Emotion Sickness AU question

[taechunsa]

Here I go again, asking what I hope will be a somewhat discussion worthy question.

Working on the K/R shippy thread and watching maddrmatt's Could it Be video I was struck with a question of alternate possibilities and their outcome.

What if Ron had not reacted negatively to Kim's advances in Emotion Sickness?

What if Ron had romantic feelings for Kim at that point and once Kim started pursuing him instead of freaking out and running away he reciprocated?

How would this have changed things? Once the moodulator was broken would Kim and Ron continue dating? Would Kim break up with him saying that it was all the moodulator? Would their friendship be able to handle Kim breaking up with Ron after that?


For my thoughts. I think that Kim and Ron would have started dating after that. As anyone who follows the K/R shippy thread knows, I am in the camp that thinks Kim has been pursuing Ron in season 3. Thus if the moodulator had been what it took to make Ron admit that he also loved Kim, then great for both of them.

So, what would have changed because of that?

Bonding
I don’t remember much from this episode that would have been changed by Ron and Kim dating. Although, it might have been a very humorous turn about to have Bonnie and Barkin have to tag along with Kim and Ron on a date. Could you imagine Barkin when they tried to kiss goodnight.

Bad Boy
Now this one would have been very interesting. Instead of just having Ron be Kim’s friend who turned evil, having Ron be Kim’s boyfriend/love interest turned evil would have been fabulous copy. The bringing a date to the wedding would not have been much of an issue, but I could still see Ron trying to act like a “bad boy” to impress Kim. It also would have possibly made the whole Ron sneaking into Kim’s bedroom at night scene a lot more interesting. I also think that one of those old villain cliché’s like Ron saying to Kim, “I need an evil queen to rule the world’s supply of nacos with me. Booyaahahahaha!” would have been perfect.

Dimension Twist
Not much about this episode would need to change.

Overdue
Not much here that would need to change.

Roachie
This one is a toughy. It is an anomaly in season 3. Kim spends a lot of time being upset with Ron for the way that he acts in this one. However, I am not sure that had they been a couple that it would have made much of a difference to the storyline. She might have been more understanding and compassionate of Ron’s fears, or maybe not.

And the Molerat Will be CGI
This one would have been interesting in that it would have allowed the movie to incorporate a love interest element. Possibly ramping up the tension if the love interest angle wasn’t handled to Kim’s satisfaction. Other then that not much to change here.

Rappin’ Drakken
They act so much like a couple in this episode that for all intents and purposes they are dating. The only change that I could see might be to “The Naked Mole Rap.” I could see Ron saying “my girlfriend, Kim Possible” instead of “my best friend, Kim Possible.”

Gorilla Fist
Now this episode would need to be almost completely rewritten. If Kim and Ron had been dating there is no way that Ron would have run off with Yori like that without telling Kim something.

The only thing that I can think of is that Ron would tell Kim as much as he could about Yamanouchi without giving away that it is a secret ninja school. Perhaps that the head of the school had been kidnapped by Monkey Fist to get to Ron or something. Kim would then of course insist in coming along. Actually, that could be rather comical. Kim goes along on the mission with Ron and Yori. She is jealin’ the whole time about the way that Yori looks at Ron and Ron has to go to all sorts of lengths to make sure that Kim doesn’t notice any of the ninja stuff. That has a lot of possibilities for humor.

Team Impossible
It has been a long time since I have seen this episode, but I can’t really think of anything off of the top of my head that would need to be changed.

So the Drama
Now this one is a real toughy. Eric is a no go, and seeing as how Kim and Ron have met Drakken a couple of times now dating I think that he would realize this. So how does he go about it? Perhaps, he does as someone else wrote in a fanfiction and he makes a clone of Ron, while removing Ron from the scene. Kidnapping would work, but I think that stranding him somewhere remote would work better for the story. Ron has to fight to get back to Middleton to warn Kim about the Ron clone while the Ron clone takes the place of Eric in the story. This then leaves the problem of who tells Kim about the diablos. Perhaps Rufus, or Ned? All in all, it would work, but would lose a good deal of its tension since Kim and Ron would already be dating. However, that could easily be offset by a great fight scene between Ron and the Ron clone.

