“I can only imagine how good it must feel up there, Hughes. Although, I’ll never be able to find out without all the support I can get.”
“There’s no doubt about that. You’re not very subtle, y’know. You’ve got my support. But you could’ve just asked me, it ought to be fun to watch and maybe your naive idealism might actually do some good.”
My whole piece for an FMA-zine from June, which had been unfortunately discontinued. I’m still very much thankful for it since it really pushed me out of my comfort zone!
Reverse Dad AU ( additional name: Royai is Canon Too Bad Roy Will Fucking Die. ): In which Roy Mustang is the nosy, happily married Family Man and Maes Hughes is the Cool Colonel™.
I can’t believe I wrote a whole page of headcanons for this AU. Thank you for @strawbebehmod aka the Anon who suggested this AU !!
Some or even most of these are inspired by the messages I got in my inbox so thank you to those who sent them. ❤
Roy Mustang snaps his fingers accidentally (while wearing his gloves)
What people think will happen: fire, death, destruction
What will actually happen: a small spark
Why people are wrong: they think Roy’s Flame Alchemy actually creates flame, whereas what he’s alchemizing is the oxygen concentration of the air. Alchemy takes concentration and intelligence so he can’t accidentally move air particles around to make the air so oxygenated as to be flammable. The finger-snap just ignites the oxygen. If the air is normal, it’s not going to ignite.
Extra fun fact: you can probably tell if Roy Mustang is about to set you on fire. The air will feel intoxicatingly easy to breathe because it’s pure oxygen. During the war, Ishvalans probably learned to GTFO if they felt heady and energized.
Extra extra fun fact: Roy Mustang doesn’t need to set you on fire to kill you. He can probably just remove all the oxygen from the air around you, and you’ll suffocate.
The point of this post: flame alchemy is both really cool and really simple.
The kicker: to use flame alchemy effectively, you probably have to visualize the shape of the oxygen cloud that’s going to form. This probably requires a lot of focus.
i was thinking about this again. 03’s characters really are very different from BH’s and it’s really interesting. Roy, Ed, and Al are all interpreted so differently that it’s very intriguing to analyze how they’re able to take a character and change them without erasing the original character altogether. it’s all just a flip in perspective.
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