#but it's edgreed :D

[kattythingz]

Og team greed sillies, in MY fic? More likely than you think

[kiingleoturtles]

Been a hot second since I raided your asks, but I return with another edgreed song >:D https://open.spotify.com/track/14dvv7fZNjiibUCaFb2JUw?si=48b5cb759c4f4c8e The vibe is PEAK ch6 energy

Okay so after six attempts Spotify FINALLY properly loaded the song and it's a bop.

Also, uh, chapter six you say? 👀👀👀 We like the sound of chapter six.

[greedilicious]

if you like edgreed follow my @fuckyeahgreeded blog im starting it back up again! :D

[kattythingz]

Hey! Jokes on you I'm only answering on this blog :D

Last song: Play Nice by Jules LeBlanc (had that shit on LOOP when I was drawing my last Hades au Ed)

Fav color: I'm in constant war between red and purple. Depends on the specific shades I have to pick between, tbh

Currently watching: Doctor Who with the 15th doctor! His and Ruby's dynamic won me over instantly, even tho I know jackshit about Doctor Who as a whole

Spicy/savory/sweet: spicy my beloved

Relationship status: aroace 🔪

Current obsession: now that I've finally passed a certain threshold in ch5, my edgreed obsession has successfully resurfaced. It's kicked me in the stomach several times now!! :D Also edling too. And... Edward Elric in general. God. My fucking SON

Poking @kaethefangirl @ihatepannacotta and anyone else who wants to participate

Nine people i'd like to get to know better:

Tagged by: @bell-of-indecision, thank you so much for tagging me <3

Last Song: Gmfu by Odetari,6arelyhuman

Favourite colour: Dark red, violet, pink

Currently watching: Death note, ep6

Spicy/Savoury/Sweet: Spicy

Relationship status: Single

Current Obsession: Mbti types and cognitive functions.

Tagging: @somin-yin @a-cloud-for-dreams @axepen @hinsaa-paramo-dharma @basic-bitch-alkali @rhysaka @blackknight-100 @squishywizardd @reykalot

[kattythingz]

Banana Fish Red Elixir | Episode 1

Does this count as good fic pre-release promo? Edgreed as asheiji anyone?? :D

This particular "screenshot" (yes I made more than one for this stupid niche au, shut up) was a collab with the brilliant @sirchenchen! She did Greed's design, because she honestly does him so much more justice than I ever can. Check out her other art, or else 🔪🔪

Full character designs under the cut~

[kattythingz]

Fanfic Writer Interview

Why, @hijinks-n-lowjinks, husband mine, thank you for the tag! Ask and ye shall receive!

◆ How many works do you have on ao3?

25 currently, if you're not counting my old hidden works and the even older shit I have on ff.net.

◆ Your top 5 stories by kudos/likes:

Hhhhh. I have a feeling I know which one is first... aaaaaand I'm right. HHHHHH.

1. Mother(ghost) of Mine - danny phantom, phantom family (HHH)

2. A Crown with Gems and Gold - fma, edling (MY PRIDE AND JOY)

3. The (Un)Subtle Art of Staring - fma, elric bros (this is from when I hc'ed Ed as GAY instead of aroace. GOD THIS SHIT IS OLD, WHY)

4. Apple of Your Eye - sk8 the infinity, roleswap au (:D!!!)

5. What Sort of Imminent Threat - epic the musical, astyanax lives au (:D!!!! pt. 2)

◆ Do you respond to comments? Why/why not?

YES!! BECAUSE I LOVE GETTING LOVE AND THE VALIDATION OF PPL LOVING MY WORK!! For every comment I receive, I gain a life <3

◆ What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Errrr, this is a tough one. Even tho I largely write angst now, I've yet to write an unhappy ending (tho I've def fantasized of it lmao). My angstiest ending is an unpublished S.C.I. fic, but published... Apple of Your Eye, ig? Cuz I leave it kind of open if Adam is defeated or if he gets to traumatize Reki more haha.

◆ What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

Okay this is even tougher. Damn. I guess... By No Auspicious Day? I mean, edling literally get engaged. They're dorks. Yeah, that's the happiest one for sure.

