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: 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: 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: 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. ♥
"C:\Documents and Settings\[insert my name here]\Desktop\transmute fluff\to be posted" is now empty.
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!
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