Out of curiosity what are your top 10 FMA pairings?
I assume you mean romantic and that it can be for any series, because I do have quite a few from both, but since you say 10, that’s what I’ll do. (even though I’d love to go on all day about this.
My OTP of all time is Roy x Riza.
I love their dynamic, I love how she’s not afraid to stand up to him, doesn’t put up with his bs, and I love obvious it is how much he cares about her. I also really like the mutual understanding they have between one another. ARgGG it’s just such a sweet pairing in both series! x3
2. EdWin
While I don’t like the slapstick scenes with them(i find it rather tasteless personally), other than that, this pairing is a full go for me. I like how she’s able to motivate Ed when he needs it most, how she’s always there to push him forward when she has to, and how she’s so strong all the time, as well as how tender and caring Ed is towards her when it comes down to it. I really like it in Broho, but I always have a severe weakspot for 2003 EdWin, given how beautifully tragic the pairing ended in that series. T-T
3. LingFan
I admit that while this pairing is nice, I am a little bit sad that we didn’t get any flash backs with them or any more screen time than we did. But regardless I do still ship it. I respect her devotion to him, but more than anything I just want him to let her know just how important she is to him. She’s always seeing her own life as worthless if she’s not able to protect him and it makes me so sad. But when he said he was proud of her in the manga, it made me so happy.
4. Trishenheim
This one I’m kind of uncertain of how to feel sometimes, since he did abandon her, Ed and Al, but I understand his reasoning and the fact still stands that Trisha is the best thing that ever happened to Hohenheim. Her love to him was unconditional and I always found it so sweet that she wanted him to stop seeing himself as a monster. And in 2003, for Trisha to still love him despite knowing his flesh was literally rotting, that’s some A+ devotion right there.
5. Sizumi
I won’t get all bubbly over this one and I don’t have too much to say about this, but I do have a huge soft spot for this one, especially in 2003, given how Izumi dies and stuff and Sig is left without her. It really HURtS, okay. (ALSO CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW SIG IS SNORING WITH HIS EYES OPEN??? ALSO, IZUMI IS ONE DEVOTED WIFE IF SHE CAN SLEEP NEXT TO THAT NOISE OR DOESN’T MIND IT)These were the majority of the canon pairings that I really like(Well Lan Fan x Ling isn’t confirmed but it’s pretty much implied). Onto the fan pairings.
6. EdLing
It goes without saying that Ed and Ling are a lot alike in some ways and I feel like they could relate on quite a few things if they got the chance to sit down and talk. But additionally Ling is so clingy with Ed while Ed is like what’s this guy’s pROblEm and I just LOVE it. They’re the type of chaos duo that would get themselves into lots of trouble and make it double for both Winry and Al, (oh and for Roy too, who would probably have numerous headaches trying to put up with and rectify their shit)Plus, I really like Ling’s bluntness and honesty about things, it kind of mirrors Ed’s bluntness but in different ways. I sometimes like to imagine what Ling could have been like in 2003 and put in my own theories. What if he had met Ling’s alternate in CoS and stuff Idk.
7. ShesWin
Their friendship in 2003 is so wholesome and is kind of something I wish had made it to Brotherhood. I just REALLY like the moments they had together, from their quirkiness, to arguments about cooking, to tapwiring, to sneaking around in the military to literally everything, and I think that Sheswin is BEAUTIFUL okay
8. WinPan
I don’t have too much to say on this (since Paninya wasn’t a pickpocketer in 2003 so the differences would take longer to discuss), but Winry is a great inspiration to Paninya and their friendship is wholesome just like 2003! Sheska and Winry’s. All around great pairing. Also Winry’s fascination with Paninya’s automail is so cute.
