Dr. Facer
> 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?

    Just because the rest of the world is dysfunctional doesn't make this
behavior the norm.

> 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.

    The series spans more than 5 years if you just count the number of
seasons or repeated holidays.

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

    And that's a poor style of expression.

> 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.

    It's not that you have to say "I love you" to be in love.  They still do
not act like a couple at all.  They're still falling in love.

    A shameless plug for the latest game I'm playing, but a love
relationship is like Saber/Shirou, or Rin/Emiya.  Anyway it's almost certain
there will be an Anime based on Fate/Stay Night and assuming they don't mess
it up on the transelation, look for the two pairings above.

> 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.

    You're just making things up with a characters who are conveniently
named like that.  Ranma 1/2 characters are horribly shallow characters that
leaves very little room for development.  Everything you can write that does
not conform the story I can think of some way to disprove it, unless it's
something that simply lacks a precedent.

> 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.

    Ranma and Akane wouldn't know what a "I love you" means.

Don
"For the first time of my life, Shirou, I hate you!  You are saying you want
me to kill you, don't you?"
Saber, if you choose not to kill her in Heaven's Feel arc