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Definitions of Hell by Richard Lawson (PG-13)
Fandom: RANMA 1/2
Pairing: Ranma Saotome/Akane Tendo, Kentaro Marumoto/Ranma Tendo, Nodoka Saotome/Genma Saotome, Nabiki Tendo/Tatewaki Kuno
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Sterman.org
Why this must be read:
Authors' interpretations of characters in the Ranmaverse really exemplify "infinite diversity in infinite combinations." In this case, Richard Lawson crosses over two very different realities, switching two very different Ranmas into each others' worlds. It started as a short challenge, but members of the FFML (an epicenter mailing list at the time for Ranma fandom) persuaded Richard to work on it further, and it turned into a marvelous full-length story which fits nicely into both series' continuities.
You'll get more out of this story if you read Thy Inward Love and Thy Outward Part immediately prior to reading Definitions of Hell. In those continuities, Definitions comes right after The Dying of the Rose (TIL) and Painted Smile (TOP), and right before A Better World Than This (TOP) and Interview (TIL).
If you don't want to read all of both series, Definitions of Hell does stand alone, but you'll get more out of it from knowing and becoming attached to the characters from both series.
In short, Ranma is a young father, happily married to Akane who is expecting their second child. Ranma is also eight months pregnant with her second child, a college graduate living most of his life as a woman, happily married to Kentaro. And with one monster's dying curse, those two realities collide.
Definitions of Hell
Pairing: Ranma Saotome/Akane Tendo, Kentaro Marumoto/Ranma Tendo, Nodoka Saotome/Genma Saotome, Nabiki Tendo/Tatewaki Kuno
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Sterman.org
Why this must be read:
Authors' interpretations of characters in the Ranmaverse really exemplify "infinite diversity in infinite combinations." In this case, Richard Lawson crosses over two very different realities, switching two very different Ranmas into each others' worlds. It started as a short challenge, but members of the FFML (an epicenter mailing list at the time for Ranma fandom) persuaded Richard to work on it further, and it turned into a marvelous full-length story which fits nicely into both series' continuities.
You'll get more out of this story if you read Thy Inward Love and Thy Outward Part immediately prior to reading Definitions of Hell. In those continuities, Definitions comes right after The Dying of the Rose (TIL) and Painted Smile (TOP), and right before A Better World Than This (TOP) and Interview (TIL).
If you don't want to read all of both series, Definitions of Hell does stand alone, but you'll get more out of it from knowing and becoming attached to the characters from both series.
In short, Ranma is a young father, happily married to Akane who is expecting their second child. Ranma is also eight months pregnant with her second child, a college graduate living most of his life as a woman, happily married to Kentaro. And with one monster's dying curse, those two realities collide.
Definitions of Hell