On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Knight Writer wrote:
Um...this the the same bunch of students that watches a guy who turns into
a girl with water, chi blasts, and such styles of combat as Tea Ceremony
and Potty Trainer weapons?
Yes and no. These are the same people, but they haven't seen all
that yet. In that small spiel I put at the beinning of the fic, I ointed out
that this was set between the end of voume 5 and the beginning of volume six.
I don't believe it. This is just as bad as that fanfic once that had
Cologne firmly disbelieve that Ranma could have been affected by magic,
because "Magic doesn't exist."
Ouch. Man that hurt...
Well, not to the same degree as that one. But the principle is the same.
My point is that this all happens BEFORE the soba noodles, the doll
bit, and all that happy stuff. So far, there's Jusenkyou, the amaguriken,
and the Joketsuzoku. The weirdness of Ranma hasn't really settled in on
Nerima, so mutant powers would still be considered freakish.
Besides, this is not canon (what fanfic is?).
Fine. Ranma's still has his phemnominal cat-like powers, and the fact
that he turns into a girl has already been revealed to the school (and at
least the male body was seen to approve). I think five was when Ryouga
learns the Breaking Point technique, granting him super endurance to go
with his monster strength (he can inadvertantly break phone poles!), but
I'm not sure exactly what happened where. Hell, Kuno has his technique
that can shatter walls at long distances. No one's tried to tar and
feather them.
Basically, as I see it, if you REALLY want to make this a Ranma fic, you
have two options. First, set this in volume 1, or even earlier, and have
Ranma get caught changing with his curse. That way, you just set the
mutant hysteria as a condition of this new Altverse and you can skip the
cannon arguments. Secondly, set it much after volume 38, where Ranma is
living on his own because he fled Nerima, and he's forced to use his
special abilities in front of a mutant fearing populace, who takes what
they've seen in the wrong way.
And then, of course, there's always spoofing the genre. I'd sent the
barest of outlines to that effect to the list when someone posted a
Ranma-ANCXmen fic last year, but I never got a response. ^_^
But why are you using Ranma anyway, if you're going to go so far as one of
the first options. I mean, find a good series that is somewhat more
realistic and has a good potential plot to it, and you're all set! You
might even get a catchy title.
Some character who's in the government is accused of being a manipulative
mutant, influencing the elections (X-term).
Those Windows to Alternate Realities fics (X-Windows).
Nuku Nuku shows her powers while working at Akie's, and people fear the
new waitress may be a mutant (X-Server).
One Pound Gospel (X-Box).
Yes, I know. Bad joke. ^_^
-Natsume Ranma Ranma
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The sardines weren't worth the trouble. A few more shots, then
Ryoga-san would overheat and explode. Ducking around a corner,
I managed to lose him as I entered the ramshackle residence of
my Anime supplier.
One look at his face and I knew that I had been betrayed. "Tell me,"
I insisted. He refused, so I slammed him against the wall.
"Last chance. Where can Ranma-Ranma find good fanfics?"
"Try Jason Liao," he whispered, before he slumped to the floor.
I heard the sounds of a door splintering as I left through the
window, one step ahead of Tendo Heavy Industries...