#fma roa

THIS HAS BEEN SITTING UNFINISHED FOR LIKE MONTHS 😭😭😭 NEXT SEMESTER IS STARTING MONDAY SO TAKE THIS MOSTLY FINISHED DEVILS NEST PIECE 💥

No officer, I do not often go back to the earlier volumes because I want to see more of the chimera gang (Greed too….. but mostly the chimera in those case lol)

Tagged by @ladytanithia

I actually have a few wips, both new and old. I’ll post the one I’m more focused on and the old/extra under cut

No I will not zoom in because the extremely early wip is also extremely painful to look at loll, so zoom out just makes it feel less shitty ig 😭

But yeah this is my current wip as I’m still redesigning the fma chimera just cuz. Currently working on Roa and probably one of the biggest changes is his hair (as usual with most of my redesigns). Idk I figured a braid would be cute, also A LOT of characters in fma have ponytails so this changes things up a bit loll. His pose has been giving me a hard time (hence the previous attempt behind it) but i managed to find some beautiful references so I hope they will save me loll

Alright, extra wips under cut

So this is, as mentioned, a fmab canon divergence fic, centers around greed and ling but with the unusual (yet perfectly written) twist that- ling is raised by greed?

YEP our favourite emotionally stunted homunculus has found himself the guardian of a strangely perceptive baby and now struggles to raise him whilst on the run from his own crazy family. Fluff, shenanigans, and a wee bit of angst ensue as we play catch up with the timeline and explore how lings presence changes everything, and also nothing, until certain events that have been planned for hundreds of years begin to interrupt their daily life. And also a pair of brothers.

So not only is the writing INSANELY GOOD, like holy shit guys im taking notes, and the characters motivations perfectly understood and fleshed out, everything feels organic and natural, but the level of planning used to make this au make sense is astonishing and worthy of multiple awards if I do say so myself. Truly one of the best, most well thought out fics I've had the pleasure to read.

Also, the way the characters impact each other and the butterfly effects that you begin to notice? Just. MWAH! I couldn't say anything that would make it better than just reading it.

Also: so. much. Greed. We get og rough and tough greed with the benefit of years of lings emotional intelligence, so he's really in his peak and nothing can stop him (*looks at canon*). Also, he's just fucking adorable, we get to see the sides of him that were undoubtedly there but just unseen in the show and manga.

OH YEAH this fic is based on the manga, not the show, which is a decision I LOVE and it makes so much sense, and I promise if you've not read the manga it won't impact your experience, it's only been noticeable in two scenes so far and the show and manga are already so similar.

Also, so much ling love, he finally gets to be himself without all the pressures of becoming emperor and has a real knack for getting in trouble, also ADORABLE LITTLE KID LING OUGH he's so sweet.