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seldomscilence16 · 2 years

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Whumptober day 23: At the End of Their Rope

Fandom: FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Prompts;

Forced to kneel

Tied to a table

"Hold them down."

It was such a tossup of which fandom to do, and I feel bad all my fandoms are basically children… :| so another AU with children in danger.

Being a son of Hohenheim was not what everyone cracked it up to be. Being a son of Elric though had been nice, for the short time he was allowed. He hoped Alphonse liked being apart of the Curtis family, he thought the teacher was crazy sure, but she knew her stuff. They'd look after Al, and keep him safe, like Hohenheim couldnt, like Ed couldnt.

It was all better this way. Ed could fufill his promise to his mom by protecting Al, the only way he could, and Ed wouldnt follow in his fa- Hohenheim's- footsteps. He… probably wouldn't follow in anyones. But Al, and Winry and Granny Pinako were safe. And thats all that mattered.

…

"So this is Hohenheims offspring. How… disappointing. You're much smaller than I expected."

"Im not small! I'm still growing." Ed growls, hes already screwed he decides, no point acting different.

The man chuckles, leaning forward, light finally falling on his scarred face. Red eyes gleam, boaring into his own, a too wide smile just a touch too sharp.

"Your father is a pain in my side, just as im sure you will be." He turns to the guards, "take the sacrifice to the Priest, Im sure the doctor can fix anything he does." He leans back again, "but do ensure he stay alive. I do need him, for now."

"Yes Father."

The six year old scowls to hide his fear, reminding himself who this was for. His teacher had stopped him from doing something stupid, something that could have hurt his brother, he deserved this. Equivalant exchange.

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"Kneel."

"I dont believe in god."

"A non believer. Matters not, kneel."

Ed glares, hands tied in front of him, tired of people expecting him to comply like some dog. The priest makes a small motion with his fingers, and two men come forward, placing a hand on either shoulder and shoving, hard. A bit excessive for a child, and hurts too, but Ed kept up his glare, gritting his teeth around his grunt of pain.

"You'll do as I say around here, and eventually you'll see the miracles and believe."

"Its not miracles. To get something you have to give something of equal value, thats how the world works."

The mans serene face turns into a sneer,

"I see you'll take some time. We'll get there. The King Father has given me this task, and I will fufill it."

"Your king wont last long. Someone will stop him someday."

Eds across the room before he registers whats happening, gasping for breath as pain blooms. This man was no priest, no miracle worker. He had a philosophers stone or something, like those weird people mentioned, like that one book he saw Hohenheim reading once a long time ago. This 'Father' guy was just another power hungry king, and his followers were crazy enough to follow. Whatever their plan was, whatever they wanted to sacrifice him for, it was something stupid hes sure. But he'll learn more, people say all kinds of things around kids.

…

Ed is seven now. Winry the same. Al will turn six soon. Stares blankly at the dead birds around him, hoping Al and Win were having a better time at life than he was. The door to his cage opens, and the muscle grabs his arm to no doubt drag him before the priest once more.

Its been awhile since they'd talked face to face. Ed had been forced to watch him perform all his 'miracles', the results of them- and his practice runs- ending up in Eds cage as punishment of some kind. Probably for the smell, or an example of what happens to 'nonbelievers'.

But the real punishment is the knowledge that a philosophers stone can not really bring back the dead, not for long at least. Just like tabboo alchemy, the results are never what you want. His mother was gone, those birds were gone, gone is gone.

Once more hes forced to his knees.

"So, youve witnessed my recent miracle. Are you a believer yet?"

"His sister is dead, you should stop lying to him. What are you gonna do when he asks to really see her?"

Something visible snaps in the priests expression. After a year, Ed has finally broke the man. 'Father' wouldnt be pleased hes sure. Cornello rises to his feet, the muscle move back to guard the doors, and Ed watches the man carefully.

