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sassydefendorflower · 10 months

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To survive the AO3 down time, want to write about Al sending letters to Ed while he's traveling to Xing? (Bonus points if Ed's doing something interesting too ^^)

Hi :D I don't know if this is what you imagined when you sent me this ask... but I had a surprising amount of fun with this! So... here goes nothing <3

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Dear Brother,

It’s so good to hear from you! Who knew West Aerugo could be this interesting? Just don’t drink too much – and tell Darius and Heinkel that I miss them too! As for how I am doing… Xing is a lot more different than I expected it to be. From what I can tell, people just aren’t as tall as I’m used to – and that even though I am no longer as tall as I used to be! Ling invited me to stay at the palace, but I don’t think court life is for me. At least not yet. I joined a caravan to the northeastern part of the country instead, pretending I don’t know that Lan Fan is following me. The food is utterly delicious, and one of the old men in my group told me that the Tsang clan has developed a type of alkahestry that allows them to grow trees taller than some mountain peaks. It might be worth checking out.

Until your next letter reaches me

Alphonse

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Brother,

Why did Brigadier General Mustang sent me a telegram informing me you started an international conflict on the Beruskan border? I don’t care how interesting their research is and how nice their pubs, we’re no longer the kind of people who just start chaos and let someone else deal with it. I hope this letter finds you in good health and not in a jail cell – and please excuse my language in the telegram I’ve send ahead. I love you, you idiot.

Alphonse

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[Telegram sent on the 12th of December 1923 from Xio, Tsang Territory of the Great Imperial Nation of Xing, to Balka, Aerugo-Beruskan border facility]

YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING IDIOT .stop. IF YOU GET ARRESTED I WILL .stop. PERSONALLY HUNT YOU DOWN .stop. YOU BETTER NOT BE IN .stop. ANY TROUBLE

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Brother,

While I am glad to know that you are no longer held by Aerugan officials on suspicion of terrorism and counterintelligence, I do beg of you to lay low for a while. My blood pressure won’t stand for another incident like this. But while you were busy arguing for better accommodations in a jail cell, I did uncover something interesting. The Tsang clan has grown trees big enough to build houses in. The stories weren’t lying – this has to be some sort of alkahestry. But it feels different from the things Mei taught me. Oh, which reminds me: I finally figured it out! I can read the Dragon’s Pulse – and these trees are bursting with life’s energy. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say it feels almost magical.

Best wishes and happy returns

Alphonse

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Dear Brother,

Yeah, that’s why I said ‘if I didn’t know better’ – I am aware that magic isn’t real, you didn’t have to scream at me for half your letter just to make a point. Then again, it is in character for you to make a big deal out of something so small. (please don’t waste your next letter on another rant just because of a little joke between brothers) I think I’m going to move on from the Tsang territory over to the Ang clan – there’s been some unrest because of the policies Ling implemented recently, so I might have to travel by foot. Don’t worry if I don’t write for a bit. Address your letters to Lan Fan and she’ll get them to me once I settle down again – I’ll tell you my next mailing address as soon as I know where I’ll be staying.

Tell Winry I said Hi!

Alphonse

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Ed,

It’s okay. It was just a tiny bit of poison. I’m fine.

Alphonse

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Dear Brother,

If you come to Xing just to be an overprotective idiot following me around, DON’T. Please stay where you are – I have everything under control. I need to finish my research here. I think I’m getting somewhere. I can’t tell you via my letters because I fear someone might read them along the way and realize what I’ve just figured out but… this could change the world. Not that I actually plan on ever telling anyone just how far the scope of this reaches. Not even you. I hope you can understand why I am doing this. And don’t worry for my life – Mei joined me on my travels and her fighting skills are beyond what I could have hoped for.

Love

Alphonse

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Brother,

The Ang Clan was very welcoming, and their food was otherworldly, but I don’t think we’re going to stay here for much longer. The more I look into the Dragon’s Pulse and its possible connection to tectonic movements, the more confusing it gets. I meant what I said in my last letter – but maybe I don’t have to worry quite as much. There is a very real possibility that the two of us might be the only people who could ever even understand what is happening here. By Truth, life is just a never-ending quest of wonders, isn’t it?

