Subject: [ffml] [noise] just a few strange thoughts from an overused corner of my so called mind
From: brenda02@sprynet.com
Date: 10/26/1996, 2:37 AM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

	Hi all.  I'don't really know why I do this except I keep geting more 
ideas than I can possibly write about.  Well, hopefully you can get a chuckle, 
or even an idea of your own from this posting.  And if you want to expand it, I 
don't really have the time to try writing any of these concepts into a real 
fanfict.

1. Sailor moon-Shadow crossover:  Don't ask where this came from.  Start with 
Jaedite being revived from the crystal, and coming to Tokyo to seek vengence.  
However on the way he encounters Lamont Cranston, who with mental abilities 
developed in the time after he retired the shadow looks into Jaedite's heart and 
sees what Jaedite is, and what he once was (Before Beryl corupted him into a 
dark general)  He decides that Jaedite is in need of redemption and wouln't take 
no for an answer.  Soon afterward the Senshi encounter the new Shadow.  Guess 
who he is?

2. I think this idea came after I read a reprinting of the Dr. Strange origin 
story:  An alternate universe saga where Ranma and his father go to jusenkyo 
earlier, and afterward they seek out a powerful sorceror to find a cure only 
Ranma becomes the sorceror's apprentice.

3. Not a true idea, rather an explination, I was reading a book about a 
journeyman sorceror, and one plotline it mentions is that 'Magic attracts magic, 
and magic attracts adventure.'  this means that whenever magic happens, it tends 
to draw other magic in the area to it.  Likewise magic also acts like a 
'Hardpoint' of destiny, drawing conflict.  Explains some things about Ranma, eh?

4. Again more an explination than a story base, why does Ryouga have such a bad 
sense of direction:  Ryouga's ancestors were once the greatest travelers on 
earth, renowned for their ability to travel great distances incredibly fast by 
taping the power of and riding the earth's dragon lines.  Thing is they were 
also very fond of swearing big oaths to everyone and anyone.  Many of these 
oaths involved that the Hibiki OR THEIR DECENDANT be in a certain place once 
certain conditions were met.  When more than one of these oaths came due at the 
same time, the Hibiki's were pulled in two directions at once, disrupting their 
senses of direction somewhat.  As more oaths came due the multiple pullings 
became worse untill the Hibiki's became capable of becoming lost in a one room 
appartment.

5. Ranma seeks out an ancient martial arts training site, and meets it's 
resident ghost.  Ranma solves the problem that kept the Ghost traped at the 
site, however the ghost feels endebted to Ranma, and honor bound to repay the 
debt somehow.  So it moves into the Tendo Dojo until it can.  (Note- the OAV's 
would indicate that Akane's really scared of ghosts, and Nabiki's extremely 
scheptical, so their reactions should be interesting)

6. Shampoo successfully slips Ranma a magic potion, only she had accidentially 
mixed a truth potion rather than a love one.

7. Akane accidentally gets poisioned by an incredibly rare poison, which only 
Colougne can cure.  She refuses to do so unless Ranma swears to marry Shampoo.  
Ranma breaks down and agrees.  Shampoo gloats, untill Ranma tells Akane that he 
did it because she is the one he loves.  Shampoo is upset about Ranma only 
marying her because of a promise, and decides to challenge Akane to a duel with 
the looser giving up their claim to Ranma.