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Steel Ink II

Chapter 1: What Goes Around

Summary: The flattering cursive on the dark black font stood out against the pale skin that barely saw the light of day. What on earth was he thinking!? Is that supposed to be Roy's last name?! How could such a common word be butchered!? AND ON INK!?!? Oh fuck, the ink! He cheated on Des!! She's gonna kill him— or worse… JUDGE HIM.

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I drew all the pictures in advance! Do you feel identified yet?

I know a lotta people prefer waiting til fics are complete because let’s be honest, I also hate waiting, plus why invest in a fic that may never be finished after being betrayed so many times even when the fic was genuinely good and it’s been literal years since the last update and all I want is for Ed to be happy after going To Hell and Back— I’M NOT IN DENIAL, YOU ARE!!

COME BACK, AUTHOR!!! I NEED TO KNOW THE ENDING!!!!!

P L E A S E ! ! ! ! ! !

Anyway, I might be posting one chapter a day because of the pre-drawn art and the whole thing just got beta’d.

You’re welcome.

Steel Ink II

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Hello! I went through your blog and quite like your art style, and I saw you mention something about a sequel to a series, Steel Ink 2? Where can I see that and its predecessor? Is it a text piece or a visual piece?

Steel Ink is a saucy royed fanfic I wrote last year. I (and I'm assuming others) liked it so much I expanded on the au for the lols both visually and in written form.

It's in AO3 and the sequel will be out shortly.

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RoyxEdxDes

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I wrote more

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FMA... BUT—

Ed has really long hair and his clothes are oversized

Al is condescendingly sassy

Roy is addicted to coffee

Winry has more muscle definition

The Truth speaks like it's quoting stage directions

Everyone picks on Envy because "he knows what he did"

Tucker beats a dead horse instead of making chimeras because what's the fucking difference, convention goers with unoriginal jokes to jab at Ed cosplayers with!?

Lust keeps bringing up her Lord and Savior, Father Leto

Izumi is a wine mom

Bradley desperately wants to be a comedian but his jokes are hit or miss and the staff thinks it's awkward

Riza makes Hayate do Roy's work and it somehow actually gets done efficiently

Falman is ambiguously older than he leads on

Everyone roasts Ed, especially Al... Especially Al

Edit (warning: extra cursed!):

Armstrong has said "Hasta la vista, baby" at least once

Olivier is into S&M but accidentally mixes her hobby with work but literally nobody notices the difference

Ed gets mistaken for a girl by strangers at least until they hear his shrill voice

Hughes burns through several camera films a day like: "And this is my wife giving birth, and this is my daughter right outta the womb, and this is my wife punching me in the face for sneaking the camera in the delivery room, and this is me with a black eye holding my newborn, and this is my daughter 10 minutes ago, and this is my daughter 5 seconds ago, and this is—"

Father is actually very lonely but can't stand his family just like everyone in every family

Cornello used the power of the "philosopher stone" to enhance his preaching ability... by freestyle rapping.

Hohenheim is always drunk

Dante had a stepson kink

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Roy: I love you.

Ed: You love me? That’s weird.

Roy: Why is that weird? I love you very much.

Ed: Because I’m insufferable?

Roy: No, you’re not. I suffer you just fine.

Ed: You’re an idiot.

Roy: I love you.

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Who likes insane deep dives into the psychology of a character?! In ThE fOrM oF a SLoW bUrN fAnFiC!!??

Ex: internal spiraling, third person monologues, disorienting and rushing thoughts that go back and forth in the mind, desperate justification vs primal instinct, raging emotions stemming from a love triangle and all that jazz!

Also I'd like to point out that I'm experimenting writing a Character x OC fic—

Don't leave!

You don't trust me to write realistic people and situations involving characters you love (as well as one of my own)? 🥲

I'm a good writer, I know how to Trojan Horse my OC's into stories! You care enough about Despond, don't ya? And those who (for some reason I don't understand) read New Kid, Londra definitely tugged at your interest enough to not put the fic down. That alone is a victory for me. And honestly, I was testing the waters at how well I as a writer would be able to convince readers to care about her, an OC.

And it worked.

I'm aware of the stigma that comes with writing OC's into stories. Hell, I hate OC fics as well because of the general bad rep with the poor writing(?) and whatnot so I steer clear of them. But just because it has "OC" in the tags doesn't make it bad or should be seen as the ultimate sign for "DO NOT READ!"

Good writing is what gets you hooked. You're there for the story, not just the characters. I don't write cardboard cutouts, I write people. People with feelings and emotions. People who feel pain and anger, love and joy... Lust and loss.

And I think I'm really good at it >:c

Except when it came to New Kid. We don't talk about New Kid.

C'mon, everyone, or at least the 12 of you who hang around here! R e a d my OC fic that I'm working on once it's ready to come out after it's pre-written!—

Whaddya mean you're still not interested!?

Ok fine, you drive a hard bargain.

See how high my rates are? I'm a valuable(?) artist ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Don't you wish those prices were... slightly more affordable?

I'm offering a whopping unstackable 50% off coupons for art commissions in every chapter to whoever can analyze what's happening properly.

