epic 9

[branchandroot]

Rollin', rollin', rollin'...

On to chapter nine. A fairly short one, this time, introspective and character-sketchy, Roy pov *pets Roy*

http://www.alltrees.org/hybrid/writing/FMA/ever.ch9.html

...I miss having people to argue with. To argue the *right way* with; it's a very field specific thing. English majors, for example, generally freak out the Sociology and Psychology people who wander into our classes. Nothing anyone says afterwards convinces them that we really *weren't* about to tear each others' throats out. The Philosophy majors, on the other hand, infuriate absolutely everyone else in the wide world. It's all great fun.

I need to crank out the damn diss and get back where I belong.

...which won't stop me from writing chapter ten today.

Comments

*snicker*

[arete.livejournal.com]

Edward Elric had invaded Roy's house.
More precisely, Roy's library.

And Roy becomes far more aware of Ed mentally and physcially... I like how Roy yearns to go back to research, but squashes that feeling down.

Re: *snicker*

[branchandroot]

If Roy was a State Alchemist before he was twenty-three, he must have been a bit of a prodigy himself. And he must have had drive to make it. I've always kind of wondered whether he misses the research part, since it's my own opinion that he stayed in the military after Ishvar out of some moral conviction that he could prevent something like that happening again if he gained enough influence.

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

So what's your take on ex-psychology majors who work on an English degree while living with a philosophy type? :-)

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[branchandroot]

Oh, well, you're obviously deviant...

*hugs*


...er. Are you actually... reading this story?

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[jimhines.livejournal.com]

I admit to a great deal of curiosity, but lately I've been spending all of my reading time either working on a novel manuscript I want to finish, or working on edits on the other novel manuscript, which the publisher wants back by the 20th. So I'm afraid not... Why? Should I? :-)

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[branchandroot]

Not necessarily, I was actually mildly surprised you might have chosen to do so. It's good fangirl material, after all, lots of boys hooking up with very little canonical basis. Great fun.

[marmalade-girl.livejournal.com]

Very nice! I like how subtly Roy is coming to realize that Ed isn't just Ed anymore. ^_______^