Fullmetal Alchemist Ficlet: Inseparable

[badly_knitted]

Title: Inseparable

Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Shou Tucker, Nina, Alexander

Rating: PG

Setting: Vol. 2, Chapter 5.

Summary: Shou Tucker can’t afford to fail his assessment this time…

Word Count: 333

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Comments

[cyberiad_queen]

That gave me chills. Just as much as seeing the episode did, which is saying a lot! I'd thought Nina was such a precious little thing, and when that happened...holy fuck. O.o

[badly_knitted]

I know, it's such a disturbing event, but the prompt fitted it so well that I couldn't stop myself. Shou Tucker was completely psychotic *shudders*

Thank you!

[cyberiad_queen]

I didn't even glance at the prompt; I was so curious about the fic itself. You're right; that was a perfect fit! Yiiiii... O.o

[badly_knitted]

That's why I love fic_promptly, there are some brilliant prompts. and of course we can write for our own prompts too =)

I need to leave prompts on the free-for-all post. I've noticed you leaving a few Doctor Who prompts here and there, can I be cheeky and ask you to consider leaving some author's choice prompts too? Fewer people seem to be leaving those at the moment and it would be nice to have some available other than the ones I post. So many prompts are in computer game fandoms.

[cyberiad_queen]

Yeah, I've seen a lot I'd like to possibly fill later, when something hits.

Oh, that's not cheeky; sure, I'll do that. :) DW is just the first thing I happen to think of, generally, lol.

[badly_knitted]

I've seen your first Author's choice prompt on fic_promptly - I like!

I think next week is Challenge week... No, damnit, it's the week after. Darn. I'm ready for it now! Well, I have to get caught up with other challenges first I guess. I know what I'm doing for fandomweekly, might get that written before I edit my beattheblackdog piece.

[cyberiad_queen]

:D

I think I'm going to make myself scarce during those weeks as they come up; that part sounds too complicated.

[badly_knitted]

Challenge weeks are pretty easy, there's a challenge each day and it's just a case of filling a prompt with a fic that fits the challenge. Some of the challenges can be pretty tough, but you don't have to do any of them and you can just write fills anyway. I like to challenge myself though. Contest Weeks, the challenges are easier but the task is to write as many fills as possible. I threw myself in at the deep end with both. it's fun and you can do as much or as little as you want. No pressure. It's supposed to be fun. If you have questions, just ask oneill - our mod is great!

[cyberiad_queen]

Well, I guess we'll see what happens when the next comes up. :) There are a lot of things I said I'd never do in writing...and I wound up doing the bulk of them, anyway.

[badly_knitted]

When it comes to writing, I've given up saying I can't or will never do something. I said I couldn't write drabbles, but I've written over 1000 now. I said I couldn't write for prompts, but I do it all the time now. I said I'd never write anything but Torchwood... One look at my journal puts the lie to that, lol! Never know what you can do until you try, that's my new writing philosophy!

[cyberiad_queen]

I was practically barred from saying "I can't", because everything I said I couldn't do, I ended up being goaded into doing (and apparently doing well). So I've given up on that concept, myself. And "won't" might as well not be in my vocabulary; at this rate, the only thing I won't under any circumstances write is sex.

[badly_knitted]

Yea, I used to say I wouldn't (and indeed couldn't) write sex scenes, but apparently Dee from FAKE took that as a challenge. I haven't written much (yet) but he keeps insisting that I write fun stuff for him to do with Ryo. I've written some minor stuff for Jack and Ianto, but it's Dee who is the ringleader. It's impossible to say no to him because he just digs his heels in and won't cooperate at all.

He's a fictional character, but he controls me, not the other way around. How is that even possible?

[cyberiad_queen]

Ugh, characters! They can be such divas! *rolls my eyes* Gotta love 'em, but they can be so controlling; don't cooperate with them, and they give you hell. When I started writing Cataclysmic Variables, I needed Eleven out in the rain, and he absolutely would not budge. I gave him Clara, and he behaved like a dream; he didn't want a drenching alone. The ones who've really pushed me around, though, are Clever and the Master. They're such egotists. They want that spotlight, and they don't care that having it wears me out.

[badly_knitted]

Yeah, they can be brats until they get what they want. Unfortunately, what Dee wants is Ryo - in bed or anywhere else. He sulks otherwise and won't do anything. Jack and Ianto are usually more cooperative, but Ianto, who claims not to be much of a talker, keeps wanting to have actual conversations with Jack. He's like "Hold on a minute, Jack and I need to talk this over first...We'll get to what you want us to do in a minute, don't rush us." *sigh*

[cyberiad_queen]

Haha! For all that they're in our heads, they're the ones with minds of their own. The lunatics taking over the asylum...

[badly_knitted]

Heee! Yes, definitely. I have voices in my head - fictional characters who tell me what to write, lol!