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As a sort of corollary to my last top fives post, I guess,

evil_little_dog asked me for the top five AUs I would like to see for FMA. Which seems a little redundant, but I have valiantly tried to think of new ones!

1. The Musical AU

This one is pretty much a gimme. It is a belief I hold strongly that every show should have a musical episode, or it is failing in its duties. It could be just a matter of giving Greedling a chance to sing Lady Gaga or it could be a full-fledged Broadway AU in which leading man Mustang is secretly plotting to topple the tyrannical diva Bradley in a singing-and-dancing revolution, OR BOTH, as long as there's a back-up chorus!

2. The Terrible Fantasy Cliches AU

ELVES. WIZARDS. ANCIENT PROPHECIES. I can see two ways to do this: either you use the thoughtfulness and story excellence that characterizes FMA to do a really nuanced exploration and deconstruction of the standard Eurofantasy setting, or you just full-on embrace the ridiculousness and give everyone +10 POWERS OF MAGIC MISSILE AND A DRAGON.

3. The Historical Revolution AU

I am not limiting this to the French revolution, it is just that Enjolras is pretty iconic. Any historical revolution would do, really! I love revolutions and am not picky. :D

4. The Wacky Office Hijinks AU

This is sort of cheating because it's basically what Team Mustang does on all their off-days anyway, but I never, ever get tired of stories about Breda cunningly stealing Falman's stapler and could read Murder Must Advertise-ish office hijinks ALL DAY LONG.

5. The AU Where Everyone Is Lions

Basically my feelings are that if it exists for Hamlet, there is absolutely no reason that it shouldn't exist for everything else as well. (I can't decide whether we call him the Hohenhlion, or MUFASENHEIM.)

If anyone is inspired by this to write snippets, I, um . . . will be happy? Will write a snippet back perhaps? SOMETHING.

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AS WOULD ALL RIGHT-THINKING PERSONS.

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j;lkasjfddsI cannot watch, because I am at work right now, but OH WHEN I GET HOME.

this, too

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/CAN'T WAIT TIL YOU GET HOME <3 lmfao

the eurofantasy one could be really interesting if it was done seriously o: --especially since, really, fma wouldn't be a very far stretch from it already, if you modify a few key elements o:

Yes! And, I mean, in a lot of ways Amestris can be read as a critique of European imperialism anyway, so you could totally do something with that, and with the standard Orientalist depictions of ~THE EASTERN COUNTRIES~ or whatever that you tend to get in that kind of fantasy book.

Also Ed would totally think having a dragon was COOL AS HELL.

(also, BECAUSE THE MUSICAL MAKES ME THINK OF IT, i'm making a greed!mix that has eminem's cinderella man on it 'yeah, you know technically, i'm not even really supposed to be here right now, so fuck it, might as well make the most of it. yeah, haha, feels good! whooo, guess im lucky, some of us don't get a second chance. but i aint blowing this one. naw man, haha, shit i feel like i can do anything now. who can catch lightning in a bottle? set fire to water? rewound the future to the present, paused it don't ask how, he's the shit right now, he's cinderella man.')

BUT ANYWAY POINT IS I REALLY WANT THIS MUSICAL TO BE A REAL THING lmao

this is totally true o: and really fascinating, huh, /has to think on it.

and lmfao, HE WOULD.

(. . . . that is really, bizarrely fitting.

And, related, I have to ask now if you've seen

doxorz's thoroughly fabulous all-pop Greed fanmix. SO DELIGHTFUL AND APROPOS.)

...lmfao, SUPER FITTING TIMING BECAUSE I WAS JUST ABOUT TO COME BACK and add that my prerogative, britney-style, totally makes me think of kimblee : |

omg darren hayes's pop!ular. gaga! win.