Tbh, fma03 would be interesting bc it’s a universe where Ed becomes his mother not his father really.
and coincidently ed’s sin in 03 is sloth, aka Trisha!!
33 notes
·
View notes
Happy birthday!!!! More FMA!
He’s fucking tired.
In Xerxes, he’s Van Edris. In Xerxes, he’s the son of a former slave, having narrowly escaped being born into his father’s fate by virtue of him being awarded freedom by the time of his birth. In Xerxes, he’s an uncommon commodity, an alchemist with a skill that hasn’t been seen since his father fucked off to who knows where.
In Amestris, he’s Edward Elric. In Amestris, he’s the son of Trisha Elric who was born free and died free because while there are lots of different forms of freedom, in Amestris there’s one that everyone shares. In Amestris, he’s unknown and unremarkable and no one gives a fuck about what he does.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” he says flatly.
This is what he gets for visiting his father’s country. It’s just fucking unfortunate that the really good alchemical texts are here.
He should have let Al (Van Altun, as they know him, even though the two of them having been using their Amestrian names almost their whole lives, regardless of what country they were in) do it. They’re not nearly as weird about him.
Pakor is alright, as far as kings go. He’s freed a lot of people, is poking at the laws of ownership that has governed his country for centuries to see if he can do anything about them without getting beheaded for it. He’s also known Ed since he was a barely able to walk, back when his father still made court appearances and brought the family along with him. Former slave against most talented alchemist in the country, and people tended to politely ignore the former. Hell, Ed’s been counting on the same thing since he was twelve.
Of course, now it’s coming back to bite him. People say he’s a genius, but if he was really smart he would have stayed far, far away from court. Like in Amestris, perhaps.
“You’re fluent in both languages,” Pakor says, coaxing.
“So are you,” he says accusingly. “We’re speaking Amestrian right now!”
Pakor sighs and switches to Xerxian. “You also speak Xingese and Drachman. You’re a difficult man to keep secrets from.”
“I’m also Amestrian!” he shouts. “And free, might I add! You can’t sell me off to slavery just to get some intel!”
“It’s not like we’ll brand you,” he says, affronted, and Ed is reminded that alright for a king is still pretty shitty. “We just need someone to do a little – double checking. To ensure the situation in Amestris is as it’s advertised.”
“You want to gift me to the Fuhrer to spy on him and you’re, what, just hoping he doesn’t notice that I understand everything and know everything and am, oh yeah, one of his citizens? I’ve been to Central before! With my luck, I’ll get recognized the first day here and then run out of Amestris! And, again, Amestris doesn’t have slaves! The leader of the country really can’t have one.”
Pakor sighs. “You’re very dramatic, Edris. It won’t be so bad. Here, I’ll say you’re my personal slave and that you’re on loan. It’ll be for cultural exchange purposes. He speaks Xingese, so you can communicate in that language without letting on you know Amestrian.”
Ed pinches the bridge of his nose. “This is a stupid fucking idea.”
“If you do this,” Pakor says, “I’ll give you the key to the royal library.”
Ed slowly lowers his hand, eyes narrowing. “I’ve been asking you to let me in there for years.”
“I figured I’d need to bargain it away eventually,” he says. “I was hoping you’d marry one of my daughters for it.” Having even light court obligations is bad enough, he’s in no way stupid enough to marry in. “You’re very difficult, you know. I’m your king. I shouldn’t have to bargain with you.”
“Tough shit,” Ed says, because Pakor may have known him for nearly twenty years, but that knowing goes both ways. Besides, he can’t piss him off because then he and Al will stop reparing all their shit bridges and infrastructure. “Fine. But if I lose my Amestrian citizenship over this, I’m going to be pissed.”
“Noted,” Pakor says brightly.
Uhg.
It doesn’t help that everything he’s heard about Fuhrer Mustang makes the man sound insufferable.
485 notes
·
View notes
edward trying to look all awesome and dramatic but his hair keeps getting in his face
its hard being a cool kid. its hard and nobody understands...its fucken WIMDY.
[Image Description: A digital drawing of Edward Elric's bangs blowing into his face from the wind. A little "ack!" is next to him. End ID.]
232 notes
·
View notes
I was re reading FMA, and I just noticed that Paninya was actually in the panel where Ed gets swarmed after winning the arm wrestling contest in Rush Valley
ayyyyyeee yeah there she is! I found her twice actually!
we love some foreshadowing!! 👏👏👏
30 notes
·
View notes
Fires a yurification beam at your narilamb
WELL SHIT HERE YOU FUCKING GO!!!!!!!!!
IVE BEEN THINKing about how mine would look like AND HONESTLY they kinda hard to figure out a design for without making it look Not Like Them yk 😭
BUT for the most part they stay pretty much the same, including Lamby's pronouns! (they/them) <3
ONLY DIFFERENCES ARE:
- Narinder (Narindra? Narina?? (ptbr speakers do not laugh- /j) ) has lower-lid eyelashes and eyeshadow cuz we love a goth woman in this house 😌
- Also a choker cuz we love goth women in this hous- (this one I based on @/circuscountdowns' design for their own yuri narilamb sobs)
- Lambert (Lambrina?? Lambreta??? Yes Ik the latter sounds funny hi) would have longer hair but usually tied up to a ponytail
- Also top scars for them cuz I said so! :D
170 notes
·
View notes