On Sat, 17 May 1997, Lizsue wrote:

Try this:
One of the other guys (or a girl angry enough to get the drowned-guy curse) 
goes insane or evil and rapes Akane.  He frames Ryoga, and works hard to 
convince everyone else that Ryoga is guilty.  He decides he wants to rape 
again; no one cares if Ryoga gets hurt so guess who's the second victim?

	Actually, though unpleasant, this is kind of interesting.  
One of the female rivals loses it - constantly frustrated and perceiving 
a developing closeness between Ranma and Akane, she decided to strike 
back, defile, and (in her opinion) remove Akane from the struggle.  The 
worst they could do would be to rape her - and, in their perception, 
leaving her no longer fit for Ranma.  A use of the instant nannichuan 
could allow this.
	The obvious candidate (the one who would get the blame first, 
perhaps, once they realized magic was involved) would be Shampoo, since 
she has access to the powder.  Can't see her doing it, though.  Cologne 
might, though that's pretty evil for her.
	And if they pinned the blame on Ryoga - well, though it could nto 
be proven, he would be cast out - leaving him alone, depressed, and a 
possible target for the second rape, as mentioned above, if the rapist 
went on a sudden power-trip (if you go with the evil man-hating slightly 
unhinged amazon matriarch interpretation of Cologne (one I don't agree 
with), it could possible work...)
	Ah, just some ideas for an unpleasant story...
 

some kind of justification.  Second and more importantly, I cannot see any
males of the Ranma willing to rape anyone, especially a former boy, as
punishment for rape.  Kill, yeah, that I can see.  but not rape.  It is just
too baroque.  

	True.  The male cast (actually, non of the cast, short of 
insanity) would have what it takes to rape someone - especially a former 
male.  If anyone could, though, I'd go for Ranma.  Why?  Aside for 
possible near-insanity from what happened to Akane, there could be some 
really complicated, bizarre complex arising from his curse, his anger, 
and insecurities.  I dunno...

So the characterizations will need to be developed beyond their manga and 
anime versions.

	Yeah, it would require some pretty intense (and difficult) 
characterization, I'd think.

	-Mike