On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Redneck Gaijin wrote:

	Nothing personal, but I must step in here.

Consider that out of Ukyou, Akane, and Shampoo, Shampoo is the -dumbest,-
the -least- considerate, the most violent, and the most annoying to Ranma of
the whole lot. 

	Dumbest?  Aside from language difficulties, occasional naivete,
and argueably her persistence; 'Poo has shown few signs of low
intellegence.  In fact, she seems more cunning than much of the cast.

	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.

Furthermore, she spends half her time as a cat.

	OK, you have a point here ^_^

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.

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

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?

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)

HTG