◆ Do you write crossovers?

Definitely!!! I've got a young justice x fma crossover going on rn, and literally 99% of my other fma aus are set in other fandom medias lmao (hades, monkie kid, epic, hamilton... to name a few). I've also been contemplating a batman crossover where Ed and Mei (edling established) end up in Gotham and they meet the batfam while trying to get home 👀

◆ Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Errr, not quite hate but def some back-handed and passive aggressive comments. It got me to delete a fic once haha, cuz ppl lacked the reading comprehension to realize I didn't ask for criticism :)))

◆ Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

... So, I can now say yes to this. No, I'm not telling what ship. No, I'm never posting it under my name. Though I might clean it up one day skjvjkwgnw

◆ Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so? I hope not, anyway.

◆ Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope.

◆ Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Nope! I've listed a few fics as "co-written", but looking back on it, those weren't co-written at all. I did all the actual writing on those; I just overestimated in my head how much my friends at the time "helped" with my fics tho and wound up thinking "oh! i talked with them about the fic a lot, so they're co-writers!" No, babe, they're not. Recognize your own hard work and value plz.

◆ What’s your all-time favorite ship?

I honestly don't think I have one. Like yes I get intense hyperfixations and certain ships will be ALL I think about in the time, but that doesn't make them my favorite ever? My current fixation is edgreed tho lmao.

◆ What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Probably that one yunmeng prides fic i've got sitting at a pretty 16k in my drive LMAO. I just hit an awful wall with it and I KNOW I'll never have the energy to pick up from the point I left off. I'd have to rewrite the entire thing and... yeah, no.

◆ What are your writing strengths?

Emotional moments!!! I'd like to think I have a way with handling Big Emotions and the build-up that leads to them exploding! I've also been told a lot over the years that I'm pretty good at getting into my characters' heads, both the good and the bad 👀

◆ What are your writing weaknesses?

Action. Fucking ACTION, my god. Loathe that shit from the DEPTHS of my bones. Don't be fooled by my semi-decent results in fics, the actual process that's gone into any action scene ever has always been LITERAL HELL, SO MANY DRAFTS, TOO MANY FUCKING DRAFTS. If I could take action out back and shoot it, I would :)

◆ What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic?

For the love of fucking god, if you're gonna write ENTIRE dialogue and not just one line, do your goddamn research. DON'T JUST GOOGLE TRANSLATE THAT SHIT. IF YOU CAN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED TO SEE IF THE SENTENCE IS CORRECT THEN AT THAT POINT JUST WRITE IT IN ENGLISH AND SAY "HE SAID IN [LANGUAGE]". IT'S ESP ATROCIOUS WITH NON-LATIN-BASED LANGUAGES LIKE ARABIC (LOOKING AT YOU FUCKING ISHVALAN AUS).

(Edward Elric would NOT speak in perfect fancy-ass formal dialect, that nobody native actually fucking uses either??? He'd have the most EGYPTIAN ASS DIALECT. Hell, I'll take Jordanian too!)

9/10 times, we can TELL it's google translate, okay. It's stiff and formal and translates LITERALLY rather than contextually. And half the time it's also just fucking wrong. Languages aren't just your damn vehicles to make a fic ✨diverse✨, they're CULTURES. LANGUAGES ARE CULTURES, AND YOU ARE BUTCHERING THEM.

CUT THAT SHIT OUT, I AM BEGGING.

◆ What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?

OOOOH, Magic Kaito!!! I'd LOVE to rewrite a kaishin version of it where Shinichi serves Aoko's role instead! I'd also love to dip my toes into writing sth for conqueror of shamballa, because by GOD do I want Ed to be happy in Germany with Alfons and Noah. Do I gotta do everything myself???

◆ What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

Come on, you know it's Crown. You know. It's the canon rewrite of my DREAMS, exactly how I'd rewrite brotherhood if I was given the choice. I've got ANIMATICS in my head for this bitch, entire scenes, this is an ANIME in my head. I want AMVS FOR THIS MF. But that anime doesn't actually exist in a visual medium. And I cry.

