#vadeofspades

[musing-and-music]

Royai week 2023 fic recs

In honor of Royai week in the Fruits & Roots server, I chose to highlight some of my favorite Royai fics I gathered these past years (not many years, since I've been on AO3 for 2 years and a half only). Each day, I'll recommend a few fics in a particular setting

Day 3: Heredity - Post-Canon fics

There's so many good post-canon fics that I had to make a choice among all the ones I have! Post-canon is so vast, it can go from right after Promised Day to Roy and Riza's old days after they've done everything they had to do. This will be one of the longest rec lists I'll do this week!

Heartbeat (series) by nightofnyx8 / @nightofnyx8

There is only one room in the Mustang household that has never been used. The walls are white, painted with butterflies, and the cradle sits just below the window. A small white dresser stands in the corner, with silver fastenings on each drawer. It holds not patterned clothes or socks lined with lace, just two white boxes that sit right atop. Mother's Day piece for the one and only Riza Hawkeye.

Roy Mustang has a basic understanding of what a father shouldn’t do: don’t run off and abandon your family, don’t transmute your child into a doomed chimera, don’t tattoo your alchemic research onto your daughter’s back— But as to what a father should do…well, that was a different matter entirely. Father's Day Piece for Roy Mustang

You'll end up believing I only rec fics that make me cry, but I swear, if I cry while reading something, that means the author has found the right words to move me, and that's (for me) the best indicator (with laughing) of a writer's quality. And that author is amongst my favorites!

Roy and Riza Observation Journal by hanamuri / @hanamuri

Rumor has it, Roy and Riza are having an illicit affair. No, Riza’s just one name in his list of exes, sprung another one. Actually, nothing is going on between them, buzzed hearsay. The debate remained endless on the unspoken question everyone has on this impeccable duo: what’s up with these two?

A must read (must re-read for me)! Affectionately shortened to RROJ, this fic brings light on Royai through the eyes of the people who know them

on the brink of discovery by vadeofspades / @mayfieldarc

In which Roy and Riza are trying (and failing) to keep their relationship a secret from Team Mustang on their first day back to Central.

You want to smile? Read this one!

The Amestrian Waltz by raisingmybanner

A story about noticing the things that have been under your nose the whole time, and a story about deciding when to finally let them free. An orange sweater, a shape in the clouds, a protector of the stars. "Who are you?" a little boy asks. "I was your lieutenant," replies a woman with a cracked heart, unsure what else to say.

A tag to give this one? #oh my heart

Partiality by Dailenna / @dairogo

Roy is given the chance to take care of Black Hayate while Riza is in hospital after the Promised Day, and it provokes a lot of thought about changes that could occur.

I'm partial about this one, since it's my gift for last year's Secret Santa, but I loved it, and the hope in it is strong!

Your Warmth Against My Scars by lassus / @lassusog

“How have you been?” his doctor asks him after a moment. “Fine,” Roy responds, calmy. He is, really. Mostly he feels numb. And tired. And his scars hurt, sure. On the whole, nothing out of the ordinary. “Have you been experiencing any pain in the areas with scar tissue?” Every waking moment. But it’s fine. Really. “Not much.” Harris frowns. “I want to help you, you know,” he tells him. “I know,” he brings himself to say. His doctor sighs heavily. “How are things at work?” Harris asks, after a minute. Roy has to look away, suddenly. It doesn’t take long for the numbness to wash over him again though, thankfully. “Fine too.” (Or, Roy's still healing wounds, excessive work and an argument with his Lieutenant slowly take their toll on him.)

Such a great exploration of Roy's character and his stubbornness!

and when you can't rise (i'll crawl with you on hands and knees) by starsinherblood / @jedidragonwarriorqueen

Attacked on their way home from a diplomatic trip to Drachma, General Mustang and Captain Hawkeye find themselves contending with a group of insurgents, but the odds are stacked against them.

I'm feral about this one, about the tension and the angst in it!! It's only 4 chapters long, and I can tell you there's no way to get bored while reading!

For better or worse by zipadeea / @zipadeea

Roy and Riza always thought all they needed to be happy in life was each other. Then, they meet two Ishvalan orphans who teach them just how wrong they are. (Or: Mustang and Hawkeye fall in love and start a family. The process is just as conventional as you'd expect; which is to say, not at all.)

