first of all, I would like to say that this story is allready showing 
its promise as a good story with an unique character which has just as 
much depth as one created by Takahashi. 

Wow!  Very high praise indeed!
 

				A few questions and suggestions to consider.

1>	Ranma knows that Mouko is a TIGER for pete's sake, so why isn't he 
scared shitless?  She certainly is very feline, and that is one of the 
things which turns him off of Shampoo.

Phobias are very weird and it often takes something to trigger them (my 
wife's uncle and aunt are both pscychiatrists, and we had a little 
discussion with them about my mother in law's claustrophobia)  It is my 
assumption, which admittedly requires a little leap of faith, that Ranma 
is free of the phobia as long as Mouko is in human form.  If she ever 
were to get splashed with hot water around him, then we would see major 
fireworks!  :)  But because of the close, sibling-like bond between 
them, his feelings for her are stronger than his phobia in girl form at 
least.  I know many may not accept this explanation, but there it is.  
As I said, it requires a minor suspension of disbelief, but 
psychiatrically speaking, it should be at least realistic.

 

2>	But we can tell he is't about to go into the Neko-ken mode though, 

so 

what will Mouko do when he does?  He would be a lot like her in that 
case, and they would probably have a very good romp. 

Hard to say.  I've never seen any of the mangas or animes that have any 
Neko-ken in them.  Although I'm desperately searching for more 
information on how it works, until I can find one, I will probably keep 
avoiding the issue.  Mouko knows about Ranma's fear anyway, so she is 
going to try and avoid him if she were in tiger form, or in any danger 
of a transformation.

3>	Now to most people, who would be the logical male to hook her up 
with.  There are three main choices.  Kuno is off the bat from the 
start, and Mousse is too obssesed with Shampoo.  Naturally everyone 
thinks of Ryoga, who is a nice guy, probably as strong as her, and 

Ranma 

wants him away from Akane anyway.  But it doesn't feel right.  I can't 
shake the image of Mouko seeing the pig inside Ryoga just like she did 
the monkey in the martial artist and laughing to tears at him, probably 
revealing his secret to Akane too.

Mouko doesn't have any idea what she's getting into.  Tiger social life 
is VERY solitary, and tigers neither mate for life, nor participate in 
bi-parental rearing of the young.  The concept of romantic love is 
totally foreign to her as well; in fact she doesn't understand love at 
all, except for maybe the feeling of responsibility towards your young 
(more instinctive than actual love) or the "love between friends" 
variety that she feels for Ranma and Genma.

4>	Finally, Mouko is a Tiger fighter, and Ranma's personal style is 
Tiger like, fast and deadly, and his chi-blast is called the Tiger's 
Roar.  Did she teach him back in china, or will she help Ranma get in 
touch with the Tiger in his style, or even inside his neko-ken?

Actually, that's a good idea.  I can't imagine Ranma not wanting to 
learn any martial arts technique he sees, so their ought to be some 
charing of experiences at some point.  I don't know what repercussions 
that will have for the overall Ranma continuity in my story.  maybe 
none.



Joshua Dyal
j-dyal@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/1958/


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