This is a particularly nasty idea worm that's been eating at me for a LONG time. It's haunted my dreams, it's invaded my actions, and it's stuck to my head like a barnacle, and I seem to cross anything and everything to it.
This is also, I am not ashamed to say and warn you, a SUPER!Ranma, SUPER!Akane, and surprisingly, SUPER!Konatsu idea.
You can all flame me after this is done, but I don't care; I can finally have slight peace of mind once this is posted. Which might mean this is the start of me FIANLLY throwing out all the, admittedly epic, ideas that have been plaguing my imagination.
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A somewhat common fanon that I've occasionally seen was that Genma discovered how much both the Yamasenken and Umisenken do NOT mix with each other, as atested to the destruction of the Kumon family dojo, and tried to develop a third Style that ATTEMPTS to be a transition between the two. What I have not yet seen is Ranma developing said Third Style, after Mastering the First Two, entirely behind his father's back. Which leads to a divergent point in that he learns about the first two Senkens, then develops his own third style, SUCCEEDS, then proceeds to improve the Yama-Sen-Ken, the Umi-Sen-Ken, and the Sora-Sen-Ken. Like I said, while entirely doing this behind his father's back.
When Genma developed the Yama and the Umi, he incorporated manners of Thievery into each style as a base. In a strange reversal, Ranma's Sora-Sen-Ken starts integrating into each and every one of his actions, the sticking point being that his Style IS NOT based off of the Principles of Thievery prolifically present in Yama and Umi, but the principles of the Art subtly hidden within both.
It would be obvious at this point, to the readers, that the Three Arts are transcending beyond something other than martial arts. And the revelation MIGHT.JUST.SHATTER.THE.HEAVENS.
Ranma doesn't notice this, until two months AFTER canon begins, when Ranma first learns that Akane could not swim. He noticed that she was forcing the water to will, especially when water is an independent thing and could not be forced to anyone's whims. This is all the more noticeable when Akane very much obviously using her amazing strength.
The ocean, he once noted during his travels, about after he finished his Third Art, was virtually a Titanic culmination of all the stubborness of the water, with the strength to back it up if need be. Those that 'master' its waters are only able to do so because they worked with the water, not force it to their will. That was why the creatures, and even the people, only ride its waves and currents to their advantage, not make their own by going against it. The wind was also very much the same thing, one part of his brain asided.
In a surge of ICness, Ranma calls Akane on this. Akane, easily insulted, turns to smack him for slighting her capabilites again. Then, in a surge of OOCness, Ranma does not take kindly to her blowing off his insult-free advice, and catches the strike, stunning everyone within the vicinity, and practically hisses at her that if she wants to be a better martial artist, she needed to listen, to those better than her, and even those that are less skilled than her. Akane, confused, does not take insult to a non-existant slight on her skills, as not per usual, even as she watched Ranma walk away.
Still many more months later, after Konatsu arrives (did she/he come before OR after Nodoka in the manga?), Ranma had taken to hanging out in rather tall spaces, prominently such as the large chimney of the bathhouses. He kept noting about the air currents, how they swirl and ebb to and away from him. He had also taken a habit of cloud-watching, and noticed how the clouds were slowly shaped by the winds up their. He then takes out three rather large scrolls, each individually marked, one saying 'Yama-Dai'o-Ken', another 'Umi-Dai'o-Ken', and the third one 'Sora-Dai'o-Ken'. He takes the third one out and stores the other two somewhere. He then takes out a brush-and-inkwell/pen/pencil/writing implement, and focuses his attention on his Third Art.
That is how Akane found him: eyes looking into a scroll as he wrote on it now and then, then occcasionally looks up into the sky, before turning back to the scroll.
Things happen, and, depending if anyone decides Konatsu came earlier than Nodoka, Ryu Kumon as Ranma Saotome arrives, everyone discovers that Genma created the Yama and the Umi, then discover that Ranma already mastered the two, and created his own third style, the Sora. The Kumon fight goes ENTIRELY differently.
This is where the idea starts becoming murky, as more things happen, Akane swallows her pride, and asks Ranma to teach her one of the scrolls he was sometimes seen writing on, Ranma gives her the Umi-Dai'o-Ken scroll, and, after some token protest from his fiancee, shoos her off to try to train by herself.
