Last time this left off, Ranma was caught in the middle of a battle between his hypersexed up fiancees and Nabiki made a wish without realising it. Where do we go from here? Let's think about it for a moment.
First of all, I think Kasumi's reaction should be rather different from anyone else in the thread so far. There could be something interesting done with that, certainly. She hardly strikes me as the sort of person to particularly enjoy an inexplicable transformation like that, but I don't want her to freak out about it either. Instead I think she'd probably try something a little more pragmatic, like trying to alter her clothing into something more appropriate.
As always, I am eager to hear your ideas and thoughts about the direction the thread should take.
I'm more interested in Nabiki's reaction. Considering Kasumi got the curves, but not the other aspects of increased sex appeal the other girls got.
ReplyDeleteI'm also thinking the ensuing conversation there could be wishes like:
Nabiki wishing for money for a new wardrobe.
Nabiki wishing for Kasumi to loosen up. Maybe even get laid. (Not with Ranma, of course)
Kasumi wishing Nabiki wouldn't worry her.
Back to the chase for Ranma, I would pick the Kodachi option, considering she's the only one who doesn't know Ranma and girl-Ranma are the same person. Basically she isn't paying attention Ranma changed forms on her and literally pulls Ranma in for a kiss. Only when she breaks off the kiss she finds out.
BTW, the Tainted Cube voting is wonky. My Code Geass vote isn't showing up.
I’m prett sure votes don’t apply to the total immediately. Or at least it never seemed like they did when we had the poll before.
DeleteAnd I don’t know about those particular wishes, necessarily, but you make a reasonable case for Kodachi.
The vote totals do update. There used to be 3 Code Geass votes and 2 Ranma 1/2 votes.
DeleteI said update immediately. Whenever I have cast a vote before, the totals did not instantly change.
Delete…Although it now says there’s only one vote, and it’s for R+V? Yeah, that’s an issue.
Two scenes basically are going on, hmmm... Comment on one at a time:
ReplyDeleteThe Fiancees Brawl:
Mmm, well, obviously I am totally interested in super sexy Ranma-chan who has no reason to be jealous of Akane showing up on screen :P I'll be super pouty if she doesn't delightfully show up after so many episodes since it was foreshadowed :P
Kodachi would be the one most likely to have a violent reaction to that, if you went by canon strictly, because she'd comically decide that somehow the red-headed girl had swapped places and outfits with her beloved even though he was wrapped up, and then see how sexy she was and get angry about it...
But that hardly seems fun? :P
Fun ways to take it could be:
Kodachi's overwhelmed by what she sees, and decides strategically and arrogantly that if the red-headed girl is going to keep getting in her way, she is going to be one of Kodachi and Ranma's mistresses, and tries to set that up so that she's subservient? Attempting to sex up Ranma-chan, basically. Certainly, not because she's jealous and wants some of that or worried she wouldn't be able to compete...
Ukyou gets Ranma-chan, and Kodachi gets...Akane. I admit, so far it actually kind of seems that Akane hasn't been getting to be the top despite the wishes. Having her manage to turn the tables on Kodachi in a one on one after being ribbon'd up could be funny... Or having Kodachi get enamored and again try and set a team up. Of course, this becomes a busy scene (Ukyou-Ranma in one spot, Akane-Kodachi in another, Cologne-Shampoo in a third, Nabiki-Kasumi in a fourth). Kind of a lot to have fun detailed stuff going on.
It'd be good handing Akane a solid victory in the sexiness field (despite being the only one there to have sex I suppose, so being ahead anyway), but if she gets Ranma again, she's kind of winning too much? I dunno, maybe my thoughts there aren't solid enough.
Cologne of course has more reason to suspect happosai. Maybe she has some technique to try and calm or focus Shampoo, or at least encourage 'Win First, grope and enjoy second so you don't get left as a pussy'.
bah, too long, splitting into two posts.
Mmm, now commenting on second scene:
DeleteI'll note I think it's kind of weird to have the macguffin just take wishes with nobody holding it. I kind of like there being rules/restrictions on it, and the simple: Whoever is holding this has anything they 'wish' come true is a good one to my mind. Heck, pair it with: You have way more tendency to use wish in your language when holding the stone, and you get extra fun. But when it just has to be present, it starts becoming indistinct from just 'changes are made'. I dunno, might be yammering over nothing and its easy to retcon that someone had picked up the stone, or its sitting against Nabiki's leg or something. Yammer yammer. *sees you did totally set some, just is being yammery*
Hmm, Anon is right. She was the first not to have the wish be "be sexy" but be as curvy as Akane or Nabiki. Her clothes not changing and the lack of modesty could make her a bit unhappy even as Nabiki grins and gives her a thumbs up at being the 'bigger' sister? :) Of course she could end up as curvy as either of them together... or exactly matching the bodytype of one of the two, despite her different face and age. Cue Nabiki suggesting she or Akane could share clothes with the newly same sized Kasumi after measuring with a grope or stroking hand.
Of course what's most present is the confusion for her, so I could see her first wish being knowing what's going on, then probably taking the stone and wishing Nabiki was more modest before hurrying off to her room?
I suppose I picture a sequence of events of:
Kasumi is astonished by herself, and unhappy how undressed she is now and very confused.
Nabiki is appreciative since well, sexiness.
Kasumi gets the rock and to know what's going on.
Nabiki enjoys a grope and suggests they probably will be able to share bras.
Kasumi wishes something that changes Nabiki's way of doing things, or her priorities, or just sends her off so she can get some space.
Then probably wishes for a fitting outfit and goes to her room to think and hide things.
From there she could change her whole wardrobe, adjusts things a bit, maybe make a practical wish or three... and then in classic Ranma style.
Hide the stone somewhere in her room, such that a later character can steal it.
Genma perhaps. Cologne would be too much. Kodachi is possible (but might be too crazy). Perhaps the Kuno Ninja, or Ukyou's ninja (could wish he was a girl too). Either way, the macguffin is conveniently hidden yet not really secure for later. Maybe even Akane just asks for it...and probably gets a lecture about how she's acting :P
It isn't a huge leap for folks to start thinking there's a magic item around to be found, even if very few would even consider looking in Kasumi's room for it...unless she unwisely has one of her wishes give her something clearly magical (A magical girl transformation perhaps).
This side's probably though 2-3 scenes just by itself though. So combined with the other makes for a really huge amount of stuff to cover in one chapter. If only we were less lazy 'bout helping :\
Regarding curviness, it could be in terms of proportions, not actual volume sizes. Nabiki's even referred to a being a bit more voluptuous due to her less active lifestyle than Akane's.
DeleteI just did a test vote with Code Geass. It appears to have counted. I've also checked around, and it appears that the poll gadget is having problems on other blogs as well.
ReplyDeleteThis could create quite the problem. For now, if your vote was deleted by the poll - and just this one time - I will be okay with it if you deleted the cookie to put the vote back in there. If it deletes the vote again, we'll obviously need to rethink things a little.
Actually, it'll be my third time. The poll lost my vote twice.
DeleteI think this gadget was doing it in a previous poll as well.
And it disappeared, again. Only one R+V vote remains.
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