THEN SUDDENLY: Now you are the Akane-bashers.

[Muphrid]

Ranma is gay. Uses girl-form to sleep with men.

Gah, tangentially related, that brings back this one time I ran into a guy who said Ranma being locked in girl-form and liking girls made him a lesbian.  That made me want to hammer my head into a wall.

I'd like to think what I've written for Ranma doesn't fit a neat category like those...but it probably does.  And I guess that's not bad because any of those can still be a good story, despite how much the territory's been explored.

[Brian]

Well, you know what they say.

Muphrid, didn't we have a conversation about this a while back, though?  It's really all about presentation. :p

For example, compare this, to this. ;)

Edit: Included the original, since we're getting non-gamers here. >.>;;

[Anastasia]

Ranma uses girl-form for comedic hi-jinks. We'll call this the Takahashi option.

I could believe you until that point.

[Brian]

...snap.  Ko, did NOT see that in the list.

You're right.  That one I don't think I've ever seen done.

[Jon]

All of them.

I win!

[Anastasia]

...snap.  Ko, did NOT see that in the list.

You're right.  That one I don't think I've ever seen done.

I don't think I've seen the 'Ranma is gay, uses form to sleep with men' one done. I've read one or two Ranma-chan/man fics, but that's not really the same thing as her being more aware of it and actively using it. Maybe I just don't read the right fics for that.

[Brian]

Ranma is gay, uses form to sleep with men -- check Rak's for Ranma/Kuno, at least one of them.  It was pretty angsty and disgusting, with onna-Ranma hating that he had to pretend to be a girl to--

Yeah, thanks for reminding me. -_-

[Anastasia]

Ranma is gay, uses form to sleep with men -- check Rak's for Ranma/Kuno, at least one of them.  It was pretty angsty and disgusting, with onna-Ranma hating that he had to pretend to be a girl to--

Yeah, thanks for reminding me. -_-

Sorry! I'll at least read it for the sake of your sacrifice. Wish me luck.

[Brian]

You'll endure.  You're a noble soul.

Or at least a very survivable one. ;)

I am a bit drunk, so I may be shuffling several old fics together.

[Anastasia]

You'll endure.  You're a noble soul.

Or at least a very survivable one. ;)

I am a bit drunk, so I may be shuffling several old fics together.

You are, it's not there. At the risk of bad memories, do you remember anything else about it?

[Brian]

LEt's see ... Ranma is kicked out of the Tendo dojo for some reason.  Goes to the kunos, gets rejected by Kodachi, turns into a girl to try and seduce Kuno, transforms in the middle of a 'lo---

Don't remember the rest.

[Anastasia]

If it makes you feel any better, I read a bunch of horrible Ranma/Kuno fics looking for that one. >_<

[Brian]

Well, at least we've established there's a wealth of 'em.

[Anastasia]

Aren't we just fucking lucky?

[sarsaparilla]

Mmm ... it's amazing how far one happy idea can take you ... but once again, I seem to be late to the party. -_- If everything has already been said many times over, it discourages from even trying to get into the fandom ... and because martial arts just isn't for me I'll be content knowing that there's something awesome in the past, as there clearly must be based on the amount of enthusiasm. ^_^