10. Family

"Thank you daddy," Emily said as Edward slipped on her coat, "bye daddy, bye Uncle Al," she said and ran to Winry, "hi mom," she said happily and both females left.

"You could always…" Al started.

"I'm not going Al," Ed refused closing the door.

"But you…"

"Winry takes care of her," Ed said, "I'm staying with you, we're family."

"So are they," Al countered.

"Neither are my lover," Ed countered.

Al sighed.

Edward hugged Al and stroked his hair.

"We're one weird family aren't we?" Ed asked.

"Normal's overrated," Al said.

"You bet," Ed responded and kissed him tenderly.

Yes it is over. The Elricest is complete. There is still EdxWinry and EnvyxGluttony. Then the FMA pairing experiment is complete. Thank you to everyone who supported it and all those who've reviewed this story.

I had decided to do an experiment with the popularity of certain Fullmetal Alchemist parings. Below dates and explains the start to the end of this experiment.

Date: Wednesday March 7, 2007

Experiment: The popularity of different Fullmetal Alchemist Pairings.

So far: 'Brother' has proven that the EdxAl pairing isn't necessarily very popular. But I did find a new term for this pairing. Elricest. It's pretty cool and funny.

Date: Saturday March 10, 2007

m.t. dog has been the only one reviewing 'Brother' so far. But m.t. dog has proven to be a very dedicated reviewer and has even reviewed Naruto stories I've written at my request. So I'll say I've had some success when it comes to reviews for 'Brother'.

Next pairing experiment: RoyxEd. I've noticed that fics with this pairing often get positive responses. I guess I'll see how mine does.

Date: Saturday March 10, 2007

Started this from Wednesday but not finished. This pairing just doesn't interest me. It's too canon in fanfics.

After that: WrathxEd. One of the stranger pairing. Not sure how popular it is in the non canon (or normal) pairing arena.

Date: Saturday March 10, 2007

I finished this story early Friday morning. I started typing it today. It's titled 'Lust'.

Then: EdxWinry. The only straight pairing. Wonder how it will pan out?

Date: Saturday March 10, 2007

I've decided to move this down and do it after 'Not Lust'. Not sure of a title yet, but it's definitely a one-shot.

Surprise pairing: EnvyxGluttony.

Date: Saturday March 10, 2007

Thought this up after having Envy being attracted to a certan humulculus. It's not Gluttony. But this pairing comes up through rejection of said humulculus to Envy and Envy's past with Gluttony who has feelings for Envy. I started this story Friday and will finish it today. Like 'Lust' it's rated M. It's a sequel to 'Lust' and titled 'Not Lust.'

Date: Friday March 16, 2007

'Love or Lust' was posted yesterday and has proved to be the most popular of the pairings by acquiring 3 reviews in one day. The other (Brother) only got one review at it's initial posting and it only increased by being updated.

Date: Friday March 16, 2007 at 10:24pm

'Lust' has been posted. This will tell me how WrathxEd fics do around here. Well M rated WrathxEd fics anyway. The past fics have been rated T so far.

Date: Tuesday March 27, 2007 at 2:05pm

'Brother' has been completed and posted. This has been the most sucessful multi-chaptered story. Every chapter reviewed by m. and a few chapters also reviewed by other reviewers. But each only reviewed one chapter. This story was in itself a success and I loved writing it.

N.B. - Didn't bother with 'Not Lust' and finished FMA experiment after completing 'Brother.'