Also, remember, it's been a few years between Jusenkyou and Negi's arrival at Mahora. Ranma's had /time/ to settle into her new role, may well even
have been home to visit 'family' (and had to put up the mask Genma forced on her), which could well have been very very traumatic... she may at this
point be seeing school as a refuge from having to think about it. She's not changing back and forth, so nobody questions the identity she's building
for herself as a girl, and she doesn't have any reminders around her of what she lost along with the boy form. Go home, and it all comes crashing back down
and wipes away any chance she has of dealing with the situation. (Remember how much fanon there is around Ranma /hating/ to have to pretend to be 'Ranko
Tendo' whenever Nodoka turns up? Now imagine having her around /all the time/.)
AS for magic... Negi is a) a boy (who thus may have romantic interests in girls, which now includes Ranma), b) hiding his magic (why would you hide it unless
you're plotting something?), c) again the first real encounter with it is with the love-potion-gone-wrong (see a above), d) clearly too young to actually
be able to help break the curse.
Evangeline is a) a girl (not a threat to Ranma's sexuality beyond her loligoth obsession), b) has a good non-evil-plot reason to have hidden her magic
(she's a freakin' VAMPIRE) (okay, so it's just a not-evil-plotting-against-Ranma reason...), c) doesn't threaten Ranma with the discovery of
this, and d) actively shows interest in helping her get over the curse and is centuries old, thus has the experience to actually have a chance of success.
She shares (to a degree) Ranma's interest in martial arts (aikido grandmaster and all that), she understands the whole deal with being ostracized and
losing everything that mattered to you, and she's not only not a threat but actively willing to help. For a price. Is it any wonder that Ranma's
willing to pay that price?
The whole "Battle Scientist" rant is just the frosting on the cake.
Have I mentioned that I /love/ buttercream frosting?
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
have been home to visit 'family' (and had to put up the mask Genma forced on her), which could well have been very very traumatic... she may at this
point be seeing school as a refuge from having to think about it. She's not changing back and forth, so nobody questions the identity she's building
for herself as a girl, and she doesn't have any reminders around her of what she lost along with the boy form. Go home, and it all comes crashing back down
and wipes away any chance she has of dealing with the situation. (Remember how much fanon there is around Ranma /hating/ to have to pretend to be 'Ranko
Tendo' whenever Nodoka turns up? Now imagine having her around /all the time/.)
AS for magic... Negi is a) a boy (who thus may have romantic interests in girls, which now includes Ranma), b) hiding his magic (why would you hide it unless
you're plotting something?), c) again the first real encounter with it is with the love-potion-gone-wrong (see a above), d) clearly too young to actually
be able to help break the curse.
Evangeline is a) a girl (not a threat to Ranma's sexuality beyond her loligoth obsession), b) has a good non-evil-plot reason to have hidden her magic
(she's a freakin' VAMPIRE) (okay, so it's just a not-evil-plotting-against-Ranma reason...), c) doesn't threaten Ranma with the discovery of
this, and d) actively shows interest in helping her get over the curse and is centuries old, thus has the experience to actually have a chance of success.
She shares (to a degree) Ranma's interest in martial arts (aikido grandmaster and all that), she understands the whole deal with being ostracized and
losing everything that mattered to you, and she's not only not a threat but actively willing to help. For a price. Is it any wonder that Ranma's
willing to pay that price?
The whole "Battle Scientist" rant is just the frosting on the cake.
Have I mentioned that I /love/ buttercream frosting?
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.