I myself would like to second the motion
Doug...

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From: Richard Lawson <RLawson@ci.plymouth.mn.us>
To: White Wolf <ranma@tendo-dojo.ranma.net>; fanfic@tendo-dojo.ranma.net
Subject: RE: [FFML] [fanfic][R1/2] Years Away
Date: Monday, August 04, 1997 3:15 PM

On Monday, August 04, 1997 4:45 PM, White Wolf wrote:

Heh.  I liked this, WW.  You should write stories more often - I'm still
indebted to you for providing the last line of TIL #7.

So is Ranma forever young, or is his female form the only young part?
If he were drenched in hot water, would he grow old?

That would be an interesting tale - Ranma constantly retreating into his
female form as age began to wear away at his male form.  It may even
reach a point where to assume a male form is to die.  And how would that
affect his marriage to Akane - would she object to his retreats, staying
young while she grew old?  Would she resent him for doing that, demand
that he stay male?  What would it be like for Ranma - stay male, be old,
possibly die but keep Akane happy?  Or turn female, live forever, but
lose Akane?

While we might assume in a purely theoretical sense that he would choose
the former, the allure of the latter would be pretty darned strong.
Perhaps overwhelming; who wants to die?

Dang, this fic begs so many questions my little head is spinning.  :)
Well done, WW.  Would like to see you expand this idea, too, if you are
of a mind.

-Richard