On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Warr wrote:

Hello all,

 I have two basic questions.  Are Konatsu and Tsubasa of Ranma 1/2 the same
person?  Just like the manga name and the anime name?

 Also, are there any Ranma fics where Ranma is himself when male but when
he turns female has the personality of whoever it was who drowned?  I have
been thinking that would make a cool fic.  ^_^  also I recently read
'Cursed' by Richard Lawson which touched on that idea at the end...  A
really excellent story which however depressed me for some reason.  I'm
hoping he writes a sequel with Cologne finding some sort of wierd cure.
When Akane starts crying at the end...-sniffle-  Anyways, I've gotton off
the subject. heh

It's been done on a couple of occasions, in various forms, though I don't 
think quite exactly that form.

Michael Chen's "Alternate History" probably comes closest, with Ranma 
having stayed in Nerima throughout his life.  One day, after bringing 
years of hostility between the Tendos and Saotomes to an end, he blocks 
an attempt by a recently-returned Happousai to make "proper servants" of 
his errant pupils Soun and Genma.  As a result, he gets splashed with 
slightly different Nyannichuan water, one that makes her have feminine 
impulses.  

Second on the list: Scott Jamison's "Twilight Existence".  This endearing 
tale, told from "Ranko"'s perspective, has the cursed form gaining its own 
personality whenever a person is drenched.  

Another close one: Blade's "Dark Chronicles".  Ranma ingests a substance 
known as "Femme fatale" spice.  This stuff causes any woman who ingested 
it to develop another, seductively darker personality.  As a result, 
Ranma is still Ranma when normal, but when splashed..."Senchi" comes out 
to play.

There are a number of other stories which have the spirit of the girl who 
drowned playing a part, such as Baka no Mune's "Fourteen Paintings" (I 
think that's the name), TerBril's "The Four Birds of Fire", and Robert 
Morrison's "Her" (By the way, Robert, I am sorry if I offended you with my 
comments).  One good place to look for such "Rankofics" is skywise's 
page (I do hope I got the URL right...if not, please correct me),

http://wwwacn.cornell-iowa.edu/~KSCHULTZ .

If anyone else has any thoughts, let the boyo know.

Please send any replies to nwl9354@unix.tamu.edu.  The people
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