
Author has written 166 stories for Final Fantasy X, Wolf's Rain, Harry Potter, Fullmetal Alchemist, Ico, Legend of Zelda, Castle in the Sky, Death Note, Prince of Persia, Oddworld, Sherlock, Lovely Complex, Tsubasa Chronicle, Professor Layton, Supernatural, Star Wars, Captain America, WordGirl, Daredevil, Avengers, and Dororo/どろろ.
I am currently obsessed with what you see to the left!
If you're curious about the progress on the fics I'm writing, or would like to ask questions or chat, you can reach me at griseldabanks dot tumblr dot com, or send an email to gbfanfiction at gmail dot com.
I am now on Archive Of Our Own! I'm currently cross-posting some of my better fics over there, starting with the most recent and working my way backwards. From now on, I will post new fics simultaneously on both sites, so if you prefer AO3, you can follow me there too. My username there is Griselda_Banks.
If you like non-Elricest fics about the Elric Brothers, check out my community "FullMetal Brothers." If you like well-written in-character Royai, check out my community "So What Do You Say, Lieutenant?"
!!ATTENTION!! Please beware the user known as Lacan Shinn (who also goes by Shinji Ikari or Paul). He has been identified by multiple users (including myself) as engaging in harassing, manipulative, and threatening behaviors, and outright stalking in one case. He makes multiple accounts to get around users blocking him, so that he can continue to harass them through PMs and signed reviews that the user can't delete. Just go looking through the reviews on some of my FMA fics, and you'll see what I mean. An extensive document has been compiled, gathering evidence from multiple sources of his unacceptable behavior, which can be read here: docs dot google dot com / document / d / 1bU2I89LE1UAtl8ETh_As_IiBII_c2ktmOw4HI3-SndY / edit
You can read my testimony and evidence under the heading "New Testimony."
Please exercise caution and report any abuse you witness or experience.
Griselda Banks Is...
31 years old
a Christian
a lover of the colors purple and black
permanently obsessed with FMA
rather strange
very long-winded (you can ignore about half of what she says)
What you can expect when reading my fics:
-I never start posting anything until I've completed at least the first draft.
-Barring unforeseen technical difficulties or other unique circumstances, updates are every other Friday.
-I make a point to respond to every review I can. I'm open to suggestions and always appreciate constructive criticism! I will note, however, that if your review consists of just one word, I'm not going to take the time to reply to it :P If you don't have an account here and want a response to an anonymous review, please contact me via Tumblr or the email address above.
-There will be absolutely no explicit sexual content and only a bare minimum of language in my fics. I take such things seriously, and if I ever feel the need to toe the line on this issue, I will make a point to place clear warnings about what to expect. I want my readers to feel safe when opening one of my fics.
-The only pairings I write are heterosexual, and I lean heavily towards canon pairings.
