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Something I’m never sure how many other people notice is how much I like talking about writing. I like talking about where I get ideas from (the easy bit), how they get from being an idea to being a story (the hard bit) and all the other exciting pitfalls you have to get out of in the process of making it work outside your own head – but so I don’t sound completely self-absorbed, I should mention that I also love reading the same sort of stuff when other writers post it. It’s neat to get some sort of idea where others get their ideas from (and often as not, to find out everyone else falls into much the same pitfalls as you do). I’m never quite sure how many other people feel the same way about this kind of blather though – fortunately that’s exactly what LJ cuts are for.

( Catalyst: The writing of )

( Other stuff in the works (xxxHOLiC, Guilty Gear, Phoenix Wright, etc) )

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 11/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 1020
Previous parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

( Part 11: Epilogue )

This has actually been finished for a couple of days now, but the Internet connection from where we're staying is not the most reliable thing. Only one more chapter left to go on this now! (and with any luck, the computer will cooperate enough for me to get that up before I get home too)

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 10/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 2110
Previous parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

( Part 10: In which the world is reminded for the umpteenth time that the bad guys *never* put enough thought into safety before they start building these things. )

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 9/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 2640
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8

( Part 9: In which it all goes rapidly to hell )

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 8/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 2830
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7

( Part 8: In which nothing is really explained, but a couple of enigmatic characters finally get to make their first appearance. )

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 7/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 1970
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6

( Part 7: In which Fye is sneaky, Ed and Syaoran discover some geekish common interests, and Al and Sakura are painfully cute together. )

Making good progress with the next few parts, so I've actually got a chapter up early for a change. ^_^ And unless anything turns out to need any unusually major revisions, I'd say I finally have a solid idea of how many parts I'm aiming for too.

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 6/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 1680
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

( Part 6: In which one of Ed's decisions demonstrates why only hindsight will ever be 20/20. )

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 5/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 2530
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

( Part 5: In which Ed and Syaoran have an interesting little chat somewhere deep underground, Al discovers just how awkward an hour or two in Fye and Kurogane's company could really be, and a little basic knowledge about archaeology turns out to be more useful than you'd think. )

Chapter 4, and the Elric brothers return at last!

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 4/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 2345
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

( Part 4: In which an unavoidable height-related faux pas is made, and the Tsubasa crew learn why making chimeras is not something kids should try at home. )

Only a short chapter this time, but the editing process is coming along well, and part 4 shouldn't be too far behind.

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 3/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 1290
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2

( In which Mokona fails to be eaten, and Kurogane gets to show off a lot. )

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist
Part: 2/11
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Rating: PG
Word count: 2430
Previous parts: Part 1

( Catalyst: Part 2 )

Ye gods, I was starting to think I was never going to get this thing posted. ^^; Let the record stand: beginnings are hard (though naturally harder when you start half way through and only the come back to them). Thanks to

velithya and

cigerfei for proof reading this for me.

Title: Catalyst
Series: Tsubasa/Fullmetal Alchemist (+extra random CLAMP, in compliance with standard Tsubasa guidelines)
Part: 1/11
Rating: PG
Summary: It's nearly always safe to assume that whatever trouble the Tsubasa crew wind up in, there's going to be a feather involved somewhere in the middle of things. And it's probably even safer to assume that where the Elric brothers are involved, it's never going to be the Philosopher's Stone.
Notes:
Written partially because Tsubasa is the sort of series you can cross with anything, and I happened to spot a few neat little parallels in the standard week-to-week plots of the early chapters of both series that amused me (see: fic summary). But mostly because the chance to put Ed and Syaoran in one place was too good to pass up. The sheer determination those boys approach their journeys with is pretty impressive stuff.

Timeline-wise, this would be set somewhere in the early volumes of Tsubasa (presumably past Outo country, since Syaoran's carrying around a sword, but not much further than that) and during early or pre-series FMA - in fact, it should probably be possible to follow this even if you're not more than very basically familiar with FMA at all.

( Catalyst: Part 1 )

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