Ranma's behavior reflected in fan-fiction as a girl

[Crescent Pulsar]

Okay, this is meant to be fun, since we're always having arguments/debates/discussions about whether this or that is right. Any ideas that anyone generates here is subject to light scrutiny only, in that the idea itself must be sound enough. One needs not consider the whole of the anime or the manga to rationalize one's idea: at the very least one can just assume that, at any other time that it would be contradicted, it's just a case of Ranma acting or being silent about what he really thinks and feels. Just think of it as being akin to basing a fan-fiction idea on a single premise, or even on anything recurring in the anime and manga that is of interest. That's pretty much what this is, anyway.

That said, the object is to take instances from the manga and anime and illustrate why or how it could depict Ranma as being more of a girl than we may think, or more of a girl than a boy. It can refer to his personality, sexual preference, both, or whatever else could be defined as "girly" in your opinion. Just have fun with it! :O

I'll start us off. Since I gave... LawOhki some flack when presented with this idea (not this exact idea, but certainly thereabouts), even though it's a fairly good idea for fan-fiction, I feel I should share this one first to show that there's no hard feelings and such. When that mirrored twin of Ranma is around, the others around him feel that it's a true reflection of himself. So... Maybe it's true, aside from its desire to find a boyfriend so urgently (which could be a result of the mirror, not any part of himself). The thing about mirrors is that the reflection is backwards. While that could mean that the girly persona that came out is due to Ranma being "manly", it could also mean that what is hidden inside is now shown outside. Or both, really, if she acts so girly because he acts so manly. So, one could say that he didn't worry about the girl from the mirror picking up guys (properly), even though it could still reflect on him, because of something like that.

[LawOhki]

So... Maybe it's true, aside from its desire to find a boyfriend so urgently (which could be a result of the mirror, not any part of himself). The thing about mirrors is that the reflection is backwards. While that could mean that the girly persona that came out is due to Ranma being "manly", it could also mean that what is hidden inside is now shown outside. Or both, really, if she acts so girly because he acts so manly. So, one could say that he didn't worry about the girl from the mirror picking up guys (properly), even though it could still reflect on him, because of something like that.

The reason the mirror clone acted the way she did was stated in the manga. And it's not a case of someone lying, since the male clone that came out later confirmed the effect of the mirror.

[Locke69]

May I suggest that you go watch the part of Ranma where Ranma get amnesia and thinks himself as completely female? That would be a far better aide to whatever your argument may be.

Edited out a suggestion to read it, forgot that it was Anime Only.

[Spokavriel]

Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood is Anime Only. It also includes one of the few times Ranma and Genma are ever seen sparring with weapons.

[LawOhki]

Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood is Anime Only. It also includes one of the few times Ranma and Genma are ever seen sparring with weapons.

It's anime so it doesn't matter anyways. The Ranma anime is the bastard offspring of the bastard offspring of Ryoga/Ukyo and Shampoo/Mousse.

[Spokavriel]

I consider it fan fiction. Just in this case the fans are on the payroll and were also working on the rest of the Anime.

[Crescent Pulsar]

The reason the mirror clone acted the way she did was stated in the manga. And it's not a case of someone lying, since the male clone that came out later confirmed the effect of the mirror.

*Sighs*

Someone didn't get the purpose of this thread right off the bat, huh... =_= Hooray for instant derailment.

[LawOhki]

*Sighs*

Someone didn't get the purpose of this thread right off the bat, huh... =_= Hooray for instant derailment.

You want to perpetuate your bad fanon?

[Spokavriel]

The thread title is Ranma's behavior in "fan-fiction" as a girl. Demanding cannon under such a title could be seen as unintentional trolling.

[LawOhki]

The thread title is Ranma's behavior in "fan-fiction" as a girl. Demanding cannon under such a title could be seen as unintentional trolling.

Demanding canon when discussing canon events is not trolling.

Otherwise this should be in the ideas section as a misc ideas thread.

[Spokavriel]

So discussing the Fannon of a series is illegal to you on a series discussion board?

[LawOhki]

So discussing the Fannon of a series is illegal to you on a series discussion board?

Discussing fanon in a subforum where discussion should be about canon should be. There's a whole big section just for fanfiction discussion. But this is the series discussion, no?

[Crescent Pulsar]

You want to perpetuate your bad fanon?

Not. The. Point.

It's not about perpetuating anything, mine or otherwise. For once I thought it would be a good idea if people didn't have to worry about taking things so seriously and take inspirations from canon and make them into ideas that you might find in fan-fiction. Not to create fanon, but to show possibilities (however remote) without them being picked apart (and, in the case of "perpetuate your bad fanon", slandered) because of one inconsistency or another. You know, a place where someone can relax and just express their ideas and opinions without getting into an argument about this or that.

EDIT: And to address your last post, no, it's not focused on fan-fiction. It's drawing directly from the canon (how many times did I mention the anime and manga in my opening post?) to form ideas like someone might do for fan-fiction. In this case, toward the end of expressing how Ranma might be more girly, or more of a girl than a guy, in canon.

Now, do I really have to argue why the idea I gave is feasible, or can we get with the program?

[Spokavriel]

Actually the Fanfiction parts don't seem to be so much discussion so much as story making and tracking. I've even been told repeatedly that allot of the threads in that area are not for discussion at all.

[ckosacranoid]

but here is an idea.....
what do trolls have to do with this tread?
or fishing for that matter?