"Why are you so stubborn?" He growls the words, and raises his hand. The ring glows the same red as 'Fathers' eyes, and between the time he blinks and opens his eyes, hes met with a new kind of pain.

Through his shoulder and the middle of his thigh, are axe like blades, Cornello is in front of him, looming and applying more and more pressure.

"I am in charge here, I am a God! I will not have some child ruining that."

Ed screams, as layer after layer is cut through, and blood pools. He screams until the world is nothing more and pain consumes.

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"Hold him down! Hes losing too much blood!"

A faceless face. A too wide mouth. An arm and a leg.

"I said hold him down! Not injure him further! He needs him alive!"

What was truth but a sense of wrong? Of knowing and knowing more.

"Shit kid, just keep breathing. Keep breathing!"

Ed knows.

…

Ed stares blankly at the wall before him. Hed done his training for the day, hes gotten his punishment to keep him under control, and eventually he'll know if they remembered he needs food today.

Hes 11 now. Als finally reached the double digits…

Five years, since hes seen his brother. Five years with these assholes.

Hes learned a good amount, far more than he should know for sure. More than they think he knows.

"We've got a treat for you today Edward."

He doubts it.

They escort him from his cage, his crutch allowed to him for the walk. He'd hoped for some bread, but maybe after. The table in the center of the room with rope on it, tells him he wont be getting it.

"Tie him down tight. This will be painful." 'Father' comments idly.

Ed had stopped in the doorway, shoved forward now only just able to catch himself. He could fight, he even knew the basic gist of killing these weirdos, but all of them and 'Father'? Ed didnt stand a chance, and they knew it.

He barely twitches before one of Lusts stabby fingers shoots through his crutch, splintering it and rendering his plan of a transmutation circle moot.

"Now now Edward, I'm giving you the chance to be more than a sacrifice, dont you want that?"

"I want an arrow through your head." He spits, balancing carefully on one leg.

"Ungrateful as always. Oh well, lets try it anyway."

The struggles in vain, landing harshly on the table and tied down with rope biting into his skin with how tightly its bound. He struggles then too, blood blooming in little drops but no give coming from the ropes.

"Just think Edward, you may be apart of our family soon."

He didnt need another one.

He wanted the one hed lost.

The one hed left behind.

He wanted to go home!

…

Mustang signals to his people, and they move as one, into the building- he would not call it a castle. This was as good a seige as any, the guards outside had been easily disposed of, much like himself- they didnt like water. Suits of armor falling without life quickly.

Inside they see the evidence of sins commited, sins Marco had told them of. Marco, who had come to Mustang with grave information. Of tortured children, and experiments with life and death, of a plan to burn the people of this land to give ultimate power to a being- term said generously.

Now after some time of planning and taking down one after another of corrupt individuals, they finally came to cut off the head.

…

Ed has tears in his eyes as 'Father' approaches with a vial of red liquid- though Ed knows its a stone, full of souls taken for someone elses gain. The cut on his face he'd gained in training tingles as if it knows whats to come. Just as he begins to tip the glass, the door burst inwards with a wall of heat.

He barely makes out the crest of Amestrian army through the blaze and his own watery eyes.

The fighting that breaks out is chaos, and Ed is left on the table, struggling to free himself while the fighting unfolds.

"Shit, they dont die!" Someone growls near him, he cant see them at his angle, but he can offer help.

"The stones! Wear out the stones and they die!" He says quickly.

A face comes into view, glasses and black hair and stubble on his face. He pulls a knife and Ed flinches, closing his eyes tightly,

"Its alright kid, we'll get you out of here. Whatd you say about stones?"

The ropes fall loose and the man helps him sit up,

"Theyre homunculus, theyre made from philosophers stones, burn them over and over, make them over use their regeneration, they'll die."

"Alright kid, sounds like we got a plan now."

…

Edward stares at the town before him, mostly unchanged, but so different at the same time. Behind him, the others let him take it in, forming a wall to cover his back but pretending like their not.

