epic 8

[branchandroot]

Chapter eight is here.

Ed Torture! In a cute way. Wow this was fun to write.

Ed: Have I mentioned that I hate you?

http://www.alltrees.org/hybrid/writing/FMA/ever.ch8.html

*snickers*

Comments

Kawaii!

[arete.livejournal.com]

That is one of the best reasons I have seen--well, beyond the fact that he's gorgeous like that--to have Ed's hair in a high ponytail. That just... kawaii. And the fact that *both* Al and Winry had the same look... I love that Mama Elric would have acted like a surrogate mother to Winry after her folks died. That devastating accuracy of someone who'd known him since he was one line was just great.

Re: Kawaii!

[branchandroot]

It's *all* sakki's fault; I can't visualize adult!Ed any other way anymore, so I had to come up with some explanation for the change...

And I really think Gracia probably has a soft spot for the Elrics, and motherhood is catching. Once she has a kid, a woman starts mothering everything that will hold still for it.

I like Gracia-san.

Re: Kawaii!

[arete.livejournal.com]

Hmmph... I think Gracia-san has been mothering Ed and Al since the very beginning, even before she met them--did Hughes or Gracia have the original idea for his birthday party? Not that it really matters, Gracia is definitely going to have a soft spot for the boys who stayed and helped (slightly) with her labor. She strikes me as a very astute woman, and the boys react well to honest concern... And wherever they go now, so goes Winry... hmm, perpetual motion machine perhaps leaning toward being a mechanic? She does seem to have an extraordinary set of good role models as honorary siblings: a National Alchemist, a highly trained alchemist, *and* an auto-mail mechanic. And all three would likely jump at the chance to train her in their fields... well, maybe not to be a National Alchemist, but Ed would probably have liked to have trained Nina to be an alchemist, and while Alicia isn't a replacement by any means, I think Ed sees the possibilities a bit more clearly this time. That, and Ed really loves being a big brother; him, Al, and Winry just interact well with kids.

Re: Kawaii!

[branchandroot]

Yeah, I've posited that Alicia is very taken with being able to take things apart and put them together, which makes her a natural for Winry-nee-chan.

They *are* all remarkably good with children, aren't they?

[annotated_em]

[purrrrrrs gently]

What a lovely thing to find on my afternoon break! ^___^

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

OMIGAWD!!11 *kidnaps Ed in his new white coat* AUGH! SO EFFING KYOOT! *trails off into incoherency*