Well, not really, since Ukyou and Ryouga never actually appear in the 

story.

We don't see any of their real actions, only Ranma's (and Akane's) 

memories

of them.  It seems perfectly sensible under the circumstances that 

Ranma

and Akane, stuck in an unhappy marriage, might tend to idealise Ukyou 

and

Ryouga, respectively.  (Actually, I rather like the symmetry of the 

situation,

since, in the source material, Ukyou and Ryouga tend to idealise Ranma 

and

Akane, respectively.) 

   Ah, good.  I thought I was the only one to see this.  _Of course_ 
people who are miserable in a current situation (marriage, job, etc) 
will look back and see all the other opportunities that could have been, 
and idealize them.

   Which would make for an interesting continuation of this fic.  
Imagine a "It's a Wonderful Life" approach, where both Akane and Ranma 
are given the chance to go back and "correct" their mistake, and then 
hyperspeed to this story's "present", but along the new timeline.  How 
would the reality compare to their current fantasies?  Would they decide 
that they had been better off, after all?

--Freemage

-- 
 -Sean Connor (sec@softhome.net)

   The day Microsoft produces something that doesn't suck is
   the day they start making vacuum cleaners.

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