#doreablack-potter

…hm, tough question…do you know anything about either of them so I can figure out what to tell you about?

( send me a ‘hi’ and I will put my playlist on shuffle, write down the first line of five songs and give it to you as a poem )

agreed!! her songs are so powerful!! listening to live like legends as i’m typing thiss!!!

element: fire // water // air // earth

season: summer // spring // autumn // winter

scent: lavender // roses // chocolate // vanilla // mint // rain // books // cinnamon // coconut // mango

colour: gold // silver // violet // crimson // midnight blue // sunset orange // baby pink // sunshine yellow // emerald green

stone: diamond // sapphire // amethyst // ruby // opal // emerald // pearl

following: no but ily // +f // yes

compliment: your desktop theme is so cool!!!! you are a queen :)

lily’s yours!!

I’m glad that you found out you were demi through Amy, I’ve actually had several people that told me they realized they were ace bc of her, which is all I could ever ask for.

aw that’s super cute!

LETS DO A LESSON ON THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW GOING IN:

*warning this is long

Fantasy Germany

All right, the biggest thing to know about FMA is that it basically takes place in Fantasy Germany aka Amestris and there’s a lot of references about Amestrians being blond haired and blue eyed as well as being ruled by a Fuhrer

The Ishvalan Civil War

Before FMA began and before the events in TGS there was a war called the Ishvalan War, this war is very important to know about because its why characters are the way that they are. 

Ishval was a region within Amestris that had a very different culture from Amestris (racism and xenophobia was a big thing in FMA regarding the Ishvalans) and Ishvalans are easy to spot, being darker-skinned, having red eyes, and white hair (this is important).

The war between the two began when an Amestrian soldier shot an Ishvalan child, which in turn exploded into riots and protests that eventually led into a war

Several of the main characters were involved in the war, and Roy Mustang is known in Amestris as the Hero of Ishval for his abilities in decimating the Ishvalans forces with a single snap. No one involved in that war was happy about it, and in the fic, Roy is a bit more blatant with his PTSD than Hawkeye or Hughes

Alchemy

In Amestris there is alchemy that is a bit similar to magic, if magic required certain seals to cause certain effects (not to say that it doesn’t, but in this context), these are called Transmutation Circles and are usually drawn on the ground, wall, wherever, with chalk

Alchemy is very important to the story, because it can cause very good things and very bad things, depending on what you’re into

Two 11 and 10 year olds just wanted to bring their mom back from the dead, aka on of Alchemy’s taboos, Human Transmutation

The effects of attempting Human Transmutation are very serious and important to the direction of where those two characters go

for having trespassed in God’s domain with Human Transmutation, the initiating alchemists are essentially called into The Gate of Truth to face Truth/God/The World/The Universe itself. Being pulled through the gate grants alchemists great alchemical and universal knowledge - in exchange for paying a physical toll which usually takes the shape of the body parts “taken” by the rebound - and the ability to perform transmutations without a circle.

Edward and Alphonse Elric

these kids are the main characters and the poor kids go through the Gate of Truth in the worst way. Ed comes out losing a leg and Al loses his whole body, so, of course Ed goes back in, drags out Al’s soul and binds it to a hulking suit of armor

In this world there exists a kind of prosthetic called automail, and its essentially limbs made of steel that connect to the nerves so Ed’s got two of those

Mustang and Hawkeye happened to be in the area when they find the HT circle at the Elrics and its after they meet them that Mustang suggests that Ed become a State Alchemist (what Roy is and what allowed him to skip several ranks in the war effort) because that would give him access to research materials that could help them find the way to get their bodies back.

Ed is an angry spitfire who happens to be a genius at alchemy on top of having a bad temper, and even though Al looks the most imposing as a suit of armor, he’s much sweeter and a lover of cats

Xing

Xing is basically Fantasy China and its across the desert from Amestris and where several later characters are from

The biggest thing you need to know is that Xing is ruled by an emperor and is made up of 50 clans. It takes a few weeks to get from one country to the other

Two of the characters Ling Yao and Mei Chang are half-siblings vying for the same throne and want the secret to immortality, the Philosopher’s Stone, which gets Ling into a spot of trouble with the Elrics in FMA

The Philosopher’s Stone

this is a bit different from HP, and initially there’s not much known about the stone, other than the fact that it destroyed the kingdom of Xerxes in a single night

how the Elrics saw that and thought ‘hey this’ll get our bodies back’ idk

Xerxes

this ancient civilization is where Ed and Al’s dad is from, the ruins are located in the desert between Amestris and Xing

no one really knows all that much about what happened to Xerxes, just that everyone was wiped out

its kinda like Troy in that aspect

idk what else is important for you to know

Major differences in TGS:

Ed, Al, and their dad Hohenheim are all poc because there is no way you can tell me that a civilization in the middle of the freaking desert is full of white people, no, sir, the sun allusions are many in this fic, from their skin, to the golden hair and eyes

Roy Mustang is a bit more parental (a bit, I say, A LOT) in the fic than in canon, while making jokes about Ed’s height, he’s ruffling his hair affectionately

Ed’s probably going to go up a rank in TGS tbh

Ed’s gay, like, very gay, him and Winry (the childhood friend and mechanic) are super gay

SOULMATESSSS

soulmates exist in this au and are platonic or romantic

Roy and Hughes = platonic

Ed and Ling = romantic

ITS EDLING AND THEYRE SO GAY

Lanfan is probably ace tbh and over them both

Marks fade when the other person dies, so if the mark lightens they’re probably dying

The Emperor is a dick

Ling and Mei’s dad used to have 50 kids, but people are prone to assassination in Xing, particularly when one heir wants to end up on top

I’m not lying, I have a list of 50 clans and the names of all the heirs and which ones are currently dead and alive

The Emperor also has the soulmates of his children killed which is why ninja keep trying to kill Ed and he’s confused/annoyed about it

The overall plot?

idk, I don’t think its going to be the same as canon, but there’s probably going to be some parallelism with the storylines, so their alike but not quite

omg and they were roommates!

Eventually Ed and Al are getting a place of their own in Central (to shove their books, Mustang, obviously, god, don’t be a dick) and I need Ling and Lanfan and Fu all living with them, making Ed’s life hell (between Ling kissing him senseless)

you’ll probably see them going on a bunch of missions in the fic while trying to figure out how to get their bodies back

Ed’s hatred of his dad is a thing, but he’s been seriously neglectful of his sons and Ed’s been raising Al since he was freaking five, he’s defensive of him…he’s a bit better in canon, but this is my playground

ED KISSING LING WILL HAPPEN EVENTUALLY