"They really want to see me?" He asks, quietly and oh so timid, nothing like what they had grown used to.

"They've been looking for you since you disappeared, they were estatic when we sent word." Hawkeye states.

"But im not the same."

"Neither are they. Its a new start for all of you. With a foundation to start you off." Hughes says with a smile.

"Come of kid. Before they hunt us down for taking too long." Mustang says, but doesnt usher or lead or push Ed.

They all let Ed take the first move. His first step into his new life. His new freedom.

#hold them down #whumptober2022 #no.23 #forced to kneel #tied to a table #Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #fic #angst #torture #blood #child abuse #fighting #au #not really mentioned but basically ren times #maes hughes lives #edward angst #happy ending

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cornalicious · 8 months

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Cannot believe mustang thought this shit would work.

[Image ID: Roy Mustang from Fullmetal alchemist is standing before Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric. He is saying "Yeah we sent Maes to live on a farm in Xing. A farm with lots of land. and homunculi for him to chase all he wants." with a guilty expression. Riza Hawkeye stands slightly behind him giving him an exasperated expression. /.End ID]

#fma #fmab #fullmetal alchimist brotherhood #roy mustang #edward elric #riza hawkeye #alphonse elric #no literally what was he thinking #Ive been showing my sister FMAB for the first time and we burst out laughing when he tried that #Like gracia and elicia still live in central.#the investigation is still fresh enough that news of his killer is front page news #was he expecting that no one was going to tell him????#maes hughes

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metamatronic · 10 months

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Okay so we're at, 6 of 7 humonculi now? If I'm counting right, the only one still unaccounted for is sloth?

meanwhile, with the real ed…

(this user refuses to let hohenheim die. he lost his dying privileges.)

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porcelana-r0ta · 6 months

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Oh you're sad that your favorite character is dead???? Well none of my faves are dead bc I have been living in denial (reading fanfic) since 2011. Y'all stay safe tho

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icannotgetoverbirds · 5 months

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I LOVE MY WIFE

WE'RE NOT MARRIED YET BUT I LOVE HER LIKE A WIFE

#byrd chirps #the gryphon #tw caps #i need to be insufferable about her #my life will not be complete until someone compares me to Maes Hughes from fma #for the way i love my girlfriend #or to hozier #that works too but I don't feel like i could ever live up to Hozier's level of devotion #that man is something else entirely #and yet i aspire to love my wife the way he sings his songs

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hi-there-buddies · 20 days

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Certain fanfics: don’t focus on the timeline it’s kinda messy lol, just read the story!

The timeline: so fucked beyond repair that it doesn’t even make sense in the scope of the plot the author is trying to tell

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davidtennantgenderenvy · 9 months

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#fullmetal alchemist #maes hughes #fma live action #John krasinski #Zachary levi #Paul rudd #Stephen yeun

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yerawizardharreh · 2 years

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Retired but still looks good in uniform colors :')

I'm quite proud of this one tbh I love it

#if you know no you don't #maes hughes #living his best retired life with his wife and daughter <3 #he still goes to the office to annoy Roy from time to time #Riza has to remind his Roy is Fuhrer now he doesnt have a lot of free time #does Maes care? no he does not #i can go on and on about retired Maes hcs PLEASE #fma #fma fmab

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yoshifawful64 · 2 years

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so who’s ready to see maes hughes die for the fifth time now?

#grhchdnjd SORRY #maes hughes #fma mobile #fullmetal alchemist mobile #apparently that got announced a few months back; i only just heard #looks really good though. i hope it lives up to the trailers #fullmetal alchemist spoilers

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musing-and-music · 1 year

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What's the empty hearse??

