Title: Icebane (sequel to Firebrand)
Author:cryogenia
Rating: At present, PG-13?

Previous Chapters: One - Two - Three - Four

A/N: This is for each and every person who has ever requested it :) It's been a hell of a couple years here - if any of you are still about, I hope yours have been better, and I sincerely appreciate every single time you asked about me and/or this fic XD

Icebane Chapter Five (archived off site bc LJ is sucking hardcore lately)



Also, there is an FMA KINK MEME!!! Come get in on the fun :)

Because a variety of RL issues have made me suck lately, but I wanted to post something that remotely resembles content:

Icon Time!

Teasers:
1. 2. 3.

( Icon free for all, yarrr )

A hobbyist in Japan has succeeded in building a gigantic mobile, six-legged beetle-shaped robot. Totally not making this up.

Now if only someone can make me my rocket car...

So, if you were at Sakuracon 2009, you may have seen this shirt wandering about with me :)
Since I got some requests for more, I thought I would post the original images. All you need to create your own is a smooth cotton t-shirt, an inkjet color printer, and iron-on transfer paper. I prefer the Avery dark t-shirt transfers, if you're careful while you iron, they can really turn out seamless.

JPG (single file) versions
JPG of Team Edward (Elric) logo
JPG of Cheesecake Pic

PSD (layers included) versions
PSD of Team Edward (Elric) logo
PSD of Cheesecake Pic

If you download the original PSD, you can change the colors to suit whatever shirt you are using. I did coffee/brown because a) brown compliments the gold in Ed's hair and complexion so very well b) I only had a brown shirt XD Pro-tip is that if you change the little border to match the color of your shirt, you can cut out along that and wind up with a very seamless looking shirt.

First, in case you have been hiding under a rock with your fingers shut in a bomb shelter at the center of the Earth: yes, Virginia, there is more FMA. It is being translated as "FMA: Brotherhood", and I hear rumors on the internets that it is available in the US with subtitles for free every week.

It only stands to reason that now there is Brotherhood Episode 01 in Five Minutes:

...I'm sure we all know where this is going XD (Warning for OBVIOUS SPOILERS, bad puns, cultural references)

( More serious thoughts on yao--thoughts on episode 1 )

Hope Aethereal - 'Maxwell and her daemon'

"Mia Maxwell is a freshman physicist just starting out at the prestigious Midvale University, a facility renowned for its research into the mysterious phenomenon known as aether. Both awed and slightly intimidated by her new surroundings, Mia is searching for an edge, a stable foothold to boost herself to greatness. What she doesn't know is that something out there in the aether is searching for her, too...."


...and this is one of the things I write outside of fandom-proper XD

Title: Forward the Machine - Chapter 07
Genre: Action/adventure, AT (diverging from mid-CoS)
Rating: R
Summary: (AT diverging from mid-movie): What if the Thule Society hadn’t opened the Gate on that fateful November 8th? What if Alfons Heiderich had yet to fire his rocket? What if Alphonse Elric was still out there searching? And what if Edward Elric...disappeared...

Previously:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

Now:
Chapter 7 - Part I
( Chapter 7 - Part II )

Title: Forward the Machine - Chapter 07
Genre: Action/adventure, AT (diverging from mid-CoS)
Rating: R
Summary: (AT diverging from mid-movie): What if the Thule Society hadn’t opened the Gate on that fateful November 8th? What if Alfons Heiderich had yet to fire his rocket? What if Alphonse Elric was still out there searching? And what if Edward Elric...disappeared...


Previously:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

Now:
( Chapter 7 - Part I )

Second part to come when LJ stops hating my word count @.@

fmadesignawards is a weekly icon contest that is a lot of fun! You get to enter up to three icons a week, and vote on Sunday.

Also, DISTRACTION TITS. Girl!Ed in a bikini OM NOM NOM NOM NOM.

Roy as Klaus:



(With a few additions by sky_dark

This is entirely Sky_dark's fault:



(Sadly it's also a few months too late to be truly epic XD)

Title: Forward the Machine - Chapter 05
Genre: Action/adventure, AT (diverging from mid-CoS)
Rating: R
Coauthor/beta credit: My lovely livewife mikkeneko and partner in crime sky_dark
Summary: (AT diverging from mid-movie): What if the Thule Society hadn’t opened the Gate on that fateful November 8th? What if Alfons Heiderich had yet to fire his rocket? What if Alphonse Elric was still out there searching? And what if Edward Elric...disappeared...

Previously:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5


Now:
Chapter 6 - Part I
( Part II ) On to Chapter 7

Title: Forward the Machine - Chapter 05
Genre: Action/adventure, AT (diverging from mid-CoS)
Rating: R
Coauthor/beta credit: My lovely livewife mikkeneko and partner in crime sky_dark
Summary: (AT diverging from mid-movie): What if the Thule Society hadn’t opened the Gate on that fateful November 8th? What if Alfons Heiderich had yet to fire his rocket? What if Alphonse Elric was still out there searching? And what if Edward Elric...disappeared...