POKING @sirchenchen @inthebluz @kaethefangirl @kiingleoturtles. Thanks again for the tag!!!

[kattythingz]

🍓🛼🔪🎨🍄 (I know you already got the last one but I'm fishing for more Edgreed)

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ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE

🍓 - how did you get into writing fanfiction? 

Answered.

🛼 - describe your latest wip with five emojis.

Hmmm, as far as ch6... 🏘️🔫🥀🧗‍♂️🍖. Enjoy figuring that out LMAO.

🔪 - what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

Hypnosis, all the way back in 2020. Only, I couldn't be satisfied with just basic research, cuz my project was pretty ambitious (it reached ~120k, tho I never published it lmao), so I took it a step further and decided to take advantage of my needing a college elective for the semester. And basically took a psychology class. As research. For my fanfic.

I was, uh. Pretty dedicated. The fic fell through, but the class was super informative and fun! I even kept my notes for it :D

🎨 - link your favorite piece of fanart and explain why you like it.

OKAY, THIS ONE'S A BREEZE. BEHOLD HERE AND WEEP BITCHES.

Not even exaggerating how this art changed my ENTIRE brain chemistry. The art style. The shading. The EXPRESSIONS? THE CLEAR DEVASTATION ON ED'S FACE AS HE TRIES TO COMFORT LING. This art single-handedly inspired most of ch3 of Crown, particularly the hug and how I wanted edling to have a moment exactly like that from it.

It's just. So fucking beautiful. God.

🍄 - share a head canon for one of your favorite ships or pairings.

WELL, SINCE YOU ASKED. I've mentioned before how I don't think edling are the type to get pettily jealous, HOWEVER. Edgreed is a different story. Greed is—well, Greed. He absolutely hates being ignored by Ed, and ESPECIALLY hates it when Ed ignores him AND gives others attention instead (my beta called it pigtail pulling and she's so right). Once they find their footing together, I imagine Greed is very touchy and basically takes every chance to have a hand on Ed. Tho that never stops him from eagerly showing off Ed as HIS possession.

(He literally just brags about Ed. A lot. He likes seeing other people be jealous of HIM for having Ed.)

Edgreed is just so delicious in that Ed's suddenly the sunshine in this dynamic (to a degree) and Greed is the grumpy lmao. It's brilliant.

[kattythingz]

For the ask game: ❌ 🎶 🤡

Ask and ye shall receive!! :D

🤡 - what's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh?

Ooooooh, excellent question! I do fancy myself a little funny in my banter, ehehe, and yeah I'm a loser that laughs at my own jokes sometimes. There's this moment in particular from another wip of mine (brownie points to anyone who can guess what it is. Hint: it's a revamp) that really gave me a kick:

“So glad that’s settled!” Ed yelped. “I’ll be going now!” “Oh, no, don’t rush on our accou—” “FUCK OFF AND DIE SINGLE!” Ed should’ve kept his mouth shut. While Mustang spluttered with satisfying indignation, Darius and Heinkel howled with laughter in mortifying tandem with everyone else, and Teacher made a horrible, horrible noise of understanding that had Ed’s feet stumbling before he picked them up to speed-walk faster than he ever had in his entire life.

🎶 - do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?

Oh, yeah, absolutely. Music while writing is a MUST on most days; I do get the rare case of being overly distracted by the music and thus writing in silence. As for what I've had on loop—Pricey by Kam Prada, oh my god. The song is SO painfully edgreed-coded (and greed overall), it was on the SPOT. I heard it ONCE and was obsessed. My Solaris playlists can't handle anymore additions, plz. (They can. If anyone has recs absolutely send them my way.)

❌ - what's a trope you will never write?

Omegaverse. Fucking OMEGAVERSE. Extremely sorry to my followers that enjoy it but I absolutely despise everything about this trope. From the social dynamics to the heats to how there never seems to be any nuance to them—all of it pisses me off to read. It's the first tag to get yeeted whenever I scroll through ao3. Again, super sorry to the enjoyers, but it's just not for me. It's really not.

Thanks for the ask!!!