Threadhopping with this character?: Go for it!

Fourth-walling this character?: Warn me first! I probably won't mind. Note that in witchesreign continuity, he has interacted with several characters from the manga universe and is aware that it exists, but only in a parallel timeline sense (as opposed to anything meta).

Backtagging with this character?: I revel in backtagging :D It comes with living in an inconvenient timezone. For game threads I'll usually try to keep tagging as long as you do, but I tend to be a bit slow and may forget; if you feel you want to poke me about any thread in particular, please do.

Hugging this character?: Sure!

Giving this character a kiss?: Yep! And be prepared for the fallout.

Something more intimate?: In witchesreign continuity, he's 17. Otherwise, he's 16, and unlikely to be aged up - so I'll be honest, probably not unless I approach you first, although you can still ask. Fading to black or handwaving is more likely.

Relationships?: With the above in mind, yes! Note that romance will take a lot of doing - and if you're going for incest or something else that could be problematic, I'd appreciate you running it by me first. Other kinds of relationship - friendships, rivalries, hate-ons, passing acquaintances, whatever - are fair game!

Punching this character (provided they can fight back): Of course! What else is a shounen protagonist good for?

Injury?: Anything that he can recover from without a doctor or a mechanic, well, sucks to be him. Otherwise, especially if it's going to restrict his movement in a significant way, please clear it with me.

Death?: No thanks. Three times was enough.

Plotting?: BRING IT. The best ways to contact me are listed here!

Anything you shouldn't mention near this character?: He doesn't want you to mention his height. I say it's cool, as long as you weren't trying too hard to have a serious conversation at the same time. Also, on top of being a generally judgmental little bastard, he is not religion's biggest fan; I guess it might be a sensitive topic with some people, so if you have OOC problems with reading that kind of thing, heads up.

Anything you need to know about interacting with this character?: Trauma. His triggers are kind of specific and he's usually good at either avoiding them or masking his reaction to them when he can't, but expect him to shut down (flashbacks, possibly passing out) if he's ever without warning reminded too strongly of the night he failed to resurrect his mother.

Anything else: If something isn't mentioned here, ask me. ♥

Canon point: The anime finale, before he ends up on Earth a second time.
In clock_town and most other things, he's dead and his soul just saw Envy pass through the Gate.
In witchesreign, he's pulled from slightly later - the moment he tries to sacrifice himself, before he passes through the Gate and sees Al being put back together.

Some differences from the manga / Brotherhood

• Angst. Probably the second most immediately apparent thing. He doesn't do it all the time, but even when not actively moping he's moodier and more walled-off in general.
• Shorter. At these canon points he's 16 years old, but somewhere around 5'2" and definitely not taller than Winry. He has no excuse for this.
• Obviously, discrepancies in backstory - both recent and not so recent.
• In particular, never permanently regains either of his missing limbs. Also, never had a reason to switch to cold-weather automail, so in combat he's a little slower.
• Small but significant differences in his style of alchemy.
  • The energy for his transmutations is drawn from the souls of dead people passing through the Gate.
  • When he does use them, arrays and transmutation circles frequently look identical or similar, but the more complicated ones often incorporate long, flowing curves and shapes as well as the usual symbols and geometrical patterns.
  • A Philosopher's Stone isn't the same thing in his world, and the people who go into making one (or less refined variants, like a red stone) really are dead. As such, he probably isn't able to cast from lifespan.
  • Sometimes a transmutation might be physically taxing independent of rebound.
  • Remote alchemy might be possible...
• Sense of aesthetics is not particularly macabre; in fact, it more often veers into goofy territory.
• Not a technical pacifist, although he used to try.
• Much less interested in relationships, even when he isn't otherwise busy.
• Appearance-wise: slightly pointier face, slightly shorter ahoge, but unlike the height difference it would be hard to notice either unless they were side by side. The flamel on the back of his trademark coat is somewhat smaller.

Assorted general headcanon

• Born on the 27th January 1899.
• Right-handed, so the hand he writes with isn't dominant. When he started writing left-handed, he'd print most things just so they were legible. Years later, he's considerably faster and doesn't need to any more, but his handwriting is still on the scrawly side. Also, his typing is pretty slow.
• Naturally has something of a xenophobic streak, which he's aware of and usually manages to ignore. It extends to non-humans, however human they look - though obviously not if he doesn't know.
• Despite having reconciled with his dad enough to actually call him Dad, there's still quite a bit of lingering resentment there. It doesn't begin to go away until he watches Hohenheim die, which hasn't happened yet.
• Has a talent for picking up languages that goes beyond his quickness on the uptake in general, though he hasn't had an opportunity to use it much yet.
• Often talks in his sleep.

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( With Broken Wings )

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Don't Be Afraid - Uematsu Nobuo, Final Fantasy VIII

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Game-specific headcanon and other notes:

• His alchemy doesn't work in this setting - there's nowhere to get the energy from. (Hyrule doesn't count.)
• He arrived his regular outfit from the last stretch of the series, which is basically his regular outfit from the rest of the series minus coat and pocketwatch.