"is this too cliche?" who cares? bro, write what you have fun writing. stuff your manuscript full of your favourite tropes. the same themes you love. all inspired by things you grew up with. do it all. go off. load. it. up. be freeeee

not me fullmetal alchemisting my original fantasy wip and not even realizing it until the read through

not me fullmetal alchemisting my original fantasy wip and not even realizing it until the read through

i miss him

Nightmare Within A Dream

The girl knotted her hands in her lap, her mouth brittle from a lack of moisture, skin flapping as she spoke in small, little girl circles.

“Where’s Daddy?”

She broke one hand free and traced old coffee rings on the tabletop with a finger. Her gaze was a wild animal, eyes ping-ponging from the door to the rings and back again, again, again. Riza’s stomach clenched like she’d laid it out on a bed of ice. Plucked it right from the tunnel of her throat.

“Where’s Daddy?” the girl said. Her name was Nina. She was five years old. The left side of her face was still loamy, her left arm and leg as flaccid as licorice. She reminded Riza of those women in the nursing homes, speaking through half a mouth, one eyelid meaty and drooping, a full eighty years older than the child seated across from her.

Riza inhaled. She smelled soil and musk; floral shampoo and stinging sulfur. Nina looked at her briefly then away again.

“Your daddy is okay,” she said. The words were oddly supple in her mouth, like rolling a grape behind your teeth and on the soft bed of your tongue. She licked her lips as though to reset. “Your daddy is in trouble,” she said, “and will not be seeing you for some time.”

Nina might have cried if she had the faculties. Her eyes were stuffy with wet, but nothing spilled. The alchemists weren’t sure how much of her they extracted versus Alexander, and could dogs cry?

The left side of Nina’s body rippled. Riza recalled the gummy mess as chimera was split into girl and dog. The stretch of Nina’s flesh as eye sockets caverned and lips pulled away from teeth. The tangle of wires in the arms and legs of her body as they slivered and snapped into position. Riza didn’t know what she had been expecting, but the welter of limbs and eyes and ears and bone on the floor had not been it.

That the girl was still asking after her father left Riza desolate and nostalgic. The dirt under Nina’s nails was reminiscent of Riza’s own chewed and filthy fingers of girlhood. The crust of snot around Nina’s nose and the way Riza used to rub it off on her sleeve. The overalls and the pebbles Riza kept there to make arenas in her room (for marbles, ones her father kept in his study and that had belonged to her mother, never to be touched except when her father was in Central or with Roy, or both). The holes in her shoes from walking into town to trade rabbit skins for vegetables, none of which Riza could grow because she was not good enough. The stinging stench of metal on her fingertips after she handled her rifle, and the way she never washed her hands so she could press her fingers to her nose and it would wake her; and she held power in those fingers.

Maybe her back had looked gummy as her father pricked his research into her, too.

“Where’s Daddy?” said Nina.

whyyy do you still fight with random nobodies on the internet who clearly know nothing.. if you see a stupid post just block them or something and move on 😭 there's literally no point in beefing with every dumbass you see

because it’s fun? next

officer ive never seen that robot or little girl in my life

good morning, riza

[아구찜] - reposted w/ permission

you are seriously deranged. goodbye!

edwin is a toxic ass ship. I DONT CARE SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT!! you mean to tell me in ep 46, when ed politely asked her to leave the country just in case, things go wrong, HE GETS HIT WITH A WRENCH?? WHAAAT? lets be realistic here, why does she hit him with a wrench?? thats abuse And then to top shit off, she yells at him? "I don't wanna hear any doubts from you!" WHAT DOUBTS? its like in her eyes he's supposed to be god, she expects him to win all the fights and when he does, she beats the fuck out of him for getting hurt?? and the audacity she had on the promised day to be saying "save us ed" knowing shes just gonna kick his ass with a wrench when he comes back?

this is why i'll always prefer ed with roy or ling, because while i hate winrys thought process and how she treats him, i can sympathize with her just a little, on some shallow level of understanding the fact that she has no fucking idea what happens when ed is away from her. ed being with another fighter is way better because 1. he doesnt have to worry about making anyone cry, and they can actually help him. winry is a liability, like it or not. someone could snatch her and she'd be helpless to stop it, which isnt her fault but its just another reason that they just arent compatible to me.

I feel like Winry sees Ed for who he could be rather than who he is. And I hate that troupe, the "you have so much potential and im gonna push you to be the person i know you can (want you to) be! Take him for who he is, not for someone who doesnt exist yet. Can you imagine how much pressure was on Ed knowing Winry wouldnt leave town? And that she was expecting him to save the day? he's not god and hes not some kind of a hero, he just wanted his body back and because hes a good person he wanted to save everyone else. winry didnt even let him open up to her cs she'd fucking cry about it. ed deserves someone who understands him, who understands what he's going through and what he's gone through, and still loves him.

so much for keeping it short huh

remembering that roy is a villain 😮‍💨🤤😮‍💨🤤😮‍💨🤤😮‍💨🤤😮‍💨🤤😮‍💨🤤😮‍💨🤤😮‍💨🤤😮‍💨😮‍💨🤤😮‍💨🤤😮‍💨🤤🤤😮‍💨🤤😮‍💨🤤🤤🤤😮‍💨🤤😮‍💨

you like royed and roy punched ed in the face, emotionally abandoned him on numerous occasions, lied to him over and over, conscripted him (a child) into the military (knowing he could one day be used as a weapon as roy was) to further roy’s own agenda, and gave less than 2 shits when ed almost died and went missing

edit: almost forgot the 15 year age gap wherein ed is a child and roy is closer to middle age than ed’s age

edwin is a toxic ass ship. I DONT CARE SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT!! you mean to tell me in ep 46, when ed politely asked her to leave the country just in case, things go wrong, HE GETS HIT WITH A WRENCH?? WHAAAT? lets be realistic here, why does she hit him with a wrench?? thats abuse And then to top shit off, she yells at him? "I don't wanna hear any doubts from you!" WHAT DOUBTS? its like in her eyes he's supposed to be god, she expects him to win all the fights and when he does, she beats the fuck out of him for getting hurt?? and the audacity she had on the promised day to be saying "save us ed" knowing shes just gonna kick his ass with a wrench when he comes back?

this is why i'll always prefer ed with roy or ling, because while i hate winrys thought process and how she treats him, i can sympathize with her just a little, on some shallow level of understanding the fact that she has no fucking idea what happens when ed is away from her. ed being with another fighter is way better because 1. he doesnt have to worry about making anyone cry, and they can actually help him. winry is a liability, like it or not. someone could snatch her and she'd be helpless to stop it, which isnt her fault but its just another reason that they just arent compatible to me.

I feel like Winry sees Ed for who he could be rather than who he is. And I hate that troupe, the "you have so much potential and im gonna push you to be the person i know you can (want you to) be! Take him for who he is, not for someone who doesnt exist yet. Can you imagine how much pressure was on Ed knowing Winry wouldnt leave town? And that she was expecting him to save the day? he's not god and hes not some kind of a hero, he just wanted his body back and because hes a good person he wanted to save everyone else. winry didnt even let him open up to her cs she'd fucking cry about it. ed deserves someone who understands him, who understands what he's going through and what he's gone through, and still loves him.

so much for keeping it short huh