On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Redneck Gaijin wrote:

	Least Considerate?  Most Violent?  Do you remember a certain Tendo
Akane here?
	Shampoo is admittedly pushy, manipulative, and ruthless; but I'd
consider outright abuse more irritating personally.

True, but Akane isn't out to kill her rivals, and she has a rudimentary
sense of fair play.

Furthermore, as has been hashed to death in the Bitter End flames, Akane is
***NOT*** as violent as you seem to think. 

Furthermore, if Ranma did marry Shampoo, he would have to go back to China
and become a househusband while Shampoo led the Amazons on to glory. Not the
preferred career plan for a martial artist.

	Househusband?  Not nessesarily.  He'd probably be encouraged to do
battle and train others... just so long as he remembered who's in charge.
I doubt that joketsuzoku men are slaves in any case, and the
warrior-consort of a matriarch probably has more pull than most.

Which brings to mind the question: If this is so, why is Mousse the only
male Amazon we know about?

Ranma would be expected to train his kids, and maybe other kids as well, but
he would have zero say in how his life was led.

	And this is assuming that Ranma couldn't talk her into remaining
in Japan as an embassary of some sort.

This seems to me to be an absurdity, considering the blatantly insular
nature of the Amazons.

Furthermore, Ranma has made it blatantly clear he doesn't want to marry
ANYBODY yet- something which Shampoo ignores completely.

	Does anyone (Ukyo, Kodachi, Akane, _Genma_) not ignore said fact?

Akane.

Doesn't look too good for the brainless one, does it?

	*sigh* The way I look at it, 'Poo's chances with Ranma are no
worse than... scratch that, considerably _better_ than Nabiki & Tatewaki
or Shampoo/Mousse.
	I'd say it's a valid 'Fic Pairing (tm)

Only in an alternate universe.

Redneck

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