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Published: 2010-10-22 08:14:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 3683; Favourites: 190; Downloads: 60
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A quiet, lonely moment between two friends: Maes Hughes and Roy Mustang. The idea is that they're sitting in front of a camp fire, probably during the war in Ishbal. They talked a lot about dreams, in those days.I dedicate this sketch to my sister , who is directly responsible for this round of procrastination. (Not that I'm complaining.)
Enjoy! (or not. That's okay too.)
Fullmetal Alchemist in all its glory belongs to Hiromu Arakawa.
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Fantastic piece! Great use of dark, muted colors set the mood. Generous but blended highlighting captures detail and expression. Kudos.
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Oh man these two good good friendddssss....Β ;.;
All my feels.
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I love how clearly their friendship shines through in this piece. It's one of my favorite things about the whole series, and you captured it perfectly here.
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Beautifully done. And I totally agree with all your responses as well. I love a good (emphasis on GOOD) slash fic as much as the next girl, but the gen fics usually win out. There's something about an unfathomably deep bond of friendship between two people that I find very appealing (take Yusuke and Kuwabara from YYH for another example). Friendship is very underrated in fanfic.
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So intense! Touching and beautifully painted... Roy and Huges are awesome in general, so.
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Aren't they though? I just fell in love with them.
Thank you!
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Great work I love the intensity and the closeness of Hughes and Roy.
Hayley
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Thank you so much!
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D'aww that's so cute!
Hayley
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Just finished watching that damned saddest episode in the FMA original anime for the umpteenth time...this just makes me even more sad! {tis' a good thing} So emotional-and I really just love the colors...a cool blue to set a serious mood with the warm glow kinda of frienship maybe? Even though times are hard they were still friends and could talk about their dreams and everything else...
This really makes me yearn for a fanfic based off of this now...what I wouldn't give! Because this totally deserves it!
Fnatastic job!! :}
Not a bad way of procrastinatino at all xD *thanks your sister*
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I ... have so many feelings about that episode. I love it as a character study ... I hate feeling like I've lost a member of my family after I've finished watching it. I really miss Hughes. I would do anything to bring him back. I would never have been as strong as Roy (or Gracia, or Ed, etc) in that respect. I love him so much.
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THis looks fantastic, and also so sad... Poor things...
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Thank you. And I know, right?
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You're welcome. And indeed!
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This picture is absolutely stunning! The amount of emotion just makes your breath catch. They seem very protective of each other, and I like how you can literally see the amazing friendship between these two.
Maes' face and expression is also incredible. I don't feel like there is nearly enough realistic depictions of the FMA cast, but you did a beautiful job.
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Thank you so much! 
I think there aren't a lot of realistic depictions, because it's incredibly (surprisingly!) difficult to translate the characters from their cartoon versions into anything more realistic, while preserving their visual essences (at least, it's hard for me to do). I have a real respect for anime and manga artists, just from trying to interpret the minimalism of their character work! Gah! It's so hard!
I'm so glad you like it! Maes and Roy are my absolute favorite characters, and I just love their friendship.
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It's perfect how you used the colours. Great pic with a great athmosphere
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Your style is just WOW! And the colours are amazing, too; the blue and black create a melancholic, silent mood, the white outlines make it also cold, but the orange just shows the little glimpse of hope for a better future and warm up the heart
Not sure, if this is Bromance or slash, but anyway... LOVE IT!!!!!
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Thank you! 
It's not exactly brotherhood between them, but it's not slash, either. It's a bond forged through war and loneliness, that I think transcends the definition of romance or friendship... I don't know how else to define it.
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Oh, good, no slash!