I devoured this fic in one night, and I loved every part of it. It's moving and serious but filled with so much love!

Riza Shaves the Day by sootyfeathers / @sootyfeathers

Soaking wet and out of breath, the pouring rain hadn’t stop Roy from sprinting the entire way to Riza’s apartment in the dead of night. He’s convinced her life is in danger, but it’s really him that needs to be saved. And shaved.

From angst to fluff

[podfic] Never knew I could feel like this by klainelynch / @klainelynch (once again)

After their first kiss, Roy reflects on the depth of his affection for Riza.

Short and sweet, a soft moment for Royai

New Beginning by VillainousMiss / @villainousmiss

A small blurb of Roy and Riza's reactions to a particular order Fuhrer Grumman put into place.

So much hope in this short one-shot!!!

#royai #royai week #royai week f&r #fma #fanfic recs

[divorcedcaejose]

I was tagged by @alonelystargazer for the 10 characters, 10 fandoms, 10 tags.... thing. So here are some guys in no particular order!

Joseph Joestar (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Sanji (One Piece) ((Luffy is tied for OP but I can only pick one. Sigh.))

Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Reigen Arataka (Mob Psycho 100)

Han Solo (Star Wars)

Inuyasha (Inuyasha)

Sebastian (Stardew Valley)

L (Death Note)

Laszlo Cravensworth (What We Do in the Shadows)

Tom Nook (Animal Crossing)

Tagging: @leftsidebonfire @cassthecringe @mothocean @lostcryptids @vadeofspades @thedeepweb ...and anyone else who wants to or not. I'm too lazy to do all 10 tags srry

[honkytonkdyke]

going to change my username tomorrow and i need input. putting it to a vote

i like 13md but i am unsure and vademd feels silly to me. mayfieldarc is honestly the frontrunner rn. anything but taubmd but i’m including it because why not

#vade's post

[yuriappreciationsquad]

Thank you for the tag @vadeofspades 💕

painting or photography// dusk or dawn // spring or autumn // movies or tv shows // chocolate or nutella / audiobooks or podcasts // card games or board games // fiction or nonfiction // cookies or brownies // dragons or unicorns // bath or shower // blue or yellow // rollercoasters or bumper cars // iced tea or hot tea // left side of bed or right side of bed // zip-up hoodie or pullover hoodie // straight hair or curly hair // gummy worms or gummy bears // rain or snow // sneakers or flip-flops // bowling or mini-golf // pasta or pizza

Tagging @juicequeen21 @alkalinefrog @filigreeteardrop @bemorekleinman (no pressure, and sorry if you've done this before, I don't know where the og post is!)

[roseofbattles]

2022: greatest hits

Ok we did this last year and I thought it would be fun to do again. Ten good things that happened this year:

1. Travel!! I got to see a lot of new places and revisit some familiar ones this year: Maine, Seattle, Las Vegas, lots more of California and two new national parks!

2. I was able to have a garden this year for the first time in years! I grew lots of tomatoes and peppers and zucchini.

3. Read a lot of new books! I tend to reread so this is a big one for me. Best book of 2022 was The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo and worst book of 2022 was Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer which wasn't even the fun sort of bad.

4. Many hours spent with peep, the cat, being cozy.

5. Did camp Nanowrimo for the first time this April and wrote 30k for it, much of which was a little unhinged when I looked back at it but was a lot of fun - I used a new setting for the first time in a while and that was a lot of work but I think really helped me to get out of a rut, writing wise.

6. I got health insurance! Boring but important and kind of a real pain to do

7. I cooked a lot! Some new stuff but just a lot in general, including many many quiches

8. Really love my coworkers at my new job and I'm grateful to have found a place I like so well for the time being

9. Kept up my language learning streak all year and actually have learned something from it I think

10. Friends, generally. It's been lovely to meet new people and also have friends who still keep in touch even though we don't live close together anymore/have only known each other online. I'm so lucky

Tagging @janetfraiser @fullmetalscullyy @vadeofspades @nightofnyx8 @possumsinatrenchcoat @musing-and-music @lantur @firewoodfigs @smoothshine @maggiemae873 @ssadropout

& @thatisadamnfinecupofcoffee

#personal #this year felt hard #but there were some really good things!

