Adrian Tymes wrote:
Benjamin Goldberg wrote:
Adrian Tymes wrote:
Benjamin Goldberg wrote:
Kyhdin@aol.com wrote:
Ever since that damned Jusenkyoin had smacked him with that damn
virus, Saotome had spent half his life as a woman and as he did
now whenever he thought about them, took a moment to curse the
entire genomancers guild.
Given that it's a geno*mancer*'s guild, which sounds like it means
genetic magic, why is his gender-changing caused by a virus, rather
than a spell? Not to mention, a mere virus can't add and remove
body weight; that would have to be done by magic.
Genomancer as in technomancer, perhaps: it's technically all science,
but the technology is, as the sayiing goes, sufficiently advanced.
At least from enough peoples' views to let the term catch on as
slang. As to plus or minus body weight, get/lose the mass from water
vapor and other things in the air nearby.
The problem with this is the matter of time -- how quickly can one
change size/shape that way? I would expect it to be quite slow and
painful, whereas with magic, it could take place instantaneously,
without pain.
A genomancer, if limited by mere biological processes, can't make any
kind of instant change... but with magic, or with whatever tech
Wahsuu uses to turn people in to kappas, it can be done fast.
Well...consider that most examples of biology we see are limited to
products of evolution. Deliberately engineered biological machines,
especially ones that did not need to survive reproduction into new
generations (and survive use/abuse by babies not fully aware of the
implications of certain aspects of their bodies), could be a lot more
efficient. Plausible enough for suspension of disbelief, anyway.
There's still the problem of how much water's in the air -- not enough
for an instantaneous change, certainly. And even with that, to take
care of the mass requirements wrt flesh, there's still the problem of
changing shape -- and here I mean bones, not just rearranging of flesh.
If they're merely elongated, they'd become thing. Adding and removing
calcium isn't likely to be able to be done fast.
All in all, the OP's idea (which you might have missed) -- which was for
the virus that the genomancers gave him cause his body to grow a
teleporter-like mechanism (somewhere hidden inside him, I suppose), and
this would in turn un-make and re-make his body -- seems more plausible
than a purely biological transformation.
Of course, I still like my own theory of Jyusenko curses -- it somehow
activates the normally dormant/vestigal part of the brain which would
control a person's magic, and programs that bit of brain to magically
transform the victim. Thus, there's no magic keeping Ranma female, nor
male -- the only magic present is that which occurs during the change
itself. The water-lock bucket merely removes the part of the compulsion
which causes the victim to change himself back to his natual form, and
the water-unlock bucket restores that compulsion. And the effect of the
water-proof soap is purely psychological -- the victim believes that he
isn't really getting wet, and therefor he's not compeled to change
himself into cursed form.
For *these* three?
[snip]
A familiar series of *ting*s caught his attention. It was the same
sound his own blade made when deflecting bullets, but this came from
behind him, and was much faster paced. Looking back, he saw the women
playing volleyball with the projectile, each knocking it to another
and losing not a trace of speed.
Utena glanced his way. "Oh. Are you done?" She spiked the plasma
over his shoulder to land at the guards' feet.
Those who feared no musket. The Musketeers.
---
Granted, it's rather derivative, but still... ^_^;
Umm, is that based on a scene from the original Three Musketeers?
[reasons why [not] to have Ayeka in Porthos's place]
That's not what I mean -- you need a princess to *rescue* -- she's
not allowed to be one of the rescuers! :) Hmm... not unless she's
going out to go rescue a *prince*.
Ano...the three main characters are all female. No kidding they'd be
rescuing princes.
I dunno, Utena might be interested in a princess. As would Saotome :)
That said, time with Tenchi did seem to teach Ryoko some things
about honor. As to Ryo-ohki, well, who says Ryoko's horse didn't
have a name?
A horse which goes Miya? Heh.
And which takes carrots as fuel. ^_^
Well, that's a given :P