On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Christopher J Angel wrote:

Since y'all are intent on filling up my mailbox with "What type of fanfic
should I write" and "is fanfiction illegal" threads, I thought I'd toss
out something that would hopefully get you all back to some productive
work.  Like writing.

Naah.
 

1) After reading the recent fiction (Azusa, methinks, wrote it) where
Akane and Ranma admit they love each other after a none-too judicous use
of Formula 411 by Shampoo, I came up with this:

What if Mousse is right, and Shampoo really did/does love him...but can't
remember thanks to Cologne's use of 411 on Shampoo?  

Good idea.  
 

3) A fic where Ranma actually makes a LOGICAL decision about his
fiancee's. (Stand up and take a bow, Zen-san, you're the only one I've
seen yet to do something like this.)  

People keep on mentioning that whomever marries Ranma will have to deal
with his chaotic life.  I'd like to put forward the idea that once Ranma
gets hitched his life WON'T be chaotic, since all the fiancees Genma's got
for Ranma would have NO claim on him.  (Debateable, I know)

It's not only fiancees who make his life chaotic, though.

Now...lets say Ranma goes around and finds out what role the girls intend
for him to play in their "happy marriage," and makes a choice based on
that.

If he goes by that, then his logical choice is to flee howling into the
wilderness :)
 

John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas         
ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu       
rhea@tass.org              http://www.tass.org/~rhea/falcon.html
rhea@maison-otaku.net      http://www.maison-otaku.net/~rhea/

War is the way of the Wyrm.  And War is easy.  Peace is the way of Gaia.
But Peace is the hardest work there is.  So why not fight an all-out war
against the Wyrm?  In the shadow of the Apocalypse, why not win at all
costs?  Because that's what the Wyrm wants.  Because in winning we will
lose.  If we triumph in the Apocalypse through terror, suffering and
betrayal, we will create a world of terror, suffering and betrayal.  And
the Wyrm will win.  The only solution is Peace.  But how do we wage Peace?
We must win by healing the world.  We must win by changing ourselves.  Or
else our salvation becomes our damnation.
--Children of Gaia Tribebook (WW Storyteller system)