Title: Anti-hero
Rating: K+
Pairing: Some Royai
Summary: Somehow, its his subordinate that always seems to know what's best.

Weeeeell, I entered this in the FMA contest for prompt # 20, Sidekick. Didn't place, but that's all well and good. It was fun, and the winners completely deserved the winning! Truly excellent stories. Anyway, though this was a blind prompt, everything is all over now, so I figured I might as well post this to my journal, since everyone knows I wrote this one anyway! Enjoy, and please comment.

My genie is refusing to cooperate. Until I can bribe him properly, FMA belongs to Hiromu Arakawa. :D

~~~~~~~

( She keeps him from going even farther astray... )

Has anyone got an insider knowledge about when the dub is going to start airing, or any news on the prospect of the dub whatsover? I had a look around on the net and apparently Funimation got the license and were going to start showing it (this year, if I'm correct??).

Love the subs and original VAs, but reading and watching such a long, intense and sometimes complicated series was, well, pretty hard work so I'm psyched for the dub to give me relief second time watching XD

Also: Johann? Scariest character/villain ever? I think so.  *SHIVER*

Ticklish
Author – cornerofmadness
Disclaimer – not mine, all rights belong to Arakawa
Rating – PG-13
Pairing – Al/Paninya
Timeline/Spoilers – mangaverse, post series fic but no real spoilers
Summary – Paninya wants to see just how well Alphonse’s human body works.
Author’s Note – This was written for the anonymous FMA kink meme at fma_ihop for the prompt Al/Paninya, 'Now that you've got your body back, we ought to see how well it works' I’m never good at keeping myself anonymous for long but do check out the site, plenty of challenges to be taken (het, yuri, yaoi) and more to be left or do both.

( Now that you've got your body back, we ought to see how well it works )

crossposted

I'm telling you, keeping an LJ, dA Journal and Twitter all updated with the same stuff can be pretty tedious. Maybe it's because it feels like I'm repeating myself. But this is repetition for a good cause:


The Speed Gamers Final Fantasy marathon for charity! They're playing all the numbered Final Fantasy games; they began on July 17th and are ending on the 24th. Nearly two days into it and they've already raised 30% of their $20,000 goal. Go see them and don't forget to donate.

I've actually been playing through FF12 for the first time myself; I'm about 31 hours into it.

I went on my semi-monthly tea pilgrimage to the many and wondrous Chinese tea shops of Vancouver B.C. and came across a tea I'd never heard of before: an aged white (bai mu dan, or white peony style). I'd always assumed that bai mu dan, being a sweet and fruity tea, would go stale with age. Surprisingly this 12 year-old tea was still deeply sweet and fruity, but had a rich woody base flavor to complement it. It was a tad expensive ($88 for 300g), but still far cheaper than most aged teas. I also trust the dealer that this is an authentic and desirable tea, as this shop (The Best Tea House) has an extremely reputable reputation, both here and in their headquarter town in Hong Kong.

Anybody else ever experience aged whites, or other unusual aged teas?

... well, it's been going now for a couple weeks, and has been going strong, so I thought I'd take a moment to pimp the Fullmetal Alchemist Anonymous Kinkmeme here.

Why here? Well, it's a general interest meme, meaning that people can write and request fic from any aspect of official Fullmetal Alchemist canon, be it the manga, the movie, or either of the anime series. So obviously it is relevant.

But mostly I am here to specifically court you, the known manga fans. Your input and participation can only make the whole thing stronger. I invite you to be unabashed in your love of the manga story and characters, and to prove in a mixed setting how awesome manga-based pairings can be.

There are already people writing fics which relate specifically to manga canon, but so? We could always use more. We WANT more.

The main moderator is not me, but rather cryogenia, who has been doing a bang up job running things. She has even coded a really nifty indexing site which is keeping track of all the various requests which have been made, and filled, so far. The meme index can be found here, and it's a good place to start browsing the meme for content, to find stories you might like to read, or prompts you'd be interested in writing.

Even if you don't write a single prompt or fic, this meme is still here for you. Enjoy it however you want. There is no way to keep score of participation; if all you want to do is come and read, we want that too. This number one goal is to promote fandom happiness. For ALL sides of the fandom.

For once I'm cutting 'cause I feel kind and generous.

( why yes, yes i did. )

GUH.

Although Mickey Rourke/Whiplash looks more like someone wandered into Water World and started handing out arc reactors. o.O

Still wishing Emily Blunt had kept the role.

i'm excited~

has anyone found a good source for buying unsweetened iced tea in bulk? i could only find sweetened iced tea at costco yesterday.

thanks!

I have a slew of NANA related CDs and one ParaKiss CD. Pictures and info under the cut.

( Info and Pictures )

Info:
• I take paypal or concealed cash/money orders.
• Shipping is from the US. About 2 USD per CD.
• International shipping please ask for quote.

I will eventually post this to ff.net, but for now they're going up here. I started doing these with a friend of mine on deviantart, and only have a few done so far.

FMA belongs to Hiromu Arakawa.

Comments are much appreciated! I've never really done a kidfic before, so I figured I'd try one. Besides, the prompt was 'introduction'. :D

Oh- and a quick note about Winry's dad- I have heard a great many variations on his name, everything from Daniel to Rick to Urey, so I'm just going with the one I like best. If it is shown in manga canon that I'm wrong, please let me know...


And theme #2 is Love....

Written because I always found the statement: "Love means never having to say you're sorry" to be idiotic. I think Ed and Winry really prove this point. :)

#2~ Love
( Love was, people said, many things... )


And this is actually theme #5 because three and four tie together, and are going to be very very long.

#5~ Seeking Solace

I always see fics where Winry is afraid of thunderstorms, so I thought I would go with a twist...

Enjoy!
~~~~~~~~~~

