What if MLP G5 was "Fullmetal Alchemist" and also Shakespeare's "Hamlet?"
A specter with wings AND a horn instructs Zipp and Pipp to avenge their mother's death...with necromancy!
"And that's how I lost BOTH my BUCKING FRONT LEGS!" -- Zipp Storm
Ponykind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of equivalent exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth. -- AU Pipp Petals (definitely not some human kid named Alphonse Elric)
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My initial reaction: "What is this incomprehensible mishmash of different— Oh, it's Birb."
Looking forward to seeing where you go with this. I especially like this concept for how Old Equestria was unmade, and how to summon the specter of Sparkle.
For such a chaotic mishmash of tropes this is hanging together rather neatly. I look forward to seeing where this goes.
StraightToThePointStudio on YouTube is doing an Audio Reading of your Fic! Awesome!
Given your comments on https://www.fimfiction.net/story/537100/the-return-of-pipp-and-zipp-in-fullmetal-hamlet-part-five-the-purloined-letter, you may want to add it as a "sequel"
Is this now complete or is the "incomplete" button intentional?
Best wishes!