Yes! Finally, this is done and ready to post!
Yeah, so, I'm excited, (hopefully) you're excited- we're all ready for this! I'm gonna shut up now, but look to the bottom for some Important Notices.
Even though most of these are pretty short, I hope you enjoy!
1) Beginning
In the beginning, there was an office. It sat unused, empty, cold and lifeless as life went on beyond its locked maple doors.
And then, one day, its doors opened, and in stepped a young man. Dark eyes scanned the room with mild interest, a tired smirk twisting his lips ever so lightly. Yes, this would do quite nicely. Five small desks and a sixth larger one that sat in front of a large window, giving a nice view of the parade grounds outside. Five subordinates; a perfectly crafted, hand-selected team of specialists in their respective fields, a team that would help him straight to the top.
But for now, he'd start at the beginning.
See? Tiny. But, that's the point of this challenge (to myself), because I usually tend to ramble on and on (as shown in many of my author's notes as well).
So, as said in the title, and the summary, and in my profile (where the promise of this story has been sitting and waiting forever), this is my take on the 100 themes challenge by LooLa on DeviantArt. Every one of these has been agonized over and rewritten and brainstormed until I was brain-dead, and all of them, of course, center around our favorite Flame Colonel.
Now for the important stuff.
1. There will be absolutely NO YAOI of ANY KIND, in any of these one shots. ESPECIALLY not RoyEd. The relationship those two have is so complex- part father/son, brother/brother, and part commander/subordinate- and they have a complete lack of respect for each other (or at least, that's what they say/show most of the time) that somehow never crosses the line of 'too far' and doesn't completely ruin their dysfunctional little almost-friendship. I've never seen anything like this before in anything, and personally I think adding romance into all of that detracts. Some people may think otherwise, and I really don't care. I won't diss your ship if you don't diss mine. I'm willing to keep an open mind on these things (in fact, I'll even read the occasional RoyEd story, as long as the pairing isn't overpowering. I like to focus on plot more anyways, most of the time), and there are some well-written yaoi fics out there. Just don't expect anything like that here.
2. I use Roy Mustang's backstory as stated in the manga, because they never really go into in the first anime (or Brotherhood, sadly), and it's so interesting. It's so well thought out, and I think knowing his past definitely adds yet another dimension to Roy's character. I'd recommend looking it up, or better yet, reading the manga itself, to better understand a number of drabbles to come.
3. Actually, I tend to use a lot of elements from the manga, even for the anime-verse ones. Things like the existence/influence of Xing, the Briggs Mountains/Northern Wall (and Olivier Armstrong xD), and Xerxes (though obviously that won't play the same part in anime-verse). No real major influences, though. This is more if you don't have any idea about anything in manga/Brotherhood-verse, and are wondering what exactly I'm talking about. Yes, I like to preach the manga's supremacy in a lot of ways, but I absolutely love both anime, so don't judge!
And, that's about it. Apologies for the length, but I figured it'd be best to get this out of the way now. Individual chapters may have additional warnings (spoilers, rating change, etc.) so please do read at least that much of the author's notes. Other than that, happy Easter weekend, people (I start school again Tuesday *cries*).
See you next Friday!