Tangled Fate [Ranma 1/2 / Exalted]

Not a dig at you, but I think fem-ranma/ryouga is a little overdone in fanfiction. I realise you said it's not final. I just think you're too good a writer to fall into that overdone thing.
Personally, I'd be amused at ranma/kodachi given their history and how rare the paring is.
That's a bad reason for making a pairing.

Having said that, what I like about sane!Kodachi is that is one of the few people I can see agreeing to have a one-night stand with Ranma: Ranma doesn't want romance or yet another long-term commitment and Kodachi is too fearful of slipping back to madness. And if things go great good well decent without destroying Creation above a certain treshold of comfort they may have another one-night stand...

(probably the next one-night stand won't be in the same decade, though)
I too favor the Ranma/Kodachi pairing.
To say I'm not a fan of Ranma and Ryouga's relationship being anything beyond friendship is putting it 'extremely' mildly.

So, let me just say, I'm hoping this is as far as it goes... please?
*Sighing Kitsune* Relationships will be what they will be. I'll admit that I have a fondness for well written Ranma/Ryouga. Emphasis on well written. My other preference is Ranma/Kasumi and that can be laid firmly at the feet of DSR. This story's romance is at present undecided. Mainly because I have doubts about my ability to write a Romance seeing as I myself have little to no experience in that area. And any romance that does occur will be of the slow building variety outside of this chapter's Ryouga incidents Which he will be getting a handle on. Amusingly Ranma's teasing will have the long term effect of helping him cope with the Solar Bond. A few days in story and he'll be mostly able to act normal around Ranma again. In story minimum timeframes for romance? At least 5 years before anything kicks off. At all. Neither Ranma nor any of the others is really ready for a proper relationship. The less said about Kodachi's issues the better.

Oh hell. Now a Green Sun Prince joins the fun.

Current Exault Count: 3 Allies, 2 Enemies, 1 Just wants to burn down the world.

Fun, Fun, Fun.
Oh shit! An Infernal Exaltation!
You thought I left Bengtsson alive for nothing?

Regardless, I loved this chapter! Seeing all the bureaucracy try and chug along is interesting especially with the cultural differences that keep cropping up.
The next chapter will, and I do mean it, pick up the pace. We should race forward a few days during that chapter since things have finally settled in.

Author can't make everyone happy. They'll do what they (or as frequently happens: the characters) want to do, not the readers.
No I can't. At some point I'm going to have to commit to a course and there's going to be someone disappointed with my choices. You all want things from the story and I can't do all of them at once. Many are mutually exclusive. The story moves on. I can't promise that you'll always agree with my choices, but I do promise to try and maintain the quality of my writing the entire way through.



Also no speculation about the poor Private's fate? *Sad Kitsune* *Presses F*
 
Also no speculation about the poor Private's fate? *Sad Kitsune* *Presses F*
Suddenly Abyssal Exalt?

*Shrug* Knowing you it's another faction throwing their hat into the pile of crazy coming along anyway. It sounds like lots of people are going to die though, just the Infernal is going to be enough of a problem that that Solar's chances of breaking into the city basically skyrocket.
 
And we also saw how the Lunars react to their Solar mate. That the problem with ingrained instincts through Essence.
Actually it's possible that his exaltation was previously a partner to Merela, which is why he's getting unexpected feeling/memories.
Influence of Merela, no doubt.
Not for the politician stunts.

Ranma's character sheet shows where her bonus points have gone:
Charisma: oo0
Perception: ooo0
Bureaucracy: o0
*Performance: o00
*Presence: o00
**War: o00
Performance and presence would be the ones taking center stage here:
Performance allows the character to express themselves artistically to an audience. It covers giving speeches, but not creation of artistic works.
Stunt Examples

  • Shaming an honest governor into retirement through slanderous satirical plays alone.
  • Halting a battle by singing about peace so eloquently, that none on either side wishes to fight anymore.
  • Lead and inspire an army.
  • Convince the City Council that you could be a valuable asset and so the should not kill you.
Presence covers leadership and long-term persuasion. In its passive role, it measures one's social impact. In its active role, it represents ability in converting others to your cause, but this is not the short-term inspiration of political oration or battlefield speeches (which is covered by Performance), but the ability to build one-on-one long-term loyalty and wear down such loyalty to others.
The fact that she is now appearance five thanks to that minor artifact doesn't hurt her capability to win people over/draw them to her.
 
