Thank you! I've read this one time and again myself, trying to work out how to present the rest of the story and explain the central mysteries in ways that make sense. This project, frankly, got a lot bigger than I expected it to at first, and I think I've finally got a handle on it--and solved a few nagging details that had to be addressed before I could plot the rest of the story.
Anyway, thanks, and I hope you'll enjoy the next bit!
Oh, and Feral Mustang is on hiatus, but not forgotten. My co-conspirator and I are both up to our elbows in other projects, and batting around the plot...but we will get back to writing it.
I am so curious about what the Ishbalans want. I like the Elder.
Second mirror Hoho increasingly creeps me out. He did a bit before, but now I notice it. He's so hard to read. Does he really want to help Hughes or does he have ulterior motives? I increasingly suspect the latter and then the question is, are those motives good or bad?
The Gate scene in the first mirror was excellently crafted. I really felt the out-of-place/everyplace nowhere/everywhere quality of the Gate in that scene. I liked the Elric rescue scene afterward, too.
Hoho is meant to be just a little ambiguous as yet, yes. He does have something of his own agenda, and he's not told Hughes everything by a long stretch...but that's about all I'm going to say on the matter for now.
Glad you got a kick out of the Gate scene! That's one of the crucial moments in the story...and Elrics-to-the-rescue was fun to write.
So, now Roy has seen pieces of other realities, though this happening at the Gate is not as strange as it is happening to a dreaming Alphonse. Mirror 1 Roy figured out pretty quickly that his search was not only through time. (He may not be a genius like the Elrics, but he is extraordinary.) And, what an interesting development in Mirror 3.
I really like this fic- especially what you have done with child-Roy. You've managed to keep up storyline's in several 'verses at the same time without confusing me, and I can't wait to see when/if they intersect.
And I hope child!Roy is okay! I'd really want him and crazy!Fullmetal and Detective!Maes to have a happy ending, although I have a feeling my hopes for crazy!Fullmetal are doomed to despair. (No Mustang, so the Furher took him in? AND no AL? Ouch.)
I really hope you update this fic- it's very good.
Heh heh heh...mfelizandyDecember 21 2010, 03:34:10 UTC
Glad you like it! The tangled four-way plot is one of the reasons I've been so slow to get this one finished. (Another is that I've currently got two BBC fics and another Roy-centric fic in progress, and...well, life happens.) I haven't forgotten about or abandoned this story--I think once I get it finished, I'm going to make myself finish stories before I post them, so I don't leave folks hanging.
I won't spoil too much, but Psycho-Ed isn't headed for a roses-and-puppies sort of ending. He grew out of the question "What would Ed be like without Al to love and fight for and Roy to shield him in a quasi-fatherly role?" Playing with the "what ifs" of the FMA characters highlights just how deep Arakawa made her cast.
Child-Roy and Detective Hughes are in for some very weird experiences (Ed and Hoho are involved, after all), but there might be puppies for them at the end. There might be literal puppies, because I'm dog-deprived and everything's better with puppies.
I feel pretty safe concluding you've abandoned this story, but I just wanted to let you know, I read and enjoyed it, and am quite impressed by not just the scope of it, but the success with which you've handled it. Usually in stories of this nature, I spend most of my time thinking "Dammit, go back to the storyline I care about!" but each of the stories in this one are equally compelling, even before they started drawing together.
(In case you haven't abandoned this entirely, I'd suggest putting it up on the A03 a chapter at a time. You'd probably get a whole bunch of new readers.)
Thank you so much for reminding me of this one. You're right, it is mostly abandoned. I got tangled up in my own plotting, then got distracted by the manga plotline. There's a long-shot chance I may revive it, but it's a very long shot. I've got a post-manga story in progress up here, and I'm collaborating on another one that's post-manga.
Again, thank you for reading and commenting. I treasure feedback. I'm glad you like all the storylines! Playing with "what-ifs" is a great part of the fun of writing fiction.
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Are you still writing Feral Mustang?
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Anyway, thanks, and I hope you'll enjoy the next bit!
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Second mirror Hoho increasingly creeps me out. He did a bit before, but now I notice it. He's so hard to read. Does he really want to help Hughes or does he have ulterior motives? I increasingly suspect the latter and then the question is, are those motives good or bad?
The Gate scene in the first mirror was excellently crafted. I really felt the out-of-place/everyplace nowhere/everywhere quality of the Gate in that scene. I liked the Elric rescue scene afterward, too.
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Glad you got a kick out of the Gate scene! That's one of the crucial moments in the story...and Elrics-to-the-rescue was fun to write.
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Waiting for chapter 11....
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And I hope child!Roy is okay! I'd really want him and crazy!Fullmetal and Detective!Maes to have a happy ending, although I have a feeling my hopes for crazy!Fullmetal are doomed to despair. (No Mustang, so the Furher took him in? AND no AL? Ouch.)
I really hope you update this fic- it's very good.
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I won't spoil too much, but Psycho-Ed isn't headed for a roses-and-puppies sort of ending. He grew out of the question "What would Ed be like without Al to love and fight for and Roy to shield him in a quasi-fatherly role?" Playing with the "what ifs" of the FMA characters highlights just how deep Arakawa made her cast.
Child-Roy and Detective Hughes are in for some very weird experiences (Ed and Hoho are involved, after all), but there might be puppies for them at the end. There might be literal puppies, because I'm dog-deprived and everything's better with puppies.
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(In case you haven't abandoned this entirely, I'd suggest putting it up on the A03 a chapter at a time. You'd probably get a whole bunch of new readers.)
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Again, thank you for reading and commenting. I treasure feedback. I'm glad you like all the storylines! Playing with "what-ifs" is a great part of the fun of writing fiction.
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