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    '03 anime canon divergence in which the final transmutation goes wrong and Al is turned into a baby. Ed struggles to accept this new reality and Roy offers to help, getting far more than he bargained for. Longass slowburn. Series depicts their life as a family.

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    09 Feb 2026

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    Fullmetal is standing on the doorstep, looking windswept and utterly bereft, but holding a tiny baby in his arms.

     

    “It went wrong,” he chokes out, his voice tight with barely suppressed sobs, and his eyes have an unusually bright shine to them. “It went wrong, I messed up, I didn't know where else to go, please, I messed up-”

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    26 Jan 2026

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    i'll never be free of the horror of the premise, i think. that said— this was hands down no lie honest to god cross my heart Amazing

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    "I have heard that your tastes are not as discerning, so to speak, as most western men, so I thought something beautiful would certainly please you.”

    Roy had been so caught up in that beauty that it took him a moment to realize the implications of the chain and of Vasyklo’s words. The young man was his gift.

    He felt vaguely sick to his stomach.

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    24 Jan 2026

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    like it's so cool. this was great?

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    “I kissed Edward,” Roy said, more quietly than he'd ever spoken to her before. Riza’s raised eyebrows asked a question all on their own.

    “Edward… Hertzmann? In signal corps, on the third—”

    “Elric.” The surname hung heavy between them like it had hung between so many others before them. “But thank you for trying.”

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    23 Jan 2026

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  5. Rec 15

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    He’s seen many different cultural approaches to childcare. Amestris’ is rather stagnant, comparatively. Xing believed in gentle movement for infants, and built all sorts of wood cradles and hammocks for rocking their young. Ishvalans kept infants on their backs for most of their early years, tied and swaddled in place with cloth, and shielded from biting sand.

    Xerxes, well...

    Here, and now, Amestrians believe that a baby should be kept indoors for its first few months–to protect their health, and their developing systems.

    Hohenheim knows just enough about childhood development to question this, but not enough to truly challenge it. Time had proved him wrong before, science and understanding crawling away from him as he spent years turning over other stones. It was as if the world moved rapidly every time he blinked, blurring past him without notice.

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    Or: Hohenheim gets stuck taking care of his infant son by himself. He thinks about old Xerxian traditions. Ed spends most of the day screaming.

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    19 Jan 2026