Suddenly Abyssal Exalt?

*Shrug* Knowing you it's another faction throwing their hat into the pile of crazy coming along anyway. It sounds like lots of people are going to die though, just the Infernal is going to be enough of a problem that that Solar's chances of breaking into the city basically skyrocket.
All factions have already been assembled. We're nearing the end of act 2.

Excellent.

An Infernal.

And one of the Ebon Dragon's ilk, at that.
Yep, and before anyone asks that demon was not the carrier of the exaltation. It brought Bengtsson to the carrier.

I mean there's no reason you have to include romance in the story.
...
Ranma 1/2 with no romantic hijinks? Seriously?
My opinion. Which is why we have the Ranma and Ryouga scene in the shop. Comedic misunderstandings Ahoy~ *Smug Kitsune is Smug*

Edit: And I post at the same time as Jwolfe *facetail*
 
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*Sighing Kitsune* Relationships will be what they will be. I'll admit that I have a fondness for well written Ranma/Ryouga. Emphasis on well written. My other preference is Ranma/Kasumi and that can be laid firmly at the feet of DSR. This story's romance is at present undecided. Mainly because I have doubts about my ability to write a Romance seeing as I myself have little to no experience in that area. And any romance that does occur will be of the slow building variety outside of this chapter's Ryouga incidents Which he will be getting a handle on. Amusingly Ranma's teasing will have the long term effect of helping him cope with the Solar Bond. A few days in story and he'll be mostly able to act normal around Ranma again. In story minimum timeframes for romance? At least 5 years before anything kicks off. At all. Neither Ranma nor any of the others is really ready for a proper relationship. The less said about Kodachi's issues the better.
That's great!

(I don't like shipping at best of times, and then to different degrees of dislike depending on bad is written)



joking answer: 5 years before anything kicks off? Just in time to make it to this decade's one-night stand! :V


Ranma 1/2 with no romantic hijinks? Seriously?
Yes, seiously.
 
As for the 3 dot Lunar bond thing... Its rather blatant, which is part of the reason 3e changed how they handle that, but I liked both the comedy and romance potential of it especially with Ryouga. Note to everyone: I say romance potential because I still haven't finalized my decisions regarding romance for this story and won't for a long while. That said I am trying to hedge my bets so I have options.

I'm merely going to point out that Ranma is funniest when romance is treated as an adversary within the story.
 
They have examples of Advanced Tech on hand for Power Generation of Electrical and Combustion.

The Shipyards/ Docks seems to be the Local Focus for Technology.

How possible is it to make a Steam Ship or other Powered Vehicle?


Steam would be a real bitch to introduce/reinvent. Even with an expert or two on hand, these would be big projects that have a lot of specific requirements for both engineering as well as production quality. Without a good number of experts and consistent high quality parts, the chances of dreadful steam related death and injury would be high.
 
No worries, it happens. Though is anybody else finding that SV is stuttering a lot this evening?
Nope.
Hey, you could make ranma Ace. That would be different!
*confused kitsune* what?
Steam would be a real bitch to introduce/reinvent. Even with an expert or two on hand, these would be big projects that have a lot of specific requirements for both engineering as well as production quality. Without a good number of experts and consistent high quality parts, the chances of dreadful steam related death and injury would be high.
it's one of the projects they'll be undertaking, and the risk of injury is the cost of advancement.