9. AlWrath (2003)
Now this one doesn’t have a lot of context behind it except for in CoS, where Wrath literally sacrifices himself so Al can see Ed again, and I think it’s so heartbreaking. I just wish we could have got more screentime with them and some more of the dialogue with them from the script animated.10. Hyuroi
I especially like this one in the 2003 universe, which is noticeably darker, In Episode 25, Hughes came into Roy’s hotel room after Roy had been considering human transmutation and suicide, and honestly the scene was both heartbreaking and gut-wrenching to see Roy that depressed and torn up over the Ishval war and his guilt.
Even in 2003 and Brotherhood canon verse, I feel like Hughes is the type that would sit with Roy when he could tell he was caving, sometimes maybe Roy even called Hughes over because he just didn’t want to be alone. Sometimes, they would drink, Hughes going on about his daughter to lighten up the mood on the best nights and on the worst nights Hughes would say nothing because he already knew it wasn’t what Roy needed at the moment, that Roy just needed some company without words being spoken. Hughes seems to know Roy just as well as Riza, after all. He would know when and when not to joke.11. Some other pairings (sort of crack ships) I ship are Olivier x Roy, Olivier x Izumi, Russel x Winry, Fletcher x Mei, Selim x Elysia, Greed x Martel, and Martel x Dorchet. There are others but I’m brain dead atm.
Oh and DENNY x ROSS how could I forgET
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End of the Year Writing Meme
Yoinked from aurumdalseni, because she said grab it if we wanted to, and it looks interesting.
If you wanna do it too, please feel free! (& do blame/tag me; I'd love to see other peoples' stats! :D I’m about a thousand times more likely to see it if you tag batsutousai, though, fyi.)
Stats collected via AO3, because they have a handy system. (Sorry the part above the cut is a little long; I posted a lot this year. ^^; )
Stats:
Come What May -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, Darius/Ed/Heinkel, pre-RoyEd
Our Sinner's Redemption Extras -- FMA:B/manga, Explicit, Darius/Ed/Heinkel, pre-RoyEd
(In)Convenience -- FMA, Teen, RoyEd
A Clowder of Cats -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, gen
Reverti Ad Praeteritum -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, RoyEd, canon ships
Quiet Me ~ EdRoy -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, RoyEd
Zip Me ~ EdRoy -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, RoyEd
Call Me ~ EdRoy -- FMA, Teen, RoyEd
Wed Me ~ EdRoy -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, RoyEd
Offer Me ~ RoyEd -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, RoyEd
Drawn in Dragon's Blood -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, OC/OC
In the Middle -- FMA, Teen, RoyEd
Homecoming -- FMA, Explicit, RoyEd
Sparks -- FMA, Teen, RoyEd, background ships
Blood-Stained -- FMA, Mature, gen
Dragon's Gold -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, RoyEd
It's Raining Stair Rods -- FMA '03, Teen, RoyEd
Meow's the Time -- FMA, Teen, RoyEd
Gate's Design -- FMA '03, Teen, RoyEd
Dragon's Tongue -- FMA:B/manga, Explicit, RoyEd
Separate Paths -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, MaesGracia
In My Heart, In My Mind -- FMA, Explicit, RoyMaes
Holding Your Scarred Heart in Hand -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, gen
Forgiveness is a Gift -- FMA, Explicit, RoyEd, background ships
Dragon's Flight -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, RoyEd, MaesGracia
Van Wazir - Seller of Exotic Pets -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, pre-AlMei
In My End Is My Beginning -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, Ed/Slave 23
Pieces of Me -- FMA, Explicit, Lan Fan/Winry, IzumiSig
Family Dinner -- FMA, Teen, MaesGracia
Loyalty -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, Darius/Heinkel, Darius/Greedling
Never Just Curious -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, Darius/Ed, background ships
Pray the Sun Will Rise -- FMA, Teen, pre-AlMei, Lan Fan/Winry, RoyEd
Unlikely Circumstances -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, AlLing
Out on the Edge -- FMA '03, Teen, Ed/Greed
Clean-up -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, EdLing, EdGreedling