[khrysopoeia]

Last Line Tag Game

I got tagged by @jedidragonwarriorqueen

rules: write the latest line from your wip and tag as many people as there are words in the line. make a new post, don’t reblog.

"Keeping the fact that you're a fucking wizard secret counts as hiding who you are, Roy."

No pressure tags for: @goneadrift @swearingintengwar @flourchildwrites @xmedea @vadeofspades @megthemighty @poppy-pelican @firewood-figs @lantur @blackinkpen @borkthemork @x-rainflame-x @envythepalmtree @loquaciousquark @okiedoketm @scentedbygunpowder

I do not even really know all of you, but... maybe?

#tag game #fic snippet #urban fantasy au #roy mustang

[nightofnyx8]

Thanks for the tag @smoothshine!

painting or photography// dusk or dawn // spring or autumn // movies or tv shows // chocolate or nutella / audiobooks or podcasts // card games or board games // fiction or nonfiction // cookies or brownies // dragons or unicorns // bath or shower // blue or yellow // rollercoasters or bumper cars // iced tea or hot tea // left side of bed or right side of bed // zip-up hoodie or pullover hoodie // straight hair or curly hair // gummy worms or gummy bears // rain or snow // sneakers or flip-flops // bowling or mini-golf // pasta or pizza

Tagging @vadeofspades @roseofbattles and whoever else wants to :)

[fullmetalscullyy]

hi hi! i saw you were taking requests for the sharing a bed prompt, can you do "and they woke up because their child crawled in with them"?? it sounds so precious and i'd love to see your take 🥺💕

aaaa i am a sucker for royai!kid fics. this one features a royai kid oc i have used before so hope you enjoy!

rated: g | words: 1004 | tags: fluff, domestic royai, royai kid, nightmares, comfort

read on ao3

Riza blinks awake tiredly, disrupted from sleep by an unexpected movement at her back. She’s disorientated for a second, and it takes a moment for her to process where she is and what is happening, but Roy’s voice behind her grounds Riza almost immediately.

“Mia?” His voice is thick with sleep and Riza feels him shift in place and their mattress dip.

A quiet whimper has Riza immediately awake. Every instinct is alert and screaming at her.

“Did you have a nightmare?”

Worry leaps into her chest and Riza rolls over in bed. But despite her worry and sadness upon discovering her daughter is upset, the sight she comes to face is still one that melts her heart. Roy has propped himself up on an elbow as he looks down at their child with concern. His hair is sticking out in every direction after sleeping for hours and he looks tired after being awoken so suddenly, but he’s alert and ready to fight off whatever has scared their child. He’s already running his hands through her hair to try soothe her. Mia’s eyes are red rimmed and there’s wet tear tracks on her flushed cheeks. She’s wriggled her way in between them both on the bed and tried to pull the cover up to cover her mouth and nose, but both parent’s investigative movements have prevented that from happening. So instead, Mia has curled into a ball facing her father, pressing her face into Roy’s side as she nods to answer his question.

Riza sits up in bed and gently moves Mia into her lap, cuddling her close. Mia snakes her arms underneath Riza’s and hangs on for dear life, her tiny hands clutching at her pyjama top, bundling the cotton together inside her small fists. Roy sits up as well and shifts closer to them both, placing a comforting hand on Mia’s back, letting her know he’s still there for her. That they both are. He leans back to turn on the lamp by their bedside, illuminating the room in a soft glow to put Mia more at ease and take her out of the dark.

“Do you want to talk about it,” Riza murmurs quietly as she rocks Mia back and forth gently in her arms.

Mia shakes her head vigorously.

“Okay, okay,” Riza soothes. “You don’t have to. We just want to understand what’s made you upset, that’s all.”

She nods and takes a deep breath. Riza feels it shuddering through her body and it makes her chest hurt. She presses a kiss to the top of Mia’s head and places a hand atop it, holding her even closer against her.

“Was it scary,” Riza whispers.

Mia sniffs and whimpers, sounding terrified, so they take that as a yes.

