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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4011292/chapters/9012415 build your wings on the way down]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/ShanaStoryteller/pseuds/ShanaStoryteller ShanaStoryteller]] of ''FanFic/SonOfTheDesert'' is a ForWantOfANail story based off ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003''.

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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4011292/chapters/9012415 build your wings on the way down]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/ShanaStoryteller/pseuds/ShanaStoryteller ShanaStoryteller]] of ''FanFic/SonOfTheDesert'' is a ForWantOfANail WhatIf story based off ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003''.
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** Edward asks Roy another one after he is ordered to go East.
-->'''Mustang''': But- there's a thin line between gods and monsters, Fullmetal. You don't want people to - you don't want people to be forced to place you as one or the other.
-->'''Edward''': What makes you think gods aren't monsters too, Colonel?
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* AdultFear:
** Ed has to watch someone he knows to be a monster to not only be accepted by the military, but allowed to raise a child! By the time the man shows his true colors it's almost too late.
** Hughes has an attack of this when he found out that Ed had been wandering Central's worst district and just came back in the morning. He feared that Ed might have been assaulted or worse until Ed clarifies that he stayed the night over with friends.
** Hughes [[spoiler: and Roy]] fear that if the higher ups knew how powerful Ed is, that he risks getting exploited into doing terrible things.
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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4011292/chapters/9012415 build your wings on the way down]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/ShanaStoryteller/pseuds/ShanaStoryteller ShanaStoryteller]] of ''FanFic/SonOfTheDesert'' is a ForWantOfANail story based off the first ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime.

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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4011292/chapters/9012415 build your wings on the way down]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/ShanaStoryteller/pseuds/ShanaStoryteller ShanaStoryteller]] of ''FanFic/SonOfTheDesert'' is a ForWantOfANail story based off the first ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime.
''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003''.
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* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: [[spoiler: Edward exploits the fact that the Gate is bound to follow its own rules when reversing Nina's chimera transmutation. So despite the Gate wanting to screw Ed over, it has to give Ed the allotted energy when Ed trades Alexander for Nina.]]

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* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: [[spoiler: Edward exploits the fact that the Gate is bound to follow its own rules when reversing Nina's chimera transmutation. So despite the Gate wanting to screw Ed over, it has to give Ed the allotted energy when Ed trades Alexander for Nina. Considering that the Gate gave him that knowledge to begin with...]]
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* JustAKid: Downplayed. Hughes is horrified that an unsupervised eleven-year-old child is joining the military. However, he respects Edward's intelligence and capabilities too much to say it to Edward's face. Hughes instead tries to support Edward and lashes out at Roy, who Hughes believed should have known better than make a ChildProdigy into a ChildSolider.

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* JustAKid: Downplayed. Hughes is horrified that an unsupervised eleven-year-old child is joining the military. However, he respects Edward's intelligence and capabilities too much to say it to Edward's face. Hughes instead tries to support Edward and lashes out at Roy, who Hughes believed should have known better than make a ChildProdigy into a ChildSolider.ChildSoldier.
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* SweetDreamsFuel: [[spoiler: Roy decides to use the memory of Edward successfully saving Nina to deter his nightmares.]]
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** [[spoiler: Nina grows into an alchemy genius with a knack for understanding the gate.]]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: While Hughes respects Edward's intelligence and abilities, he is still rather horrified that a lone eleven-year-old is actively putting themselves in danger.
-->When Roy said he’d had a surprise aboard the train, it would be a lie to say that some eleven year old child was the last thing he was expecting, because as far as Maes is concerned it wasn’t even a fucking option.


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* JustAKid: Downplayed. Hughes is horrified that an unsupervised eleven-year-old child is joining the military. However, he respects Edward's intelligence and capabilities too much to say it to Edward's face. Hughes instead tries to support Edward and lashes out at Roy, who Hughes believed should have known better than make a ChildProdigy into a ChildSolider.
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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4011292/chapters/9012415 build your wings on the way down]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/ShanaStoryteller/pseuds/ShanaStoryteller ShanaStoryteller]] of ''FanFic/SonOfTheDesert'' is a ForWantOfANail story based of [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime]].

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''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime.
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* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Edward fears the military would take Alphonse away and experiment on him if they ever find out about him so he makes him stay in Reseembool. [[spoiler: He also fears this would be Nina's fate if anyone finds out about Tucker's action so he has Hughes and Mustang keep her a secret.]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Nina was spared when Edward managed to refuse her chimera transformation and return her back to normal.]]

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Nina was spared when Edward managed to refuse reverse her chimera transformation and return her back to normal.]]
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* FaceOfAThug: Aviv Seif, [[spoiler: Catherine Armstrong]]Gabby's boyfriend, looks rather intimidating due to his height and burn scars on his face, which make him look like he's always scowling. He's actually rather down-to-earth and very sweet.

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* FaceOfAThug: Aviv Seif, [[spoiler: Catherine Armstrong]]Gabby's Armstrong/]]Gabby's boyfriend, looks rather intimidating due to his height and burn scars on his face, which make him look like he's always scowling. He's actually rather down-to-earth and very sweet.

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* FaceOfAThug: Aviv Seif, [[spoiler: Catherine Armstrong]]Gabby's boyfriend, looks rather intimidating due to his height and burn scars on his face, which make him look like he's always scowling. He's actually rather down-to-earth and very sweet.



* WhenSheSmiles: Edward notes how Gabby and Aviv look nicer when they both smile.

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* WhenSheSmiles: Edward notes how Gabby Gabby, a college student he meets outside a nightclub and Aviv Aviv, her intimidating FaceOfAThug Ishvalan boyfriend, look nicer when they both smile.
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* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Ed and Al conclude after getting the Philosopher's Stone to fix themselves that they have to destroy it so no one would exploit its terrible power.

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* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Ed and Al conclude that after getting the Philosopher's Stone to fix themselves that they have to destroy it so no one would exploit its terrible power.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Nina was spared when she returned to normal.]]

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Nina was spared when she returned Edward managed to refuse her chimera transformation and return her back to normal.]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Nina was spared when she returned to normal.]]

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