Ah, the Empty hearse, one of my longest running WIPs! 3 chapters, 2 of them are written, half of one translated in English, all of this because of one scene I wanted to write, inspired by S3E1 of Sherlock, named "The Empty Hearse" too

It's my Maes Hughes lives WIP, inspired by this gif:

Maes Hughes, coming back from the dead (just went for a time in Xing thanks to Hohenheim), and barging in during Roy's proposal to Riza. And of course, he asks about the infamous Roystache 😂

#ask #dairogo #wip #my maes hughes lives fic #fanfiction #musing writes

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justanotherinterneruser · 1 year

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Chapters: 7/7 Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Maes Hughes & Nina Tucker, Roy Mustang & Nina Tucker, Edward Elric & Nina Tucker, Alphonse Elric & Nina Tucker, Roy Mustang & Team Mustang, Team Mustang - Relationship, Alexander & Nina Tucker (Fullmetal Alchemist), Nina Tucker and Shou Tucker, Elicia Hughes & Nina Tucker, Gracia Hughes & Nina Tucker, Edward Elric & Roy Mustang Characters: Nina Tucker (Fullmetal Alchemist), Maes Hughes, Roy Mustang, Edward Elric, Alphonse Elric, Team Mustang, Kain Fuery, Jean Havoc, Heymans Breda, Vato Falman, Riza Hawkeye, Shou Tucker, Alexander (Fullmetal Alchemist) Additional Tags: Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Animal Abuse, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Nina Tucker Lives, Maes Hughes Lives, Parental Maes Hughes, Parental Roy Mustang, If I ever have a fic without that tag assume I’m dead, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Manipulation, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Manipulative Relationship, Blood and Injury, Blood and Violence, Threats of Violence, Rated For Violence, how do you tag, Royed shippers don’t interact with my works that’s gross Summary:

Her father was smiling wide, eyes alight with the happiness that she always wanted to see from him, but there was something unsettling about the way he stared at her as he slowly approached her. He held his hand out towards her, and Nina took it hesitantly, her heart beating nervously against her ribs as she avoided his prying gaze.

Her father’s grip was unexpectedly tight, his fingernails digging into the soft skin of her palm, and Nina tried to tug her hand away as he hurried her out of the room, telling him that he was hurting her, but her father only clutched tighter and told her to stop struggling or they wouldn't play.

Nina wasn’t sure she wanted to play with her dad anymore.

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A fix-it fic in which Edward and Alphonse just happened to get down to Tucker’s study before the irreversible happened.

#fullmetal alchemist #nina tucker lives #parental maes hughes #roy mustang #fma fic

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spectra-bear · 5 months

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To all the fma fans here who have been following me for a while now, I'd like to bring a few chapters to light in consideration to the recent tragic palestinian apartheid

FMA has made sure to speak out about these reoccuring events, and whoever hasn't noticed from reading yet needs a critical thinking class.

Let's start with chapter 90:

Chapter 90 of the series, although censored heavily in the anime (but we'll get to that later), played a HUGE role in establishing what kind of message arakawa was building up to deliver to her audience as a plot B (ishvalan genocide) sided with plot A (the search of the philosopher stones, eventually turned plot A (overthrowing the military), a message meant to awaken her readers to the truth, and one that serves as a warning

Does this not all ring familiarity?

One of the reasons arakawa wrote this story was to bring this side of history into light,

the oppression, the abuse of military power, the imbalanace in arms between two parties at "war", the perfect guise of "protecting the people from radicalized terrorists", and using it to justify the murder of countless lives, committing war crime after war crime, massacring the land and lathering it with the spilled blood of countless innocents and people fighting back for their freedom, for their home. Those that die have their lives tragically cut short, too soon.

A total extermination

And to those that remain alive,

Forcefully immigrated from their own homeland

Or exploited for their bodies, harvested for their organs, abused, tortured and humiliated

Not only that, but the emphasis on making the reason behind starting the war in the first place, being the first bullet shot at a young child by a soldier, and intentionally making it seem "trivial" for the ishvalans to retaliate because of that, and painting them as animalistic

Writing off roy mustang and maes hughes as heroes for doing whats best for their country, glorifying their relationship as war buddies, and believing theyre in the right for putting down the people of the holy land, when they couldve backed down from contributing to this one-sided war,

and when they do step back from the field, theyre labelled as cowards. When they inevitably realize the abnormality and inhumanity of their actions, that theyve been solely used as tools and weapons of destruction, that impact is softened with rewards, of medals and cheers of accomplishment from the population-wide brainwashed by lies spread by the people in power, and if theyre lucky, accomodations for the negative mental effects of being part of a war

(arakawa interview source)

What do I conclude from this?

