Ranma ½: A Second Chance
By JDHGamer
Author's Introduction:
It all started out as a kind of alternate universe where Ranma makes wiser decisions, but then I got a better idea which you will see when you read the story. I'll give you the hint that it involves time travel, some of the rules will be added to "JDHGamer's Guide to the Multiverse" which I suggest you read simply because it may give you some insight into the rules and ideas I use when writing about alternate universes and time travel particularly.
The challenge of writing this kind of a fan fiction is to make sure that everyone (except Ranma to a certain extent) is in character, although they react to Ranma differently because he acts differently from what originally happened. I call it the golden rule concept (do unto others as you would want done to yourself), where when a character acts nicer to someone, the character that was acted more nicely to becomes nicer towards that character in return…okay…let me put it as an example to make it more clear: Ranma originally showed Akane a lack of honesty and a lack of respect a great deal of the time, he hardly tried to actually get along with her, and in return Akane didn't like Ranma that much either. However, these events change, although Ranma's making all the changes, namely being more honest and respectful with Akane. As an effect, Akane's attitude towards Ranma changes, which is actually a dynamic change in the mechanics of her character, because her character originally has a very specific attitude towards Ranma, but because of Ranma's changed attitude which in turn changes her attitude, she's now practically a whole different character. The trick is making this all convincing to you guys, the readers, and to make sure that Akane is still Akane, just with a different attitude towards Ranma. Get it? Got it? If not, too bad for you…
The other characters are a bit simpler, but still there are tons of complexities, of course. There's also the fact that I don't want to go about doing the same old "different take on the same series of events from the show" so much because if you're reading this, you've probably seen the show, you know the plot, you know what happens-more often than not I skip over certain parts where I don't think I could add a significant amount of change-particularly during the beginning where in the first hand-written draft, I included the infamous "bath scene" where Akane discovers Ranma's "secret", and I completely removed it in the second hand-written draft, and you will see how when you read it.
Also, in some ways this WILL be an alternate universe, just little changes, and some changes which may be explained later on-so don't pay them too much mind.
Anyway, I don't want to spoil too much more for you so I'll just let you read the story and I might include a commentary at the end like I usually do to explain each chapter and how it was constructed.
So lean closer to the computer (or the print out) and enjoy my epic story of Ranma 1/2: A Second Chance. Brought to you by the writer of Tenchi in Love III: The Search for Sakuya and other stories set in the JDHGamer Tenchi Universe, which I suggest any Tenchi fan, even those who dislike Sakuya, to read. And don't worry, Ryoko fans, I resolve her relationship with Tenchi with all due respect to you guys.
Enough shameless advertising, on to the story!
By JDHGamer
Author's Introduction:
It all started out as a kind of alternate universe where Ranma makes wiser decisions, but then I got a better idea which you will see when you read the story. I'll give you the hint that it involves time travel, some of the rules will be added to "JDHGamer's Guide to the Multiverse" which I suggest you read simply because it may give you some insight into the rules and ideas I use when writing about alternate universes and time travel particularly.
The challenge of writing this kind of a fan fiction is to make sure that everyone (except Ranma to a certain extent) is in character, although they react to Ranma differently because he acts differently from what originally happened. I call it the golden rule concept (do unto others as you would want done to yourself), where when a character acts nicer to someone, the character that was acted more nicely to becomes nicer towards that character in return…okay…let me put it as an example to make it more clear: Ranma originally showed Akane a lack of honesty and a lack of respect a great deal of the time, he hardly tried to actually get along with her, and in return Akane didn't like Ranma that much either. However, these events change, although Ranma's making all the changes, namely being more honest and respectful with Akane. As an effect, Akane's attitude towards Ranma changes, which is actually a dynamic change in the mechanics of her character, because her character originally has a very specific attitude towards Ranma, but because of Ranma's changed attitude which in turn changes her attitude, she's now practically a whole different character. The trick is making this all convincing to you guys, the readers, and to make sure that Akane is still Akane, just with a different attitude towards Ranma. Get it? Got it? If not, too bad for you…
The other characters are a bit simpler, but still there are tons of complexities, of course. There's also the fact that I don't want to go about doing the same old "different take on the same series of events from the show" so much because if you're reading this, you've probably seen the show, you know the plot, you know what happens-more often than not I skip over certain parts where I don't think I could add a significant amount of change-particularly during the beginning where in the first hand-written draft, I included the infamous "bath scene" where Akane discovers Ranma's "secret", and I completely removed it in the second hand-written draft, and you will see how when you read it.
Also, in some ways this WILL be an alternate universe, just little changes, and some changes which may be explained later on-so don't pay them too much mind.
Anyway, I don't want to spoil too much more for you so I'll just let you read the story and I might include a commentary at the end like I usually do to explain each chapter and how it was constructed.
So lean closer to the computer (or the print out) and enjoy my epic story of Ranma 1/2: A Second Chance. Brought to you by the writer of Tenchi in Love III: The Search for Sakuya and other stories set in the JDHGamer Tenchi Universe, which I suggest any Tenchi fan, even those who dislike Sakuya, to read. And don't worry, Ryoko fans, I resolve her relationship with Tenchi with all due respect to you guys.
Enough shameless advertising, on to the story!