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allyn yonge wrote:
According to Takahashi Rumiko the "first" marriage WAS
for love. She should know, it's her creation. (BTW,
what happened to your disclaimer?) If you're going to
make such a drastic change in the story, you need to
support it, In My Opinion.
Actually QS already has, though you have to think of the context this claim
is in. Remember that Ranma's answer is solely from his POV. He's now at an
age of 449 years old and he's had a lot of time to rewrite history in his
mind the way he's wanted to. If the marriage to Akane ended particularly
bitterly, especially if the majority of problems were his fault and he
didn't want to admit it, he could have conceivably convinced himself that he
had not married her out of love or that he fooled himself into believing it
was love for the sake of 'family honor.' The matter could easily have been
compounded if his second marriage went along with a minimum of fuss and he
compared it to his previous one, which might have soured his memory of the
first even more. Sadly I've known people that were in love when they were
married and after the divorce convince themselves of similar things. The
idea that Ranma has done something similar under these circumstances is
quite easy to believe. Mind you the above is only the first reason that came
to my mind, especially by how bitter Ranma seems to be when thinking about
this and how quick he is to blame everyone (but himself) for what happened
back then.
D.B. Sommer