Take care.

Alphonse

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[Telegram sent on the 26th of April 1924 from the Imperial Palace, Great Imperial Nation of Xing, to Munk, Hala Territory east of Creta]

I AM SO SORRY EDWARD .stop. BUT WE’VE LOST CONTACT .stop. WITH ALPHONSE .stop. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NANNING .stop. AND LIPU I AM SO .stop. SORRY YHELY

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[Collection of unsend letters by Alphonse Elric]

Ed,

I don’t think I’ll get a chance to post this letter. Someone’s following me and Mei. I told her to get back to the palace or make contact with Lan Fan, but it might be too late. There’s something going on with alkahestry here – I think it’s only happening in the northeastern part of the country. It’s nothing like what we went through, I promise, but in the wrong hands… it could kill thousands. I am so sick of this art we’ve dedicated our lives to being used to ruin it instead. They could heal and flourish, but no… you know what the worst part is? I’m the one who discovered how to use it as a weapon.

I love you. I miss you.

Alphonse

[and]

Ed,

I think they’ve got Mei. What am I supposed to do? I don’t know. Dammit, I won’t send this letter, but at least it feels as if I can talk to you. As long as I write it down, you’re not gone – what did you say you were doing the last time we’ve talked? I think you were in Munk. Isn’t that a seaside town? Do you think there is alchemy connected to the sea? The tides? That would be insane. Is that what you were researching? I hope it went well. You can’t even swim, idiot. I hope you didn’t drown.

I miss you.

I miss Mei.

I think I messed up.

Al

[and]

Ed,

They won’t get me. And they’ll pay for whatever they did to Mei. I’m getting her back. I’m doing what is right.

Please don’t hate me for this.

Alphonse

[and]

Ed,

They won’t be a problem any longer. I took care of them. I’m so sorry. I did what I had to do to survive. But now blood is staining parts of the Duyun forest, and only some of it is mine. I won’t ever tell you this in person, but this is my confession. I broke our oath – I hope I can make it up to you by coming home.

Al

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[Telegram sent on the 5th of August 1924 from the Imperial Palace, Great Imperial Nation of Xing, to Kanda, Independent Republic of Ishval]

WE FOUND ALPHONSE .stop. OR RATHER HE FOUND US .stop. BLOODY AND THIN .stop. BUT ALIVE PRINCESS .stop. MEI IS WITH HIM . stop. THEY ARE ALIVE YHELY

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Dear Brother,

Thank you. Thank you for traveling all the way to Xing. Thank you for waiting for me. Thank you for being there for me when I came back. Thank you for listening. Thank you for leaving. Thank you for letting me keep some of my secrets.

I love you.

Alphonse

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Dear Brother,

I think I might take on a journey across the ocean – just to see where the world ends, and the future begins. There are so many secrets out there still left to discover. So many things unknown. I’m definitely writing it all down. At least the good stuff. The things we can use to change the world for the better. And I do think that it’s possible – for things to get better, that is. I won’t be gone forever. In a few years I might just be ready to play politics at the court next to Mei and Ling. But until then? I crave another adventure.

Best wishes

Alphonse

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Hey Al,

Mind if I join you?

Ed

[send me a prompt/snippet request while ao3 is down]

#fma #fmab #edward elric #alphonse elric #scienceoftheidiot #my writing #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #fma brotherhood #ao3 #epistolary #this was so much fun to write #a completely different style for me #i hope it still works #thank you for sending me this ask <3 #ask and answers

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seagiri · 2 months

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the guy

#my art #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #chilchuck tims #sorry for posting like 5 drawings with completely different art styles im insecure #i feel like ive drawn him naked way too many times he looks weird to me now

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br3adtoasty · 9 months

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We would like to interrupt the usual art program with—

