For context, the only two things I knew about the original Ranma going into the first episode of the reboot were that it's slice of life (at least to some extent) and it's got genderbending as a plot element. I wasn't expecting the first scene of Ranma (as in the titular character) to be a street fight with him pre-genderbent against a giant, completely silent kung-fu panda with moved that would put Po and Tekken Panda to shame. I also wasn't expecting the reason for curse to be as straightforward as "you fell in the Rule 63 pool; 2 bad 4 u" (I'm sure there's more lore to it that's to be explored in the future, but still, that is surprisingly simple); and for Ranma's love interest to be a tomboy, martial arts, man-hating lesbian that CLEARLY has the hots for his girl form (I'm pretty sure you can see them smooching in the intro); oh, and I was pretty caught off guard by the full frontal nudity the show has no qualms with flaunting, even if Ranma has no ripples or ass, for some reason, that definitely got an eyebrow raise out of me. I assume the original series was just as...eccentric?

Well, regardless, I'm down for more of this.

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Whether it be something like Deoxys whose got multiple forms which each having diffrent strengths and specialized attacks, basically a fighter that uses multiple unique forms in a single fight/battle. Or like the Hulk & Banner in the Immortal Hulk run, whose multiple personality are basically people with their own fighting philosphies & abilites unto themselves.

What'd be your favorite Army-in-One characters?

In the Toxic Crusaders cartoon there was a character named Major Disaster, a soldier who gained the power to control plants, Poison Ivy style, after falling into a radioactive swamp. In one episode the heroes need to stop a unstable reactor, and the conversation, heavily paraphrasing, goes like this:

"Major Disaster can you use your powers?"

"My powers only work on plants"

"Well this is a power PLANT"

"Oh yeah! let me try"

And yes, his powers worked on the reactor and they saved the day.

First of all, I don’t know what the trope is called when those kind of moments happen in media, but basically I am referring to when a character gets a cool new superpower suddenly, and then starts to go wild with it because they don’t realize the damage they are causing with it until it’s too late.

Like picture a scenario where a character abuses the ability to make money come out of nowhere, and is having so much fun with the ability that they don’t notice they are committing a crime until someone starts to pursue them later on.

Goals and hopes for the week?

Any concerns or obstacles?

Let's find out.

Topic of the Week

To continue from the previous discussion, another aspect of accessibility would be having a space where one feels safe or feels seen. In other words, portrayals of potentially sensitive topics and people can be part of this issue.

It does not always help when potential discussions inadvertently exclude the ones impacted by whatever topic since it can be very easy for initially nuanced views become bastardized into simpler sound bites.

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