you don't understand though i read this when i was 12 and i cried and i'm reading it now and crying

Oh my god...

This story has already had me in tears several times, but god... THe last two chapters...

Both Roy and Ed are so strong... And now Roy is the lonely one, having no one he can tell...

I died laughing at "Roy. I have blood!"

And then you ruined my happiness with the last few sentences.

beautiful story. you made me cry. ed is so very selfless.

My gosh... you have done what no other fictional story has ever done before; drop tears. I know how people talk about how FMA so often made them cry, and though it made me VERY emotional, it never made me actually cry. I wondered why. And then this fic. it hit me like a ton of bricks when it was revealed that Ed purposefully died. What really broke me finally though, was Roys flashbacks of Ed looking at the sky, commenting on how beautiful it was.

Besides all that, this was beautifully written. In fact, it occured to me that even though this is completely heartbreaking, this would have been a way better ending for the first anime. it would have made more sense plotwise, and one of the major weaknesses of the 03 anime was plot and its ending for sure. Normally with "ed is dead" fanfics, im like "well im glad thats not canon". But this is so Ed, so fullmetal alchemist, especially with the more depressing tone the 03 series always had.

All the characters were perfectly accurate, the structure was brilliant and the ending satisfying.

Well Done.

Well that was heartbreaking. Beautiful, horrible, believable and heartbreaking.

No. Just no.

Yes. Yes, dear Roy.

Nicely written, but now I'm feeling sad. And oddly warmed at the same time.

I loved this story! And I haven't read "Apotheosis," so no worries about similarities there. I loved the book aspect, and Roy's searching. Beautifully done, especially Ed's tragic revelation and solution. There's a part of me that kind of wants Al to find out, but another that definitely doesn't. But MAN. What a great read. Really, really great, and so well put together. A gem.

I liked that it ended. The best fics have endings (scowl unfinished fics out there). That shit was fucking cute. And really fucking sad. I swear when I'm sad, I guess? I liked the bit with Roy going through the books, especially the Ye Olde Magyc book. It was interesting, and the whole time without taboo idea is cool.

Really enjoyed this but poor Roy.

I almost cried at so many points in this story! Amazing (:

I'ma go bawl naow.

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A*commits suicide, uses parrot.*

I've lost track how many times I've read chapter 4. Brilliantly written. Unable to hold all these feels.

So, just a quick question. Here I am, innocently reading this (fantastic) story, when I come across a transition from one point to the next. After Al goes inside to clean his thumb of the blod, Roy turns back to the basil and sets it in the ground to let it set its roots and grow... Was that meant to be a metaphor? I read that as a metaphor; that the basil was actually Al and, by letting him figure out his future (set his roots, perhaps?), Roy was letting him grow. Was it? I felt unbelievably smart for thinking of that; that's the first time that I've actually picked up on a hidden metaphor like that on my own, whether it was meant to be one or not. After all, authors don't generally just randomly throw random bits of text into the story if they aren't of some use, right? :D
Anyway, I really adore this story. I just wanted to ask that. I'm going to continue reading now.

Until next time,
YAJJ

why must you hurt me in this way