2. A member of the cast does or is made to do
something differently than the original storyline.
Examples: Ranma does not find Shampoo while looking
for the memory-restoring shampoo. Kunou's first challenge to the "pig-tailed
girl" really *is* a challenge rather than a "declaration to date."
Basically, any deviation that occurs (more or less) within
the story's original timeline. This is where it can drift into that "grey
area."
Would the cast's early childhood be considered
part of the original timeline? How about their pre-Jusenkyou teenage years?
That grey area depends on the reader. Personally, I think the answer to both those questions is yes, as far as events that directly affect them are concerned. World-affecting events (a deadly plague for example) would still make in an Alterverse
But it all still comes down to the reader. : )
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Divergence Title: Ranma
Saotome Master of the Mystic Arts
Author: Brendan
O'Donnell
Status: Suspended
Synopsis: Ok, I'll admit to having read some
of Marvel's works before they deteriorated too badly. And I really liked
Dr. Strange. So this is a little story combining Ranma and Dr. Strange.
It started as a fusion with Ranma replacing Dr. Strange, but I decided
that it would work better if I kept Dr. Strange in the picture. I'll write
him into one of the future chapters of this story.
Divergence Title: Ranma's
Curse
Author: Bryan
Neef
Status: Abandoned
Synopsis: Ranma is locked into his female form
by Cologne... permanently. How does he deal with it? How do the others,
for that matter? Read on to find out.
Divergence Title: Ranma's
Second Chance
Author: Albert
Liu
Status: Abandoned
Synopsis: RD's Note:
Ranma meets the originator for the Spring of Drowned Girl...
Divergence Title: Ranmatech
Author: Hung
Nguyen
Status: Ongoing
Synopsis: This was inspired by Shade's Private
Bets #10, and after watching an eight-hour marathon of the Six Million
Dollar Man.
Divergence Title: Redo
Author: DarkCitadel
Status: Abandoned
Synopsis: A chance, a last chance to make everthing
right again. A chance to bring back the ones he loves and make everything
right. A wish not quite thought out. Ranma wishes for a chance to Redo
everything and he gets to... literally. Will Ranma be able to fix the mistakes
that he and his father have made over the course of his life. Or will Ranma
just make his life more complicated making bigger mistakes than before.
Divergence Title: Rekka
Author: Shaule
Sachs
Status: Suspended
Synopsis: In Canon Universe, Genma Saotome trained
Ranma in the Neko-ken when Ranma was around the age of ten, an neighborly
old woman was able to calm the young Ranma-neko allows Genma to re-claim
his son. Suppose that old woman wasn't around... thus Ranma-neko runs off
on Genma. Thus, Ranma-neko runs off and is found by a traveling warrior-monk
called Sensei...
Divergence Title: Rejected
Author: Lord
Archive
Status: Complete (Sequel forthcoming)
Synopsis: Ever wondered what might have happened
if Nodoka discovered Ranma's curse during their first meeting? This is
a dark tale of the what might happen when Ranma's mother rejects in a way
possibly worse than death.
Divergence Title: Roses
of Shadows
Author: Richard
Lawson
Status: Complete
Synopsis: A ten part series focusing on Kuno
Kodachi, Tendo Akane, and Saotome Ranma. A tale of honor, mental illness,
and love.
Divergence Title: Rursus
Iterum
Author: Brian
Randall
Status: Ongoing
Synopsis: Ranma's training journey
allowed him to meet people all over Japan, but there was one that meant
more to him than most... (Adventure)
Divergence Title: Ryouga's
Nemesis
Author: Jack
Staik
Status: Ongoing
Synopsis: Payback can be... otherworldly.
Divergence Title: Sequence
Author: Scott
"SKJAM!" Jamison
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Ranma makes a very foolish wish. Can
he live with the consequences?
Divergence Title: Sunrise
/ Sunrise Chronicles
Author: Nicholas
"Nightelf" Leifker
Status: Complete
Synopsis: Sunrise is the first fanfic that I
successfully posted to RAAS (now RAAC), and it and its "prequels" are the
series that I'm most fond of. It's an alternative-Ranma story, with Ranma
stuck as a girl and leading the Chinese Amazons, Nabiki as a hardened warrior
seeking vengeance for Akane's death (oh...did I mention that Akane, Ryouga,
Shampoo, and Mousse are dead?), and Ukyou being Ukyou, hoping one day Ranma
will break the curse and come to her.
Divergence Title: Sunset,
Sunrise / Change,
Grow, To Live
Author: Shaule
Sachs
Status: Complete
/ Ongoing
Synopsis: The sun sets for Urd and rises for
Nodoka... Ranma has learned the Truth, now, he must change in order to
grow and he must grow if he is to live....
Divergence Title: Surrender
Author: Shaule
Sachs
Status: Suspended
Synopsis: What if instead of stealing panties,
Happosai got women to give him their panties...
Divergence Title: Switch
Author: "Switch"
Status: Ongoing (?)
Synopsis: A trilogy of what-ifs, why-nots and
whodunits.