Lil Warm Up Sketches I Did Today, I Will Probably Draw More Later Or Tomorrow!

Lil warm up sketches I did today, I will probably draw more later or tomorrow!

(The creature is the Chimera! Ed AU I was procrastinating on lol.)

03 ed post-anime-pre-shamballa is really living in hell. knowing he lost all contact with everyone he's ever known, likely forever. he has no idea how they are, how al is - did his self sacrifice even work? is al alive? he's taunted by familiar faces sewn on people who don't recognize him, and who won't believe anything he'd say about his past life. he wouldn't believe himself either. all he's ever worked for is suddenly gone. the people. his goals. alchemy. thrown into a foreign world, there will come a time he has to relearn to live, after all his attempts to go back yield no results. he pushes the thought away, forcing his focus onto another useless page with useless information which, he desperately tries to hope, contains the key needed in this useless situation he'd trapped himself in

I'M FUCKIMH SOBBING HOLY SHIT

I FORGOT ABOUT THIS PART

"Whenever we stayed out too late, mom would flash a light from the second story window. It was bright, and it cut through the darkness, all across the hills. And no matter where we were, we could see it, and we'd come running home."

Omg??? I fucking love these designs and shit!

Honestly, it's smart of you to use what's given in the show; Like the house fire and stuff.

I don't know how to help with making Al look "scary" like he is seen as in the show; Perhaps he could be like known for unknowingly rolling over people's feets or smth? Idk

I love your designs and your art frfr:)

It pisses me off so bad the sheer lack of disability rep in people's fma modern aus so I made this because I think I'm actually going to commit acts of violence if I see one more au where Al is able bodied or Ed has both arms.

More information about the au below the cut

I did a bit of research on prosthetics for this because I'm not an amputee so I don't have any personal experience with prosthetics. Ed's leg is fairly standard as far as electric above the knee prosthetics go but he has a leg cover so it resembles his automail from the show. (he probably has other options too so he can change them out as he pleases) Ed also doesn't have an arm prosthetic. From what I can tell there's not many options as far as prosthetics go for people who've lost their arm at the shoulder and I'm gonna be honest I don't think Ed would really want a prosthetic arm until modern prosthetic technology is more similar to what is available in the FMA universe.

I haven't exactly decided what Al has but whatever I do decide will have to be genetic because he inherited it from his mother. I'll definitely have to do some research on what might have symptoms that are kinda the real life equivalent of Al's situation in the show. I also forgot to mention he has insomnia. I wasn't sure how to adapt the Al is a sweet little kid stuck in a suit of armor that scares people thing but you win some you loose some.

Please please please ask me questions about this au I really want to talk about it :000

Edit: oh my god this post was a pain in the ass to get formatted correctly but hopefully it's fine now

Thinking about how Edward and Ling are probably just as touch starved as each other, but in like, vastly different ways.

With Edward- based off what I can tell- the only people he knew he could be physically affectionate with in any way, was his mother and Alphonse.

(Not to say Winry and Pinako aren’t affectionate with the boys, but I feel like being physically affectionate isn’t something that comes naturally to either of them. They seem like they prefer acts of service as a way of showing how much they care more than anything, and I think that’s wonderful! Even after the Elric brothers pretty much decided to kiss their hometown goodbye, the relationship they have with the Rockbells is still strong enough to where they know they can rely on them for anything, which is very important.)

But it really sucks, because their mom is long gone, and Alphonse, while he’s still around, no longer has a body. He’s a soul bound to a suit of armor, and he can’t feel anything. And I’m sure that Alphonse is still as physically affectionate with Edward as he can be with the body he has, but the unfortunate truth of the matter is, that if he isn’t careful, he might accidentally injure Edward. And I’m sure that terrifies him more than anything. Alphonse is so kind, gentle and loving, and the idea of hurting his brother by accident, or otherwise would devastate him. So he keeps Edward at arms’ length, just so he doesn’t get hurt.

Whereas with Ling, there isn’t much about his background that we know canonically (that I can recall- if any of you know something, feel free to add on), but considering the fact that he was conceived by the emperor and a noblewoman for the sole purpose of being a potential heir to the throne, and nothing else, I don’t think his childhood was filled with much genuine affection.

I’m sure he was treated well, but there’s a difference between actual love and care for a child, and the pretty much forced respect for the potential heir to a throne. His days were filled with constant training and education to prepare him to run a country, and typically with characters like him, they usually are fed some sort of BS akin to “showing/receiving affection is a form of weakness,” and “don’t get attached to anyone, or you’ll lose everything”. Stuff like that. And not to project headcanons onto a character that no one has seen in canon, but I’m sure Ling’s mother saw her son as more of a way to get more power, than an actual family member. Again, could be wrong, but considering the fact that the emperor produces heirs by just… going to the “best” noble families of each clan in his kingdom to ensure his bloodline is “pure” or some shit, that blatant disregard for family is probably the norm for anyone in power in Xing.

And I know that Lan Fan and Fu do genuinely love and care for Ling, but at the end of the day, they’re his bodyguards. Their relationship is purely professional, and they all know that if they overstep those boundaries, that could spell the end for them. They have to keep him at arms’ length to ensure their survival.

Basically, what I’m saying is, Ling has probably never received a sincere hug his entire god damn life.

So, I’m just thinking that the first time they hug or hold hands or some shit, they’re both so nervous, because Edward hasn’t been held in so long, and Ling doesn’t know what to expect, but then they both just melt into each other.

TL;DR: Ed and Ling share the same amount of touch-starvation, but physical affection was ripped away from Edward, and Ling was never provided any to begin with. They should clearly join forces.

once i watched fullmetal alchemist i started to find references for it in just about every fandom i've ever been in, no matter how obscure the fandom is