User blog comment:Anniemae11/Wai Wai!!! Full metal alchemist/@comment-1746153-20100208193640

Ah, don't worry of such things! Just write what you want. Why'd you want to fit everything into the original story perfectly? It's okay if your story is, well, alternate - why not? Who said there was a rule that fanfics must hold on to the original story tightly? Write what your heart tells you to write, that's it =) Don't say it's a failure - it's art! And you have artistic freedom. I myself am writing a story in which an OC of mine accidentally releases Kimbley from jail AND drags him along on a journey between worlds (!) and stuff - which would sure never fit into Arakawa's story. Actually, no matter what I write, it's always futuristic sci-fi, even if the original was fantasy 9or historical drama, or anything).

I'm sorry if you don't actually need so much encouragement, though XD