That the author of your favorite manga does not support genocide and in fact, condemns those who partake in it

If it isnt obvious, She included these stories because they have happened before

She is telling these stories, while not 100% protrayed correctly, to fill the empty gaps in the western perspective that have been contaminated with propaganda and demonization of these indigenous people

The designs of ishvalans and cultural clothing are intentionally influenced by japanese ethnic groups, middle eastern and south asian cultures, and the military intentionally european/western looking as an example for their expansion and dominance in mind

And now we are watching all this happen in reality, again, witnessed live, in much worse conditions, throughout history

Where the heroes arent kids who can sway elements at their command with the flick of a hand, but the people who stand against it in mass, marching in the streets to break the suffocating silence, and spread the voices of those seeking help and demanding their freedom back

Does everyone realize how fucked up that is? That the lines drawn between fantasy and reality blur so much that they become indistinguishable from each other? That is true horror, when the monsters and tyrants in your stories no longer stay on ink and paper, but are on your screens broadcasting their crimes, beyond humanity

You must understand that if these stories are included for you, the reader, they are not written just for the plot, but to bring awareness to you, and avoid history from repeating itself, and work against committing the same irredeemable mistakes as before

(thanks to @borkthemork for the help in outlining this and proofreading)

#i am not using the pal3stine tag so i dont drown out any sources published on that tag #and while this story may need to be reworked in some aspects it has already done alot in bringing this message into light #analysis #fma #fullmetal alchemist #bear screams in cave #cw blood #this serves as a reminder to what the is the message nuanced in this manga #cw violence

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emeritus-fuckers · 11 months

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GIGGLING TWIRLING AND KICKING MY FEET. ANYTHING WITH TERZO PLS !!!

<333

I'm a sucker for fluffy family shit - Jez

Terzo as a dad headcanons

He's very insecure at first, scared he's gonna be like Nihil.

But he's super thrilled at the same time, he adores babies!

Totally there for the birth, doesn't care if his hand gets absolutely ruined and if he gets cursed for eight generations. He is there and that's it.

He absolutely fucking cries when he sees his baby!

Gushes about his child to everyone, no matter the occasion. (Think Maes Hughes from FMAB but even worse)

This man has pictures of his partner and kid(s) all over his walls.

He gets the names and birthdays of his children tattooed.

He's big on gentle parenting and communication - things he himself craved as a child.

He does have a small fantasy of Irish twins, but he'd never dare ask you for that, he knows having a baby is incredibly exhausting for your body.

He makes sure you're on bed rest for a long time before he lets you walk around.

Probably has Omega carry you around while he himself carries the baby right next to you.

He gets so lost in baby talk it becomes a part of his everyday speech.

He could be discussing something with his brothers and then calling some random object how he calls it with his baby.

His perfect afternoon is sitting on the couch, you snuggled into his side as the baby sits and babbles on his lap.

Satan save the ministry if his child's first word is "Papa" because this man will not live it down.

"Oh, I'm sorry, old man, do you have a precious little baby whose first word was Papa and who squeals in delight when they see you? No? Yeah, that's what I thought." - Terzo to Nihil after being told to do his job

Nihil is not allowed anywhere near the babies, by the way.

Terzo absolutely goes to Primo for parenting advice. Anything weird happening to the baby? He bolts for his oldest brother.

Terzo's brothers both get to play an active role in the children's lives.

If they were to find out Copia was their brother, he's absolutely getting involved, too.

