(How come you changed your screen name? :))

Okay, maybe we're all sick of challenges, but I got this idea and, given

Hey, anything to get my mind offa "Laughing Target"...

Ugh, I remember that movie.  I need to remember to see Firetripper
sometime, though...

Okay, here's something to think about, but it's not for me to say how it
could/should be done.  On the other hand, maybe it is...

I suspect that were I actually a male, my personality would be as androgynous
as it is right now.  That is, I'd probably be rather feminine for a guy,
especially by Ran-chan's hyper-macho standards.

The problem with the concept, as intruiging as it is, is this...

What am I doing in Nerima?

Well, conceivably, instead of getting you changed to Ranma, Genma and your
father may have struck a deal to have you trained by him, instead.  Now, I
figure the reason why Genma left you behind was of Akane's previous
engagement...however, if he was simply training you, he probably would have
taken you along.

That would mean that you went to Jusenkyo (where you may've ended up as a
half-female anyway :)), and that you went with them to Nerima, and so on... :)

That's not meant to be flippant, please.  It was the fact that Mr. Saotome
stole my *dowry* that I made that pledge to seek and destroy in the first
place.  Were both Ran-chan and I male, there would be no engagement, no

theft,

and no pursuit.  Of course, when Mr. Saotome wants food, any premise will do,
but the challenge would be to make it plausible.

Hm, do you think my idea (above) is plausible?

On the other hand, I can imagine something happening between myself and

Ranma-

chan not unlike Shampoo and Ranma-kun, especially if when I show up in

Nerima,

I meet Ranma's female self first.  Of course, I'm not an idiot like Kuno, so
maybe that wouldn't be so drawn-out like that -- I dunno.

Maybe the fic could end with you and Shampoo pairing up. :)

Just something to chew on.

<gnaw>

Itsu mo,
Ucchan   ^_^

who wonders what malehood might be like...

http://members.aol.com/ukyoukwnji/index.htm

Cool fics, BTW.

Hunter Kid
http://www.serve.com/guilds/ranma/
guilds@mail.serve.com

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    The slender girl, Ryako, only gave him a cute, yet somewhat wolfish,
grin.  "Aw, you're no fun, Ryoga," she said, hitting him on the shoulder
playfully.  "Here we are, so close, and you won't let me read what you're
writing?"  She snuggled up against him, smirking to herself.
    Ryoga apparently didn't notice that she was only kidding, because his
face glowed a bright red and he nervously inched away from her.  "C-close?"
 He stammered.  "I...well...you see..."   
			 			-from Ryoga 1/2, chapter 11
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