Riza shoots Roy a pained look. She hates to see her like this, and judging by the expression on his face, Roy does too.

“I don’t want to be left alone,” Mia sniffles.

“You’ll never be alone,” Roy immediately replies. “We will always be here for you and will always be with you.”

“We’d never leave you alone.”

“Do you want to sleep in our bed tonight,” Roy offers after a brief pause, letting their assurances sink in. “We’ll keep the nightmares away,” he promises. Roy leans forward and places a kiss against the top of Mia’s head to comfort her and punctuate his pledge.

Mia stills. Her head turns slightly, barely peeling away from Riza’s chest. “Promise?” Her voice sounds so small and she’s so subdued and quiet. Such a contrast compared to their always so bright and cheery little girl.

“We promise,” he vows. Roy shoots her a soft smile and taps the end of Mia’s nose with his finger. She twitches and flinches away, but there is the ghost of a smile on her lips. It’s a game that always makes her giggle.

“No harm will ever come to you while we are both with you.” Riza reinforces her statement by giving her a quick squeeze in her arms.

Mia is silent as she considers their offer, but they both know what she will choose. “Okay,” Mia whispers. “I’ll sleep in here,” she agrees as she finally pulls her face away from Riza.

Riza presses a kiss against her cheek.

Roy nods and leans away, giving their daughter some room to move. “You sleep in the middle, Mia Bear.” The nickname makes her smile. It’s tiny, but it’s there.

“Okay,” she nods, and Mia jumps off Riza’s lap to scoot up the bed and snuggle into the end of her mother’s pillow.

Riza moves to lie behind her while Roy faces her front. Both parent’s heads bow together on their pillows, looking down at Mia as they soothe her to sleep. Roy wipes at her tear-stained cheeks gently with a smile as Riza tells her how grown up and brave she was after her nightmare. Riza runs her hand through Mia’s hair while Roy taps her on the nose once, twice, three times to make a game out of it. It works, because Mia is giggling and trying to escape from him, backing herself up further against her mother, pressing her back into Riza’s chest. The sound of her laughter is music to their ears and eventually, Mia settles down with a happy smile as she snuggles into her father.

“Goodnight, Daddy. Goodnight, Mummy,” she yawns.

“Goodnight, our Mia Bear,” Roy replies softly.

“We love you so much,” Riza adds.

“Love you too,” Mia mumbles sleepily, already falling into the clutches of unconsciousness.

Both parents share a look and a relieved, pleased smile. They’re happy that she’s finally happy once more.

Roy lifts his head to kiss Riza’s forehead. Instinctively her eyelids flutter closed and a smile spreads across her face. “Goodnight, Riza.”

“Goodnight, Roy.” She reaches up to peck his cheek and it makes him grin.

Heads bowed together, the small family lie close together as they fall asleep, comforted, happy, and completely at peace.

#royai #royai fic #royai fanfic #royai oneshot #fic request #ask #vadeofspades #emma writes #this was the Nice royai thing i needed today #all my uwus #tysm for the prompt!!!! #there was only one bed #miles adrift inches away

[eijispumpkin]

@vadeofspades said:

wait!!! clementine is in banana fish? it’s been a year and a half since i watched it and i binged it so my memories are fuzzy, what episode is it?

yes!! it’s in a couple - at the very start of ep1, max is humming it while smoking, before griff comes back bfished. then later, on the drive to cape cod in ep6, he keeps singing the chorus and ash gets mad about it because max says he can’t remember the rest. i don’t remember if he hums/sings it again later off the top of my head, but i know those two points for sure (because they both were directly griff-related in some way ;n;)

#vadeofspades #personally i think max deserved to punch jim and ibe shouldnt have held him back #for both ash AND griff <3

[borkthemork]

🌹

Underneath the Boiling Limits [FMA]

Man, wasn't that tipsy. But one had to do what one had to do to get what one wanted.

If that meant letting some weirdos in coats pester around with animals and human bodies, suit themselves. As long as he was ready to see a new set of chimeras to ponder and tame, then sure.