Now the reason I was asking about Konatsu is that I decided to make him/her as the one to learn the Yama-Dai'o-Ken scroll. I don't know why. Don't call me on this.
Then the idea starts a Montage, with Ranma bent on mastering the Sora, Akane discovering things she never knew as she studies and masters the Umi, while Konatsu digs through the dirt, understanding the ways of the earth through the Yama. Of course, they decide to train FAR, FAR, AWAY. Coincidentally, the mountain that Ranma is climbing on was beside the ocean that Akane was swimming/drowning (at first) from, which was near the underground tunnel that Konatsu was digging in. So during their breaks in training, the three bond together, and ultimately becomes good friends, Ranma and Akane happily declaring that they don't like each other as fiance/fiancee, but like each other as a friend.
The Montage continues, and after some undetermined amount of time, all three finally manage to Master the Dai'o-Kens, and get really cool billowy scarves for it, as well as some nifty bonuses. Ranma's is red with 100 feathers from 100 different birds attached to it. Akane's is blue, with beautiful gem-like corals, pearls and shells adorning it. Konatsu's is yellow, with some actual gems studding it.
Now, I am NOT ashamed to admit, this results in them virtually being able to Element Bend, ala Avatar: Ranma can tell the different conditions in the air, manipulate his scarf into a pair of wings, has nice control over air, AND can fly; Akane is now ABLE to swim, has graceful control over water, AND can manipulate her scarf into something she could ride waves on, AKA a surfboard, which goes well in that she just became a mean surfer; Konatsu, who, Akane and Ranma were rather disturbed to discover during their training, is now more feminine than ever, which is rather opposite to her sharp control over earth, can basically use an underground sonar to look ahead and around her, AND could manipulate her scarf to burrow under the ground and attack from below, or transform into a form of treaded transportaion.
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DONE! DONE! DEAR GOD, I FINALLY GOT IT OUT OF MY HEAD! It's not going to bug for awhile now! FREEDOM! FREEDOM!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :evil2: :evil2: :evil2:
HAHAHA...! *falls over* :rip1:
This is also, I am not ashamed to say and warn you, a SUPER!Ranma, SUPER!Akane, and surprisingly, SUPER!Konatsu idea.
You can all flame me after this is done, but I don't care; I can finally have slight peace of mind once this is posted. Which might mean this is the start of me FIANLLY throwing out all the, admittedly epic, ideas that have been plaguing my imagination.
_______________________________________________________
A somewhat common fanon that I've occasionally seen was that Genma discovered how much both the Yamasenken and Umisenken do NOT mix with each other, as atested to the destruction of the Kumon family dojo, and tried to develop a third Style that ATTEMPTS to be a transition between the two. What I have not yet seen is Ranma developing said Third Style, after Mastering the First Two, entirely behind his father's back. Which leads to a divergent point in that he learns about the first two Senkens, then develops his own third style, SUCCEEDS, then proceeds to improve the Yama-Sen-Ken, the Umi-Sen-Ken, and the Sora-Sen-Ken. Like I said, while entirely doing this behind his father's back.
When Genma developed the Yama and the Umi, he incorporated manners of Thievery into each style as a base. In a strange reversal, Ranma's Sora-Sen-Ken starts integrating into each and every one of his actions, the sticking point being that his Style IS NOT based off of the Principles of Thievery prolifically present in Yama and Umi, but the principles of the Art subtly hidden within both.
It would be obvious at this point, to the readers, that the Three Arts are transcending beyond something other than martial arts. And the revelation MIGHT.JUST.SHATTER.THE.HEAVENS.
Ranma doesn't notice this, until two months AFTER canon begins, when Ranma first learns that Akane could not swim. He noticed that she was forcing the water to will, especially when water is an independent thing and could not be forced to anyone's whims. This is all the more noticeable when Akane very much obviously using her amazing strength.
The ocean, he once noted during his travels, about after he finished his Third Art, was virtually a Titanic culmination of all the stubborness of the water, with the strength to back it up if need be. Those that 'master' its waters are only able to do so because they worked with the water, not force it to their will. That was why the creatures, and even the people, only ride its waves and currents to their advantage, not make their own by going against it. The wind was also very much the same thing, one part of his brain asided.
