Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Cold Hatred ❯ Author's Notes ( Chapter 2 )

Author's notes for Cold Hatred.

 

After reading some of the reviews for my latest story, I determined that it would be best if I were to provide some of my notes on the story.

 

First thing first: Yes this is an out of character work. I don't see Kuno stooping that low just to get rid of Ranma. Nor do I see the Amazons helping him do such a thing. But it made sense when I wrote it. Any fanfiction written is an Out of Character work, but I believe that most of the characters were as in character for the story.

 

As far as Ranma's behavior and actions being out of character, that was something that was intentional. I purposely made Ranma's actions almost exactly against what he would actually do. The reason for this was because he was divorcing himself from himself.

 

Let's take a closer look at Ranma. In the Manga, Ranma had been raised by his father in a number of abusive, but highly effective training methods, but it wasn't until Jusenkyo that he started to feel estranged from him. Once they reached the Tendo's, the unrealistic expectations placed upon Ranma just continued to pile up upon him. The Tendo engagement, Ukyo's engagement, plus the innumberable other suitors that kept popping out of the woodwork thanks to Genma's promises.

 

Combine this with Ranma's inability to turn down a challenge of any sort and you have a recipe for a comedy.

 

Ranma's claim to manhood was never in question until Jusenkyo made it optional, then everything in the story made it seem that being female was the worst thing possible, from Shampoo's kiss of death, to his mother's seppuku pledge, to be female meant death for Ranma while being male meant no choices and questionable honor. Shampoo's kiss of marriage, the various engagements, and everybody staking a claim on Ranma despite this thoughts on the matter.

 

At the end of the manga, Ranma had demonstrated some of the traits that I described in my story, when Ranma was cradling Akane's clothes after she had been reduced to a doll state during the Saffron incident showed that he would enter into a comatose state when he lost anything that he truly valued.

 

Also, by the end of the manga, Ranma was accustomed to being the center of attention, even if they weren't friendly attentions, but he had a family, associates and several people chasing him for one reason or another. In my story, he's declared to be baurakumin, or unclean, and in an instant, all of that disappears from his life. He even has to face the final rejection of Akane, her family, and his mother's.

 

Baurakumin were the tanners, leather workers, and morticians during the 16th century and were thought to be spiritually corrupt because of their occupations. They had no honor because they weren't deserving of it in the eyes of the higher classes.

 

Nodoka would have reacted the way she did in my story to save face. Even if she did perform a thorough investigation into the ancestrousity of Genma's family, there was nothing that she could have done against such a widespread proclomation of Ranma's heritage, especially when there was a respected noble house; Kuno, that backed and supported the claim. Nodoka had proven in the manga that she was a serious stickler for Honor by trying to enforce the seppuku pledge at any question of Ranma's manhood. There was a scene where Happosia had dressed Ranma in a girl's school uniform just as Ranma met his mother. Weeping tears of joy at finally seeing her son again, she was happily preparing for the seppuku ritual.

 

Secondly. I feel that the sex was needed in the story because each instance served a purpose. The first time, between Kuno and Ranma, Ranma was doing it to distance himself from himself by doing something that he would never do. After that, it was pure revenge for Ranma against Kuno, by changing him into a female and raping the new her. This did several things to Kuno. One, it stripped him of his identity, two, it stripped him of his honor in several ways, as a man he was wanted for the rape of the girl found in his room, as a girl, he was no longer pure, thus undesirable.

 

The sex between Ranma and Nabiki may have been avoidable, but I wanted Ranma to have some form of leverage against her that he could use to keep her in line.

 

The sex between Ryoga and Ranma was required for Ranma to have a non bloody revenge against Ryoga. By playing against Akane's jealousy by having sex with Ryoga and having it video taped and sent to her, Ranma practically signed the death warrant on Ryoga's happiness with Akane.

 

As to the sex itself; my story has been accused of being Yaoi, or gay male to male love oriented. While I can see the point of this argument being that Ranma is, when it is all said and done, a guy, I disagree that the title of yaoi applies to this story.

 

Why I disagree is that Ranma has a pussy five times out of ten, thus falls into some grey area when it comes to sex. My definition of Yaoi is when the sex involved includes two penises and some butt love. The story I wrote only has straight and lesbian scenes. I would also like to point out that the Ranma character had practically given up his identity at the point he started to have sex as a girl, that included his manhood.

 

The scenes of later revenge that Ranma takes with the Tendo family, specifically, Ranma having sex with Ryoga and having the video found by Akane was Ranma's only blow against the Tendos because it would be an encompassing revenge that he would be safe from retaliation for.

 

With the upcoming wedding, the entire family would be in the high emotional state that weddings usually bring. Once Akane felt betrayed in the worst possible way, and one that she had repeatedly shown violent reactions to even the flimsiest of hints toward, she would be a violent emotional wreck that would require the entire family plus friends to pick up the pieces up again, if that were even possible. Emotional pain for all for years to come. Plus the wasted expenses of the wedding preparations itself.

 

Ranma would be safe from the fall out and any retaliations because; one, if Nabiki revealed his secret, then her honor would come into question because of her vouching that he was dead. Two, the video made it clear that Ryoga jumped Ranma and practically forced himself on Ranma (girl at the time).

 

I hope that clarifies some of the issues with the story.

 

Jleonard