I'm a bit tired of seeing RoyX
I am afraid I must agree. Slash, as a phenomenon, is blinding people to true character interactions and draining the individual personalities out of our favorite fictitious persons. It's unfortunate, because it's mostly sexualization without true substance. That being said, I have no problem with (and even support) same-gender relationships in my fandoms so long as they are canon, or at least have some solid evidence of being so. As far as Roy and Hughes go, I think there is sufficient evidence in official art work, story, and production material to support a romantic relationship at some point in their history, before Gracia and Hawkeye. However, I think they moved on and remained fast friends. It happens, especially in war situations. It makes sense to their characters. What I dislike is when people begin to throw together anyone and everyone, without basis. Like, Roy and Scar? Really? No. There is no basis!! D:<
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Roy and Hughes... all I can say here is "HM!" I have no idea, really. But I couldn't imagine that they have ever been really in love. I don't doubt they have a really really deep bound, which you could maybe even call some kind of love, but it is not as romantically as with Riza and Gracia. More like... comfort, I guess!?
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I know exactly what you mean. It becomes pure self-gratification at some point. Especially as it's always the good looking ones that get paired.
Strangely enough, I actually was dead-set against slash for all those reasons you mentioned when I ran into "evidence" supporting Roy and Hughes as more than friends.
I love character analysis, and I do it almost compulsively when I like a fictional character. So some of the biggest points, for me, were the exceptions Mustang for Hughes that were not part of his interactions with anyone else, not even Hawkeye (whom we know, WE KNOW, he loved deeply).
He carried a picture of Hughes on his person. The one time we see him cry, he cries for Hughes. He lets Hughes touch him casually and affectionately (something he doesn't let anyone else do. You can count on one hand the number of times he touches other people). He mixes official and personal business in a way unprecedented and actually COMMENTED on by his men, in his pursuit of Hughes' killer. He never does these things for anyone else.
Another interesting support I found was official art and extras. Hughes has a song called "Angel Heart" (last I looked, it was on youtube). In the translation, it's very clear he's talking to Roy, though no one is specifically named. He talks about their telephone conversations, the rain, protecting and supporting through hidden pain... Then comes this line:
"While you were sleeping with your face buried in the sofa, I kissed you softly. Donβt catch cold"
It wouldn't be Gracia or Elysia, falling asleep on their sofa, inadequately covered... not while Hughes was in charge! The next few lines corroborate that it isn't Gracia:
"If sorrow shoots you in the heart
Iβll believe in your strength
And be your unseen shield
On a street corner in the rain
Like a miracle of fate, weβll meet
My love will be your umbrella"
Hughes is married to Gracia, he's not an *unseen* shield. There's no miracles in Hughes meeting Gracia on a street corner, he sees her every day! (And loves every single one of them!)
There's no need for Hughes and Mustang to have a sexual relationship to have had a romantic one. I definitely think they operated as best friends, most of the time. Brothers, even. But there was an element of love in their relationship that surpassed even that. It's part of what makes me love them so much!
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I've never thought as deep as you did about the relationship between Roy and Hughes, but all your arguments make -surprising to me- sense. Especially your last paragraph sums it up very nice
I think you gave me a lot to think about, in a good way.
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I'm glad.
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Amazing atmosphere and colours.
I love the idea
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Wow I really like the style of painting you use! very nice!
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This is amazing! I love the feeling in this! AAAAAAAAND it's not Yoai
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Thank you! 
Ah, hahaha. Sorry for ranting.
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I can't believe it! 
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OH MY GOD. I'm so happy! THANK YOU SO MUCH. How do you always know when my bad days are and post amazing pictures that make them SOOO GOOODDD?
The colors, the texture, their expressions, Hughe's eyes, the mood of the picture... Oh god. It's so beautiful. It makes me really want to get an idea of how to finish that FMA fanfiction I'm working on. XD
I love you soso much.
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You're welcome.
Do you know, I kind of like this sick-cyclical obsessive feedback loop we have here. I read your fan fictions. I get inspired. I draw fan art. You get inspired. You write more fan fictions for me to read and get inspired by! YAY! 
Me love you more so.
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I love it! It looks so realistic
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