Colours in Your Eyes -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, RoyEd, AlMei, Lan Fan/Ling, background ships
Skin Deep -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, gen
Spirit's Fall -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, gen (technically)
Witness to a Shooting Star: A Spirit's Fall Side-Story -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, OC/OC
Break Me ~ Al & Truth: A Spirit's Fall Side-Story -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, gen
Sun Over the Yardarm -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, Darius/Heinkel, pre-Darius/Ed/Heinkel
Repaire du Diable -- FMA '03, Mature, Darius/Heinkel, Darius/Ed/Heinkel, Al/Marta
Burning All the Bridges -- FMA:B/manga, Mature, RoyMaesGracia
Undecked Halls -- HP, General, Harry/Voldemort
Edward Elric -- FMA, Teen, song rewrite
Fullmetal the Alchemist -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, song rewrite
Nuts -- Yuri!!! On ICE, General, Victor/Yuuri
I'll Follow the Echoes -- FMA, Teen, gen
Perennial Pleasures -- FMA '03, Explicit, Tentacle Plant/RoyEd
Our Lights Yet Shine -- FMA:B/manga, Teen, gen
Total number: 50 (nice, round number there, me)
Total word count: 766,413 (to be fair, both CWM & most of Reverti were written in 2015, ~400K words or so, so that's a little skewed; there’s also a handful of shorter-ish pieces that aren’t included, because unposted, maybe 20-30k worth?)
Ship/character breakdown: RoyEd (20 +2 pre), MaesGracia (4 +1 3some), DariusEdHeinkel (3 +1 pre), Darius/Heinkel (3 +3 3some), Lan Fan/Winry (3), OC/OC (2), AlMei (1 +2 pre), RoyMaes (1 +1 3some), Darius/Ed (1 +3 3some), and one each of: EdLing/EdGreedling, EdGreed, RoyMaesGracia, Harrymort, Victuuri, AlLing, Ed/Slave 23, Sigzumi, Lan Fan/Ling, Darius/Greedling. There were also 8 non-ship fics, and 5 with either background or canon ships.
Characters that had the main focus: A lot of Ed, but also a bit of Al, Roy, Darius, and May/Mei.
Specifics:
Best/worst title?
Best: I don't know that I really have a favourite. I like most of them, although I think I have a love/hate relationship with Perennial Pleasures. XD
Worst: Any of the ____ Me ~ Ship, titles. I went lame and just use the prompt for those.
Best/worst first line?
Best: The first thing Max noticed about Henry, when he opened the door, was that his little brother had finally given up on pretending he wasn't going bald. (From Drawn in Dragon's Blood)
Worst: Four days. (From Call Me ~ EdRoy)
Best/worst last line?
Best: Somewhere off to his right, Edward could just make out the sound of a little girl shouting in delight, and he grinned into the wind, breathing in the taste of freedom. (From Dragon's Gold)
Worst: Their path back ended up taking them through a brightly lit Christmas market, and it cheered him up a bit. Perhaps, he realised, he could still turn the evening around by getting Victor his birthday present. (From Nuts; it just feels so unfinished, ugh.)
General questions:
Looking back, did you write more fics than you thought you would this year, less than you thought, or about what you predicted?
I mean, I so DID NOT expect that many fics. But, comparing to past years when I jumped into a new fandom, this is actually pretty normal for me. This year (2017) is likely to be a lot saner, judging by past experience.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted last year?
Ed/Slave 23. Also AlLing. Both were kind of requests that grew minds of their owns, but neither of those ships were on my radar even a little before my muse made a grab for them. So. LOL
What’s your favourite story this year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you the happiest.
I'm gonna cheat a bit, actually, and pick two: Skin Deep and Colours in Your Eyes.
Colours in Your Eyes was actually a lot of fun to write, despite it being a really stressful time for me irl; I got to play in a trope I'd never really done before, and I had to do a lot of research for the Xing stuff, but I like learning new stuff like that, so that was cool. I also had a lot of fun working with my artists, passing back and forth ideas, which just made it more awesome after I'd finished. It's also one of the more polished pieces I posted, because I had time to reread it multiple times before posting, which makes me feel a lot better about it.
