#the parents of edward and alphonse elric

[dyingroses]

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood + text posts and stuff

[somesonofabitch]

[sidewalk-cracks]

Ok roy's gotta have some sort of bizarre, innate sixth sense for knowing where the elric bros are. I'm only around episode 30 but this man has just driven up to them multiple times now and told them to hop in the car. Like there's only so many explanations. Did he drive around intentionally looking for them for like, 45 minutes, getting increasingly frustrated that they just wouldn't appear on the side of the road, and then when he finally finds them he hastens to act all cool and collected to hide the fact that he was having some violent road rage not even ten minutes ago? Is it some insane luck, where he doesn't intentionally look for them but always ends up seeing them when he's out driving, so he picks them up because why not? Or does he intentionally look, and he just has some bizarre instinct like "yeah I should probably turn left three blocks from now" and he does and sure enough, there they are??

Now a few times he did this I think was because plot fights were happening and a getaway was needed, but there has also been multiple times where the only seemingly discernable reason is because he wants to drop them off at home?? That's legit all he does in "the 520 cens promise". dude just pulls up and is like "get in". Forget any possible excuses of "I need to talk to you about confidential plot relevant info and it's safest to do that while constantly moving around in an enclosed space with just us". All I hear is "You're out past your curfew and you didn't text me where you were so I came to find you and make sure you got home okay". And if that isn't protective parent behavior then idk what is.

[brobiwan-kenobi-412]

absolutely obsessed with some of these fma screenshots i have in my camera roll

[wakkoroni]

FMAB Incorrect Quotes/Scripts: #2

Slight context: the Elrics are missing

Roy: I want those kids found now scout the area, leave no stone unturned

Solider: but sir it’s dangerous

Roy: I don’t care I want my children back to me

Soldier: yes sir

Riza: should I get the adoption papers ready

Roy, realizing what he just said: I don’t have time for games

Riza: I’ll put it on standby

[katharinedraws00]

“Oh great, rain.”

Just a silly thing because been a rough time for me so here’s some parental Roy with his boys

Hope you like it :)

[awesomedurraworld]

“ and just like that, the King was able to take his wife the queen back home and live a long life together.”

Hey!! Long time no art post hehe, I introduce to you my papa mustang art, with baby Ed and Al sleeping into their cozy beds! You might remember me talking about it since late July! It has been finished since August but tbh I got so busy so here I am heh 🤷🏻‍♀️

I will post the close ups tomorrow! But can you spot the hidden details and toys in the drawing? Let me know if you found anything 👀

[imorphemi]

My favorite scene from Aria of Pride and Deceit written by @asthmaticbee, I read through this fic twice yesterday its so good and sooooo fun! Love love loveeee all the dynamics between Ed and the rest of the cast especially with Al and Winry, I can't wait to read from Al's perspective oh man

[discocandles]

i'm by no means the first to say this but there should be no reason that alphonse elric isn't allowed to swear in FMA:B.

like at the very least he should be allowed to swear at ed. esp if he basically never swears at anyone else. it would make their confrontation after the first fight with scar hit a bit different as well

[obligitory-fma-blog]

I watched the second fma Netflix adaptation. Here’s the best of my notes:

They had the whole fma original soundtrack to use for this movie and tHEY DIDNT??

Purification arts of Xing?? Just call it Alcehestry like they do in the show?? (No I didn’t spell it right I was noting stuff as I went and didn’t look it up)

Okay the weird pause before Lan Fan pulled out the smoke bomb…

ITS AN ACTUAL BOMB?????

Lots of weird pauses and slow-mo’s to mimic anime fights but it reads weird as live action and I don’t like it

HUGHES THANK FUCK PLEASE MAKE THIS LESS WEIRD

Wtf never mind hi envy with your shit ass wig (I forgot they killed off Hughes in the first one 😭😭)

LAN FAN BODIED HIM LMAO

Ed really be like “you do you ig”

“Yeah people exploding today!” Is my favorite line so far. (English Captions with Japanese audio; this was the train hijacker guy from fma 03)

Ed’s expression when Mustang shows up is the most in character thing I will say that (after train stuff)

I will say they did better on characterization this time around I feel like they’re close to the actual characters

But it’s hard to get close to them since they aren’t, well, animated characters. Trying not to judge too harshly.