In a surge of ICness, Ranma calls Akane on this. Akane, easily insulted, turns to smack him for slighting her capabilites again. Then, in a surge of OOCness, Ranma does not take kindly to her blowing off his insult-free advice, and catches the strike, stunning everyone within the vicinity, and practically hisses at her that if she wants to be a better martial artist, she needed to listen, to those better than her, and even those that are less skilled than her. Akane, confused, does not take insult to a non-existant slight on her skills, as not per usual, even as she watched Ranma walk away.
Still many more months later, after Konatsu arrives (did she/he come before OR after Nodoka in the manga?), Ranma had taken to hanging out in rather tall spaces, prominently such as the large chimney of the bathhouses. He kept noting about the air currents, how they swirl and ebb to and away from him. He had also taken a habit of cloud-watching, and noticed how the clouds were slowly shaped by the winds up their. He then takes out three rather large scrolls, each individually marked, one saying 'Yama-Dai'o-Ken', another 'Umi-Dai'o-Ken', and the third one 'Sora-Dai'o-Ken'. He takes the third one out and stores the other two somewhere. He then takes out a brush-and-inkwell/pen/pencil/writing implement, and focuses his attention on his Third Art.
That is how Akane found him: eyes looking into a scroll as he wrote on it now and then, then occcasionally looks up into the sky, before turning back to the scroll.
Things happen, and, depending if anyone decides Konatsu came earlier than Nodoka, Ryu Kumon as Ranma Saotome arrives, everyone discovers that Genma created the Yama and the Umi, then discover that Ranma already mastered the two, and created his own third style, the Sora. The Kumon fight goes ENTIRELY differently.
This is where the idea starts becoming murky, as more things happen, Akane swallows her pride, and asks Ranma to teach her one of the scrolls he was sometimes seen writing on, Ranma gives her the Umi-Dai'o-Ken scroll, and, after some token protest from his fiancee, shoos her off to try to train by herself.
Now the reason I was asking about Konatsu is that I decided to make him/her as the one to learn the Yama-Dai'o-Ken scroll. I don't know why. Don't call me on this.
Then the idea starts a Montage, with Ranma bent on mastering the Sora, Akane discovering things she never knew as she studies and masters the Umi, while Konatsu digs through the dirt, understanding the ways of the earth through the Yama. Of course, they decide to train FAR, FAR, AWAY. Coincidentally, the mountain that Ranma is climbing on was beside the ocean that Akane was swimming/drowning (at first) from, which was near the underground tunnel that Konatsu was digging in. So during their breaks in training, the three bond together, and ultimately becomes good friends, Ranma and Akane happily declaring that they don't like each other as fiance/fiancee, but like each other as a friend.
The Montage continues, and after some undetermined amount of time, all three finally manage to Master the Dai'o-Kens, and get really cool billowy scarves for it, as well as some nifty bonuses. Ranma's is red with 100 feathers from 100 different birds attached to it. Akane's is blue, with beautiful gem-like corals, pearls and shells adorning it. Konatsu's is yellow, with some actual gems studding it.
Now, I am NOT ashamed to admit, this results in them virtually being able to Element Bend, ala Avatar: Ranma can tell the different conditions in the air, manipulate his scarf into a pair of wings, has nice control over air, AND can fly; Akane is now ABLE to swim, has graceful control over water, AND can manipulate her scarf into something she could ride waves on, AKA a surfboard, which goes well in that she just became a mean surfer; Konatsu, who, Akane and Ranma were rather disturbed to discover during their training, is now more feminine than ever, which is rather opposite to her sharp control over earth, can basically use an underground sonar to look ahead and around her, AND could manipulate her scarf to burrow under the ground and attack from below, or transform into a form of treaded transportaion.
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DONE! DONE! DEAR GOD, I FINALLY GOT IT OUT OF MY HEAD! It's not going to bug for awhile now! FREEDOM! FREEDOM!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :evil2: :evil2: :evil2:
HAHAHA...! *falls over* :rip1:
