Fullmetal Alchemist: Babylon

[opalsong]

Fic: Babylon by truths_in_lies
Reader: Opalsong
Cover Artist: Opalsong
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist (2003 Anime)
Ship: Roy/Ed
Rating: R
Warnings: Canon-typical Violence, Terminal Illness, Age Difference (no underage), Music used under the narration in parts
Reader's Notes: This has been a long time in coming. I asked permission to podfic this a number of years ago and this finally pushed me to finish it. Music used in the podfic and Art used in the cover are credited in posts on AO3 and my journal.

Summary: Two years after retrieving his brother's body from the Gate of Truth Edward Elric is still paying the price. Will his debt ever be repaid, or will it finally cost him everything?

Themes: Fix-It Fic



Chapter Links [length; size]:
Chapter 1 [0:31:19; 29.1MB] Chapter 2 [0:38:16; 35.4MB] Chapter 3 [0:35:41; 33.1MB]
Chapter 4 [0:41:16; 38.2MB] Chapter 5 [0:38:44; 35.9MB] Chapter 6 [0:41:05; 38.0MB]
Chapter 7 [0:42:21; 39.2MB] Chapter 8 [0:41:38; 38.5MB] Chapter 9 [0:42:45; 39.5MB]
Chapter 10 [0:42:00; 38.9MB] Interlude I [0:43:20; 40.1MB] Chapter 11 [0:58:01; 53.5MB]
Chapter 12 [0:42:27; 39.3MB] Chapter 13 [0:51:34; 47.6MB] Chapter 14 [0:40:04; 37.1MB]
Chapter 15 [0:41:08; 38.1MB] Chapter 16 [0:58:48; 54.2MB] Chapter 17 [0:51:17; 47.4MB]
Chapter 18 [0:49:02; 45.3MB] Chapter 19 [1:09:39; 64.2MB] Chapter 20 [0:43:43; 40.4MB]
Interlude II [0:45:56; 42.5MB] Chapter 21 [0:56:23; 52.0MB] Chapter 22 [0:48:44; 45.0MB]
Chapter 23 [0:42:34; 39.4MB] Chapter 24 [1:01:18; 56.5MB] Chapter 25 [0:51:24; 47.5MB]
Chapter 26 [0:56:36; 52.2MB] Chapter 27 [0:58:18; 50.1MB] Chapter 28 [1:01:08; 56.4MB]
Chapter 29 [0:54:06; 49.9MB] Chapter 30 [0:48:07; 44.5MB] Chapter 31 [0:56:52; 52.5MB]
Chapter 32 [1:31:24; 84.1MB]

Podbooks Links [length; size]:
Part 1 (1-Interlude I) [7:18:24; 196.2MB] Part 2 (11-Interlude II) [9:11:38; 259.0MB] Part 3 (21-32) [11:22:54; 322.0MB]

Podfic Post: AO3 | Dreamwidth | LiveJournal

Comments

[eosrose]

The cover artist is actually oatmeal_queen, right?

[opalsong]

Nope. Oatmeal_queen did creat the fan art. But I made the cover using that art.

[eosrose]

You credit different from me. I always credit the artist, even if I modify it for the podfic.

[eosrose]

Unless you have a better way of phrasing it, I'll be listing the credit like this in the masterpost for clarity's sake:

Cover Artist: oatmeal_queen (original artist) and opalsong (modified art for use with the podfic)

Or maybe this would be better?:

Fan Artist: oatmeal_queen
Cover Artist: opalsong

[opalsong]

That last one is the way I normally do it.

[eosrose]

I'll go with that then.

[takola]

So as someone who is not at all familiar with Full-Metal Alchemist, would this be a good podfic for an introduction?

[opalsong]

Ahhhh... Probably not. It assumes knowledge of the entire 2003 anime and then takes off from there. If you really really wanted to you could probably listen with the FMA wiki on hand but I'm not sure I'd recommend it. I'm super happy you're interested though!

[takola]

Okay, I was actually intrigued enough to research it a bit so I knew the plot well enough, and then watch a few episodes to get a grasp of the characters (Well okay, after 3 episodes of season one I watched the end. It's cheating but...!) So I'm an hour and a half into the podfic right now and I'm really enjoying your reading. You have a lovely accent which makes listening to you a pleasure, and I'm really enjoying so far!

So thank you for being my introduction to a new fandom, and for spending so much time on this podfic!

[opalsong]

AHAHAHAHAHHA :) That is totally fair! I'm flattered you went to all that trouble! I hope you continue to enjoy the podfic! (and the new fandom!)