So I was like 'oh yeah double update tomorrow' to one person and then promptly forgot . Sorry... I love you all! 3
Guest: Honestly it's more about the perception of his gender than anything else, but I did consider making Envy female again just because it worked so well. I figured there was no real reason to though, relative androgyny functioned well enough. (I'm assuming this is Violetlight because of this - sorry if that's unfair or if I'm wrong, but it's kind of a trademark of yours XD)
The story behind the idea for the circus AU is actually a fun one. I started writing a story years ago about a schizophrenic acrobat in the 1920s, which turned into a musical. (It was...weird.) And when I put down the 'Tightrope' prompt I was thinking about balance, but then I remembered about that story. A lot of elements from that story/musical got incorporated into this, including the suicide (attempted suicide in the original) in front of an audience.
Fun thing about AUs, I don't have to think about things like that - but yeah, 2003 more so anyway. Think about those breakdance moves! And if you look closely you'll see that 2003-Wrath shows up too ^.^ Thanks for reviewing!
94. Sketches
Al knew he'd never known everything about his brother. It was impossible to know everything about a person, that was just a fact. So when he found the folder, he was fully prepared to be surprised.
He'd never known Ed could actually draw.
Sure, he'd seen him do a few silly cartoons every now and again, like his representations from Lab 5. And it shouldn't have been a surprise. Even if Ed hadn't had to draw transmutation circles, they'd had precision drilled into them for so long that it would be hard to forget it.
But...these were so much more than precision.
With a sinking in his stomach as he flipped through, Al recognized the subject.
Sketches of long, slightly matted hair, tangling into distinct threads across bare shoulders and stomach - sketches of long, slender, untouched hands gliding along naked skin and thighs - sketches of a rumpled skirt, too-short top pushed up even higher, headband askew -
He'd never known Ed could pay so much attention to a human, or almost-human, body, especially a male one.
Sketches of a face halfway through distorting itself, on one side a twisted, Puckish, beastly boy, the other a beautiful girl with soft, brown hair and doe-velvet eyes.
He'd never known Ed could love somebody who'd caused so much hurt, done so much wrong -
He still didn't know whether he was looking at dream or memory, curiosity sated or growing, still-life or imagination -
Al closed the folder with a sigh.
There were many things he would never know about his brother. And far be it from him to pry through a dead man's fantasies.