-I have opinions about physical forms of non-romantic affection (for specific people in specific situations) that sometimes differ from what is generally considered culturally acceptable/normal in a lot of Western cultures. If you're curious about that or you have questions or need clarification of anything about this, please either reach out to me directly or refer to my post here: novelmonger dot tumblr dot com / whitetree
Fanart: Some people really know how to flatter me and inflate my head to twice its size. Those people make fanart for the things I write. Some of them were inspired by my writing, and others were fanart that I was inspired by. Here you go:
"S.O.S." - levi-khane dot deviantart dot com / art / FMA- quot- SOS- quot- 188329109
"Nothing but Everything" - arithewarrior dot deviantart dot com / art / FMA - Friends - To - The - End - 165245925
A Hundred Ways to Say You're My Brother: Embracing from the Back - holycowworshipper dot deviantart dot com / art / Embracing - from - the - back - gift - 181425287
"Perfection" - holycowworshipper dot deviantart dot com / art / Stubborness - or - Determination - 174563455
"Each Time You Look Away" - holycowworshipper dot deviantart dot com / art / Marina - 1 - FMA - OC - 183400121
cheruphim dot deviantart dot com / art / For - Dark - Amethyst - 196369849
holycowworshipper dot deviantart dot com / art / Hey - you - hey - me - FMA - OC - 191803075
"Feel Me, Seal Me: Seal My Soul" - levi-khane dot deviantart dot com / art / Seal - My - Soul - 276950601
"Silence-Carved Scars" - bezawesome dot deviantart dot com / art / Silence - Carved - Scars - Roy - Ed - angst - 283338836
bezawesome dot deviantart dot com / art / FMA - Silence - Carved - Scars - 2 - NO - yaoi - 283869446
"Worth It" - dark-amethyst dot deviantart dot com / art / Was - totally - worth - it - Remake - 308002527
"Warmth" - dark-amethyst dot deviantart dot com / art / Those - first - nights - were - cold - 321926027
"Loyal Dogs" - windrider01 dot deviantart dot com / art / Jenny - Parker - 519349944
Whole Shards series - archiveofourown dot org / works / 17790401 / chapters / 41973656
Chronology
I have written many FMA fics set after the series, because I find that time period one of the most inspiring and fun to explore. This happened unintentionally, but I've ended up making a sort of extended AU postseries string of fics, linking all the stories together so that you don't really need to have read any of the others to understand them, but they all fit together. I thought people might appreciate being able to see what order things come in. This series occurs after the first anime, with changes at the end - namely, that Al gets his body back (Ed doesn't), they defeat Dante and the Homunculi, Mustang becomes Fuhrer, and there's nothing at all about the other side of the Gate. This, I think, is the way the anime should have ended. I generally prefer the manga/Brotherhood now, but since I started writing these before I encountered either one, animeverse it will be. (The majority of these stories are found in my fic A Hundred Ways to Say You're My Brother, because I discovered how fun it was to write postseries for lots of the themes.) There are a few small ret-cons here, like someone being in Central in one story when they should be somewhere else, but it's nothing major.
The Aftermath: Including recuperating!Al (1914/1915-1916)
What Makes It Beautiful
A Hundred Ways: Kiss
The Day I Woke Up
A Hundred Ways: Home Cooking
A Hundred Ways: Skillful & Clumsy
A Hundred Ways: Hair
A Hundred Ways: Wind (second half)
The Only Cure
A Hundred Ways: Store-lined Streets
A Hundred Ways: Dog
Moving Forward: Life After The Adventure (1916-1921)
A Hundred Ways: Before Falling Asleep (second half)
A Hundred Ways: Sly Person
A Hundred Ways: Watching Over You
A Hundred Ways: Tomorrow, Too
A Hundred Ways: Hair Clip
A Hundred Ways: Welcome Home
A Hundred Ways: Awakening
A Hundred Ways: Embracing from the Back
A Hundred Ways: A Walk
One of Those Nights
A Hundred Ways: Existence
A Hundred Ways: Coat (second half)
Fighting
Till I'm a Hundred: Search
Till I'm a Hundred: We Are Equals on This Ground
Till I'm a Hundred: Kiss
Till I'm a Hundred: A Place to Return to
Till I'm a Hundred: Haircut
Sacred Simplicity
Everything I Touch
Loyal Dogs
To Have, To Hold
Can't Hold You Back
A Hundred Ways: Great Distance
Third Time's the Charm
A Hundred Ways: Conversation
A Hundred Ways: Gift
Nothing But Everything
Feel Me, Seal Me: Seal My Soul
A Hundred Ways: If I Die
Family Life: The Nina-Trisha Era (1922-1960?)
A Hundred Ways: Happiness?
A Hundred Ways: O-Child-Sama
Perfection
Medium-Sized Heaven
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Somewhere Inside It's Still Nina
My Arms Are Open Wide
Metal, Jealousy, and Human Transmutation
Rules and Reasons
A Hundred Ways: Things One Cannot Understand (second half)
The Cicada
Each Time You Look Away
Won't Let Me Go
Legacy of Loss
Namesake
A Hundred Ways: Promise
A Hundred Ways: Grave