Not terrible so far actually

Okay nevermind about the cgi WHAT IS WITH XIAOMEI

“I mean, we’re just some decent human beings.” -Ed who wanted to leave Mei behind

GO OFF MEI YEAHHHH TELL HIM THE BITCH

Okay we’re gonna have a really awkward explosion-over-short moment that just will not work because it isn’t animated

GIRLIE ARE YOU HAVING A SEIZURE

Mei being a bitch back is warranted

They be running

“You’ll never catch me, tiny rice man!” -Mei (rice man?)

The dialogue being altered where Ed says he doesn’t have a god to pray to before scar kills him bothers me

I like Alphonse’s movements on the ground when he’s incapacitated, I think the cgi works well there

Hi Mustang good on you for saving your pseudo sons

Riza with the side eye lmao

The slowmo’s again like hello

ARMSTRONG HIIIII You look really fuckin weird tho But HIIIIII

Okay the flexing I can do without thanks it looks weird

Yes Breda why is he shirtless

The red eyes don’t look good either. (For scar)

N ow see why wouldn’t you put in a leitmotif for the brothers theme in this scene with Ed and Al and instead just put in sad piano that sounds vaguely similar to it

WHERES THE LINE ABOUT THEM BEING BROKEN BUT ALIVE WHY WOULD YOU CHANGE THAT

Riza being the best and putting her coat over Ed >>>>

Mustang go comfort your son’s PLEASE

Okay just ignore that I’m on the found family train

Girlie that looked like a bad PowerPoint presentation WHY WOULD YOU DO IT LIKE THAT?? (The part where the officer shot the ishvallen child)

Gluttony… hi… again…. Can’t wait for your cgi…. (It didn’t look as bad tbh)

Sorry but with the military uniform off and just the white collared shirt he looks LIKE A DAD LIKE CMON (Mustang)

“You’ve grown… at least I think.” -Hoenhiem, observational genius

“I think I like this scene better than canon a bit actually? Cause Ed gets to express his emotions more than just calling him a bastard

Okay Hoenhiem just ignore him??

Uh oh they have to walk back together

“Our hair matches :D” -Hoenhiem

Ed immediately takes his out of the ponytail

Im not gonna lie I chuckled at that

Also I love seeing Ed with his hair down we don’t get enough of that

“stop following me” -Ed

“we’re going to the same place? 😥” -Hoenhiem

Okay we’re talking about Xerxes instead of Ed and Al’s mom or…?

And the bitch is gone

YOURE GOING TO XERXES WITH AUTOMAIL YOU DUMBASS YOURE GONNA OVERHEAT

Ooooo love the look of Xerxes ruins

Awwww Winry’s parents :D we get more of them

They’re gonna die tho and I hate that :(

This is gonna be so hard wrenching actually-

GIRL IM GONNA CRY

5 minutes into Central and you’re already causing trouble, good job Ed

Al I feel like has the weakest characterization so far in this adaptation he’s just reacting to stuff rather than doing stuff as far as I’ve seen

Scar when Winry is having a breakdown🧍

Ruhroh Winry’s got a gun

Okay the slowmo makes more sense here

Ed saves the day :D

Also we finally see scars brother after getting no context on him

Good acting on Lan Fan’s part

Also why is this calling her Ran Fan? Is that a dub thing (they called Ling “Lin” but this was all in the captions so I’m confused)

“King Bradley is a Homonculus” very serious Ling “hUh.” -Ed

Any Mustang and Hughes content is good Mustang and Hughes content I don’t make the rules

Also it’s good they didn’t change the layout of Riza’s explanation montage for Ishval because it works really well in canon and translated pretty well to live action

Riza and Roy’s speeches near the end >>>

Oh great the bros are gonna try and catch scar alone this can only end well

Well they definitely didn’t catch him

WINRY HOW TF ARE YOU HERE??

MUSTANG WHY TF ARE YOU HERE???

