And so, in the wake of the debate between the masters, I followed links and
found a thing which may help settle this argument...

"The characters and stories of Ranma 1/2 are Copyright � Rumiko Takahashi,
and are used here without permission or license. No claims to the above
copyright are made by the author of this work. This work is for
non-commercial use ONLY, and is produced for the enjoyment of fans only.
This work is the expression of the author and the depiction of the Ranma 1/2
characters herein are in no way represented to be a part of Ranma 1/2 as
depicted by the original author and copyright holder(s)."

Joseph Palmer's disclaimer, ladies and gentlemen.

Now, if only we could take the time to prefix this, or at least something
like it, to all fanfic. It wouldn't be terribly hard. Acknowledge that a)
your source material is someone else's, and you're not trying to claim the
source as your own, b) that your work can't be altered or sold without your
consent (in the former case) or the consent of the copyright owners (in the
latter case), and c) that your work is FAN work, and not an attempt to
replace or overwrite the existing continuity.

You can't be stopped from thinking, but you can stop your thoughts from
being taken the wrong way. Please, practice safe fanfic. Use disclaimers.
(LEGALLY safe, you hentai.)

--G. Falconar