Not for the politician stunts.
That was all Ranma. She's got talent and skill now~
 
Why does Ryouga not Confess and state the obvious?

"Ranma, you remember the Koi Rod? That Magic Dress is making others behave strange and yourself as well, Ignoring the Results."

I bet that would go over REAL WELL.

NOT!
 
Yep, and before anyone asks that demon was not the carrier of the exaltation. It brought Bengtsson to the carrier.

Oh, that's super weird. Hell can't have heard about Ranma yet. Not just shoudn't, literally can't. It takes five days for anything to cross Cecylene, and Ranma hasn't been here for five days yet. Whoever this guy is, he must have already been in Creation and watching Greyfalls for some reason.
 
Oh, that's super weird. Hell can't have heard about Ranma yet. Not just shoudn't, literally can't. It takes five days for anything to cross Cecylene, and Ranma hasn't been here for five days yet. Whoever this guy is, he must have already been in Creation and watching Greyfalls for some reason.
The demon was probably being summoned for the dawn exalt he of the stupid name when out of nowhere his summoner gets Looney toons to death via dragon blooded to the head. The demon then probably hears about ranma and is like "welp, I need to mess up some solar's day migh as well be hers"
 
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Yeah tbh I'm normally into romance in my fics but this feels... Bad, frankly. Seems out of place, rushed, railroaded... What have you. Lunar bond will do that, but...
 
The demon was probably being summoned for the dawn exalt he of the stupid name when out of nowhere his summoner gets Looney toons to death via dragon blooded to the head. The demon then probably hears about ranma and is like "welp, I need to mess up some solar's day migh as well be hers"
Nah, a first circle wouldn't be able to link up with a prospective coadjutor like that. This guy's something special.
 
I mean asexual! sorry, in-lingo.
Not happening I'm afraid.
And I'm sure she'll only use these newfound talents and skills for good.
......
OK you can all stop laughing now.
Her first order of business is getting all the chocolate in the city. *Joking Kitsune... Sorta*
Oh, that's super weird. Hell can't have heard about Ranma yet. Not just shoudn't, literally can't. It takes five days for anything to cross Cecylene, and Ranma hasn't been here for five days yet. Whoever this guy is, he must have already been in Creation and watching Greyfalls for some reason.
The demon was probably being summoned for the dawn exalt he of the stupid name when out of nowhere his summoner gets Looney toons to death via dragon blooded to the head. The demon then probably hears about ranma and is like "welp, I need to mess up some solar's day migh as well be hers"
The Demon was summoned by the Cynis Sorceress. For what and why doesn't matter at this point, but the containment broke before the demon could be made to obey so it wandered off and started prowling around. Then it encountered the first circle demon with the exaltation who, by that point, was trying to get to Bengtsson. The demon decided to help since it would further the Ebon Dragon's desires at that moment.

The first circle demon had been sent since Bengtsson's failure had been foreseen. Keeping in mind that the Yozi have methods of foresight that can see those outside the loom. Also, the Yozi do know of Earth.

Yeah tbh I'm normally into romance in my fics but this feels... Bad, frankly. Seems out of place, rushed, railroaded... What have you. Lunar bond will do that, but...
That's kind of the point. He's getting bushwhacked over the head by the Lunar bond.
Its entirely one-sided at the moment and its not even anything more than a very strong attraction for Ryouga. All its doing is bringing up the dreams of the previous owner of his exaltation and going "Hey, she's a lot like that other one. She was pretty, this one is to." And Ryouga can be very bad at dealing with these sorts of situations. Oh, and I uncensored Ryouga's character sheet.
 
The first circle demon had been sent since Bengtsson's failure had been foreseen. Keeping in mind that the Yozi have methods of foresight that can see those outside the loom. Also, the Yozi do know of Earth.

Are you going to lean more towards 2e Infernals, or the 3e Teaser Stuff in terms of how Infernals will end up feeling? (I am assuming this is a Coadjutor)
 
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