At 06:00 PM 3/19/96 -0800, you wrote:
Hi All ^_^
After reading a few posts on CD, here are some of my thoughts, off the
top of my head. ;) And some from the bottom and center and etc...
Ranma is aware of the statement that Ranko is his sister...
... but, if someone came up to you, who is of the opposite sex and is
of great attractive value to you, and tells you outright that they are
your sis/bro, though you might believe it, will you really feel that way
towards them?
Exactly. Ranma was altered by the wish, a bit. His mind was made to think
more clearly, and he was given the ability to see how caustic some of his
off-the-cuff remarks were. But he's still a little slow to grasp content
sometimes. Plus, he should have been very skeptical about everything,
including what Ranko was telling him, in light of the pounding he'd received
from Kuno. Since he couldn't trust his martial arts skills (at that point)
why should he trust things that he hears either?
It's quite likely that a sense of attraction will build
between two people who interact closely and intimately. Not all the
time, but a good deal of the time. Ranma till after the wish, never had
a sister or mother.
Well, he had a mother before, but he would've had to have a death wish to
reveal himself and talk to her. His sense of longing to be with his mother
was evident several different times in the show.
But it's true (and someone else pointed this out) that the sense of physical
closeness between Ranma and his mother (and Ranko, too) should help him
overcome some of his inability to deal with women, or express affection.
And all the females in his life have been after
him. One may believe that his reaction to his "sister" would in part be
reflex.
Ranma was chased like prey in a massive pack hunt. He had no time to
develop lingering feelings for anyone but Akane, and that was because of his
proximity to her over the course of the series. Now he's being exposed to
women who love him unreservedly and don't chase him (Nodoka chasing Ranma?
Ick!) or poison, kick, punch, entrap, extort, etc.
This difference in environment has to be toying with Ranma's mind. It's
easy to see why he can admit that he loves Ranko. What that love turns into
will be decided as they continue to live with each other.
To top it off, the string of "accidents" would generate a sense
of attraction to Ranko due to the sheer repetive interaction between the
two. Of course, this all depends on perspective. ;)
As for Ranko being attracted to Ranma.... well... She should see him as
a brother, in fact, I wonder why she doesn't suspect him of playing some
kind of game... or trick...
However, her growing attracted to him may be in part due to the fact
that she fought so much with the old Ranma... yunno... love and hate are
but opposite sides of the same coin... all it takes is a little flip to
turn hate to love... And since Ranma's been doing so little to encourage
negative feelings... then all of her normal mental response are being
thrown for a loop. Plus their intimate martial arts training does tend
to create a bond between them... And the open attitude change in addition
to the physical stimulation may be enough to push her thoughts towards
being attracted to her "brother". The subconcious mind and concious mind
may reject Ranma as her brother simply because he's acting so
differently. Hehe..
Not too far off the mark. Ranko would have the "he's my brother" stigma
firmly in place since Ranma looks the same, physically, as the person she
grew up with. But this strange, new person inhabiting that body will cause
her perception of Ranma to change, and the way she behaves around him will
change too.
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Later, | <witty .sig applied for> ^_^
Todd Hill |
Newberry College Computer Lab | Author: UY - The Prince and the Lecher
Newberry, South Carolina | Ranma 1/2 - Careful Destiny
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