Not a fan of the pairing, but definitely one of the better ship manifestos I've read. Good work!
My main roadblock with Ed/Al is how AU fics generally have to become in order to make it work. I prefer for things to be either as in series as possible or to just be wildly AU. Ed/Al fics tend to end up somewhere in the middle ground, and I just don't like reading stories like that.
Besides, although there are some very (very) eyebrow-raising lines out there in the canon, I do love these two very much as brothers and nothing more. I see the appeal there for Ed/Al fans, but I've never had the urge to see their relationship taken another step further.
I will be reading the fics you recommend anyways though. I've been converted to pairings via great fics before ("Mirrorworld" got me into Ed/Alfonz and "Tears and Rain" got me into Ed/Roy) so I may end up eating my own words in a month or two, LOL.
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My main roadblock with Ed/Al is how AU fics generally have to become in order to make it work. I prefer for things to be either as in series as possible or to just be wildly AU. Ed/Al fics tend to end up somewhere in the middle ground, and I just don't like reading stories like that.
Besides, although there are some very (very) eyebrow-raising lines out there in the canon, I do love these two very much as brothers and nothing more. I see the appeal there for Ed/Al fans, but I've never had the urge to see their relationship taken another step further.
I will be reading the fics you recommend anyways though. I've been converted to pairings via great fics before ("Mirrorworld" got me into Ed/Alfonz and "Tears and Rain" got me into Ed/Roy) so I may end up eating my own words in a month or two, LOL.
Anyways, thanks for the hard work!