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fmagiftexchange is now open for business. This comm is not just for writers - I'm also looking for artists, icon designers, banners/wallpaper specialists, fanvidders and fantrack djs to come and join the fun and promote the holiday spirit, with an FMA twist. In other words - all creative types are welcome!

FMA:B Episode 32 RAW downloads (fm_alchemist-locked)
FMA:B Episode 32 Official Discussion Thread
FMA:B Episode 32 RAW downloads (fm_alchemist-locked)

Community Announcements
fma_drabbles posts a Welcome to the community
fmadesignawards announces Week 127 winners

Fanfiction
Oneshot:
It's Only Natural by strandedthought (Ed, Winry, Pinako, PG-13)
Goodbye by seaweed_fma (Roy/Riza, PG-13, manga spoilers)
Typical Saturday Night by cornerofmadness (Al, Ed, PG-13)
The Nice Thing To Do by sallykie (Al, Martel, Mei, PG)
Onesentence fic by he03 (Bradley/Mrs. Bradley, PG-13)
Fatigue by eve_n_furter (Winry, ?/Ed, unrated)
Those Moments in Life by lalikaa (Roy, manga spoilers, unrated)
Fool's Errand by evil_little_dog (Winry, unrated)
Multipart:
Paper in Fire, Chapter 15 by up2late (Roy/Ed, M)
Whoopsies series: Drinksies by flybynight00 (Roy/Ed, PG)
Report, chapters 1 - 5 by leezzee (Roy/Ed, NC-17)

Fanart
Gangsta sketch - Roy, Breda, Havoc, WS by he03

Icons, Scans and Graphics
13 FMA:B icons by rinmei (MFP)
42 Winter-themed icons by qashqai1
AMV: Dear Riza - Roy/Riza by sommachan
886 FMA:B Episode 32 screenshots by moogledaime
AMV: Gotta Be Somebody - Roy/Riza, Ed/Winry, Ling/Ran Fan by melodyic_rhyme
37 Kimbley icons by dragnclaw
6 manga icons by pleuvoir (MFP)
2 art icons by seakitties (MFP)
AMV: All That You Can Do by aliceofpanda

Individual Questions, Pimping and Miscellaneous
toshi_hakari asks for fandom opinions of Scar vs his Japanese popularity
mayura_4_loki shares a thought on Riza as shown in the first OP
neurotripsy pimps fma_drabbles, a new FMA drabble community
cougar_kun hunts for any manga chapters covering the Gate
priestess_grrrl in olivia_rules: on the Briggs preview in the last episode

hey, everyone still needs to comment on the holiday post! also, i still need addresses from everyone.



this makes me laugh harder than it probably ought to

( question answering/asking meme and a lyric-guessing meme )

aaaaaaand

( art [19] )

AAAAAAAAND

-HOTEL DUSK 2 CONFIRMED YES YES YES MAN BETWEEN THIS AND PERFECT PROSECUTOR I'M GONNA DIE
-drove for the first time a few days ago. a couple years late, but whatever. it was easy. need to take driver's ed.
hahaha i was perfectly calm the whole time, but mom was all freaked out (at least during the start). it probably didn't help that my reaction to making mistakes was just WHOOPS HAHAHA THAT WAS KINDA COOL
-john had his 31st birthday. looking forward to properly celebrating when he and sherah come up for thanksgiving!
-turns out that my step-grandma's breast cancer is worse than they thought, so she'll have to get a double-mastectomy. she'll still be fine, as far as anyone can tell, but it's a shame she has to go through all that. i hope she calls off the thanksgiving reunion since she really ought to just rest after that, but she's so stubborn. i dunno. we'll see.
-mom: they're not showing "this is it" anymore... i guess now it's "that was that."
-saw "men who stare at goats." it was hilarious and fun, and i kept thinking of psychonauts the whole time.

GOD THIS ENTRY IS CROWDED

SO SPEAKING OF PENNANTS

HERE'S ONE~

( I JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT THESE TWO. I REALLY DON'T.~ )

Shortpacked!@TNI: Because we know they can't kill Bumblebee.
Shortpacked!: I'm so very, very sorry.

