"I've been living my life under the weight of many regrets. There are countless sins in my past that I'll never be able to atone for, thousands of individuals who will never get to see the sunrise again due to my actions. The shame within me is great, but the flaming passion deep within my soul is far more powerful than you can ever imagine.
It's taking every ounce of concentration I have to resist the urge to reduce you to a pile of ash, Envy. I don't know how I ended up in this veritable hell, and I certainly don't know why you two are here with me, but I swear on whatever life I have left that I will protect this place, no matter the cost.
I don't care how many times I'll have to kill you, Envy. You'll die a thousand deaths before you lay a finger on the inhabitants of this world."
Why is this in the Displaced group? I read the chapter, this guy's supposed to be the "real" Colonel Mustang, not just some random shmuck with his powers and appearance.
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Just fixed it, thanks for the heads up!
Looks promising, keep it up
Been a couple years since I last seen FMA:B
Regardless, Mustang is a badass.
Like and Fav
Oh great the most useless character in all if FMA
7951267 Only when it rains.
Not enough Miniskirts. 10/10 ~IGN.
7951060 If I'm remembering correctly, this is FMA Mustang, not Brotherhood Mustang. He only loses an eye in Brotherhood, versus going blind in FMA.
7953108 Regardless of which incarnation he is...
He's badass.
That's all that matters.
7953108 That's good to hear. Like most of the characters, he had a lot more depth in the first anime series.
Quick technical aside for fans that didn't know: the first anime outpaced the manga during production. The plot points and major reveals all came from writers for the animated adaptation going entirely off-script because the script no longer existed. They also created a huge number of filler episodes that explored characters without advancing the primary story as a delaying tactic for the original mangaka to try to catch up. If you thought Brotherhood was rushed in comparison, this is partly why. Brotherhood was far more faithful to the Manga and more closely matched the slightly less serious style of the author. I feel the darker tone of FMA compared to Brotherhood made for a better story, but it also meandered a lot. </nerd>
All that aside, my interest in THIS story is now piqued and I look forwards to its completion!
So thanks for that.
Yah, best character in both series
. You have my interest.
7953108 You got them mixed up. He completely loses his eyesight towards the end of Brotherhood. The final scene with him is where he's in a hospital bed and Dr. Marco shows up offering to use the last Philosopher's stone to restore his vision, but Mustang says that he wants him to fix Havoc's spine first. This story presumably starts just after Marco gets back from doing that.
7968517 Really? It has been a few years since I've seen either of them. May have to rematch them now...
I like it a lot
This is great and really well done, but the Fullmetal nerd in me is complaining about him using flame alchemy without the gloves. Sure he has the clap to replace the circle, but it was the GLOVES that were supplying the spark to light the flammable gas the alchemy provided. It's why he has to use Havoc's lighter when lust takes the gloves away before he kills her.
Don't get me wrong, i REALLY love this fic, I've been praying for a good Fullmetal fic in this site for months now, but that one major little detail bugs the hell out of me.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that, towards the second to last episode of FMA:B, Mustang assists in the destruction of Father using the clapping transmutation to create flames without a lighter or his gloves, as both were absent at the time. I was using that fact basis as the reason he was able to transmute fire without his gloves.
7971776 I just double checked the episode to confirm, and no he had the gloves on still, they were just stabbed through and the blood from the wound made their circles unusable.
...Pinkie? Hellooo~ You ok in there?
Uh, guys, I think we broke Pinkie Pie.
7971776 You would be correct. He was forced [tricked? I forget which] into committing human transmutation. His sacrifice was his eyesight.
All around me are familiar face worn out places....
I can't wait for the inevitable drama next chapter. Will they treat him as a threat? Will they see him as a monster?
Or will something deep within May Hooves tell him that he can trust this strange being who calls himself Mustang.
8052623 True, but don't forget that it was the other two that threatened to kill them if Mustang made a move, implying that protecting their lives is a priority for him.
Besides, Hooves (that's gonna take some getting used to, my hands keep trying to type Hughes) is ranked first lieutenant, and the difference in effect between a ranked officer's field report giving someone a condemnation for causing collateral damage, or a commendation for defending the lives of innocents should not be underestimated.
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What, it can't be a two-step alchemization? First step being to use most of the energy to create the oxygen-rich gas, with the second being to use the remainder to create a simple spark, yes?
Or maybe, just maybe, he performs a mini-alchemization using his thumb and forefinger to create the spark...?
