If you know of any fics that resemble these ideas or plots let me
know, I'd really love to read them.
I've gotten these ideas stuck in my head at one time or another,
and really hope to see them in some fanfic somewhere.
Plots & Ideas
General ideas (Can be implemented anywhere
within or after the Ranma story):
(Cont.) Something happens or is discovered that would make marriage
to Ranma pointless for one or possibly all of the girls.
(Any) Ranma just plain doesn't like his mother. It's not THAT unreasonable.
(Div or Cont.) Ranma is more abusive towards Genma.
(Any) Genma or Nodoka is stripped of their name and cast out of
the family.
(Any) Offhand comments. An offhand comment to the right person at
the right moment can seriously alter the course of events...
(Div.) Ranma gets colder and colder towards the Tendous and/or Shampoo.
(Div. or Cont.) Ranma terminates his father training him.
(Div.) Ranma takes a vow of celibacy.
(Div. or Cont.) Either in a calculated manuever, or purely out of
unthinking anger, Ranma gives Shampoo and/or Cologne the Kiss of Death.
(Alt.) Ranma has the same temper as Akane, but not the same penchant
for overwhelming violence.
(Cont.) Ranma starts laying blame for his problems on those who
actually deserve it. (Crippled: Body & Souls)
(Cont.) Kasumi has her own ideas about how Ranma's marital mess
should be resolved... And it doesn't involve any member of the Tendou family.
(Cont.) Any kind of out-of-the-ordinary Genma-Gets-His story. Seppuku
is getting boring. (Crippled: Body and Souls. Genma's Journal)
(Cont.) Any fic where Ranma openly and *majorly* defies his mother.
I get a kick outta that kind of scene.
(Div. or Cont.) Astonishingly, GENMA cancels the Tendou-Saotome
agreement after he sees Akane use near-lethal force in bashing Ranma around.
A serious amount of blood is spilled, and at that (to me at least) even
*Genma* would lose it.
(Div. or Cont.) Nodoka fulfill's the Tendou-Saotome agreement herself...
by adopting a Tendou!
(Cont. or Div.) Ranma tells Soun in no uncertain terms that the
only way to have the two families joined is if Soun adopts him as his son.
(Any) Any fic in which Ranma does his damndest to NOT marry Akane.
(The
Long and Winding Road. Love and Marriage: The More Dangerous Path)
(Cont.) Ranma / Shampoo matchups within the normal Ranmaverse, where
Ranma picks her over the others at some point. (Dual Destinies, A Village
Tale)
(Div.) Ranma gets out of the Tendou agreement. (Surreal Genius.
All Over Again)
(Any) Ranma / TNC (Tottaly New Character) matchups. (Least One
Can Do. Junko's Legacy)
(Cont.) Some aspect of the Ranma gang's future (or someone from
it) appears in present day life. (Possibilities. Decents and Inversions.
December's End.)
(Any) Nodoka insists upon changes in Ranma's life, be it involving
his fiancees for some reason or him personally. I *don't* mean seppuku.
(Family
Demons, The Kyoto Chronicles)
(Any) Ranma / Kasumi matchups. Hey, what can I say? I'm a
big softie when it comes to Kasumi. (Kasumi's Wish)
(Cont) A Ranma with more experience is placed in the regular Ranmaverse.
(Mirrors Multiplied. A Hell of a Life. Just Won't Die)
(Alt.) Ranma has nothing against hitting girls. (Ill Met By Starlight)
(Alt.) Either Ranma or Akane is immediately attracted to the other,
while said other doesn't (and won't) feel the same.
(Alt.) Ranma dislikes martial artist women.
(Alt.) Ranma the manic-depressive. I don't mean the Ranma-kills-him/herself
oneshots. A divergence or a full alterverse with the pig-tailed warrior
suffering from this condition.
From the beginning of the Ranma story
(or close enough to it as to make no difference):
(Alt.) Ranma is emotionally cold, or at the very least unpleasant.
(Ill
Met By Starlight)
(Div.) When Soun tells his daughters about their new possible fiancee,
instead of listening and arguing they more or less roll their eyes and
walk out on him.
(Alt.) During his younger years, perhaps when Genma stopped somewhere
for a significant period of time during thet training journey, Ranma got
accustomed to girls. Not lemony, mind you. He's comfortable with them insomuch
as he *knows* what he likes in a woman/girl... And the Tendou's just don't
fit the bill.
(Alt.) A more intelligent Ranma knows how to manipulate "honor"
as best he can to get what he want, or at least something close to it.
Imagine him spouting the same kind of gobbledygook Genma does.
(Div.) Akane attacks Ranma & Genma when they arrive for the
first time in order to convince them to leave.
(Div.) Ranma discovers he is the head of the Saotome family, and
that anything he says regarding that family is as good as law.
(Div.) When Soun gets Genma's postcard, he has a Tendou relative
in the Department of Public Records (or whatever they call it in Japan)
alter Ranma & Akane's personal records to that of a married couple.
From within the Ranma story (prior to
Shampoo's arrival):
(Div.) Early in the Ranma story, Ranma and Akane agree to avoid
and ignore one another.
From within the Ranma story (prior to
Cologne's arrival):
(Div.) Soun sees just how horrendous and miserable the situation
is making his precious baby girl Akane, and calls it all off. (He's gotta
have some sense of compassion, when he opens his eyes, at
least)
(Div. or Cont.) Ranma & Akane become bitter enemies. (Secrets)
From within the Ranma story (after Ukyou's
arrival):
(Div.) Ranma sticks with, and acts upon, his
original belief that Ukyou is Genma's illegitimate son. Ranma originally
thought this in canon, but learned otherwise later. What if when he normally
would learn that the "illegitimate son" angle isn't accurate, he's so convinced
that it's true that he just can't believe otherwise?
(Div. or Cont.) Ranma says the Ukyou would
make the perfect sister. And he voices an offhand wish to the same effect.
This comment is overheard by Skuld, who's just entering the Ucchan to grant
Ranma a wish...
From after the end of vol. 38:
(Cont.) Ranma does marry Akane... and they decide to close down
the dojo.
(Cont.) Ranma gets angry at something and blows up at one of his
fiancees, saying something he later wished he hadn't. I know it's been
done but I like the premise.
(Div. or Cont.) Ranma agrees to marry Akane, but afterwards they
all discover Ranma has some peculiar notions about marriage. He believes
that it's supposed to be the way *Genma's* marriage is: Spend as little
time as possible with your spouse, no *cough* intimacy, evade responsibility,
etc. Regardless of everyone's insistence to the contrary, his ideas are
firmly implanted. (Picture Ranma refusing the wedding night & honeymoon,
consistently sleeping in the dojo, generally being gone most of the day
and doing as little as possible)
(Cont.) Post-marriage Ranma & Akane where either one or both
of them is *miserable.* (Painegloss)
(Any) Any fic in which Ranma gets out of his marriage/carry-on-the-school
obligations without marrying a Tendou or dying. Especially fics in which
he decides never to marry. They're out there, I've read a few... But I
can't remember the titles.
(Any) Ranma calls it quits from the whole damn mess. (Ranma's
Apartment)
(Cont.) Ranma gradually comes to dislike his mother and her ideas.
(Cont.) Nodoka decides (for whatever reason) to help Ranma resolve
his personal mess in whatever way he chooses, regardless of whether or
not what he wants coincides with what the others want.
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