And his little ones would be such little charmers!

If you pump or formula feed, you don't even see the bottle before he feeds the baby. He's just so quick with it, it's ridiculous.

Loves to give baths to the baby, especially when they're a bit older so he can splash the water with them.

He would have a bit of an issue with diapers at first, but he's a brave boy and he can take it. It just takes a few days at first. After that, he's 100% ready and willing to change diapers.

Omega teases him that his kids are gonna be taller than him. Secondo totally joins in on the teasing. (And you do, too)

#ghost band #ghost bc #ghost #ghost band x reader #ghost bc x reader #ghost x reader #ask #anon #papa emeritus iii #terzo #terzo x reader #papa emeritus iii x reader

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the-blue-eyed-firebender · 29 days

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Just a lil Royai fic rec.

I'm new to the FMA fandom, but these two now live in my head rent-free. And so do these fics. Enjoy!

Catharsis by kekkubean

Rating: M

Word count: 5K

Summary: She knew better. And now a little girl was dead because she wanted to believe that her father’s behavior existed in a vacuum.

Or,

When Riza learns of the Tucker incident, she doesn't handle it well.

Excerpt: At her feet, Hayate whined, she imagined disapprovingly. It was definitely too early to be drinking, although thankfully she skipped training him on understanding the appropriate hours for alcohol consumption. Riza met his gaze and they regarded each other for a moment as the burning subsided slowly. Hayate cocked his head to the side, curious, and whined again softly, as if he could read her wretched mind.

She briefly, morbidly wondered if Alexander and Nina shared thoughts, or if one of their minds dominated the other in that body, or if it were an entirely new—

Riza slammed her palms on the table, instantly suppressing the thought, and abruptly pushed herself up to standing. Hayate jumped and slinked off into her bedroom. She stood swaying for a moment, trying to gain her balance and some semblance of her sanity.

My thoughts: This one is canon to me. I can offer no higher praise for a fic. Before reading this, I never considered how Nina's fate might affect Riza, but it just makes so much damn sense. The way kekkubean writes trauma is blade-sharp. And the pacing, the dialogue, the characterization - exquisite.

Anytime by myrhymesarepurer

Rating: G

Word count: 838

Summary: It was not his Captain standing there in front of him. It was his master's daughter, so brutally burdened with ink, secrets so cruelly exposed to the world by one blasted broken zipper.

Excerpt: She lifted her head and blinked, feeling a great bit foolish that she stood in front of her superior, tortured over an issue he managed to solve in, oh, less than one second.

How very Roy Mustang.

My thoughts: I've read this so many times. It's one of the first I read in this fandom, and I keep coming back to it. It's short, poetically formatted, and utterly perfect in it's simplicity.

Beautiful People by That Hoopy Frood

Rating: T

Word count: 6.4K

Summary: Soon after the conclusion of the Ishvalan Civil War, Captain Maes Hughes receives a phone call in the middle of the night. The message is short, concise... and perhaps the most terrifying thing Hughes has ever heard.

Hawkeye's apartment. Now. Come alone. Someone has been hurt.

A promise was once made amidst the sands of a distant desert land: oaths will be upheld, and secrets will be scorched away. The sinful had waited too long; Roy Mustang was indebted to his promise, and Riza Hawkeye had come to collect.

Shut the door; it's starting to rain.

Excerpt: "You asked her to follow you… she would have walked over burning coals for you…" Hughes felt hot, angry tears running down his face. His glasses fogged. His voice cracked. "You were supposed to fall in love with her, Roy! You were supposed to marry her and have kids and be just be happy for once in your goddamned miserable life… now look what you've done. Look at what you've done."

My thoughts: Riza's back-burning is one of the most starkly absent scenes from the FMA canon. The scene has been written and rewritten in fanfiction many times, but this particular fic fills the gap in a way that is just perfectly brutal and raw. The addition of Hughes' presence makes the whole thing cut like a knife. Like Catharsis, this one is canon in my mind.