It never hurt to test around with agitated chimeras. And it never hurt to smile at that gold-toothed freak who patted his knee when Greed sauntered into the main chamber, where the howls and shuffling of the chimeras guarded the many humans sitting, crouched in their metal cages. "Ah, Greed. What a pleasant surprise to see you here."

"Yeah, yeah." The typical stuff, the typical enthralling from the young awe-eyed doctor. It was annoying. "What's on your roster, Doc? There are more people coming in and out of this place than usual."

The man pressed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, chuckling dryly under his breath. "Brilliant observation. What you witnessed were human and animal transmutation attempts."

"I get that." Geez, how much of an idiot did this guy think he was? "Are you telling me that you finally made some chimeras for me?"

If not, he was going to be surely disappointed.

The man seemed to have understood him clearly, for he just tipped his head a little, eyes squinted at the contents of his clipboard.

Before Greed could lean to see what was there, the man pressed it more to his chest. Damn it. "Certainly. Give us a few more days, and perhaps we'll have one ready that won't shrivel up like a diseased animal. Would that suffice, Greed? I know you've been waiting eagerly for a beautiful specimen, but results like those need time and care, surely."

Surely. Greed scoffed, scuffing his feet on the pavement. A few scientists took heed of him, and quickly shuffled their way out of view. "Totally. You may be a nutcase but if Dad thinks you're choked up for the job, then Hell, might as well think you're at least a tiny bit qualified."

The doctor beamed a pearly-grave smile, and Greed was quick to open his mouth once again: "If not, I think the big guy downstairs would be pretty eager in me patching up a problem one way or another."

The doctor, however, still smiled at him. As if the threat was nothing but flimsy — and that pissed Greed off. "Will do. Wouldn't want to disappoint the embodiment of avarice."

One wouldn't.

After all, Greed had always gotten what he wanted.

#asks #vadeofspades #I have so many fma wips #so take a massive section #will do the same for others #fma

[envythepalmtree]

#8 for the spotify asks!

Shunkan Sentimental covered by Nicki Gee! If y'all don't recognize the name, it's that really cool Brotherhood ending with the tunnel.

The reason that I cry, I'm telling you Is not because of weakness from inside Every little tiny tear is from the painnn

#shunkan sentimental #fma songs #ask #ask game #vadeofspades #aure speaks

[musing-and-music]

Royai week 2023 fic recs

In honor of Royai week in the Fruits & Roots server, I chose to highlight some of my favorite Royai fics I gathered these past years (not many years, since I've been on AO3 for 2 years and a half only). Each day, I'll recommend a few fics in a particular setting

Day 7: Happy Royai Day! Free for all - On-going fics

To end this series of fanfic recs, here is a list of a few on-going fanfictions that I love and think about sometimes. Go give them some love, because they all deserve it! And don't hesitate to comment, because you know what? Comments are the writer's fuel

Another point: this post is not here for you to pressure the authors to update their fics, but to give you things to give love to!

one single thread of gold tied me to you by fullmetallizard

Roy is a single father who is carrying a torch (terrible pun for the flame alchemist, I know) for his best friend, Riza Hawkeye. Is she carrying a torch of her own? Yes. Will they get together as a cute little modge podge family? Proabably.

One of my earliest bookmarks, it's fluffy, it's so good!

to heal by priscilladm, vadeofspades / @priscilla-dm @mayfieldarc

In the aftermath of the Promised Day, Roy Mustang ponders two things: how to ensure the wellbeing of Riza Hawkeye, and how to follow through on an offer made to him by the Xingese princess who saved Riza's life.

I love this one a lot!

Humanity hangs on a blood-iron cross by blackinkpen / @blackinkpen

Berthold Hawkeye built the first jaeger, an uncontrollable nuclear heart meant to take out the seven Kaiju. Alone, brutal—the first and last of the pilots to try maneuvering the giants on their own. Sins, they were named, coming in waves... Lust and Envy, Gluttony, with its bulging stomach and Pride, faster than the rest of them. Sloth slumbered until near the end, taking down three Jaegers at once... but we're not here to talk about them. Not yet, anyways. Berthold's work is commandeered by the military. Iron Prophet, the first of the Jaegers to rise, and the first to fall. A monster slices right through his heart, sending nuclear clouds shattering across the sky. Berthold makes it through that day... but not many more, as he hides the cough and blood and pain from radiation poisoning. Years later, Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye pilot his final work.

