All Purpose Ranma Fanfiction Thread

Good point. Maybe have Happosai do it because he recognizes the ultimate successor to his legacy as Numero Uno Woman-Chaser Extraordinaire in Playboy!Ranma?

Of course, there is also the In Spite of a Nail approach. I dunno about you, but I think Ryouga and Shampoo's curses are rather fitting, and would enable a lot of potential in the form of hilarious interactions with Playboy!Ranma. I mean, besides putting a huge obstacle between Playboy!Ranma's desire to flirt with Shampoo and her attempts to endear herself to him, I wonder how differently Playboy!Ranma would react to Akane's unwitting adoption of piglet-form Ryouga as "P-chan".

edited 19th Sep '14 6:06:01 AM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

re:Cat's Tongue: Someone, anyone who can do it, decides they'd rather have playboy Ranma instead of the narcissist with No Social Skills. Up to and including love interests who find out about it.

Incidentally, I can get behind the idea of Ryoga having the girl curse.

Happosai was never more than a pathetic lecher with a shitload of martial arts mastery, though. IIRC, he even said outright at one point that people like him "turned to perversion because we could never get dates!" And then Ranma called him out on it, something to the effect of "No you dumb ass, you could never get a date because you're a goddamn pervert!"

If anything, Happosai would probably regard playboy Ranma as his mortal enemy, getting potentially infinite T&A with ease while the old bean has to work his ass off (not really, but you get the sentiment) just to get a bag of lacy unmentionables.

The problem with P-Chan is that a large part of the reason Ranma doesn't tell Akane about Ryouga's curse is that he feels guilty for causing it. Since Ranma would not have caused the curse here, he wouldn't feel guilty about it (although Ryouga would probably still blame him for it). Without that guilt, and with a more active interest in Akane, I highly doubt Ranma (especially Playboy!Ranma) would hesitate to expose P-Chan for who he is. Which means we'd get maybe a one-off gag from it, and tension for all of the single chapter it takes for him to find out. Unless we're playing it up as Ryouga hiding it from everyone, which might last a couple chapters.

On the other hand, if we give Ryouga the girl curse, we could drag that out for quite a while. Ryouga would almost certainly try to hide that he and Girl!Ryouga are the same person, if for no reason other than to preserve his image (maybe playing himself off as his own sister). Which means Ranma would have justification for not knowing they're the same person, so Playboy!Ranma would probably hit on her. This could be played a couple different ways:

1. Ryouga blatantly dislikes this and Playboy!Ranma sees it as a challenge and increases his pursuit because she doesn't reciprocate.

2. Girl!Ryouga flirts back, and goes to lengths to cover who she really is because Ranma doesn't like guys, only for Ryouga to flip out and try to murder Ranma every time he changes back. Which Ranma would interpret as Ryouga being the overprotective big brother to Girl!Ryouga.

As far as I understand it, a large part of Ranma keeping Ryoga's secret is because he promised. Of course, you can question Ranma being noble enough to keep his word just because he gave it. In that case, you'd have to agree he's selfish enough to keep his word just because it's his.

Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.

Ah, but Ranma gave his word (to a random dog instead of Ryouga) before Ryouga became Akane's pet solely because he emphathized with Ryouga as a fellow Jusenkyo-cursed person. Playboy!Ranma didn't seem particularly concerned about his Jusenkyo curse, and Ranma isn't particularly empathic when not placed in the same situation as someone else. So while canon Ranma was able to relate to Ryouga's situation, Playboy!Ranma would not, and normal Ranma's curse is too different to relate. Personally, I think this Ranma would be more likely to mock Ryouga if he had the piglet curse than try to hide it. Especially considering that he would have no real reason to cover for him.

That's what I wanted to stress, actually. Ranma gave his word to a completely unrelated dog, why does he still act on it? Is it because he thinks it's the "right thing to do"? Some people doubt he's that noble. Maybe, what actually matters is not the promise itself, or who he gave it to, but the fact that it was Ranma's own promise? And thus, breaking it would harm his own opinion of himself - which is kinda exagerrated, as we know.

And besides, I was under impression that the "Playboy Transformation" ony changes Ranma's attitude towards girls, not anybody else. Even if it does, I doubt it affects his opinion about himself in any significant way.

Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.

Fair enough.

That said, it is mentioned that Genma noticed Ranma acting differently prior to him encountering any girls, though at that point it was mostly just a slight change in posture. So there's at least some changes that aren't activated by the presence of females, but the fic didn't go on long enough to explore them. At this point, the playboy form's effects outside of behavior around females and posture are pretty much completely up for interpretation.

edited 18th Sep '14 11:25:27 PM by Hyp3rB14d3

Yeah, the playboy curse is only shown to subconsciously affect his behavior towards girls, and only that; even playboy!Ranma had no clear idea what exactly is he working towards to, only vague impressions.

Well, if you want to go that route... Have Happosai get the bright idea that he could parasitize on playboy!Ranma's infinite T&A powers, using them as an equally infinite source of lacy unmentionables (since the girls are too distracted by the Chick Magnet in question, thus making them easy targets for him).

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

Girl too distracted to notice her underwear was stolen + Playboy!Ranma + Akane = Mallet to the face.

Actually, if we assume x as the part before the !, then your equation is valid with any x.

Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.

True, but a non-playboy Ranma might recognize the danger before Akane notices the lack of panties. Or he might not. Ranma can be dense at times, especially when it can be played for comedic effect.

Although, come to think of it, Ranma noticing the danger before Akane and trying to escape it could be played for laughs. And Playboy!Ranma's desire for female company warring with his self-preservation instincts could also be played for comedy.

edited 19th Sep '14 8:26:42 AM by Hyp3rB14d3

So, is anyone else up for a collaborative effort to continue the fic?

I'm all up for "collaborative", but I might have touble with actual "effort".

Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.

I'm willing to sign on as a consultant, but I don't trust myself to actually handle the characters.

So I was rereading the chapter when I noticed something I missed before: when in playboy mode, hot water sets off his danger sense! That means that not only would Ranma not try to change back, he would actively avoid it!

Right. Like he'd actually succeed in doing so for long. You do know that Ranma is a magnet for water of the appropiate temperature to trigger his curse either way, depending on which would resulting him suffering hilarious problems because of the gender change, right?

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

That is true.

So, should we pick up the fic while Ranma and Genma are still in China, or should we just skip straight to the Tendo Dojo? Personally, I'm in favor of the latter, but I could work with the former.

Also, what should Ranma refer to his other half as during conversations? Playboy!Ranma works for a forum, but I highly doubt Ranma would call it that.

Yeah, skipping sounds fine.

What if Ranma doesn't realize his other side until somebody else notices it, and then just goes along with the name other people use? Like, Tendo sisters?

Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.

Considering how the first chapter ended, I think he knows something's up, and Genma definitely already knows. Assuming Soap and Shampoo follow Shampoo's canon actions and hunt him all over China, there's practically no way he wouldn't know by the time he made it to the Tendo Dojo.

So, here's what I've got so far.

Should I keep going with this, or is this the wrong way to go?

edited 25th Sep '14 1:43:34 AM by Hyp3rB14d3

Oh yes, Genma used his brains for once and realized that he'd have an easier time getting playboy!Ranma to the Tendos than with normal!Ranma. Genius!

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

Insidious panda is insidious. <nod>

So, what would Playboy!Ranma's reaction be to a fiance? Part of me thinks he would wholeheartedly support the notion while refusing to actually pick to justify dating all three girls at once, but part of me thinks he would be horrified of the concept and refuse outright. Thoughts?