As promised, this is the Scarecrow that Sean Whitmore from ComicCritics.com sent me! (If you like Shortpacked!, ComicCritics! is a good comic to check out. It even has an exclamation point just like we do!)

Scarecrow's another one of those really old guys from the DC Superheroes line, the one which evolved into DC Universe Classics. But he's one of the articulated guys from that line (some weren't very much), so I totally wanted him for my Rogues Gallery. Yeah, he's got a lot of articulation. Short of a forward-back at the ribcage, he's got the same standard articulation everyone in DCUC has.

Though, I should note, he's sculpted into a pose, despite his wide range of movement. He stands naturally the way I've posed him for the photo on the right. One leg supports most of the weight, with the other intended to veer out to the side slightly. One leg's a little longer than the other, and the angle of the soles line up with this as well, so you're not really gonna be getting him into a straight-legged at-attention pose. Not that you'd require one for the Scarecrow, but it does merit mentioning.

He comes with two accessories: a fear gas bomb and a weapon that ends in both a scythe and a pitchfork. I'm afraid to remove the packaging rubberband that keeps his bomb in his left palm, 'cuz not only will I lose it, but I'm also not sure if it'll stay in there securely without the rubber band. And I'm happy to let him keep the bomb in his hand, so I'm fine not finding out. This is only a little unfortunate because his longer weapon looks like it'd look better if gripped in both hands. D'oh well.

Because DC Superheroes was basically Mattel's attempt to ape ToyBiz's Marvel Legends line, Scarecrow came with a comic book that featured him, just like early Marvel Legends figures. Scarecrow's comic book is a fairly contemporary (at the time, at least) Batman issue by Doug Moench and Kelley Jones. Sweeeeeeet.

( some belated thoughts on chapter 470 )

I will answer to the comments to my entry on gender and love declarations as soon as possible.

Title: The Space Between Us
Author: hungrytiger11
Characters: Hanabi, Hinata, Neji, Ko
Rating/Warning: PG-13, Hyuugacest
Summary: Hanabi is ten when she decides she will never marry. Hyuuga-centric, Nejihina/Hyuugacest.

Crossposted to chuunin and hyugacest

Just decided I would share this image, below the cut. TFA Shockwave. The image is hosted on DA, I might do a few more TFA based art at some point...though i'm basically just messing around with my own style most of the time when it comes to TF but, hey. Haha.

( And without further adieu... )

I don't really want to do this again, but I can't start re-stamping yet. ): There are way too many applications out there and some were posted over 2 weeks ago.

Re-stamping will begin once we get 4 unstamped applications stamped: link

It's been a while since I've posted some of my glass dragons here. I live in upside-don land, so I doubly can't wait for the new novel ... Anyway, I've finally gotten around to making some more. These are oriental types, more freely interpreted into the kind of art you might see on a mantle piece in a drawing room. As you can probably tell, I've focused a lot on the dynamics of movement with these, whether it be static or as ferocious as a buzz saw. I've also had a sculpture of an attacking flamme-de-gloire sitting around my studio for a while which I've yet to get around to finishing. I'll post it when I do.
hope you enjoy these in the meantime

this is a re-stamp...i recall being stamped as Envy some time ago, but i've changed a LOT since then so i figured i'd try this again. :)

( it's a bird! it's a plane! wait, that's way too small... )

With great amusement, people at 2ch have noticed a recently released shoujo version of Death Note called "Hal" (pronounced Haru, like Halle Lidner).
The main girl looks like a female (and shoujo style) version of Light, and she meets a shinigami (bishounen this time) in very similar circumstances. The plot seems to also involve she wanting to kill people with the help of her shinigami.

If you scroll down in the link I posted above, you'll find bigger versions of the pages. I'm not an expert in the first arc, but I think that some of those panels look really similar to some Light and Ryuuk scenes. The Shinigami is also seen reading Jump magazine in one of the panels.


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