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    Quirks aren't what you think they are.

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    Esdras Al-Ridha is born in 1899, in his mother’s family home. His birth certificate, when it’s written a month later by Dr. Yuriy Rockbell, will declare his name Edward Elric. It will name his mother Trisha, and it will say nothing of her white hair. It will say nothing of the blue desert sky he first opens his eyes under, the way he is passed to relative after relative and is held and blessed by each.
    (Even before the war, tensions are high, and hatred is brewing. Tirzah holds her newborn son, with eyes as gold as his father’s, and pale-sun hair halfway there, and she decides that if Ishvala wants him hidden, then Tirzah will not brand him where his genes have not.)

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    27 Jun 2026

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    Ed and Al as Ishvallen and all the ways that complicates thing, especially as Roy and Riza are directly responsible for their mother's death. Told in pieces and snippets, there's a dull ache through the whole story about coming to terms with grief and hate and loss and the terrible reality that is alchemy and Amestris.

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    Where the loss of ignorance is more valuable than the knowledge gained, and Edward figures out the source of alchemy a lot sooner than before.

    "Edward has cockroaches under his skin and leeches in his veins. He's vibrating and bursting and his body is too small, too big, doesn't fit quite right. He needs Al to know - needs to tell someone, anyone, but he will cut out his own tongue before he burdens anyone else with this knowledge."

    (Now with a TV Tropes page!)

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    26 Jun 2026

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    Edward has cockroaches under his skin and leeches in his veins. He's vibrating and bursting and his body is too small, too big, doesn't fit quite right. He needs Al to know - needs to tell someone, anyone, but he will cut out his own tongue before he burdens anyone else with this knowledge.

    Ed trades innocence for knowledge at the gate, because a limb isn't enough for a brother. It makes him even more terrifying, even more determined, even more angry, even more aware.
    Just such a good read that stays in the mind long after finishing.

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    What would Game of Thrones have been like with a strong, empowered Sansa?

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    17 Jun 2026

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    This series is in many ways the most realistic look at the sort of non-romance that Sansa and Tyrion would have for a long while, and how they could eventually come to an understanding and care. The politics are sensible, and each part of this trilogy reads in a very comforting tone despite the subject matter. A neat read!

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    C-3PO accidentally saves the galaxy by teaching a young Ani Skywalker how to crochet.

    Or in which the power of love and crafts solve a lot of problems and the Jedi Creche is about two inches away from kidnapping Anakin at any given moment.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    Anakin learns to crochet, and it saves the universe.
    Quiet, soft, hopeful. Just lovely.

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    “People always talk about how bad the surgery is,” Ed told Hawkeye, “but you never hear people mention how much it sucks to have fifty pounds of metal hanging off your body. Bolts in your bones.”

    “What’s happening?” Mustang asked sharply, turning toward them with his clouded eyes still lingering a few feet over their heads. “Hawkeye? What’s Fullmetal doing? Is there something wrong with his automail?”

    Ed flicked the lighter again, waited a little more patiently this time, and inhaled. Then he gave Hawkeye a nod, giving in to the inevitable. The only reason Mustang hadn’t figured it out already was probably because Ed didn’t do a lot of... this sort of thing. The comfort thing. Mustang liked people to play into his expectations.

    “Edward came out to smoke opium,” Hawkeye said at last. “He says it helps with the pain from his automail.”

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    13 Jun 2026

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    Ed, and pain management, after the end of the series. Well researched and a great character study!