( Some things never changed. )

Comic-Con is in less than a week! If you're going, don't forget to drop by the Random House/Del Rey Manga booth on Saturday from 3 to 3:30, where I'll be doing a book signing (Deb Aoki gave me a nice big mention on her about.com article).

Don't have anything I can sign? Don't worry, because everyone who comes gets a free copy of Yokaiden 1! Who doesn't like free con giveaways?

Here's hoping my next big project will be announced at the convention (during the Del Rey panel perhaps). In the meantime I'm getting prepared for that, and I made some portfolios I can hand out at there just in case.

hello, can someone help me and make this into a icon for me, please thank you

So...

I'm rewriting Hakai

which only means something to like 2 of you,

but I hope those two are excited.

Details later.

God bless the Panhandle, although I'm reasonably confident that Georgia can keep up the standard.

Pantsless man accused of leading police on three-county chase

Pig tased, taken into custody after downtown chase

FWC probes possible grouper blooper
The best thing about this one is the comment: Free the Warsaw Grouper Four!

Rubbernecking: Crash Scene Photos 2009

Animal Farm, tongue-in-cheek about law enforcement violence on animals. (No, trust me, it's funny, and I'm just kiiind of an animal lover.)

Local attorney sues Joe Francis

Authorities: Man beaten for 'accidently' touching woman's breast, suspect arrested
Listed for the following:
a) true redneck style glory.
b) the comment: "Here is how it is. Come to Panama City Beach on vacation, leave on probation and the come back on violation. That way we can get all of thier cash."

Report: Drunk woman sneaks home through window, ends up in handcuffs
Oh, the comments. :P Local soap opera indeed, but my favorite is the allegation that the father was hiding the 19 year old son because of an outstanding warrant.

New ‘Shake and Bake' method poses dangers to community
Bay County: We Know Meth. (No joke, Google Bay County and meth. Maybe that's why we're all crazy and belligerent! It's in the air!)
This also reminds me of the story of a couple guys trying throw Molotov cocktails at each other and failing because they used plastic soda bottles.

Two shot in drive-by paintball gun attack

UPDATE: Family member: 'The devil got to him'
"Officials say Washington County man fatally shot 2 people before setting fires and killing himself"

Man claims he's a dead U.S. president, tells deputy to 'arrest yourself'

More local authorities stocking up on semi-automatic rifles

Report: Man dared deputy to Tase him


And that is all from July 09.

The Panhandle: where the only things that are sacred are Jesus, ensuring that Joe Francis dies a bitter and broken man, fishing, the military (possibly the most sacred), and wringing money from tourists.

we're creative.

Hey I'm selling English NANA volumes 1-16 in excallent condition. Send me a message if interested. I also just accept paypal.

One Piece 550: I had guessed a long time ago that they had different moms but JIGGAWHAAAAAAAT???

In other, animation related news. Okay, so most of you have probably heard of Craig Bartlett without realizing you have. He's the creator of Hey, Arnold! And I believe also the animator of the Penny cartoons on PeeWee's Playhouse. Hes kind of a big name, and he graduated from my college. At around the same time as him, Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons and Futurama, also graduated from my college. Matt Groening has a sister named Lisa, and Lisa Groening married Craig Bartlett. Stay with me now.
Craig Bartlett and Lisa Groening have a son named Matius, and he is in my animation class.
This is probably stupid, but its really hard not to be TOTALLY WEIRD around this guy. I loaned him a pencil today and was all "Tee hee!"
I mean come on thats totally cool.