Re: ranma ML 6 hour matome okuri


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from Dr_Facer <dr_facer@yahoo.com>
subject Re: ranma ML 6 hour matome okuri
date Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:18:36 -0800 (PST)
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>It goes without saying Akane is *clumsy* in love

Yes, she is, but that's the charm of her character; but now that I think of 
it, most females in the Ranma 1/2 universe are somewhat clumsy when love is 
the matter at hand....Then again that could be rather unfair, but look at the 
girls! Shampoo is bordering on Stalker behavior, Ukyo is somehow in denial 
and let's not start with Kodachi... And what about the other 2 Tendo sisters? 

 

>but for the 7 years or so of time that the series portray? 

I used to believe that the whole series only tells the reader what happens in 
the life of the characters in a period of about a year and a few months. Of 
course, Pierre already wrote a better answer to this question.
 

>How many times does she need to 
be 'in love but can't say it' before it gets boring, if not just stupid?

As many as Takahashi and the anime writers needed it would seem.

>Of course, it's not like Ranma is exactly blameless. I talked to my 
roommate in high school and he says that their relationship would be 
classified as 'falling in love' but not 'love', and it is rather 
childish, since their relationship never progressed to love, minus a few 
select moment.

I would disagree here, it is more than obvious by later volumes of the manga, 
(perhaps as late as volume 30) that Akane and Ranma love each other, but are 
not sure on how to act on it, let alone delcare their feelings in the middle 
of the chaos that surrounds both of them.
 


>I write Ranma 1/2 fanfiction, and I find myself increasingly unable 
to write Akane in a love relationship. I love writing her in a non 
romantic situation, and Ranma 1/2 has done a respectable job of giving 
her a personality in such conditions. But in love? Well, I can write 
it, but it is boring, and it'd be out of character if it's not, so why 
bother? You can't write anything than either an in character 
stereotypical reaction (Ranma no baka or the like) and if you want to 
write anything interesting, it's pretty much guaranteed to be out of 
character so why use her name?


I don't think it has to be out of character at all; While I stopped writing 
Ranma fanfiction years ago but I never tried the Ranma & Akane relationship 
(there's tons of stories about it and I couldn't find an angle I liked). I 
devoted my efforts to write a Mousse and Shampoo three part story, which 
proved to be as difficult, if not more, than tackling Akane and Ranma. I 
don't think I'm very fit to give advice, but I think you could write based 
mostly on the situation and not the character. 
 

As you probably know, characters can react in different ways depending on the 
situation and location they're put in. If placing the story in Nerima makes 
it difficult, try sending Ranma and Akane away for some reason; to a place 
where not one of their crazy suitors finds them. The situation doesn't have 
to be romantic at all, they can be in a 'martial artist' (getting rid of a 
monster [not Happosai] or something) mision with...I don't know, Soun and 
Genma, who in turn get drunk wasted at the hotel and their kids have to do 
the job. This gives plenty of time for the couple to be alone and should 
allow you to bring out the possitive traits of each; the mision could make 
the feeling of the story not to be focused solely on romance, as well as 
allowing you to relax the characters which can hep you turn their lines to 
more sligthly romantic dialogues without being out of character. And 
remember, you don't have to write an "I love you" line to get that message 
through.
 

 

Facer.

Who wasn't dead, just MIA, until now.



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