And now, a shameless plug:

The Counteroffer by theblueeyedfirebender

Rating: T

Word count: 2.6K

Summary: On the eve of Mustang’s inauguration as Fuhrer, Riza Hawkeye submits her resignation.

Excerpt: He pulls a manila envelope from the drawer and stands, sliding it across the surface of the desk in her direction. Her gaze falls to the hand he’s extended, long fingers and pale skin, the lingering scar of a transmutation circle still faintly visible, crosswise marred by another, thicker scar, twin to one on his other hand.

Something snags in her throat, but she swallows it down and picks up the envelope. It’s thin, like it contains nothing at all. “What is this, sir?”

For a moment, he doesn’t answer, as if the routine honorific has stuck him somewhere unexpected. When he speaks again, his voice is thick. “A counteroffer.”

My thoughts: My first-ever FMA fic, complete with an ACOMAF Chapter 54-inspired confession (iykyk).

#if you know any of these authors on tumblr please tag them #fullmetal alchemist #roy mustang #riza hawkeye #roy mustang x riza hawkeye #fanfic #fanfiction #royai fic #royai fanfiction #royai #fma royai #maes hughes #black hayate #ao3 #fic rec #fma brotherhood #fmab #fma fanfiction #full metal alchemis brotherhood

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olvitier · 2 months

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Sorry its so late buf i am in an Edling mood tonight and I will never stop thinking about the idea of how theyre the epitome of right person wrong time.

(obviously in a context of like fandom shenannigans where canon events arent 100% set in stone like edling arent canon but also idc !! they are to me! im ignoring it let me be insane) ANYWAY

Even if they wanted to be together post promised day Ling has all the responsibilities of Xing and his clan and Edward would never hold him back from that for a second. Im of the opinion that brotherhood Edward feels a lot of guilt for wanting love from the people around him particularly those he sees as good (winry, alphonse, etc) especially if hes done things hes perceived as hurting them (maes’ death, the transmutation, etc etc). Which is why I think Edward connects with Ling so well cayse he doesnt carry the weight of a lot if his past mistakes, and then when the stone happens its like goddamn it i roped this guy into my shit again. Like i dont know Edward doesnt really dedicate himself so fully to people outside of winry and ed a lot so its interesting like!!

He cares about a lot of people like the majority of the allied cast and we see him be openly affectionate towards Nina and Hughes pre their deaths but I think Ling is the only person hes ever decided to stick with WITHOUT alphonse? I may be wrong but the whole sure Ill stay with you and trust my brother and Winry to stay safe and follow you around the outskirts of the east for a week till the promised day to protect my new friend is so??? what?? huh???

But anyone my point is post promised day Edward cant really ever see a future with Ling because of all the responsibility Ling holds outside of him and its veyr tragic imo like especially because in a different scenario if Ling didnt have those responsibilities and Edward wasn’t so dedicated to the people around him to a fault of never thinking about his own desires I think they could have the possibility of a future.

Like I have read a lot of fanfiction abiut Ed traveling to Xing and living with him there but?? I realistically cant see him ever doing that just solely because Edward is not the type of person to settle down! like its my one and only criticism of the fma manga is that I cannot see Edward ever being satisfied with a simple life? Like even in Fma 03 which is my favourite interpretation of Edwards character once he gets stranded in our world he learns?? Rocket Science?? For the chance to get back to Amestris but he doesnt really seem to take that goal all that seriously especially considered Alfons ends up getting involved in a lot more aircraft projects than Edward like Edwsrd genuinely enjoys learning!!

Im pretty sure he was the one who dragged Alphonse into Hoenhiems office when they were kids after he left, probably to Al’s reluctance of if they were allowed in there, and started ripping through all of his old books just to learn. Edward never stops and it gets so bad that he never stops to even consider himself constantly worrying about getting his brother back or improving the states of others lives especially when! ya know! the whole country is at stake!!

