Edward Becerra wrote:

At 06:18 PM 11/27/98 EST, MetroAnime@aol.com wrote:

      Various American heroes come calling
as the Hulk reappears. Somewhere down the line,
Ranma uses that fancy shield of his and it gets
recognized. Most assume that he's the son of the
now-vanished Captain America.

<snipped>

You could also throw in some villians and Capt.'s love intrests as well.
(A Crossbones/Ranma fight come to mind easily enough with Ranma 
getting help from Sharon Carter)

      The Mandarin has two allies, which he
has under his control. One developed the robot
soldiers, the other is Happosai. (No, I'm not saying
who the inventor type is.)

        Oh, please. While I cannot claim to be totally certain of what's in your
mind, the fact that you noted that the inventer is a) mind-controlled and
b) a robotics expert fairly SCREAMS of my namesake, Anthony Stark. Also
known as Iron Man.

Stark would be the most logical choice, but if you want to make it a
suprise why not
Bolivar Trask(He's supposedly still alive, the sentinal's original
creator and would
be opposed to the Mandarin using them to rule the world)? Or better
still Hank Pym(He 
has ties to Capt. and Iron man, created Ultron, perhaps the most
powerful marvel robot 
around plus would be vehently opposed to the Mandarin)?
?

He's mainly concentrating
on holding onto his new powerbase and trying to
bring Phoenix Mountain under his control. Eventually
he begins building Sentinels.

        Stupid of him. The creator of the Sentinel series had a serious mental
problem, and as a result, slipped the potential for self-programming into
his designs during an irrational moment. What's that mean? The damn things
eventually end up making up their own minds, telling their 'owners' to go
get bend, they're free people (albeit made of metal) and they'll do as they
please.

The Mandarin could have them built without the self programming or put
some 
explosives or vibranium inside that will activate if they get 'uppity.'

      Herb is an ally of the Mandarin, but has
little doubt what will eventually occur. He's riding
the tiger, and knows eventually the tiger will turn
on the rider.

        No lie... Herby is in some serious trouble here. The Mandarin is the
embodiment of the worst aspects of Chinese civilization, it's xenophobia
and arrogance, it's decadence and cruelty. The kid's in really deep.

      The new springs? Left to the imagination
of you, the reader. The threats that Mandarin would
go after would be the ones most likely to interfere, so
favored villains could be in there too.

Hikaru Gosunkugi falling into the spring of the drowned Red Skull
perhaps? :)

      Plotline? Freeing the amazons, defeating
the Mandarin and his agents, all of which are gradually
introduced. How far is Mousse willing to go if he is
promised Shampoo by the Mandarin?

      Power level? Well, Ranma gradually ends
up as a mix of himself and Captain America. He'll find
himself "remembering" skills and developing "new"
techniques that the original had.

      Divergent, ne?

        True, and fascinating. If carefully done, this could be as good a fic as
Connie Hirsh's justly famous X-men fic, "Kid Dynamo". Best wishes, and I
hope you (or whatever author picks it up) does their best.

I hope someone does pick this one up. It has a lot of potential.

        Edward ANTHONY Becerra.
        (yes, Anthony. Just like Tony Stark. *grin*
)

        "Dreamers may die, but the Dream is eternal.."

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