Subject: Re: [FFML] [Ranma][ideas] Cat's Prey
From: Matthew Campbell
Date: 4/28/1998, 11:09 PM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

MetroAnime wrote:

Just a few fanfic ideas, from Greggsharp@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/MetroAnime/main.html

"The next idea is one of those alternate
 timeline things."

"Oh man, I hate those, they usually end up
 with me boinking you or something."

"Excuse me, Ranma?"

"Nothing! Nothing!"

"Well, in the first one it's really quite simple.
What would have happened if you'd gotten some
hot water or an umbrella before showing up at the
Tendo dojo. Such a simple change, showing up as a
boy that first day."


I think that may have been done, though I can't recall the name of the 
story.  Here's an alternate timeline I thought up the other day.

What if Ranma and Genma didn't live at the Tendos'?

To be more specific, it starts out the same way, but after Ranma gets 
hit by the table, Soun tells Genma he has a friend who runs another dojo 
and has taken ill.  Soun convinces Genma to take over the dojo for his 
friend and live _there_ instead of with the Tendos.

Really, arranging an engagement and then putting the involved parties in 
the same house is kind of unusual, isn't it?  Ranma is "encouraged" to 
court Akane, but they aren't living together.

So how would things be different?  Would Ranma still fall for Akane if 
he wasn't living in the same house with her day in and day out?  Would 
he ever grow close to her?

More, does this mean Shampoo would have a real shot when she shows up 
the second time?  Or Ukyou?  Or Kod-...... nahh.

I guess the basic premise for this would be, "What if Ranma was the sole 
star of 'Ranma 1/2' and Akane was just one of the supporting characters, 
rather than co-star?"

Anybody want this one?

-- Matthew Campbell E-mail me at mgcampb@clemson.edu