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[booksrgood4u]

I just finished Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 27 - what a ride it's been!  It's been a while since I got as swept up in a series as I have with this one.  I should probably start off with an apology and a thank you to Leng, who recc'ed the series and who I told repeatedly that I didn't like manga.  Thanks, Leng!

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[mander_lee]

Hehe, yeah, I actually didn't figure it out until a year after I've started playing around with CSS. =P

I think when Lan Fan shows up again to beat up Gluttony, it was actually Ling who was in control of their body rather than Greed, because Ling can sense chi and Greed couldn't so they switched. So I don't think that his suppressed reaction is because Greed is preventing him, because he's actually in control that time. I was disappointed too, but they *were* in the middle of a battle, so maybe there wasn't much opportunity for it. (I also find other people's headcanon for this moment really interesting, because some of them think that Ling was feigning non-interest in order to avoid having Greed also become interested in Lan Fan. =P)

I really like political intrigue like QT has, and I think Lan Fan would gain a lot of admiration and respect if she was able to help Ling work out a crisis or something. So my headcanon is that she does something super cool to bring world peace in Xing, and every one becomes more lenient in having the Emperor marry Lan Fan, at least as a wife from the Yao Clan. And then Ling can just continue refusing others wives for the rest of his life. =P

XD Yeah, I wonder too.

[booksrgood4u]

Yeah, I think it was Ling when LanFan originally showed up, but even after that, everytime she said 'My prince?!' I was expecting Greed to lose control because Ling was fight so hard. I didn't think too much either way of his reaction, because, like you said, they were a little preoccupied. But that's an interesting thought - I'm sure Ling got quite an insight into Greed's personality all those months sharing a body, so he'd know if showing an interest in Lan Fan would set Greed off. At the end, when Greed said that all he wanted, all along, was 'friends like these,' it made sense why he always seemed to be dominant around LanFan, because he wanted what Ling had in LanFan.

Ooh, so your headcannon is similar to mine - I also thought that she would gain some sort of respect from the Xingese people that would help them overlook her low birth. I wonder what kind of political thing she could help with....Any thoughts?

[mander_lee]

Lemme see if I can find the fanfiction that I read about it: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7223280/1/Lex-Legis. The author is actually one of my favourite LingFan writers, but she abandoned most of her stories. In 'Dirge', there's this confession scene in the last chapter that I absolutely adore, because I really think a confession from Ling and Lan Fan would go exactly that way.

Hmm... I don't have any specifics, really, just sort of a blurred idea that she'll do something awesome. Let me see if I can come up with something. Well, as his personal bodyguard, she's pretty much already involved with a lot of court stuff since she'd follow him everywhere. I don't exactly think she'd get credit just for saving Ling from time to time, because that *is* her job, so she'll probably have to do something that's a little out of her usual job description. Maybe spying or uncovering a conspiracy against Ling... maybe saving Xing a la Mulan! Haha.

[booksrgood4u]

Oh, yeah...didn't really think of that, but come to think of it, the old Greed was always going on about women, and having all the women he wanted, so I'm sure he was shall we say 'interested' in LanFan. That was a good story - loved how Ling turned it around on Greed, and said Greed could have everything Ling ever had from LanFan.

Huh...I think that whatever she did, Ling would have a large part in making sure everyone knew...She's so quiet, even if she uncovered some conspiracy or some such, she wouldn't make a scene. But Ling would probably jump at the chance to sing her praises XD

[mander_lee]

Hehe yeah, it's really strange where a fangirl's mind would take her. I didn't think of it until I started reading fanfictions. Apparently Greed/Ling/Lan Fan is a popular love-triangle ship. =P In this respect, I was sort of glad that Greed died, even though he was the best homonculus, because you know how I hate love triangles. =P

Oh yes, you're right. Ling would have to back her up, and probably act as her publicist! He'd announce it to the entire empire, and probably make it a law for Xingese education to include Lan Fan in it. XD