What if… — Idea inklings

[gsteemso]

At first glance, Cat chases Rat sounds thematically appropriate and in theory would lead to much humorous property damage (especially once a certain obsessive, probably legally-blind, absurdly heavily-armed, stalker of a duck entered the fray—the classic mid-century Tom and Jerry cartoons may be relegated to mere historical oddities with inferior visual formatting and outdated social preconceptions, here in 2016, but their slapstick legacy will be eternal!)… but to the best of my recollection Shampoo, as with all of the other animal-form curse victims apart from Genma (a statistical outlier among statistical outliers ever since his first appearance), has in canon never shown any hint of an inclination towards the hunting instincts her outward appearance might imply to the uninformed in-universe bystander. As a rurally-raised human with a predator’s sensorium at her disposal, Shampoo would probably notice quite quickly that Scabbers was a highly suspect entity to keep as a pet, but IMUO it would take a lot of work for the author to set up a plausible scenario wherein she would be predisposed to attempt doing something about it.

Should anyone out there suddenly find themselves in possession of such a scenario immediately upon reading this little bit of pessimistic speculation on my part, please share it with the rest of us here—as someone with minor pretensions to authorhood, this is the sort of thing I actually LIKE to be proven hopelessly and hilariously wrong about. :@)

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

At first glance, Cat chases Rat sounds thematically appropriate and in theory would lead to much humorous property damage (especially once a certain obsessive, probably legally-blind, absurdly heavily-armed, stalker of a duck entered the fray—the classic mid-century Tom and Jerry cartoons may be relegated to mere historical oddities with inferior visual formatting and outdated social preconceptions, here in 2016, but their slapstick legacy will be eternal!)… but to the best of my recollection Shampoo, as with all of the other animal-form curse victims apart from Genma (a statistical outlier among statistical outliers ever since his first appearance), has in canon never shown any hint of an inclination towards the hunting instincts her outward appearance might imply to the uninformed in-universe bystander.

You know that, and I know that, but does Scabbers?

[Slab Bulkhead]

I think to make it work, Scabbers should see Shampoo and/or Mousse get reverted with hot water, making him assume it's enchanted to revert animagus forms, thus he starts dodging hot water. Which, of course, makes the NWC think he's under a Jusyenko curse

[Té Rowan]

Can’t remember if I ever mentioned it here, but a long time ago I had the idea of a bunch of Ranmaverse spirits confronting Harry Potter, identifying themselves and then diving into Harry. I was thinking Ranma, the Tendo sisters, Ukyo and Shampoo.

The morning after, Dudley would somehow splash Harry with cold water, much to the older Dursleys’ shock/scare. Harry’s response to seeing his, now her, reflection would be either “Ara!” or “Oh, my!”

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

Poor Dudley. He got Akane.

[Té Rowan]

In case you haven’t guessed, I am fond of baddies screwing themselves over without realising it until later.

Potterverse — Some versions of Dumbledore are, like Lockhart, quite free with the Obliviates. What might happen if one of them Obliviated a ward scheme’s personification?

Say, the infamous 4 Privet Drive Blood Wards might pose as a neighbour showing interest in Harry’s wellbeing. Were Dumbasadoor to Obliviate said ‘neighbour’ of all knowledge of Harry, the wards would likely stop updating and just send the latest pre-Obliv. status to the ‘trinkets’ in Dumble’s office.

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

Say, the infamous 4 Privet Drive Blood Wards might pose as a neighbour showing interest in Harry’s wellbeing. Were Dumbasadoor to Obliviate said ‘neighbour’ of all knowledge of Harry, the wards would likely stop updating and just send the latest pre-Obliv. status to the ‘trinkets’ in Dumble’s office.

Those wards repel all visitors who have ill intentions towards Harry. (There have to be exceptions, or the Dursleys would never get in!) "Ill intentions" are a judgement call. What if the wards decide Dumbledore is up to no good?

[Té Rowan]

Were the scenario above in effect and Dumbledore did Obliviate the wards’ persona of all knowledge about Dumbledore, it would sure as Light cost him his admin or superuser status. Hmm… Would the wards select another admin in that case?

[Té Rowan]

As I understand it, some (super)heroes can be jerkasses at time. Were one of them to skip dimensions (due to quantum, of course) and find one of their ‘Rogues’ Gallery’ doing a job far removed from villainy, what might (s)he do?

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

As I understand it, some (super)heroes can be jerkasses at time. Were one of them to skip dimensions (due to quantum, of course) and find one of their ‘Rogues’ Gallery’ doing a job far removed from villainy, what might (s)he do?

Depends on the Super. Guy Gardner would come down on the Rogue like a ton of bricks, and ask questions later. The Martian Manhunter would probably read their mind, see they were behaving well, and the Rogue might not even know MM had been there. Batman would grab the Rogue by the front of the shirt, ask pointed questions, and if answered well, let them go -- "But I'll be watching you." With Flash, much would depend on the historic destructiveness of the Rogue. Flash is quite capable of distinguishing between Rogues and Knaves. Impulse would tie their shoelaces together, then watch the fun.

Wonder Woman is the interesting one. Which Wonder Woman? By my count there've been at least three -- Diana, Artemis, and Hippolyta. Over her history we've had Bondage Fetish Wonder, I-hate-men Wonder, and Feminist Wonder (plus others). To be on her safe side, best to be female.

And the DC characters are relatively sane compared to Marvel. Though it's fun to note that Wolverine had a tendency to turn these things into bar fights.

[Té Rowan]

Had this weird idea of someone just driving along when (s)he gets hit by gun or missile fire from an aircraft. The response would be a yellow energy blast that went on to chase after the aircraft, slowly gaining on it while going chomp-chomp-chomp like PacMan. And, yes, I definitely had Moon Princess Retribution in mind.

[Té Rowan]

There is a movie out there named “Karate Bullfighter”. Of course that sent me wondering what Martial Arts Bullfighting would be like in Nerima. Discounting Taro, anyway…

[Té Rowan]

Says a young male TA in a girls-only high school: “I’m glad I’m not a manga character, or the various H-doujinshi would no doubt have me deflower you all fifteen times over before Christmas.” Especially ironic if he says this on one of the first pages of a school manga.

[Spica75]

Says a young male TA in a girls-only high school: “I’m glad I’m not a manga character, or the various H-doujinshi would no doubt have me deflower you all fifteen times over before Christmas.” Especially ironic if he says this on one of the first pages of a school manga.

*giggles*

[Té Rowan]

Alert: These are on the ecchi side of the Force.

So I stumbled onto Prustan’s “Ranma Plot Bunnies”, specifically no. 4, ‘Shampoo in Trouble’, resulting in…

“Well, she ripped my pants down and then went on to * me, clearly drugged to the tips of her hair.”
“And how could you tell she was drugged?”
“Easy. She ripped my pants down and then went on to * me.”

(The asterisk is a wildcard character, standing for an unspecified string of characters.)

Another one might happen, were I to get really-really rich and visit the Tokyo Akihabara and hire a high school girl as a guide to find the remaining component shops in the area.
A bemused cop: “I thought you were hiring her for sex.”
Me: “Sex? Me? I’m not cute enough for sex!”