✨Some Spiderverse doodles!✨

#here you can see me trying to figure out how to draw them in the first one lmao sghdhdhsb #also don’t mind the style change i use completely different styles for the twst sprites and my other drawings 😭😭#spiderman across the spiderverse #spiderverse fanart #atsv #atsv fanart #the spot #hobie brown #meows morales #miles morales #pavitr prabhakar #gayatri singh #pavitr x miles #pavitr x gayatri #chaiflower #goldenflower #pav miles and gayatri are all in a poly relationship bc i said so‼️‼️#my art

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lemonandlime22 · 9 months

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Part 11~

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Please do not repost without asking!

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treloninjaki · 3 months

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What if...

#mha #bakudeku #bnha #izuku midoriya #bakugou katsuki #my art #nindraws #ITS BEEN SO LONG WOW #took me a year to finish 3 pages #theres a difference in style as i forgot the style i was going for lmao sorry about tht #it has been a difficult year mentally wise for me...#hope everyone's doing alright love you #inspired by bkg's d- word and thought about his possible revival (hoped to have it complete before his revival lmao oh well)

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kurapixel · 1 year

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so paradox suicune huh

edit: anyways interesting how it actually has features vaguely remniscent of entei and raikou 👀 (and it is a fusion of them design-wise, just that it ended up being way more suicune than the other two)

edit2: paradox raikou!!! 👀 it doesnt look like a fusion even if walking wake does a little... possible at this point its unintentional though 🤔

#pokemon #pokemon spoilers #pokemon sv #walking wake #pokemon scarlet violet #pokemon scarvi #paradox pokemon #anyways that was not a time machine i e been saying it since i finished the game!!#also since a lot of people are commenting on it... this style takes me about an hour including sketching and i had a sketch planned out w 2 #different body types based on khu's riddle fhgdjfg #wish it was winged quadruped instead of this but this is better than complete humanoid furry for a paradox pokemon

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icewindandboringhorror · 6 months

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I know this is just a silly bad quality random screencap of a screencap that I found on facebook lol, BUT it's a succinct enough image to easily describe the concept in a quick/accessible way hopefully :

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(and of course, feel free to elaborate in tags, etc.! (especially elaborating about other senses as well.. can you "hear" in your mind just as well as you can "see"? taste? etc.) It's an interesting topic to me, as someone who's like a 4.5 at MOST lol. I'm curious what option will be the most common :0c )

#tumblr polls #hrmm... a little poll perhaps.. about a subject I find interesting.. since this image came across my facebook today #still really not feeling that well. no longer shaking violently and such but I still feel weird and weak much more than usual #They did say my markers for like infection or inflammation were elevated but that they werent sure of the cause so hopefully #it's nothing too serious. they did also say a lot of different things can cause that thing to be higher than normal but didn't go into spec #fics of what. maybe some of them are relatively benign or something. I still havent felt much back to normal since #I got really sick that one time though. I feel fine on and off but then little bouts of feeling weird and sick happen. hrmmm #ANYWAY.. looking for small ways to be productive. such as little doodles on evil ipad or editing game videos #or posting polls or cat pictures or some other like not very labor intensive things #I WISH I COULD FOCUS on writing HHRGGhh... I need to finish my game.. it would be so freeing.. a project that's been looming #over my head for like 5 years even though througouht that 5yrs I've probably spent a total of 3 months working on it lo.. ANYWAY #I still partially really cannot beleive that people CAN see stuff in their heads. There's always part of me that's thinking like. well mayb #e everyone DOES see the same exact thing but we just describe/conceptualize it so differently that we think we're talking about #different things when we're really not. But I have been assured by people I've talked to about it that they can GENUINELY really see #stuff in their heads like as vivid as an actual picture in real life or something. And the other senses are neat too. Like for exmaple I #can hear in my head much better than I can see imagery. I still CANNOT hear vividly like as if I were listening to actual music out loud..#but I think it's developed more than my sight. AND interesting how this varies the creative process. a friend I was talking to on the phone #said they write by literally just watching stuff play before them like a movie. where my process is COMPLETELY different. AND that affects #the content/what details we focus on as well as our individual styles of writing have differences that can be traced back to that.. hrmm