Skin Deep was probably the fic I stressed out about the most, because it was dealing with a world I'm only passingly familiar with, and the last time I tried writing a trans character, it bombed. But people really seem to like it, and I've got a lot of really grateful responses to it, so I love it a lot for that, for being something awesome for the people who needed trans!Ed, and for giving me a second chance to understand that segment of my community a little better.
Okay, NOW your most popular story.
Reverti. Holy SHIT. I mean, before it even finished it was topping the popularity lists on AO3 for the FMA fandom, and I think it's happy to stay there. LOL (It's not quite as epic on FFN, but it's still on the first page for most favourites and follows, which is pretty impressive, given it's almost 2 years newer than anything else. ^^; )
Story most underappreciated by the universe?
I mean, lol, the most recent stuff has the fewest kudos and comments and such, which is to be expected. Anything rarepair or gen is always going to get less attention than a big ship. I am a little surprised to see my Hyuuroi pieces so far down on my list, but I guess that really is a smaller corner of the fandom than I was thinking.
Story that could have been better?
I wish I'd had the time to actually END Nuts, but I didn't, and I didn't really want to rewrite the ring scene, but there had to be a better way to end it, ugh. Also, In the Middle could use a serious dose of being fleshed out; it's really just a summary of a fic, I think, but I don't know that I'll ever have the energy to write it properly.
Sexiest story?
Dragon's Tongue
Saddest story?
Toss-up between Holding Your Scarred Heart in Hand, and Call Me ~ EdRoy
Not Posted?
Oh, there's a couple partial pieces of fics that aren't on this list. XD The holiday card fics, for one. (Well, eight. ^^; )
Most fun?
I mean, those song rewrites, I always hear about people attempting to sing them. XD
Story with single sweetest moment?
Sweetest? Shit. Uh, I mean, probably Skin Deep or Reverti? They both had some pretty dark points, yeah, but when they went fluffy, they were serious about it. XD
Hardest story to write?
Spirit's Fall, probably? I was so excited about my original idea, but those last couple of chapters, especially, just dragged. Also, the song rewrites, a bit, because rhyming is just not part of my skill-set.
Easiest/most fun story to write?
Colours in Your Eyes was probably the easiest, because once I hit my stride, it went until the end. The Chimera-Dragons 'Verse, though, especially Gold and Tongue, those were both a lot of fun to write.
Did any stories shift your perceptions of the characters?
I mean, this was actually 2015, but working on the Our Sinner's Redemption series, I grew to really love Darius and Heinkel. They have such minor parts in canon, but I ended up super loving them, especially Darius.
Most overdue story?
The second part of Our Sinner's Redemption? ^^; Which I didn't get much work done on for NaNo, so people should not look for it any time the beginning of this year.
Published, though: I'll Follow the Echoes was written for the Fandom Challenge and I didn't even start on it until almost a month after the due date, whoops. ^^;
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
Skin Deep, definitely. (See above for more on that.)
What are your fic writing goals for next year?
Not to run myself quite so ragged over the summer, lol. I almost threw in the towel a couple of times, I was so stressed out, so we're not going to do that again. I can pick, like, two fandom events, maybe three. And if they're ship weeks, I need to not try to do a fic for each day, that was a bad idea. ^^;
That said, I'd like to do an event or two again, because they're a lot of fun, and they're a nice little reason to let my muse at prompts that I would otherwise do my best to keep him FAR away from. XD
I also want to finish We All Need Saving (OSR 2) in time to start posting it before the end of the year, maybe even work on the third part of the series, Dancing With the Devil, for NaNo.
I'd also kind of like to do fics to slip into holiday cards again next year, because that was a lot of fun this year. (Might end up just using the stats of who picked which fics from 2016 for what to write for 2017, though, instead of doing a poll. Although, if I announce a poll when putting up 2016's fics next month-ish, I might get a better response; it was posting the Harrymort fic that got most of the HP people's interest. LOL)
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