by SpaceKnight of Chaos » Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:42 pm
There's no actual sign that the Amazon techniques are either protected or require female "position" to be taught - Cologne had no problem about teaching Ranma either of his moves while in male form, and I'm pretty sure the Bakusai Tenketsu is actually not a true Joketsuzoku move, as Cologne says it was designed by civil engineers/for work in the quarry.
Ranma doesn't really need any personality or social training to handle the Nyuchiehzu situation better - he was actually pretty polite and humble. The problems were he ate the food in the first place and that he didn't know about the Kiss of Death law. In all honestly, the Joketsuzoku seem more biased against outsider women than against men of any kind. I agree Genma would be forced to consider just how much a poisoned blessing Cologne is; her moves and training were very helpful to Ranma and she does have a bone to pick with Happosai, but from what he's "seen" of her, he's just as likely to come to the conclusion that Nyanniichuan is a danger if he wants to take advantage of her, if not more so.
I mean, if a place has a policy of killing great female warriors who are foreigners, then wouldn't the very last thing you want to be in such a place be a female foreign great warrior? Ranma as a male means risk of engagement - Ranma cursed to turn into a girl means a risk of getting him killed at best and alienating the village at worst. Besides, Genma's not exactly that fond of Ranma being a girl himself, he's just too selfish to let Ranma have first dibs at a cure.
Yes, there could be multiple springs of more common entities. In fact, now you mention it, that's actually kind of believable, unless there's some sort of magic that means springs can't "double up" - which is why there's a specific Spring of Drowned Akane Tendo and a generic Nyanniichuan. But, still, you and Frice2000 both believe the canon curses are fitting because of their victims' personalities... but as the Genma who raised the Ranma in this situation was different to his canonical counterpart, then wouldn't that mean Ranma's personality had changed? So the Nyanniichuan would no longer be the "destined" spring?
And now that you bring it up, yes, Genma could very well teach Ranma the moves on his own. After all, he's seen how all of the training methods were performed, he only values Cologne for those techniques, so it's quite believable for him to think "Hey, I know how to do this, why go to China and anywhere near those damned freaks and weirdos? I can teach him myself, make him just as good and sure that big-boobed bimbo never tries to sink her claws into my Ranma!"
Water, water, everywhere, and all was cursed and black!
Drowned ones cast bad spell and out come pig, girl, duck, panda!
Swirl, swirl, slithery pond, and join with magic spring!
Swirl, swirl, dirty pond, and rid the cursed sting!
Here my prayer, I beg you please!
Now turn these curses BACK!
http://www.issendai.com/rpgs/japanese-boys-names.shtml
http://www.issendai.com/rpgs/japanese-girls-names.shtml