Hey there :) I noticed you have an FMA edwin fankid. I’ve read over novanoah’s take on edwin and the parental roles with work and stuff. I just wanted to get your take on it. Youre edwin kid is really nice and seems interesting!
I’m not exactly sure what you mean by “Nova’s take on EdWin”. But, I honestly don’t really care enough to go and see what you mean |D
Nevertheless, I’m more than happy to inform you about my take on the EdWin parental roles, Ed and Winry as parents, and anything else about that in relation to my characters’ story. ^u^
First off, I want to start with a Disclaimer: I’ve had these parental roles and Edward and Winry’s characters within the story since the creation of said story, which was back in late 2012/early 2013. Nothing has changed to their characters and their part in the story since then, as of answering this Anon Message at least. But, I still have the general idea of the two as parents and their roles.
The story also takes place Post-2003. And, before you (or anyone else) says anything, I’m fully aware of the ending of the 2003 FMA anime and what happens with Ed. But, that’s the beauty of FMA03: there’s so many holes in the plot that you can work around and tie up the loose ends however you want; as opposed to FMAB where the plot is wrapped up well and locked in stone. So, my story-partner and I, after almost 2 years of piecing together how we can make the ending of FMA03 plausibly work into our Next Gen story without it being a complete cop-out.
But, I digress ^^; Your question is in regards to Edward and Winry’s parental roles, so I’ll get right back to that.
Anyway, as I previously stated, the story takes place Post-2003. And, unlike in the Manga or FMAB, Ed doesn’t travel west for an undisclosed/vague amount of time. In our story, Ed takes a bit of time to get together with Winry in a committed relationship. After all, it’s shown in FMA03… Edward and Winry’s relationship–well, it’s not “strained”, because a strained relationship means you don’t like them in the sense that you don’t trust them or are hostile towards them. Ed’s definitely nervous about being with Winry, but that could also be because of his evident depression, and it’s proven that romantic relationships are tough on those with depression. But, obviously, Ed does have feelings for Winry, it’s just his mental illness holding him back.
So, Winry helps take care of Ed in his coma (while he’s having the Wizard of Oz-like dream known as Conqueror of Shamballa–Again, this is all part of the tying loose ends my story-partner and I have been putting together to try and tie 03 with out Next Gen). Despite what many believe about Winry, she’s a tough cookie of determination. For example, in Ep. 45 of FMA03, despite it being the very last time she sees Ed before he enters The Gate and she and her grandmother knowing well the danger Ed and Al are getting into, she still helps braid his hair and believes he will make it through. She doesn’t freak out, and doesn’t take “no” for an answer to Ed’s protests. She shows that she cares just through this subtle action, and, in silent acknowledgement, Ed and Winry both understand their slight care for one another. (If you wanna check out a deep analysis of the scene from the episode @drea-ricweld sums it up really well in their post. I really do enjoy their review of that scene and can definitely agree to their points concerning Ed and Winry’s character). Despite what everyone believes, FMA03 had EdWin moments as well, they just delivered it in a nice subtle and mature way as opposed to in-your-face with FMAB.
But, I digress… with this mutual understanding of their feelings for one another as adults, they gradually take their relationship one step at a time. Being childhood friends and knowing each other better than anyone else, Winry is able to help support Ed when he has his down depression moments, instead of leaving him because she’s frustrated with his episodes. Eventually they get into a committed relationship and eventually end up married.
I know the biggest complaint people make about young couples getting married around 18-19. But, when you stop to think about it… getting married at that age was the norm. (Hell, in the 1400s, kids got married in their early teens.). Back in the early 1900s–around the time FMA takes place–, it was common for folks to marry that young. After all, the life expectancy was between 50-60, and people were more monetarily/financially stable compared to now. I mean, nowadays kids in their mid-20s are struggling through college because very few of them are as financially stable on their own. Times were different–and probably easier–back then, so people were more at ease marrying young.
Anyway… Edward and Winry end up living in a small neighborhood outside of Central City, where Ed works at the main headquarters. He’s promoted to a Colonel, and, along with Alphonse, assisted Roy with enacting the “Anti Human Transmutation Act” (which, that is a explanation for another time). To sum it up, it’s to prevent not only just the act of performing Human Transmutation, but also to prevent other from exploiting the powers that are released from The Gate upon opening it.
Meanwhile, after having Lillian, their first child, Winry become a stay-at-home mother; having to put her love for constructing automail on the shelf. After all, when you have responsibilities (or just a relationship) you have to put aside things you enjoy just to take care of your responsibilities. And, I know this is crazy to hear, but… there’s some women who actually don’t mind being a housewife. Shocker, right? xD There’s some women, who don’t mind cleaning and housework and just staying home with the kids while the husband is the one with the job. Now, I’m not saying I see Winry as that type of woman entirely. If anything, she’s probably the one, who will wait until her kids are grown and out of the house before getting a job again–which, some women actually do.
So, 9 years later, she and Ed have their second child. Why wait so long? Well, without spoiling the story’s plot, the main antagonist was targeting the children of Alchemic Prodigies (this included Ed, Al, and Roy)–and, side note, this goes on to a topic that I don’t think a lot of fankid creators actually think about: the effect of their parent’s legacy giving them pressure and high expectations put on them because people expect the kids to be like their parents. But, like with the HTA, that’s another explanation for another time xD
So, anyway, to play it safe, Winry and Ed waited a while before having another child. During this near-decade time span, Winry started working from home by not only building automail for clients, but also designing models for businesses down in Rush Valley. Lillian was always an independent kid and wasn’t very high maintenance, but if Winry or Ed ever had to leave for something together, they always called on their #1 babysitter, Elicia.
And, fast forward about 3-4 years later, and you have the start of our FMA03 Next Gen fic ^u^
Anyway, like I said in the Disclaimer, this has been the set idea for Ed and Winry’s roles since the first day the story was created (2012-2013). Since early 2016, however, the story has been on hiatus (mostly because my story partner and I started adulting and life getting in the way), but we definitely plan on getting back to it sometimes in the future. And, when we do, we’ll probably tweak and make adjustments to the characters, so that the story being a Next Gen continuation of FMA03 would be more plausible. But, this is what I’ve got so far for now, since the EdWin kid is mine (hers is the RoyAi one xD)
Sorry that went on a tangent… ^^; I’m glad you think that my EdWin kid is interesting ^u^ If you have any more questions concerning her, or even about the story in general… let me know ^u^ I’d be happy to talk about it and clear up any concern you might have!