Oh hi Riza :D

Mustang’s like “let ur gf speak to him if she wants like damn”

Ed’s like “bb girl if he says anything shitty I’ll fight for you”

WINRY GIRLBOSS LUV HER

“Hell no I don’t forgive you for shit, but I’m gonna patch you up anyway.” -Winry

Okay cool message, someone must endure pain if it means they can prevent further suffering and cycles of violence

Uh oh Gluttony escaped

He be runnin

YEAH ED AND AL SAVE UR DAD

YEAH SCAR SAVE WINRY

YEAHHHHHH

“Wait I won’t leave you behind” MUSTANG BEING A DAD AHEGWIWNWN

“Colonel your fight is elsewhere” SCREAMING

Oh hi envy

ED SAVINF LING

and they got eaten lmao

Yay we’re all trapped in Gluttony’s stomach :D

Envy is so cynical what a bitch lol

“Tf is a portal of truth 🧍” -Ling

Oh great we’re gonna get cgi envy this will go well right?

EW

Could be worse but

EW

Conclusion: it was okay. There were parts I genuinely liked. There are things that also bug me to no end. The soundtrack from the original series would’ve fit way better and a lot of times it sounded like an off brand marvel track. Acting and cgi was a lot better (at times.) An improvement on the first one, and a semi-worthwhile watch if you have nothing else to do and you like fma. Cannot and will never be a substitute for the original obviously. Seems like less of a cash grab and more of a genuine effort this time which I appreciate. Overall? 6.5/10

(Lemme know if y’all want my full notes version because it has way more of me screaming and being goofy)

[griseldabanks]

48 for Ed and Al, please?

(Upon further discussion, changed to 37.)

Let Me Count the Ways ask game

Note: This in in the same AU as this fic.

Prompt: "Now what?"

They should have been home already. Ed paced up and down the living room, trying not to pay attention to the rain pouring down outside the windows. He didn't pull the blinds down, because every time he rounded the coffee table, he looked out the window pointing up the street. He would see their headlights as soon as they turned the corner.

Oh, how I wish for soothing rain

All I wish is to dream again

My loving heart lost in the dark—

Ed whipped his phone out of his pocket. No Nightwish today.

No sign of life did flicker

In floods of tears she cried—

Nope. Not Blind Guardian either.

I can't feel my senses

I just feel the cold—

Maybe Seventh Wonder would be better than Within Temptation. But as soon as he tapped on the Mercy Falls album, he remembered why he rarely listened to them. The shriek of tires, the crash of metal and glass....

Cursing under his breath, Ed ripped his headphones off and tossed them onto the couch along with his phone. But that didn't help much, because now he could hear the rain pattering loudly against the windows all around him.

They were late. Why were they late? What was Riza doing, dawdling around like this? Didn't she know they had karate this evening? If they were late to practice, Izumi-sensei would give them an earful and probably just make them do push-ups all night....

He rounded the coffee table again and banged his shin against the corner. Letting out his juiciest swear words and hopping around, clutching his right leg, did little to stop the throbbing pain. And then he landed wrong on his prosthetic foot and tumbled to the ground.

For a minute, he just lay there, still clutching his bruised shin and staring at the dust bunnies under the couch. This was so pathetic. He was pathetic. Nothing but a cripple who couldn't even walk around his own house without falling over. He couldn't even listen to his music without his heart pounding, or look at the rain outside without thinking of that day, that horrible day when he lost everything important to him....

No. Not everything. He hadn't lost everything...yet.

Al and Riza were out in this. Roy...well, who cared about Roy; he could just go and get soaked. But Al...maybe he'd been too scared to go outside in the rain. Maybe he and Riza were stuck in the therapist's office until the rain let up.

Or...maybe they were on the road. Cold rain showering down. Windshield wipers going as fast as they could. Then the shriek of tires, the crash of metal and glass, blinding pain....

Ed surged to his feet, staggering slightly as he got his left leg under himself. His heart pounded in his ears, but not loud enough to drown out the sound of the rain, and his ears were ringing because he couldn't seem to draw enough breath, but he could still hear that rain, and what if Al could hear it too, so much louder than this, and what if—

The grumble of the garage door opening jostled Ed out of his spiraling thoughts. He sucked in a huge breath and hurried into the dining room, ready to throw open the door to the garage himself, just to be sure....