So, what does everyone else think?

[Eddie Butler III]

Au Related to ES as well, I am wondering what would have happened if it was left on a different setting Aside from love. If it was left on anger, or sadness, or crying or paranoidness, or another other settings it could have.

[bDd]

Not much that would contribute to K/R shippyness, I suppose.
Anyway, Taechunsa knows his points well. But don't you think the eps would be a little more interesting if Ron didn't react the way you wanted him to in ES? That way, we wouldn't be stuck with K/R Shippyness the whole journey. There'd be no StD, no GF, no Rat B CGI, no episode that would show those cute lil' signs of affection and concern between each other.
Doncha think?

[jmt2005791]

i believe that had ron not freaked out the way he did their relationship would have failed. they just weren't ready yet to take their relationship to the next level.

[taechunsa]

bondiggitydansah said:

But don't you think the eps would be a little more interesting if Ron didn't react the way you wanted him to in ES? That way, we wouldn't be stuck with K/R Shippyness the whole journey. There'd be no StD, no GF, no Rat B CGI, no episode that would show those cute lil' signs of affection and concern between each other.
Doncha think?

In the end, I have to agree. The only episode that I feel would have actually gained much would have been Bad Boy but in the process Gorilla Fist and So the Drama would have been much worse. So, I am glad that it happened the way that it did, but still. It is fun sometimes to ask "what if?"

jmt2005791 said:

i believe that had ron not freaked out the way he did their relationship would have failed. they just weren't ready yet to take their relationship to the next level.

That is a very real possibility. They gained something from StD that they didn't have before. At this time I think it is that extra measure of respect for Ron that Kim gains near the end and the forced reality for Ron that if he doesn't become romantically involved with Kim that he will lose her.

But I might change that opinion in a little while when I really dig through StD for the shippy thread.

[bDd]

taechunsa said:

bondiggitydansah said:

But don't you think the eps would be a little more interesting if Ron didn't react the way you wanted him to in ES? That way, we wouldn't be stuck with K/R Shippyness the whole journey. There'd be no StD, no GF, no Rat B CGI, no episode that would show those cute lil' signs of affection and concern between each other.
Doncha think?

In the end, I have to agree. The only episode that I feel would have actually gained much would have been Bad Boy but in the process Gorilla Fist and So the Drama would have been much worse. So, I am glad that it happened the way that it did, but still. It is fun sometimes to ask "what if?"

Yeah, I agree.

[felixrenton]

Really would have been an odd effect. I'm sure most people have thought of this, but ponder Dr. Bortol's line. "I hope she's not angery at anybody, cause, wheeuw, that'd be bad."
(The Moodulator says be angry, but she has to be angry at someone first. consider that.)

[cloudmonet]

Well, since my theory is that throughout season three, Kim has been trying to get Ron's attention, his romantic attention, if he'd gone for her in "Emotion Sickness," they'd be together then. Not a real satisfying way to get them together, though.

"Bad Boy" would have been a horrible trauma-- in fact, this then would have to be the scenario of the series-ending movie, because "So the Drama" wouldn't work at all.

"Gorilla Fist" would be tricky to do, unless it was moved earlier in the sequence.

But speaking of what ifs. and Gorilla Fist-- What if Kim had just told Ron what she's feeling at the end of Gorilla Fist? There's another missed opportunity to get together.

[JuPMod]

^ (snicker) Did Kim actually said it in a way? "Well, you got me." ;D Seems Ron didn't *get* it as Kim did in "StD".

[felixrenton]

Multi meaning words and Ron's lack of attentiveness and understanding of girls made him miss that statement, just like, "I guess the crush and everything was all. . moodulator." "Not everything." "Really?" "There's still fireworks." (The no could apply to the fact that the crush was all moodulator, which, from a scientific standpoint, could not have been.) (I'm working on an actual moodulator, anyone wanna invest now?)