Masters of War (FMA, Hughes/Roy)

[thedeadparrot]

Title: Masters of War
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: PG-13/R ?
Pairing: Hughes/Roy
Summary: One hundred days of the Ishbal Civil War
Feedback: The best thing evar. Flame away, even, if you feel like it.
Disclaimer: Don't own anything. I make no money. Etc.
Notes: Follows the manga canon, mostly, as I know in the anime that Hughes wasn't

Comments

[laylah]

Oh.

Oh, wow.

I -- guh.

This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in this pairing, delicate and drawn out and lovely, a wonderful look at how they became friends (and more) and how the war affected Roy....

Great stuff. And I love the decision to split it up into these little scenes -- it really works well to cover the time they spend there, giving us just the moments that are worth remembering.

Wow.

[thedeadparrot]

Thank you. I'm glad you like it.

The idea of writing tiny pieces of a fic and then sticking them all together to create an entire whole is one of my favorites. You can mix together the important and unimportant events.

I also love writing war!roy because he angsts a lot and has denial issues. I like angst.

[wednesday_tea]

GUH.

The ending. Wow. Implications. Wow.

This was so, so, so well done and well told. Good Lord.

[thedeadparrot]

Thank you. I know I've done well when I've got two "wow"s in one comment. ;)

[arisato]

Oh! "It's Raining". Definitely their little thing. And Bob Dylan! That alone has my eternal adoration. :">

Really sweet, very nice and clean in the style, but gritty in context. Thank you for sharing it!

[thedeadparrot]

Thank you for commenting. :)

Bob Dylan love, yay! I adore his music so, and I think "Masters of War" could pass for being a folk song in the FMA universe. Hopefully.

I'm really glad that I managed to get the sort of grit and war of Ishbal acrosse, because I was sort of scared that I didn't manage to capture that enough.

[arisato]

Haha, it certainly fits the setting of the story, at least! Funny thing being I was halfway through the Eddie Vedder cover of that song when I stumbled onto the fic. Ah, fate! :">

You needn't have worried, the grit was just fine. Sandy, even. :)

[thedeadparrot]

Really? You were destined to read this fic, OMG.

[wanderingwidget]

wow, very nice ^^

[thedeadparrot]

Thank you. :)

[ex_saraswath377]

OooOOooo.

I love the very simple writing - even the not-list parts of the story read like lists, and it just works very well.

[thedeadparrot]

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. :)

Of course, that's what every writer wants to hear, that their writing reads like lists. ;) I know what you mean though. It strikes me as very Roy to be economical in his thoughts.