do you think male Ranma beat Shampoo?)                 1 drink
	Hmmm... what about against their (the victor's _and_ 'Poo's) will
(Ch. 4)? 

	This is cute... and _fun_ ;)

HTG