So in a circumstance post promised day where Ed decides what he wants to do (my personal favourite interpretation is either an alchemical researcher outside of directly performing alchemy, ie revolutionizing the circle matrixes and discovering nee combinations or becoming a professor of some kind) I dont think he would give that up to settle again. And obviously Ling cant exactly up and leave being Emperor unless he decides he doesnt want to, im not the most knowledgable on Lings characterization so I wont speak there but!

They have so much fun together and compliment each other and genuinely care about each other so much but their happiness and fulfillment as people to themselves and others make it so its nearly impossible they would ever realistically end up together and its really doomed and tragic!! idk i think about it a lot.

#fma #edward elric #edling #fma thoughts #andrew be normal challenge it is NOT this deep this anime came out over a decade ago gay people arent real pre 2013 idk man im just insane #thought id share anyway please give me your thoughts fellow edling fans #specifically edling fans cause i dont wanna debate ship legitmacy #day speaks

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roy, in the housewife!roy au, chose to keep flame alchemy a secret from the world. He still uses it, but only domestically. When Riza shares it with him, he vows that it will never see combat for a reason beyond self-defense.

His reason is simple. He knows how dangerous fire is. Fire hurts, fire burns.

Instead of presenting fire to the state alchemist exam proctors, he chooses something else; he has a jar of crude oil, and uses alchemy to create a polymer; the first time nylon has been created in Amestris. It's revolutionary, and Roy earns his pocket watch, becoming the Synthesis Alchemist.

For the duration of the war, from 1905 to 1908, he is stationed in Central, researching and perfecting different synthetic materials. And he is perfectly fine with this. He's helping. He's home, with Ed and Al.

But then Order 3066 is signed. and Roy, as a state alchemist, is forced to leave his children. He's forced into the warzone, not as a combatant, but as support; his job is to repair things where possible; guns, uniforms, tents, whatever needs fixing.

It is here that he reunites with Hughes, who he hasn't seen since their graduation (and god, wasn't that so long ago), and Riza (beautiful, beautiful Riza), who he hadn't seen since he learned flame alchemy. and they talk.

he tells her of everything. of how he hadn't told the military about it, he swore. no one knew about flame alchemy, save for his two children (Ed and Al each had a pair of gloves, made with ignition cloth and embroidered with the circle for flame alchemy), who were under strict orders that it was for emergencies only. and she listens.

the war ends. ed and al welcome him home, and he meets with Bradley, and hands in his pocket watch. His duty, he claims, is to his family. After all, he had just reignited an old flame in Riza, and they were talking of engagement. The boys adored her, and she lived in his house. All that was missing was a ring.

Bradley accepts his resignation and Roy leaves, marrying Riza shortly after in a beautifully intimate ceremony. Riza ends up under Maes' command, and they're assigned to East City. Roy befriends Gracia Hughes, and as they adjust to East City, he meets the other parents at Ed and Al's new school. The ladies are all so nice, and once they hear of his adoration for his wife and boys? Well, of course they like him!

when he can, he calls his sisters. They're just that, his sisters. Whenever one of the ladies asks, he explains. He grew up in a foster home, and they're his foster sisters.

Roy joins the local craft group, at the behest of one of the ladies, and they talk for hours. They talk about everything; from children, to spouses (Ellery and Katie were newlyweds from Dublith, how wonderful!), to politics and the military.

By the time Ed and Al are leaving school (they were too advanced, anyway), Roy is firmly grounded in his network, and knows all the goings-on in the military, from the lowest janitor's breakfast, to Fuhrer Bradley's wife's favourite brand of tea.

After all, he is one of them. He's their alchemist. And alchemist? Be thou for the people.

#fullmetal alchemist #fmab #fanfic #fma #roy mustang #roy and trisha are related au #au #housewife!roy #roy starts a revolution with the power of housewives and gossip #and his wife #he loves his wife #and she loves him #royai #riza hawkeye

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