a shy Mustang ( ̄▽ ̄)
"I haven't cried for so long I forgot how hard it is to make the tears stop"
Heyy, this is yet another wip that actually grew on me enough for me to post it, so here it is! I hope I'll finish it one day (yeah, right), but it's been sitting in my drafts for a while, so I thought I'd share a small piece of good old angst with you all :'))
Royai Week Day 5 Reunion
I did multiple different thumbnails to decide what I wanted to do for this one (did I pick a good one?)
An Ambush Simulation comic.
Fair warning, this is not one of my usual lighthearted ones. If you’ve read the fic, you’ll know the scene, but if you haven’t, be warned there is brief domestic violence and some blood. Nothing more serious than what's already in My Hero's canon.
Read right-to-left.
Ah, yes. The inciting moment for The Summer Camp Ambush Simulation.
Addressing the reason why things escalated so quickly, since the answer is not really given in the accompanying fic either, we need to look at Endeavor’s point of view. He’s invested twenty-three years into his goal of trying to complete his perfect successor. He has almost succeeded with Shouto, except the events of Hosu City nearly jeopardized that beyond repair. Shouto is his last chance. He can’t have another kid, it’s unlikely he can train a grandchild to succeed him. (You can’t tell me he didn’t consider that.) Shouto being charged with vigilantism and having that black mark could have ruined everything he’s worked so hard for.
And now Touya, his past failure and current problem child who has been charged repeatedly with vigilantism, is stepping between him and Shouto and mouthing off. He’s interfering, just like his mother did.
Old 'habits' die hard.
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I thought about cutting the comic short with the brothers heading to the bathroom, but I thought it was important to also include Touya's toxic behavior. Yeah, he has PTSD, abandonment trauma, and who knows what else, but acting like this isn't healthy either.
In Chapter 2, Touya fixates on the fact that Endeavor hit him. He barely pays attention to the fact Shouto was there.
In Chapter 3, Shouto is the one whose pov provides the whole picture. He was being scolded and then Touya stood up for him. Touya has never stood up for him, nor does he really understand why he did it. During the confrontation, Endeavor hits Touya. Endeavor has never done that before. Two of Shouto's 'normals' got overturned in the span of two minutes. He's confused, but he still tries to do the right thing by his hostile sibling.
And rather than accept his help, Touya lashes out at him again once the shock wears off. As he is in canon, he is still spiteful, self-destructive, and a bit self-pitying and returning home after the coma in this AU did little to change that because the core issue is Endeavor being a bad parent.
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And if there's any confusion as to why Shouto sees Rei briefly after Touya is knocked to the floor, this is a bit of dialogue from the fic it's from:
"I spent my entire childhood listening to my mother crying because you hurt her over and over. I refuse to live through that again with my brother."
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Fun fact: I did not draw these pages in order.
Through the whole bathroom scene, all I could think was, "Shouto...baby...gloves."
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Further comics for this AU, click here.
my brain cannot comprehend that they are the same age in these photos?????
爱了十几年了,画张长的飞起的打火机。
试了一下素描稿叠色的方法,真的挺节约时间的!!
“FULLMETAL YES.”
Day 4: AU or clothing
i have both covered. AU in which Edward Elric is costing the military entirely too much money in the wake of his getting lost or mixed up in trouble anywhere. it is the decision of the military to outfit Ed and his superior, Roy Mustang, with these handy shirts! it saves the military thousands. Roy is done within the first 22 minutes, tho. Ed also gets a nifty pony tail because i like pony tails.
The day Edward learned that Mustang isn't invincible.
I present to you, Sootbito and the Sootchiha~
Drawn crudely by me, angry lil things~ ( ꈍᴗꈍ)
Sootkashi coming soon~
Roy is old french for king, in case you didn't know.
And today's Kings' day, so.
Hi, French folks. Roy ramène la prochaine galette, il en est très content visiblement.
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