My writing is subtle, most people can't seem to figure things out or it just sails over their heads which kinda makes me sad because it misses my point— but ANYWAY! Solve the metaphors in each chapter and I might just draw whatever you want 👁️👄👁️ for the most part... at a slightly cheaper price.

So? Will you take this gamble when it's time? (¬‿¬)

PS Just saying, this shit won't be out for months, I'm just gauging interest.

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This is what perspective training looks like with a little tweaks here and there

I’d love to give you the context but it’s funnier watching you come up with your own theories.

I’d fill in the environment more but it’s based on my kitchen so nah.

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Steel Ink II is fucking unhinged. I love wholesome dirty comedy.

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Me at 6:

My teachers: I think he's neurodivergent.

My mom: *takes me to numerous child psychologists*

The psychologists: Your child is normal.

My mom: I don't know what their deal was. I wouldn't have minded if you were neurodivergent but just because you follow their rules and don't talk when they scream at y'all to stop talking because you're there to learn and not make friends doesn't make you neurodivergent. You're just following rules.

The new psychologist: While I don't see a major concern so far, you're very well put together and have been an absolute delight talking to. You're withdrawn and reserved but I did notice your anxiety and symptoms of very moderate ADHD. I really think you'd do well with medication if you'd like. I myself have ADHD and the meds have done wonders for my focus.

Me my whole life: *can't make eye contact, can't fucking focus, easily traumatized, hyperfixates on fictional characters, learned how to emote from cartoons due to little contact with humans, rocks in place, brain talks like it's reading a script and literally saying "that's not part of the script" several times a day, and has a constant feeling of dread*

Me: Well, if it quacks like a duck 🤷🏼

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I'm doing something stupid and I need to be stopped. I need y'all to stop me. Like why ain't y'all stopping me? I'm writing too many projects at once. That's not how I work. Y'all need to stop me. What's worse is that they're OC driven which makes me happy because it guarantees that nobody will read it. Stop me. STOP ME.

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Ed: I did everything they said a kid couldn’t do! I made it to the Gate, I beat the Truth, I rode the portal and I brought Al’s soul BACK!

Father: Alright, we get the point—

Ed: So yeah, I’m a kid! I’m also a goofball, a wing nut and a Knucklehead McSpazatron!

Father: What’s going on here?—

Ed: But most of all, I’m…

Father: Ok, settle down—

Ed: I’m…!

Father: Take it easy!

Ed: I’M…!

Father: What the H E L L?!

Ed: I’M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!!

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Edward is a dick to Winry, doesn’t deserve her, and EdWin in general is just a glorified situationship forced to be canon. You can’t change my mind.

Here’s my 13 reasons why in no particular order. Don’t @ me.

1. She’s literally the “girl next door” trope.

2. As one of the only constants in Ed’s (and Al’s) life, most of their time together can just barely be classified as a situationship more than a friendship. It’s just always fucking awkward watching those two interact on screen and the second-hand embarrassment is inescapable.

3. Being childhood friends, they would’ve known about each other too much to love each other imo.

4. They are friends but they barely have time to be.

5. Ed shows up with broken bits, bugs her for progress updates for 3 days straight, then bails with no explanation other than “I have to fix shit”. On top of that, I’d also be mad if my client was constantly ruining my hard work so her frustration resonates with me on a deeper level.

6. Winry is reduced to a shut in and when she’s onscreen she’s stealing her pseudo boyfriend’s money on trips to supply stores ONLY because it was on the way to wherever Ed was going.

7. She’s ALWAYS waiting in the wings for a man that may never come back… from his 5th gap year.

8. Ed has no highschool diploma, no college degree, no job, no house, no car, and somehow managed to finagle himself a bride? That’s a little too hopeful for my opinion.

9. While there’s technically nothing wrong with being a house husband, if anything, he’s been demoted from Hero of the People and Savior of Mankind to Trophy Husband of a hard-working wife. If that’s what they’re into then more power to them.

10. While she’s allowed to have her preferences (I myself would not date a guy shorter than me), she felt no attraction to him until after the growth spurt. From a narrative standpoint, you’d want to side with the hero and it does feel a little superficial coming from her. Again, nothing wrong with that.

11. It was a dick move to keep her on lockdown before he went traveling abroad. Didn’t even give her time to date someone else or find herself even though it was pretty obvious what she was meant to be. Putting a ring on a woman and forcing her to wait longer for you is just a dick move.

12. Them getting married felt forced as fuck when they had so little chemistry and even less room for their “relationship” to develop.

13. Ed had more chemistry with his co-stars than his own love interest and 03 knows this.

Edit: Ed and Al did fight over who would marry Winry once when they were like what, 4? 5 tops? They would’ve grown out of that crush phase. And because Ed was 12-15, the adults would tease him about Winry especially when Hughes says Ed “seduced his mechanic” and Riza flat out saying “because you love her”. It feels more like he may have been gaslit by the people around him and it may have made him think “well this is what’s expected of me, right? It’s only fair after all the trouble I caused, right??” It’s just a personal theory but my point stands, after all, he vehemently responded with “no, we’re just friends” (I would be flustered too if I were in his place tbh). He could’ve been made to believe there was something there that wasn’t there at all.

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Father from the flask but he's voiced by Plankton