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tricoufamily · 2 months

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keeping w my very inconsistent tradition of "what would my villareals look like if i had made them this year?" i'm supposed to do annually and then forget

#luna is still the most difficult for me she always looks so off. this is the fall luna reins supreme as THE tricoufamily luna forever #(this is the fall villareals all The villareals for me. i could never change them i don't have the heart)#it's not just fun to see how my style has evolved but this year i realized my process for making over townies is so different now #back then it was like ok complete overhaul let's go they'll look like different sims #now i just put my skin details on them and barely touch their faces and it's like perfect done #i have softened on ea townies over the years. i love the ugly townies they have so much charm #ts4 #ts4 cas #the sims 4 #townie makeover #townie makeovers #hugo villareal #jacques villareal #luna villareal #max villareal

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chocmoon-latte · 4 months

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I swear, Hancock constantly gets done so dirty outside of the game. PLEASE JUST LET HIM LOOK NORMAL FOR ONCE!!!!!

#I remember seeing another loot crate box art with a different character and it actually looked like them!#the mystery mini one is kinda cute and the pop figure is cool but that's his CONCEPT ART SELF #The ONLY exceptions are the Wasteland Warfare figurine and the vault boy style art from FSO because he's cute and goes :3 #I pray he gets a statue like Danse! Or a 1/16 figurine like Nick (mainly the former)#I will never be completely satisfied with Hancock merch unless we get one that looks IDENTICAL to how he looks in game.#Do him proper justice please #Hello ugly little Hancock doll that looks nothing like Hancock!#Am I overreacting? Is it just me??#fallout 4 #john hancock #hancock #fallout

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futuristichedge · 5 months

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The armadillo and the flying squirrel

#sth fanart #sth #sonic the hedgehog #sonic the hedgehog fanart #sonic fanart #mighty the armadillo #ray the flying squirrel #my art #doodles #was going to do a completely different shading style for them but accidentally stumbled on this #and it reminded me of the old overexposed pokemon art and it was kind of fitting so i kept it :)#another 2am drawing. bedtime

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 9 months

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so i've been watching Muppet compilations-

#currently my top three Guys are: miss piggy / gonzo / rowlf #their vibes are immaculate <3 #also im saying it. yeah miss piggy is hot as fuck. sure im jealous of kermit why do you ask #a little pig puppet has no business serving that hard #every time im watching a compilation and She comes on im immediately sitting up and paying complete attention #i also pay attention when rowlf and gonzo pop up but for Very Different Reasons #gonzo because he's gender. he's me. what more can i say #& rowlf because he's funny as fuck #like ive been watching rowlf clips from the jimmy dean show #i haven't laughed like that in a While #funny doggy....#my favorite style of humor is like. deadpan & sarcasm & puns. yknow. wisecracks and the like #which is ironic considering half the time i dont pick up on sarcasm irl!#but suffice to say rowlf hits all the humor points with me #and there's just something nice about his design! he's friend shaped!#scribble salad #the muppets #muppet fanart #puppet brain puppet brain....#sesame street clips have also been funny #i have watched. So Much bert & ernie #boy am i thiiiiiiirstie..... that clip has been stuck in my brain for days #and elmo's beef with rocko... what did rocko ever do to him smh...#i like watching compilations titled like 'most chaotic moments / muppets getting hurt in stupid ways / etc'#i like puppet violence! its very amusing!#i might start watching the muppet show from the start #i could make it a routine (that would quickly fall apart cause i cant keep up routines for the life of me)#that consists of watching an episode per night while i crochet #a nice little break yk yk #chip away at projects. have a laugh. sounds nice

