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You know what that means?
POSTING IS FINALLY COMPLETE! :DDDD
Thanks so much to everyone who participated, and again, my sincere apologies that posting took so unbelievably long.
Reveals will be next Tuesday. I'd love to get them up sooner than that, but with Otakon coming up I'm afraid that's not a possibility. But Tuesday should be doable! ♥
Lastly, if by some weird fluke you never had a gift for you posted, please tell me so I can remedy it as soon as possible!
Title: Brothers in Arms Recipient's name:rhyssafireheart Rating: R Pairing: None; Jean Havoc (and Breda) gen Disclaimer:Fullmetal Alchemist, Jean Havoc, and Heymans Breda are the property of Hiromu Arakawa, as well as any other canon characters who may make an appearance. The general orders are from the United States Army, along with most of the information about boot camp and OCS. Warnings: There are drill instructors in this fic, and boot camp in general, so there's some crude language and terminology which would actually be pretty much standard norm and I think my fic's likely cleaner than the reality. No spoilers or anything else to worry about it. Due to the nature of the fic, there are some OCs - other soldiers and the drill instructors. Author's notes: I tried my best to be as close to accurate as possible in regard to enlistment, boot camp, and OCS, and I know I've likely messed up some technical details. In that case, since it's not the United States we're talking about here but Amestris, just tell yourself that it's just the differences of administration, as well as the time and era. Since it can be difficult to get into military academies, and a lot of officers in the United States military get their training in Officer Candidate School instead, I figured it might have been more likely for Havoc and Breda to have gone a route like that in Amestris. Much of the terminology and details comes from About.Com US Military, and part of the inspiration as well as getting a general basic feel for the environment comes from two Vietnam era novels by Leonard B. Scott - The Hill and The Expendables. The AMAT, though the concept is based on the ASVAB, is completely fictional and stands for Amestris Military Aptitude Test. I apologize if it feels like I glossed over stuff -- at times I lacked sufficient confidence at being able to portray what I'd need to, and ergo, glossing. ^_^;; Some of the details for Havoc and Breda might not match up quite right timeline-wise with canon, at least not manga canon, but anime's open to interpretation at least, Hope it's still a good read though, despite me never having tackled a basic training environment in a story before. ♥
Title: Of Wrenches and Wildflowers Recipient's name:csakuras Rating: G Pairing: EdWin Disclaimer: Nothing new Warnings: None Author's notes: This was inspired by a doodle I did a while ago. If you'd like me to scan it (it did get inked) I'll send it your way as well.
Title: Rainy Days Recipient's name:windfeathercat Rating: G Pairing: None! This is totally and completely gen. XD Disclaimer: Not mine~♥ Warnings: This is manga canon, but really the only bearing it has on the story is the fact that Trisha died before the Rockbells. And even that's not too important, but whatever. Author's notes: This fic started out with a point to it, I swear. The point, however, was soon lost sometime during the writing process, and now I can't even remember what it had been initially. In any case, this certainly isn't my greatest work - in fact, it's kind of lame - but I hope you enjoy it anyway, windfeathercat! ♥
Title: Snow Storm Recipient's name:umeko_pyon Rating: G Pairing: Ed/Winry, but it's more Gen than anything. Author's notes: I'm sorry if it's not exactly what you were looking for, but it was the first/only idea that came to mind, and it didn't leave me alone.
Title: Slip of the Tongue Recipient's name:hikamitz Rating: PG Pairing: Ed/Winry Author's notes: This takes place about a year after a supposed end of the manga, in which Al gets his body back and Ed still has automail. This puts both Ed and Winry at 17 years old, FYI. Ed's had some time to think about matters unrelated to his quest so...yeah, you'll find out. XD Hope you like it!
Title: Anthem Recipient's name: EVERYONE! Rating: PG Pairing: Ed/Winry Disclaimer: I'm not sure when this would occur int he whole story...yeah....XD Warnings: n/a Author's notes: My first fan fic, EVER. We're also reading 100 Years of Solitude in class now, so that may explain some sylistic problems. Hope it works. >.<
First off, my most sincere apologies that this fest has turned into such a disaster (as it's mid-July and I STILL haven't posted all the gifts). The summer has been pretty hectic for me so far, but I know that's no excuse since everything was supposed to be posted and done with by June.
The whole thing was planned out extremely poorly, and I take full responsibility for that.
There are, I believe, five fics left to be posted. I'll try to get them all up today (and if I don't get ALL of them up today then the rest will be tomorrow), and then the reveals will be soon to follow.
Again, I am so sorry to everyone who has been waiting so patiently. Rest assured that I have learned from the mistakes I made in running this exchange, and should we go for a second (or third, or fourth...) round, I'll be sure to do a better job. :)
Title: Snow Recipient's name:rockabilly_icon Rating: PG? (Very mild language + kissing) Pairing: Hawkeye/Havoc Author's notes: With apologies to anyone who knows about real languages.
