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Subject: C&C: [FFML] [Fic][Altaverse][R1/2] Complimenting Opposites ch01
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Subj: [FFML] [Fic][Altaverse][R1/2] Complimenting Opposites ch01 [DRAFT]
Date: 9/25/2000 6:14:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: tangent@zbzoom.net (Tangent)
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Complimenting Opposites
A Ranma 1/2 fanfict by Tangent
Pre-reading and editing assistance by:
Lord Talon;
Nevrmore;
And some guy named Steve
A WORD FROM TANGENT: While Lord Talon has informed
me that what I'm about to attempt has been done before,
this in no way has dissuaded me from making my own
version. For one thing, for better or for worse, in all
of my other Ranma fanficts to date, Ranma either has or
will end up with Akane. Well, to this I say "Wrong Tendo".
What difference does the weather make?
What difference indeed...?
I think Metroanime also mentioned that Ranma was engaged to Akane only
because it rained that first day, or he'd have been snapped up by Nabiki.
I obviously agree with this sentiment - Tangent ^_^
"I'll find her, Daddy," Nabiki offered. [Now...what to
wear? I know! Just the thing,] she thought. [I'll change
right after I find Akane. She has enough boys after her
already, even if she doesn't like any of them. Just once,
I'd like to get a chance!]
She might also be concerned about the dojo: if Akane takes over the dojo
having
another overly emotional master might scare away any hypothetical future
students.
Good point! I'll have to write it in! - Tangent ^_^
SCENE CHANGE: The streets of Nerima.
Y'don't need to say "Scene Change" for this - it's apparent to the
readers anyway. Besides, most readers can regonize the settings for
the first meeting between Ranma and the Tendos in their sleep...
Get used to it, 'SCENE CHANGE' shows up in a number of my fics,
and I sometimes insert little jokes at these points (not always, but
sometimes)
Tangent
As for your other point here...
ZZZZZZZZZZZZ - Tangent ^_^
The sun warmed the street as two figures wandered
through Nerima.
"Where are we going again?" demanded a young man
wearing Chinese style fighting clothes. He was
interrogating an older man wearing an off white gi,
glasses, and a bandanna.
"I told you Ranma," the older man explained once again.
"We are going to visit an old friend of mine. One that I
haven't seen in a long time."
"You know someone from a long time ago who is still
your friend?" the boy asked, incredulous. "I'll believe
that when I see it."
"You will, my boy, you will."
This is an odd change from the canon - Genma did tell Ranma about the
fiancee
prior to Ranma arriving at the Tendos. Is there a reason?
Actually, he was worried about how his now tempermental
son-turned-occasional-
daughter would react if he said anything ahead of time. Genma is a big
believer of
putting pain off for as long as possible. - Tangent ^_^
By this time, all three daughters had gathered to see
their guests. Nabiki, noticing that her father seemed
disinclined to let the boy go, leaned closer to examine
the subject of her father's attention. Hmmm, Ranma was as
fine a specimen as she could ask for, handsome in a vaguely
bishonen way. After a quick comparison between the features
of the boy and his father, she decided that he must get his
I was halfway expecting Nabiki to grab him and say "Mine!" or something
along
that line...
Already seen that one done - Tangent
ANOTHER WORD FROM TANGENT: By now, some of you may be
wondering why Ranma seems to be more 'wordy' as Lord Talon
put it. If you remember from the beginning of the manga and
the anime versions, Ranma started off as unusually subdued
and polite after his curse, and remained polite and shy
around strangers until his first misunderstanding with
Akane. As Ranma seems to be naturally brash, this may have
been another effect of the curse, or at least a response
to it.
Anyway, as Ranma believes, in this time line, that
Jusenkyo has had more than just a physical effect on
Genma, it would make sense if Ranma were also so effected
by his curse. Of course, it could all be psychosomatic... ^_^
Actually, Ranma was nice and polite and so forth in the beginning, and in
the flashbacks isn't half as rude as he later is. Perhaps the fact that
being
nice and (relatively) polite got him nowhere with either Akane or Ryouga led
him to turn into the arrogant young martial artist of later on. The fact
that
underneath
the arrogant exterior he's still a nice guy (willing to help people that
have
tried to kill or betray him) seems to bear this out.
I expect Akane to challenge him to see who's better - after all, in her eyes
he's
just another boy, and should be easy to show who's the best heir to Anything
Goes.
Akane's pride wouldn't let her give up the dojo without a fight.
I thought that I wouldn't be the only one to notice Ranma's change in
behavior
in the original manga and anime's opening chapter! - Tangent ^_^
As for Akane... You'll just have to wait and see. - Tangent
C&C Welcome
Flames will be used to Raost Marshmallows
Minor spelling glitch
Tangent
tangent@zbzoom.net
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