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saltlog · 9 months

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#※saltlog #-> scribbly thanks orange for the food #-> AU but i can't get the tag suggestion.. more outfits! more hAIR STYLE #-> IDK WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.. i drew for hours and Fast i don't ever draw like thIS!! SOMETHINGS HAPPENING..#-> LIKE LMAO THIS LOOKS completely different to me than my previous post (crying)#-> i get so stiff when i think i see it instantly.. today i felt 0 stiff i did not think i drew #-> not seen: all the dicks i drew around this vash is that it #-> i hope you all realize you follow a log of my crisis since day 1 #-> AU: scifi nonsense

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coquelicoq · 28 days

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as a huge unreliable narrator enjoyer i love the fact that the raven tower is narrated by someone who cannot lie. so the narration is not unreliable, and any kind of uncertainty is always couched in "here is a story i have heard" or "i imagine", but it scratches the same itch as unreliable narration because the evidentiality of the narration is still so central, just in the opposite way. stories that don't care about where the narrator is getting their information or what biases are present in the way that information is shared with us are on one end of a spectrum, and stories that do care about those things are on the other end, and the raven tower is firmly situated alongside the unreliably narrated stories even though the whole point is that the narrator is as motivated as it is possible to be to never say something that is untrue. and it's fascinating to see how ann leckie manages to build suspense and subvert expectations without really at any point deliberately misleading the reader. every time i reread one of her books, the bouncing of the dvd screensaver in my brain gets a little more frenetic. how does she do what she does. ann leckie what is your secret.

#this post is spoiler-free btw. the narrator is very upfront about the fact that it can't lie and says this very early in the story #i'm only like 40% through my reread and i don't remember any details of what happens but i'm already losing it #and the fact that it's first-person second-person narration...completely undivorceable from the conceit of the book #might write a different post about that but probably only after i finish rereading #i finally got my sister to agree to read it and she's like 'i read the first fifteen pages! i like the style'#and i'm barely restraining myself from being like girl please read another fifty pages and get back to me #if you are not frothing at the mouth by page 100 then your money back. guaranteed.#my sister loves semantics like the linguistic subfield of semantics so i've been begging her to read this for so many years...#like i KNOW she will love it when that stuff starts becoming apparent. which is remarkably early in the book #hrrrrhughghrhrrgh i want to talk about it so bad #the raven tower #ann leckie #my posts #unreliable narrators #or not!!! actually!!!#storytelling #semantics

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quirkle2 · 6 months

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ms paint with mouse time

#qkdraws #id in alt #scribbled this out in like two hours while watching johnstone repeatedly fail at nuzlockes <3 #i know it doesn't seem like a 2 hour thing but . shut up im slow #ignore the ''''''shading'''''' on the sunflower i know it's gross. ms paint was not made for beauty it was made for raw lines #twas made for the people in the wee hours of the night that have art block and decide to break it by ditching their tablet (me)#mob psycho 100 #mob psycho #mp100 #mp100 shigeo #shigeo kageyama #mp100 mob #gonna be real w u idk how to tag the noose #uhm #tw sui implied #???????????#i literally don't know please lemme know if i should add or change tags #i missed drawin with a mouse it's a nice change of pace from pencil #i do think it's Fascinating that even when using a completely different tool the art style does not change. that's so wild #makes u think (it is past 10pm i should Not be thinking at all. abt anything rly)#anyway .throws my nonsense tags into the void bye

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feintenstein · 11 months

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canon vs silly billy(me)

#baby vs bomb #i didnt want to just replicate his protrait so i just attempted a different perspective.#goofy tid bit is that my style can completely depend on the pen i use.#i used my “silly billy” pen here whereas i also have a “moominish brush” and “the classique⁴”#which can produce different styles from me #but my way of coloring/rendering is pretty much universally the same.#anyway tidbit over #yuppie!! i probably wont do kim because doing the DE portrait style eats away my life force.#disco elysium #harry du bois #digital art #fanart

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cubey-cube · 1 month

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Forgot to listen to the new episode yesterday and still haven't gotten around to it so this has nothing really to do with it. the fact Hermie was back last episode inspired me to draw these guys again

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