Prompt 176, Arrogance, "The Sincerest Form of Flattery"

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Title: The Sincerest Form of Flattery
Author: Tiri
Series: Any
Word Count: 500
Rating: PG for language
Characters: Edward Elric, Alex Rivers (OC), mentions of Roy Mustang.
Summary: Alchemists are an arrogant lot.

A/N: A lot of pruning went into this. I don't know if I got across what I wanted to. I had a lot of ambitions for this; there's... a lot of

Comments

[sofipitch]

Poor Ed, Roy's subordinates are learning from him. Ed's worst nightmare. I really liked this, I thought it was very funny.

In the first paragraph, "Coronel" needs to be capitalized

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Ahaha, I'm glad you liked it! Roy can be a corrupting sort, at times.

And actually, no, the 'colonel' title, as with any title, is only capitalized when it precedes a name. 'Colonel Mustang' is capitalized; 'colonel' or 'the colonel' (unless there is only one colonel, I suppose, which there is not, and that's a grey area anyway) is not. I understand the confusion, though; I've had to look this up multiple times. owo;; No offense taken, and none meant!

[sofipitch]

Oh, I (obviously) didn't know that. Thank you for explaining why, now I know not to make that mistake.

[pedanticpigeon]

Hahaha, I liked this a lot. Serves her right!

[tirinkadink]

I'm glad you liked it! Ed certainly has a blunt way of letting the poor girl know who she can and can't tease.

[ssadropout]

I can't blame Ed for getting back at Alex! He showed a lot of control (for him). Even Roy would never tease him about or dispute his knowledge of alchemy. Poor Alex has a lot to learn before she becomes one of the gang. Nice work.

[tirinkadink]

xD Yeeeah, little Alex fucked up a bit, there. Ed doesn't take very well to ribbing of any sort, good-natured or not. Either way, though, m'glad you liked it!

[cornerofmadness]

Oh geez Alex, there has to be less volatile people to tease than Edward. good job.

[tirinkadink]

Yuuuup. I guess she figured that since Roy got away with it....

Anyway, I'm glad you liked it!