I Feel So Fcking Terrible And It's So Good That I Can Sit Down And Draw Them A Little And Jesus I Love

[oc] compiling every illustration I have for this story so far :)

A Blacksmith’s Dream

The whole “scientists use big words on purpose to be exclusive” is such a bunch of anti-intellectual bullshit. Specific and concise language exists for a reason; you need the right words to convey the right meaning, and explaining stuff right is a hugely important part of science. Cultures that live around loads of snow have loads of words to describe different types of snow; cultures that live in deserts have loads of words to describe different types of sand. Complex language is needed for complex meaning.

I don't know if this is common knowledge, but all of team Mustang's codenames are borrowed from girls working at Madame Christmas' bar.

This is Vanessa, the girl whose name was assigned to Falman.

That means there's an actual Elizabeth — with whom Roy would talk to over the phone, and go on "dates" with — who is not Riza. That's exactly what makes the codenames effective. At any point Roy can just go on that fishing trip with the real Elizabeth to throw off anyone suspicious.

Also, all the selected girls' names share one or more of the Japanese syllables (kana character) with the person they have been assigned to:

Name (Japanese spelling)

Riza (ri-za) = Elizabeth (e-ri-za-be-su)

Jean (jya-n) = Jacqueline (jya-ku-ri-i-n)

Breda (bu-re-da) = Braidykins (bu-re-i-di-ki-n-su)

Vato (va-to) = Vanessa (va-ne-s-sa)

Kain (ke-i-n) = Kate (ke-i-to)

Poor Breda is the only one whose codename is related to his last name instead of his first name.

Idk if iv mentioned it yet but i love Bjorn vinland saga. Bjorn vinland saga is my new favorite guy.

Thing :U

I dont feel like drawin a proper comic rn, but. Thought.

Also. Later:

Adding it as 1 long strip under here cause realized its a pain to read on mobile :U

her side profile >>> 🧎🏻‍♀️‍➡️😮‍💨

ah ... otp ... <3

ref under cut

saw this on twt weeks ago and i immediately thought "royai" but i was expecting someone else would draw it eventually .. but i haven't seen it so i did it myself (sorry if anyone did draw it). had to ask my friend to grab the og tweet for me since i'm in twitter jail