AlphSailor@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 3/9/99 6:08:40 PM, ranmakun@uswest.net writes:

Ranma glared at Akane and shrugged out of her grip. "Akane,
I was raped! How would you know anything about that?"

Just as I had suspected when I read the opening scene. Sadly enough, Ranma-
onna rape scene's all to common, and already dark.

They are? I can only think of one or two such fics, but maybe that's
just me.

One bit- Me thinks you're rushing the revelation of the rape too quickly.
Better drag it out. Because of his pride, Ranma wouldn't admit this fact too
quickly, and esecially not to Akane.

I agree with this much. It seems like it'd be better dramatically if
Akane (and hence the readers) had to discover the truth a little at a
time. It's that old "show, don't tell" maxim.

He'd simply shut up and refuse to mention
it at all, and the only way Akane would be able to get the truth out of him is
by beating him up.

Given the situation, I think he'd be unlikely to provoke her to the
point of wanting to beat him up (unless this is the "psychotic maniac"
interpretation of Akane, in which case it's going to be D-key time; but
it doesn't seem that way so far). What she'd probably need to do would
be investigate and find out where Ranma had been for the past day or
two, etc. Also, the family could insist on Ranma visiting a doctor; an
examination might tell the story.