Before he could reach it, the door opened, and there Al was, safe and sound, coat wet but otherwise no worse for the wear. Immediately, his eyes met Ed's across the room, and they immediately knew what the other was thinking. Al had made a beeline for his brother, knowing perfectly well that Ed was home alone, unable to think of anything but the thousands of ways everything could go wrong.

Al opened his mouth and said, “B-B-Brother....”

Ed stared at him for a moment, heart still thudding loudly in his ears, and then he collapsed in a heap on the floor again, a huge sob bursting out of his mouth. Al was there in an instant, tossing his coat onto the floor and kneeling in front of Ed, pulling him into a hug.

Ed drew in a huge, shuddering breath. “Al...?”

“S-Sorry...Brother....”

That voice in his ear was the same one he knew so well, exactly as he remembered it, but he hadn't heard it in so long. He'd wondered if he would ever hear it again.

And that was why Al was apologizing, in stuttering stops and starts, voice choked with tears. As if any of this was his fault.

Ed hugged his little brother back, tighter and tighter, and rested his head against Al's shoulder. The tears came thick and fast, but for once he didn't care. He had his brother back.

Al was sniffling too, and after a few moments, two more arms wrapped around them both. Ed hadn't even heard Riza come in from the garage, but she was here now, and she was crying too. What a mess they all were.

Riza's fingers stroked through his hair, running down his braid and then back up to his scalp again. Her hand didn't feel quite like Mom's, but...it was something. The way Al leaned into her, the tears of joy she shared with them...it felt good. More than good.

Ed wasn't sure how long they'd all been sitting in a heap in the living room when a key turned in the lock and the front door opened, letting in a chilly gust of wind. The jingling of keys, the rustling of a coat hung up on a hook, the thump of wet boots kicked off by the door, were all familiar sounds. Welcome ones, too, Ed realized. Fancy that.

“Hello?” Roy called. “Anybody home?”

“In here,” Riza called with a wet laugh.

“Why are you all sitting there in the...dark?”

Ed didn't look up, but he could feel Roy standing right behind him. Great, now he would know Ed had been crying....

He felt Al look up, and even without seeing it, he could feel the smile on Al's face. “J-J...Join us.”

“Al! You're...You're....”

Al nodded, and then Roy flumped down onto the floor with the rest of them, his big, strong arms wrapping around all of them at once. He let out a disbelieving laugh, quickly followed by Riza's breathless chuckle, and before they knew it, all four of them were laughing and crying in equal measure.

Sitting here in a heap on the floor, with the rain pouring down outside and his brother in his arms, Ed felt something he hadn't felt in a long, long time. Something...warm and safe...something like...home?

When their laughter died down and they all drew back a little, wiping their eyes (even Roy), Ed looked at Al. “Now what?”

Al thought for a moment, then turned to Roy. Taking a deep breath, he said the longest sentence he'd spoken in years. “C-Can I...can I c-call you...D-D-Dad?”

[dyingroses]

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood + text posts and stuff

[sure-to-lure-someone-bad]

By the way if anyone has any fic recs for Ed and Al slowly learning to trust Roy and Team Mustang, I would really appreciate it. Like, I would kill a man for a slow burn found family parental roy mustang fic.

[amestrian-idiot]

Roy being a parent >>>>>>

[watermelonwrites]

I did a thing! I literally have not written in 2 years, I may be rusty lol

[aldrendaux]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Parental!RoyEd - Relationship, Alphonse Elric & Edward Elric, Alphonse Elric & Edward Elric & Nina Tucker Characters: Edward Elric, Roy Mustang, Alphonse Elric, Nina Tucker, Shou Tucker Additional Tags: Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Snow, Snowball Fight, sometimes these super angsty characters in a very angsty show just need to have some fun, let's just pretend nothing bad is right around the corner, Salt and Light Series: Part 74 of Till I'm a Hundred, You Idiot Summary:

Edward's hands seemed to move of their own accord as Mustang passed. Everyone froze as the snowball collided with the back of Mustang's head in a loud SMACK! Mustang stood where he was, unmoving, for several seconds that extended into eternity.