Memes!

[harmonyangel]

I feel like doing some memes! Because classes are done (mostly; one more lecture tomorrow that I don't have to pay attention to totally doesn't count), and I don't feel like starting final papers tonight

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Ed first, kiss later

[harmonyangel]

(Keeping in mind that I've only read the manga through volume 24 and have not seen any of the anime

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[likeadeuce]

Re: 3 -- I'm now imagining that Roy takes Ed out for a drink soon before Ed & Winry's wedding (they TOTALLY get hitched before Roy & Riza do) and Roy is all, "Watch out about having KIDS because you and I both know what shitty parents ALCHEMISTS are," and it's sort of a joke but also serious and Ed listens to him for a while and then is like, "Yeah she's pregnant, dumbass, but your timing is as good as it ever was." But Ed & Win have worked through stuff by that point. Roy, well. . .

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[harmonyangel]

Awwwkward, emphasis on the "awwww."

"Parents" being an abstract concept for Roy probably doesn't help, either. How do he and Riza eventually decide to have a kid?

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[likeadeuce]

Well, in my head it's all tied up with getting to the end of their redemption arc, and being like, "Oh, hey, we won and we changed for the better and we didn't go to prison but also nobody WANTS OUR HELP running their civilian government. Unaccustomed optimism + need for a new project > temporary insanity leading to reproduction. But there's a reason they just have the one.

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[harmonyangel]

That makes sense. Whereas Ed and Win actually DO want kids, and finally worked out their issues, but possibly didn't time the actual conception very well.

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[likeadeuce]

Right. Once they actually realize it's what they want, they are not super observant of formalities. I recall Ed's parents weren't married at all?

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[harmonyangel]

Oh, really? I don't remember that but I don't doubt it.

I imagine that Winry keeps working right up until the moment the contractions start, sending Ed into a complete tizzy, because Winry is supposed to be the person who can HANDLE these things, and now she's on the other side of it!

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[likeadeuce]

I think it's part of the explanation for why the kids are named Elric instead of Hohenheim, but I might be misremembering the phrasing. Not that I think Woenheim is Ed's role model, but it also suggests nobody would find it all that scandalous.

I think i had this whole brainstorm around the idea of Roy & Riza giving their kid the last name 'Hawkeye', and Ed would be like, 'Yeah, my parents did that, of course, that was because Dad was going to TAKE OFF AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.' And Roy's like, 'Dude, whatever problems I'm going to have as a parent, it won't be THAT.'

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[harmonyangel]

Roy is going to give his child psychological complexes through his PRESENCE, not his ABSENCE.

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[likeadeuce]

To their credit, both parents are WELL aware of this issue in advance.

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[harmonyangel]

I'm sure poor Liz is REALLY comforted by that.

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[likeadeuce]

"So you KNEW how fucked up it was going to be for me, growing up in this country. WONDERFUL."

To be fair, she totally gives as good as she gets. It's the Mustang in her. And, well, the Hawkeye in her TOO, but nobody ever admits that. Riza's such a sweetie, and, also, if you cross her, she will cut you.

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[harmonyangel]

Resulting in a child who will basically just cut you.

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[likeadeuce]

But she can be surprisingly charming while she does it.

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[harmonyangel]

This is why she needs Elysia: someone who is charmed, but who is also willing to say, "Um, honey, maybe you DON'T have to attack that dude for asking you a question?"

Re: Ed first, kiss later

[likeadeuce]

Hugheses are good for that kind of thing.