FMAxPacRim? I say yes! Filled with angst but also hope, I keep this fic close to my heart

memento amare by firewoodfigs / @firewoodfigs

Riza pays a hefty price when she’s forced to open the Gate in Roy’s stead.

Actually, my first bookmark. Angst for Roy, hope for Riza, slow burn for both

a study in reformation by firewoodfigs / @firewoodfigs

She doesn’t like him, doesn’t like his hair, doesn’t like his face, doesn’t like his conceited attitude and the way he’s looking at her like she’s wasting his time (and not the other way round). Roy doesn’t care. - or the college au where Roy is still a pain in the ass, a thorn in the flesh and the bane of Riza's existence

Does it show that there's authors I love? And their fics as well?

The flicker by Beryllium_Astatine / @beryllium--astatine

I'll sing of the years you will spend getting sadder and older Oh love, and the cold, the oncoming cold Riza spends a few of her young years with someone she didn't want to.

Young Royai, depicted with rich and poetic writing

Unexpectedly by waddiwasiwitch / @waddiwasiwitch

Riza discovers she is pregnant and confides in her best friend, Roy, who has got some secrets of his own.

I want to lock those two idiots in the same room until they've confessed their feelings. It's so good to read this one!

Five Times (series) by 13IceAngel13

Five times Colonel Mustang didn't kiss Lieutenant Hawkeye. One time Roy kissed Riza.

&

Five times Hawkeye didn't kiss Mustang and one time Riza kissed Roy. Companion piece to Five Times Mustang didn't kiss Hawkeye and one time Roy kissed Riza.

Mutual pining at its best, and 5+1 things!

Voices of the Court by Quietshade / @qs63

A meeting gone south spirals into a full investigation of one of East Area's most powerful Generals.

I love how Royai work together here, and the way the themes are approached

Show me a hero by GelatoSushi / @gelatosushix

As the Ishvalan conflict still casts a shadow over Central even six years after the Promised Day, Mustang and Hawekey are violently separated hours before Mustang is meant to be finally named Fuhrer. Now, Hawkeye is desperately searching for a man she's not sure is still alive, while Mustang still waits for a woman he's been told is dead.

Heavy plot and angst!

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Thank you to all the people who reblogged and liked these fic rec lists for the past week! I hope I gave you good recommendations!

#royai #royai week #royai week f&r #fanfic recs #fma

[divorcedcaejose]

hi!! i need good caejose and avpol fic recs

thank you so kindly :)

(also your caejose divorce posts are. killing me. i love them sm it’s now my headcanon lmaoo)

Hi Vade!!

Pirates of Aja by JJBUser I cannot recommend this avpol fic enough - it's terribly underrated! This pirate AU not only has an adorable romance between the leads but the action and adventure is super fun. Plus the author plans on releasing a sequel soon so now is a good time as any to check it out! (btw it's rated mature for one fairly explicit scene)

Where You Wear Your Heart by cheeshtar This caejose cupid AU is absolutely adorable! It's still updating, but each new chapter is a treat to read. The author's descriptions make you fall in love with seemingly mundane human experiences, transporting you right into the world of the fic. The story and characters will stick with you- there's a billiards scene that I think about so often.

and thank you lmao! I just love those dysfunctional old bastards <3

#ask #fic rec #vadeofspades

[honkytonkdyke]

the bitch is back babey

vadeofspades -> mayfieldarc

im gonna overhaul my theme and my colors and stuff later today but for now i like what i’ve got going!

#vade's post

[yuriappreciationsquad]

@vadeofspades tagged me for my top 10 characters of all time!

1. Vinsmoke "Black Leg" Sanji (One Piece)

2. Shoya Ishida (A Silent Voice)

3. "God" Usopp (One Piece)

4. Noriaki Kakyoin (JJBA)

5. L Lawliet (Death Note)

6. Millard Nullings (Ms. Peregrine)

7. Rocket Raccoon (MCU/Marvel Comics)

8. Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro)

9. Harley Quinn (Batman: The Animated Series especially)

10. Kermit the Frog (Muppets)

No specific order other than Sanji being at the top!