I'm liking this so far. I'm aware that the viability of this tale being considered a "Displaced" story was called into question before, but I believe it still counts. They never said it had to be someone from our Earth, or that they had to be in costume: they merely had to be displaced (as in "moved," like water displacement,) from one world/dimension to the one containing Equestria.
"Displaced=Dimensionally+Misplaced" came later, probably as an "in-universe" explanation.
8053786 No, see, according to the Admins of the Displaced group, even stories that do follow the usual Displaced formulas don't count unless they include some very specific elements (coughcolabscough). Elements which would almost certainly ruin a story such as this one. Besides, the author himself admitted that the story wasn't supposed to be in the group when it was brought to his attention, and has since removed it.
Not all crossover stories are Displaced. Automatically labeling them as such when they clearly aren't only serves to foster confusion.
8053774 That's...not how alchemy works. It's the act of taking matter, breaking it down, and forming something else, even if it WAS possible for him to do that he'd have to clap twice for one fire as a result.
Because when you clap you're creating the transmutation circle, which while it's possible for the circles to have a few different uses, they have to have the same base use like boiling/freezing water. Roy's circle was made as a multi use circle for transmuting the various elements one would find to create flammable gas, such as water into hydrogen gas.
Besides, even if he now COULD suddenly ignite the flames without the Ignition Gloves or some form of flint, he would've at least made a passing note of it for later, if not outright questioned it. He also certainly wouldn't attempt it without the gloves if he didn't KNOW he could do it, at least without doing it on instinct but that would imply he wouldn't clap for the flames on accident and as a result not even transmute any flames.
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To clear some things up,
He'll be getting his gloves back soon enough, so don't worry too much about the alchemical science behind the flame transmutation
. I've been operating under the concept that he transmutes the gas for flame alchemy using his internal transmutation circle, then ignites the flame with the excess blue lightning sparks made by powerful transmutations. I hope that's canon enough to the series to be rational; if not, I can always just rewrite the story a little bit to include the gloves in the first chapters. I just thought it might be interesting to see him use transmutation without a circle until he acquires the gloves a bit later in the story
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Not to worry, your idea was close enough to what I was trying to explain anyways. Conservation of energy and suchlike. Keep on keeping on, and all that
So Truth sent Envy and Lust to Equestria, knowing they would cause the deaths of innocents who have nothing to do with Alchemy, to punish them? I mean Truth was shown to be somewhat dickish in canon when he/it?took Roy's sight despite him not having actual having performed human transmutation but why would Truth harm the inhabitants of Equestria to punish Envy and Lust?
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Without revealing too much, Truth has a larger purpose than just punishing Envy and Lust. He/she/it can accept the collateral for the damages caused by sending the Homunculi to Equestria, if the process results in the outcome the Truth desires.
Good point, though. 'Tis a bit malicious of Truth to get Equestria wrapped up in such a complex and lethal issue.
Will there be another chapter?
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Absolutely! Sorry about the wait, I've just been busy with my other stories.
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So, this is technically a Displaced story, but with someone not of earth being displaced to Equestria instead. Would you be willing to do a crossover, or would that throw off your plotline too much? (Asking for the sake of knowing)
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Oh for fucks sake. It's not a Displaced fic! Even disregarding the strict rules set in place by the Displaced group admins, it's obvious that this story is an ordinary crossover fic. Just a crossover fic. It follows none of the conventions usually used by Displaced stories, and the author even had it removed from the group when it was added without their knowledge early on, thereby implying that it was never intended as such. So stop calling it that.
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Sorry, man! No need to blow up at me... It's been a while between when I read this chapter and the previous one, and I've had a lot of things to deal with irl. Sorry that I re-asked the question, apparently. I've been dealing with moving, job stuff, story collaboration complications, and somewhere over a hundred other stories i had up in the same browser that I've been bouncing back and forth between in the interim.
TBH, ya could'a just said "hey, you already asked that, and he said no." Not my fault I don't have a perfect memory...
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Sorry about that. To be honest, I didn't even realize you were the one who previously asked until you brought it up.
I guess I should clarify that I wasn't upset with you specifically. Rather, I was simply frustrated that this was the third time I've had to make this correction, the first being when I originally brought it up to the author. When I said "stop calling it that", I was directing it towards everyone who did so, not just you.
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Insert some rehashed “works in mysterious ways” bs here.
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And he was practically a more portable canon. Hawkeye was constantly navigating/operating him to shoot at Father. Which is hilarious to me.