Previously:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5


Now:
( Chapter 6 - Part I )

Title: Forward the Machine - Chapter 05
Genre: Action/adventure, AT (diverging from mid-CoS)
Rating: R
Coauthor/beta credit: My lovely livewife mikkeneko and partner in crime sky_dark
Summary: (AT diverging from mid-movie): What if the Thule Society hadn’t opened the Gate on that fateful November 8th? What if Alfons Heiderich had yet to fire his rocket? What if Alphonse Elric was still out there searching? And what if Edward Elric...disappeared...

Previously:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

( Chapter 5 )

(See, I told you believe in the internet again :)))

2009: THE YEAR CRYO BELIEVES IN THE INTERNET AGAIN!

To celebrate, I give to you:



Alfons Heiderich as "Sage" from GTA:SA :)

It should be accessible from the outside again :)

(Ed/Al pumpkin designs by hikaru_9, knifework by mikkeneko, Flame Array by cryogenia )

Behold, the master fic index :)

++ Note that in order to read nonworksafe fic (NC-17), you will need to have your birthdate in your LJ profile and ask to be friended. I follow Livejournal's rules about age restriction.

++Fullmetal Alchemist++

++Themed Communities++
30_gens, Edward + Alphonse Elric
30_gens - A challenge community for gen (no pairings) fic. Characters used, Edward and Alphonse Elric.

( 30_gens (Elric brothers) )

7 Stages, Heiderich/Edward
7_stages - A challenge community for all ratings, all pairings, based on themes. Characters used, Edward Elric and Alfons Heiderich.

( Seven Stages fic (HeiEd) )

Centiporn
- A themed adult drabble community
( Centiporn )

( Drabble Request Meme )

++AU Series++
Prison!fic AU (gen)
- An AU diverging from Episode 40 of the FMA anime, in which Al is restored, but his brother is captured. Preceded by mikkeneko's In Living Memory and vikki's "Unforgiveness Arc". --
( Prisonfic )

Hime's AU Mafia Series
- See mafia_series for more information.
( Mafia Series Fics )

++Esoteric Series++
- Trends that appeal to a small subset. Be sure to read warnings.

Genderswitch
- In which a character's canon gender gets inverted, turning everyone's world on end. See fma_genderswap for more.
( Genderswitch )

Zoofic Series
- if you don't know what that means, move along and don't ask questions f^_^;;
( Zoofic )

++Oneshots++

++Gen (no pairing)++
( Parody )

( All Other Genfic )

++Pairing Fic (all ratings, all genres)++
-- Please note there is no designated "seme/uke" order. OT3 listed separately below. --

( All Pairing Fic )

++OT3 Fic++
-- pairings with multiple partners --

( OT3 Fic )

++Death Note
Pairing Fic (all ratings, all genres)
( All Pairings )

So ever since the new anime has gotten the green light, we've seen a variety of fan reactions to the news -- everything from ecstatic howls to horrified screams. The current speculation is that the new series would be a more faithful adaptation of Arakawa's original manga story, based on the fact that the promo materials for the announcement have all been images taken directly from the manga. I can understand when people say they are a bit sad to contemplate this...the two storylines differ vastly in both plot and characterization, and it's very true that those of us who did like the first anime may be sad to say goodbye to that particular verse. Some of the arguments against it, though, have kind of perplexed me. I guess my reactions have gone as follows:

"IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD! Now EdWin/RoyAi/MeYourMom WILL BE CANON, and everyone will hate my favorite noncanon ship RoyEd/EdAl/WinryDen!"

- As if any of our slash pairings have ever been 'canon' :) While it's true that the first anime had a lot more ambiguity regarding pairings (and the movie some out and out fan-fodder for gay ones, *coughcoughemomovieRoyI'mlookingatyou*), ultimately most pairings arise because of fan interest and fan creativity. If you are the type of person to only enjoy a pairing when it is endorsed by the creator, that's your perogative...but that shouldn't preclude other people enjoying their own silly creations, be they RoyEd or uh, RoyEd zoofic XD

"IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD! The fandom will get bigger again, and there will be lots of new fans and they will be STOOPID."

- There are also lots of potential new fans who are really talented authors/artists whom you haven't met yet. (And in any fandom, there are also always lots of old fans who are 'stupid' XD) On the internet, you and your buddies can be as welcoming or as xenophobic as you want, if that's what you choose...form your own closed community and ignore the people you dislike. And personally, I'm excited to consider any new fans a new anime might draw in -- the more the merrier, the more the merchandising, the more fun I get to have chatting about the series with people ;)

"IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD! I loved the first series so much nothing can ever compare and now it will be forgotten forever ;-;"

- Except by those who also loved it to death, like me (and many others out there). It's possible to enjoy multiple incarnations of a series -- look at the Tenchi fans who enjoy both the OVA and the TV series, or the gundam fans who love all of its various incarnations. And if your heart really and truly is broken, no one is forcing you to watch the new series anyway. Again - that's where the internet is great...find your anime one-only buddies and roll with that :)

I guess, at the end of the day: it's only fandom. None of what we do is ever endorsed by the series's creator, so we might as well hang out, chill out, and have fun with those who are like-minded :)

Confirmed by official site as of 8/23: THERE IS A NEW FMA TV SERIES IN DEVELOPMENT!

At last, the rumors can be put to rest - it is TRUFAX <333333333333