Agony and Ecstasy: The Fullmetal Iliad, Book 1 (Roy/Ed)

[sea_priest3ss]

Title: Agony and Ecstasy: The Fullmetal Iliad (Book 1)
Author: priestess_grrrl
Series: FMA
Pairing: RoyxEd
Rating: NC-17, Book 1: PG-13
Warnings: Um, it’s the Iliad. Blood, death, war, angst. Major character deaths.
Apologies to: Homer, Robert Fagles, Hiromu Arakawa, Manowar for the title
Dedication: To rainjoyous, who shares my love of everything Classical and

Comments

[sharibet]

Chiming in on the love for Homeresque FMA...and Riza as Athene. This is such a terrifically fun AU concept!

I giggled out loud at "Manwhore of Babylon."

[sea_priest3ss]

arigatou, oneesan! Yes, it seems like Athene!Riza is really popular; I'll have to make sure she gets multiple cameos. And Roy's so the Manwhore of Babylon...! *giggles* Thanks for reading, sweetie! ^_^

[raunchdressing]

you.

you're writing the Fullmetal Iliad.

you made me almost say that you're righting it I LOVE THIS SO MUCH 8D 8D 8D

Roy/Ed PLUS THE ILIAD AAAHH LOVE <3

and all of the characters... so perfect. I am so looking forward to Book II.

[sea_priest3ss]

Awww, thanks! *squees* I'm SO excited, I've been like, running around my house for three days. My cat thinks I've gone crazy. He clearly doesn't understand the thrill of writing Akhilles!Edward. It's killing me, but in a good way. I can't think of a better way to die, really.

Book II is in progress as we speak! Thanks so much for your kind words! ^_^

[orion117]

Well, Roy wasn’t sure what all that was about.

Obliviousness, thy name is Roy.

Great AU. I enjoyed it so much, and hope for more!

[sea_priest3ss]

Thanks! Yeah, poor Roy... I considered writing him serious!takescontrol!military!Roy in this, but he just kept coming out obliviousmanwhore!Roy instead. So I figured, hey, the Iliad needs a little comic relief, right? Got to have something besides doom and gloom and angst. Plus I like writing idiot!Roy next to brilliant!Maes... it's just too much fun.

Anyways, glad you liked! More coming soon, thanks for reading! ^_^

[ekaterin24]

I don't know what to say about this. It's kickass good, funny, hot, all kinds of excellence.

I bow before your fanfic Goddesshood. I mean that (I hope that's not sacreligious to you!). You and the Hawkeyed Riza (she *should* be Goddess of Wisdom, so perfect!)

Your Roy and Ed are both to die for in this incarnation, as all your Roys and Eds are.

I have to go to work now. And see if I can get the Fagles translation from somewhere in this state...

[sea_priest3ss]

Thanks, sweetie! hahaha, fanfic Goddesshood... Why, thank you. I love it when it burns hot in me like this, it's just... glorious. It's killing me, but what a way to go...!

Honestly I can't believe I'm really pimping Robert Fagles. I remember when his Odyssey first came out, and me and one of my fellow Classicists laughed for 20 minutes over "a man of many twists and turns" for polytropos. (It does mean "many turns" but somehow the addition of "twists" just struck us as particularly hilarious). My other favorite is when he has Akhilles address Patroklos as "O My Rider" (for hippeus, horseman). My rider? I mean, did his editor not take him aside and be like, "Um, the thing is, Robert, I don't know if you were going for yaoi on purpose here or what, but..." *giggles

[ekaterin24]

"Oh, My Rider!" Omigosh!! So very slashy!

Sadly our library system doesn't have the Fagles but we do have Lattimore so I'll be a good intellectual snob and try that translation. If I'm not happy I'll try ILL for Fagles.

I like your scholarly blah blah blah, especially since my education in classical language and lit is somewhat lacking, especially for a former English major.

[citharadraconis]

Hee hee. Glad to see Fagles apparently (if subconsciously) agrees with Plato about Patroklos being the erastes...

[seers_atemu]

You are so made of win!!!!!!!!

FMA and the Iliad!!!! there is no better heaven at the moment! ^_^

[sea_priest3ss]

Thank you so much! I feel similarly! Although they're killing me, Our Boys, they really are... but it's such a good way to go! Thanks for reading, and more soon...! ^_^