Title:  The More Things Change
Fandom:  crossover between Saiyuki and Ranma 1/2, emphasis on Saiyuki
Pairing:  Gojyo/Hakkai
Categories:  angst, genderswitch, humor, romance, crossover 
Length:  Long [~21,000 words]
Warnings:  minor violence, a reference or two to canon incest and canon abuse


Author on LJ:  emungere 
Website:  Compromising Positions

Summary:  Weird things happen to the Sanzo group all the time.  But Gojyo was never able to turn into a woman before - and let's not bring up Sanzo's transformation. 

Review:  I appreciate stories that take the springs of Jusenkyo, with all their shapechanging powers, into other fandoms... especially when the author explores in a realistic manner how the characters would handle the involuntary switches.  Here, Gojyo and Sanzo are the cursed ones, and while Sanzo can't accept his cursed form (and goes to extreme lengths to cure himself - and no, I'm not going to tell you what he turns into, except that it isn't a woman), Gojyo learns to adjust.  Of course, Gojyo doesn't have it all easy; he has to wonder if Hakkai wants both male!Gojyo and female!Gojyo or if he prefers Gojyo one way or the other, and how he, as a formerly-completely-straight man, is going to deal with either answer.

While that description makes this fic sound completely serious, that is definitely not the case.  Emungere does not sacrifice the inherence silliness of the situation, or the canonical humor aspects of Saiyuki and Ranma 1/2, to keep this plot on-course, although the focus is certainly on the serious side of things.  I think the story is all the better for the occasional dollop of funny (who wants the characters to navelgaze all the time?). 

The More Things Change