On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, "Freemage ." <freemage@hotmail.com> wrote:

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Now, I haven't yet decided on what Ryoga's curse'll be. I do know
it's not going to be the piglet one, and I'm kinda leery of the SoD
girl... Otherwise, suggestions? (BTW-- the curse will be from
either anime or manga sources only... ones created for other
fanfics or new ones are considered invalid for this purpose)

Hmmm.... Do you mean that you'll only want to use duck, cat, panda girl 
or Tarou's curse?  Or that you don't want anything really bizarre?  If 
the former, you're kind of limited.

I think you need to do something to raise Ryouga's challenge level, BTW.  
This Ranma has already received a level of training the other hadn't 
until a few volumes into the series.  When Ryouga shows up, unless he's 
improved considerably, he's going to be no match at all.

So, if you're stuck with the "core" curses, you probably need to give 
him Tarou's just to balance things out.  If you're willing to use 
another "basic" curse, then how about a large predator (a feline would 
not be appropriate, because the Neko-ken would solve things too quickly, 
but SoD Wolf has possibilities, and I can see Nabiki adopting the wolf 
as a pet, too  [OK, I admit it, I've been reading too many 
Bartram-fics... ~_*]).

This gives him the ability to continue fighting even while in cursed 
form.

Other Springs of Drowned [predator] that might be interesting....
 Hawk/Falcon/Eagle
 Turkey Vulture (these guys are HUGE)
 Velociraptor (Heh.  Be very, very afraid)
 Snake (Anaconda would be very appropriate for Ryouga)

	Hey if you want to do a twisted take the origional curse then have 
it be a pool where a giant boar with a porcupine drowned.  (Yes I am 
stealing the Porcuswine idea from Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat 
series.)  Think the boar Ryouga saw in his first appearance only larger and 
bristling with foot long porcupine quills.

Of course, if you just want to abuse Ryouga, then I'd say stick him 
with, say, SoD Gerbil or Ferret (the latter being another good adoptee 
for Nabiki).

Just my two bits.

--Freemage

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