Words from the author

This is the first comedy I wrote so far. If you clicked on my profile, you will notice that the other three stories I wrote are tragedies. Well, I'm tired of tears and rains, so I want some laughter. This fanfic is inspired by the film, Taming of the Shrew starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. I was imagining Ed and Winry playing Petruchio and Kate throughout the movie.

I did notice that the readers find Ed a little bit too OOC from the reviews. I got to admit, it's true. Ed does have a hell of temper, especially when someone calls him short. But, he does have respect toward a woman since he's a son who loves his mother. But in the last chapter, it basically explains everything. I'll leave it up to you, I'm not saying anything more.

I know this fanfic offended the feminists. I am a feminist myself. When I read the play in back in high school, we had a discussion about that. This play was written in Elizabethan era, when the society was dominated by men. Of course, the way Petruchio tamed Katherine was praised by the audience because back then, a real man is a man who can teach his wife how to behave "properly". The setting of FMA is in the 1910s, when male domination still somewhat applies. But Ed does want to teach Winry how to "behave". He just wants to give her a chance to feel the appreciation of being loved. In the end, Ed is ended up giving everything that Winry wants. It's like the equivalent exchange: each of them gives in a little and gains a little. And that, my friend, is how many marriages get to work out.

Coming up next:

I'm going to keep working on "The Lost Queen of Egypt" because of my promise to those Atem x Anzu fans. I already have a plan for another FMA fanfic: "Winry Rockbell's Diary". It's another AU fic. Winry is a skinny country girl who comes to Central City as an automail mechanic in the military. Never been to the city before, she ends up spending her first night on the street. It was Roy Mustang who comes to her rescue. Winry thinks she meets the right man. Yet, then she encounters Ed, the Fullmetal Alchemist who always wrecks his automail. At first, she thinks he is annoying. Then, she finds him quite interesting. In the end, it turns out that Ed is the right man for her, even though he is short. It's another interesting Ed/Winry/Roy triangle. It will be a comedy.