Full Metal Alchemist
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[edit] Introduction
The main characters on Fullmetal Alchemist are Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric. However, most of the fan fiction based on this show has historically centered around the yaoi (or slash) pair of Roy Mustang and Edward. It found a dedicated audience in fansubs before it premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in November of 2004.
[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan fiction community.
Edvy- Slash pairing of Edward Elric and Envy.
Elricest- Incest romance between Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric from FullMetal Alchemist.
Royai- romance of any sort between two characters in FullMetal Alchemist, Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye.
Hyde- Romance between Edward Elric and the movie only character Alfons Heiderich
Royed- Romance between Edward Elric and Roy Mustang
EdWin- Romance between Edward Elric and Winry
503- Romance between Edward Elric and Winry. Term comes from a line of blue jeans named 503 made by a company named Edwin. (The commercials in Japan starred Brad Pitt.) [[1]]
[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
[edit] 2003
- On May 8, 2003, the LiveJournal community ame_soeur was created. [2] Posted to the community was fan fiction from some of the following fandoms: Black Cat, The Cell, Chronicles of Chrestomanci, The Faculty, Firefly, Full Metal Alchemist, Good Omens, Harry Potter, Kill Bill, King Arthur, Naruto, Space: Above & Beyond, Wicked, X-Men.
- On Oct 12, 2003, the LiveJournal community fm_alchemist was created. [3] Posts contained fan fiction, fan art, icons, and discussion primarily based off the anime.
[edit] 2004
- On September 25, 2004, the fansite edwardelric.com was created. [4][5]
- In November 2004, edwardelric.com pushed to get content and officially opened for business in the Full Metal Alchemist fandom. [6]
- "The first episode was previewed at anime conventions and aired on Cartoon Network on November 6th, 2004." [7]
- On November 11, 2004, the AIM chatroom FMAdub had it's first session. [8] Chat focused on group reaction to the English dub, and quickly began featuring often un-announced visits by the dub cast. [9] Core regulars of this chat became HellCon.
- On December 5, 2004, the LiveJournal community fma100 was created. [10]
- On December 20, 2004, the LiveJournal community _fm_alchemist_ was created. [11]
[edit] 2005
- On March 4, 2005, the Live Journal community fma500 was created. [12]
- On October 2, 2005, the LiveJournal community hagaren_manga was created. [13]
- On October 18, 2005, the LiveJournal community alchemicwork was created. [14]
[edit] 2006
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[edit] 2007
- Tekko, an anime convention, was held April 13 to April 15, 2007. Full Metal Alchemist cos-players were one of the largest groups of cos-players represented at this convention. [15]
[edit] 2008
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[edit] 2009
- On August 16, 2009, the Live Journal community fma_big_bang was created. [16]
[edit] Kerfluffles
- On October 2, 2004, in a post to the LiveJournal community fm_alchemist, the debate over how many fans it takes to screw in a lightbulb began.[17] Immediately, Ed x Lightbulb!Envy crackfic was born. [18]
- On November 11, 2004, fans argued over the color of Roy's eyes. [19]
[edit] Influential Fanworks
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[edit] Fandom Members
See also Category:Fullmetal Alchemist fans.
[edit] Fandom Size
There are 13,891 stories on FanFiction.Net as of October 10, 2006. The fandom had added approximaly 10,000 stories since July 2005. [20]
As of May 27, 2007, there are 177 stories on The Zone~. [21]
As of December 23, 2007, there are 20,974 stories on FanFiction.Net
See also Fullmetal Alchemist fan fiction community size.
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