Tagging @juicequeen21 @karinzany @v1sualn0iz @ratbefriender and @bemorekleinman no pressure ofc, if anyone else wants to join you can!

#I love all of them to the moon and back #Sir Crocodile was THIS close to making the top 10

[aelaer]

iron man 1 and ant-man!

iron man 1 - what made you first get into fanfiction?

Into reading: Honestly can’t remember. It was the early summer of 2003, though. I probably heard of its existence on Neopets, which was my game/social platform at the time. It was one of the best communities and platforms out there for both kids and adults who liked those pet games from like 2000 to 2004/5 xD It has sunk so far RIP.

Into writing: I saw Pirates of the Caribbean also in the summer of 2003 and thought “wow, I love this film so much and I love these characters so much, I am going to write them in my favorite world of Middle-earth” and posted the first chapter on Sept 1 of that year. And fuck, that fic is still the longest of all my fics which I really would like to change one of these days. But I’ve come nowhere near reaching 200k again xD I’m just glad I finished that sucker (after like, 20 edits over the years).

ant-man - send a few headcanons of your favorite characters! 

Stephen:

Stephen selects the color blue for his custom robes because the blue reminds him of blue scrubs and the reason he went to Kamar-Taj in the first place.

Stephen was incredibly offended that it took the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over a decade to finally put Rush into their lineup. Absolute travesty. (That one is in honor of my dad, the Rush fan.)

Stephen likes Tolkien (obligatory authorial interest insert)

Stephen had a dog growing up, but has a general affinity for all animals. He wanted to be a vet before human medicine grabbed his interest. But because he grew up on a farm, he has no issue eating meat, especially if the animal was raised for human consumption (i.e. animals bred for it, as opposed to wild venison). That said, he did have a stint of vegetarianism in college before giving up.

Stephen's knowledge in neuroscience makes him especially talented with mind-based magics, such as memory alterations and removal, mind-reading, and delving into memories. He avoids using these as much as he can, however, and only uses them as a last resort.

To earn a stipend while training and learning magic in Kamar-Taj, Stephen helped repair and bind books with magic stitching in the library under Wong's tutelage. This helped him regain some of the motor skills needed to make the gestures necessary for his spellwork, and served as much-needed PT as well.

Wong:

Wong is a big, big fan of trash TV.

Wong is his last name. He isn’t fond of his first name, and so doesn’t give it or use it.

Along with being the librarian, Wong is also the primary accountant and bookkeeper of Kamar-Taj and all of its expenses, and is basically the keeper of the keys to all things finance within their society. Some apprentices do some more menial tasks, but he’s the head honcho there, possibly making him the most powerful person in the Order of the Mystic Arts in terms of hierarchy with exception to the Sorcerer Supreme. And since the MCU is lacking one of those, that sort of makes him the de-facto deciding vote on any issues within the society, even if it’s not really stated by others.

Wong didn’t actually do a ton of field work compared to other sorcerers; he was busy with administrative tasks, even before he took over the role of librarian along with all the other things he does (and he took it because he figured he could just work in the library with little change in the amount of work he had to do, and had a much better ability to defend it). He went out on occasion to keep himself up to snuff. He took on more field work once Stephen became Master of the New York Sanctum as Stephen had lost his other mentors and the fledgling sorcerer really needed an eye. I like to consider he led a group effort in that first year.

Tony:

Tony’s favorite chain burger is In-n-Out. That bag in Iron Man 1 was an In-n-Out bag, not a Burger King bag. *This is the real canon*.

Despite copious amounts of drinking and partying throughout his life, Tony never developed a physical addiction for alcohol. While the mental addiction had the possibility of latching on, he ended up pouring a lot of his trauma and troubled times into instead throwing himself into his work to (also) unhealthy levels, but this did help him keep his obsessive tendencies on his work as opposed to drinking all his troubles away. Happy, Rhodey, and later Pepper were integral in helping keeping him as a social drinker rather than an alcoholic.

Tony is equally talented as a mechanical engineer, software engineer, and electrical engineer, but his favorite by far is mechanical engineering. It’s one reason he loves cars so much, and he enjoys tinkering with them.

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