Recommendation: Properties of the Elements

[nebroadwe]

Tripping over one story to recommend today reminded me that earlier in the month I enjoyed "Properties of the Elements", a series of interconnected vignettes focusing on Roy Mustang through the lens of his affinity for air. The author (invoking_urania, aka Becca Stareyes) has a good feel both for her subject's character and for the chemistry of what he does -- the alchemical special effect he pulls off at Maes Hughes's wedding is sweet, entertaining and logically conceived. (The sight of the Mustang-tachi disassembling a refrigeration unit in the hopes of air-conditioning their break room is also not to be missed.) Unusually for a vignette-based 'fic, "Properties of the Elements" also ties itself up neatly at the end. The prose is rough in spots, but the story is still well worth a look.