At 11:28 PM 5/17/1997 -0400, Mike Noakes wrote:

On Sat, 17 May 1997, Lizsue wrote:

Try this:
One of the other guys (or a girl angry enough to get the drowned-guy curse) 
goes insane or evil and rapes Akane.  He frames Ryoga, and works hard to 
convince everyone else that Ryoga is guilty.  He decides he wants to rape 
again; no one cares if Ryoga gets hurt so guess who's the second victim?

	Actually, though unpleasant, this is kind of interesting.  
One of the female rivals loses it - constantly frustrated and perceiving 
a developing closeness between Ranma and Akane, she decided to strike 
back, defile, and (in her opinion) remove Akane from the struggle.  The 

Not just in her opinion; some cultural traditions would remove Akane as 
well.  For example, in the Biblical-era Middle East a male rapist would be 
required to marry his female victims because no other man would support them 
(and they weren't allowed to support themselves).  I'm not sure about Japan, 
though.

worst they could do would be to rape her - and, in their perception, 
leaving her no longer fit for Ranma.  A use of the instant nannichuan 
could allow this.

Actually, it's possible for one woman to rape another while staying female
(seems like there are a lot of horrible things you can do with soda bottles, 
hairbrushes, broomsticks, etc.), but since Karmin's idea involves Ryoga 
getting pregnant I figured the attacker wanted a male body for some reason, 
maybe to escape initial suspicion?

	The obvious candidate (the one who would get the blame first, 
perhaps, once they realized magic was involved) would be Shampoo, since 
she has access to the powder.  Can't see her doing it, though.  Cologne 

COLOGNE: "But it's impossible for Shampoo to be the criminal; at the time of 
         the attack Shampoo was having her weekly flea bath.  The nurses and 
         veterinarian next door to Dr. Tofu can confirm that."

Shampoo's the only girl who can say she wasn't in that cursed form, since 
she kept her old curse.

might, though that's pretty evil for her.
	And if they pinned the blame on Ryoga - well, though it could nto 
be proven, he would be cast out - leaving him alone, depressed, and a 
possible target for the second rape, as mentioned above, if the rapist 
went on a sudden power-trip (if you go with the evil man-hating slightly 
unhinged amazon matriarch interpretation of Cologne (one I don't agree 
with), it could possible work...)
	Ah, just some ideas for an unpleasant story...

some kind of justification.  Second and more importantly, I cannot see any
males of the Ranma willing to rape anyone, especially a former boy, as
punishment for rape.  Kill, yeah, that I can see.  but not rape.  It is just
too baroque.  

	True.  The male cast (actually, non of the cast, short of 
insanity) would have what it takes to rape someone - especially a former 
male.  If anyone could, though, I'd go for Ranma.  Why?  Aside for 
possible near-insanity from what happened to Akane, there could be some 
really complicated, bizarre complex arising from his curse, his anger, 
and insecurities.  I dunno...

So the characterizations will need to be developed beyond their manga and 
anime versions.

	Yeah, it would require some pretty intense (and difficult) 
characterization, I'd think.

Baroque can be done well, of course.  Read "Paint it Black".

	-Mike