As for this fic about Ranma knocking up every girl in Nerima.

I don't see it.

        I do, but that's not what my fic is about.  It may seem that way,
but really Ranma may just be getting a bum rap like he always does.
Anyway, the rest of this letter I'm not going to talk about my story but
about the issue of Ranma's playboy status.

Personally, I see all of the girlfriends as a sort of compensation for
a lack of confidence in matters romantic. ("It's Akane's fault that
nothing's happening.  If she wasn't such an unwomanly tomboy...  I mean
just look at all these girls that are chasing me around.  Nothing wrong
with me, no sirre bob!")

But I really haven't seen a single scrap of evidence that there is the
slightest hint of competition in either of their hearts.

My take is that if it wasn't for the engagement holding them back, they
would've already had a traditional "shotgun wedding".

        Seriously though, Ranma is a 16 year old boy with beautiful girls
throwing themselves at him constantly.  At this point he's already been
immasculated once so even for him his prowess with women is a shaky matter.
You can see him starting to fall for Shampoo's charms in her first
appearance, if Akane didn't stop him he would have ended up dating
Shampoo.(oo fic idea)
        He gets the peer pressure from his two friends at school, and
really the only thing holding him back (besides Akane) is all the
engagements since he fears commitment.  Ranma is not of the strongest mind
or will, and he is obviously attracted to Shampoo partially.  She's
probably the first girl he's seen naked besides himself and she's also
given him his first real kiss.
        He likes the fact that Shampoo/etc. chase him constantly, it's like
a security that he knows he can always have them if he wanted them.  Like
the reversal jewel story he fights to get Shampoo back to wanting him.
        There are a number of reasons he doesn't fool around, but really...
he's only human and not exactly committed to anyone exclusively except in
his own mind.

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