Crossovers That Should Not Be: The Fandom Menace

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... And now I'm imagining Ranma as a Genius from Genius: the Transgression.
The obvious point of Breakthrough is Jusenkyo, and the obvious Catalyst
is either Grimm (rage and disgust with the world as it currently is) or
Klagen (sorrow and personal tragedy). A Genius's entire outlook becomes
coloured by his Catalyst, so those two options can lead to very
different stories.

EDIT: have a URL, since I'm on my iPhone and can't remember the link
syntax. sites.google.com/site/moochava/genius

Heh, I
remember that game.  I actually once came up with the idea of Akane
Catalyzing as a Grimm or Neid (Banishment and Jelousy, the typical "I'll show
them ALL!" mad scientist").  For years, Akane trains in martial arts, both out of natural inclination and the desire to protect her family.  By the time the manga starts, she's skilled enough to fight over a dozen boys her own age, at least some of whom are athletes themselves.  She's proud of her skill, and with some reason.  Then Ranma shows up.  He's vastly more skilled than her, easy.  But he won't fight her, and he won't let her fight.  To make it worse, both Soun and Genma explicitly support Ranma's behavior.  In short order, she's soon surrounded by martial artists who are even better than she is, the vast majority of whom are at least vaguely hostile to her.  Ranma feels like he should protect her, but unless she's using some sort of mystical trick that allows Akane to curpstomp him (like the strength increasing noodles, or that magical gi), Ranma won't lay a hand on her even if she screams at him.  And he's the only friendly sparring partner who's around regularly.  With the best of intentions, Soun and Ranma are effectively telling Akane "You're no longer allowed to practice martial arts anymore.  We'll be entrusting your life and your duty to protect your family to this boy, who is way better than you.  We'll still let you train, but we won't help you at all or even spar.  Be a good little princess, okay?"
Remember how much trauma Orihime went through in Bleach's Hueco Mundo arc?  Remember her face when Kiuske told her to stay out of the fighting?  Not pretty, right?  Orihime isn't a warrior by nature.  Akane is, and she's way more angry and insecure than Orihime ever was.  In addition, Aizen/Uliwhatsit and Orihime were clearly enemies.  Ranma's the most considerate boy she's ever met, and Soun is Akane's father.  As for the other characters, Akane is either a enemy, or a prize to be won.  My idea was that Akane realizes that she'll never be recognized as a martial artist because everybody around her has already decided she isn't one, causing her to grow rapidly resentful.  The resentment and jealousy or her peers, combined by with the belief in her own unappreciated worth as a martial artist, is classic Neid.  (Seriously, turn all the characters into scientists and scholars, and then imagine it as the back-story for a female mad scientist.  For bonus points, turn back the clock one or two hundred years.  It's almost cliche!)  Alternatively, she could Catalyze as Grimm from as her anger and frustration at the total lack of control over her own life.