Prompt 215 : Divine "Lost"

[catw00man]

Title: Lost
Author: Catw00man
Series: PRE Brotherhood/Manga
Word Count: 250
Rating: PG
Characters: Roy Mustang
Summary: There’s no easy answer to find your way.
Author’s Note: I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for all the kind feed back I’ve received on these stories. It’s definitely keeping me motivated! :-D Hopefully I’ll get a chance now to catch up

Comments

[kyofujimiya]

Awww, a pre-story Roy! I liked that from his eyes at that time, he saw it as magic, especially knowing what he grows into. Also a cool take on the prompt!

[catw00man]

I'm so glad you liked it! This is actually the 4th (I think) in this series that I've been doing here weekly. ;-) As for the magic I could totally see people living at the edge of Amestris and working the land as not understanding or trusting alchemy at all and believing in what others might call "magic." I just thought it could be a cool twist for later. ;-)

Thanks so much for the sweet comment!

[kyofujimiya]

I've been a little out of the loop on this comm, so I missed them, but will go back and read them!

It's actually neat to see a background like this, because I always pictured Roy as coming from humble roots, like a farm, and only being exposed to the other side of things when he lives with Madame Christmas. It seems to help define his compassion. In contrast, I always saw Zolf Kimblee being born into money and acting accordingly.

Okay, done with head-canon babbling, sorry! I'm just really happy to see this. I will try to make time this weekend to catch up on the other pieces you've posted for it.

[catw00man]

I always pictured Roy as coming from humble roots, like a farm

I'm so glad I'm not the only one! LOL I've always seen Roy as so much more well adjusted than so many others in the story who have daddy or other family issues. The only way I could imagine this, especially if you go with the idea that the Madame is running a brothel or something like that, would be if he was greatly loved when he was little. Anyway, that's what I'm going with! LOL Oh, and as for Kimblee, I so have to agree!

Thanks again for the comment. I always love canon-babbling as you can probably tell! LOL

[ssadropout]

Once again, you have the emotions perfect. As I mentioned, I knew (believed though I was never told) that my mother was very ill, so her death was not THAT kind of a surprise. (It was still a shock.) So, I did not ever think that it was a mistake. HOWEVER, for years, I thought (and knew that it was fantasy), "What if she HAD to leave for some reason? What if they faked all of this? Will she look for me when I am on my own?" Anything to make it be untrue.

And the view of alchemy- delicious. Can't wait for you to pursue that!

[catw00man]

Thank you so much for your comment. I really do appreciate you sharing your personal experiences with me. It really does help give insight to Roy's character for me. Now that you mention it I can totally imagine how someone so young could have fantasies like that. I was actually working on an idea, not exactly on those lines but close. Hopefully I'll get there soon. The small work counts here kill me. LOL!!!

Thanks again and I'm so glad you're enjoying this. :-)

[capnhoozits]

Another nice installment!

[catw00man]

Thank you so much! :-D

[sofipitch]

This was... bittersweet, I guess would be the word. This piece was filled with emotion from top to bottom.

[catw00man]

Thank you so much. :-) For some reason it felt flat to me!

[sofipitch]

Not at all.

[cornerofmadness]

ooo clever take on the word divine. I really like this. poor Roy

[catw00man]

:-D Thanks! You know me, I always like to take the oddest twist I can on these prompts. LOL