Riza Hawkeye/Roy Mustang

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Pairing
Pairing: Riza Hawkeye/Roy Mustang
Alternative name(s): Royai
Gender category: F/M
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Canonical?: no
Prevalence: Common
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Fanart of Riza Hawkeye and Roy Mustang. Riza cradles Roy's head in one hand and points a gun at the viewer. They are surrounded by imagery of flames.
fanart by Dumpling Heart, 2014
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Riza Hawkeye/Roy Mustang (or RoyAi) is a het ship in the Fullmetal Alchemist series written by Hiromu Arakawa. The ship name RoyAi is possibly a portmanteau playing with Roy's name and the sound "ai" as in "eye" in Hawkeye's. "Ai" also means love in Japanese.

Canon

Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye met as teenagers when Roy apprenticed with Riza's father to study alchemy. When Master Hawkeye died, Riza followed Roy into the military. They met again in the closing days of the Ishvalan Genocide, and Riza vowed to follow Roy in working to rebuild the country and repay for their crimes in Ishval. Throughout the main timeline of the story, Riza serves as Roy's adjutant in the military. In the manga and Brotherhood anime, it is implied that she continues to serve as his aid when he becomes leader of the country. In the old anime, they end up working in separate branches of the military after Roy assassinates Fuhrer Bradley.

They share a close relationship in all the franchise's media ( animes, manga, games), and there are hints of them possibly nurturing feelings for one another spread throughout. [1] Hiromu Arakawa has also stated on a DVD comment that they can't get married because of military regulations [2]

Fandom

As of March 26th, 2023, Riza Hawkeye/Roy Mustang is the most popular pairing in the Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types fandom with 4748 works tagged.

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Communities and Events

  • Royai Week, Archived version -- Week of June 11th -- tumblr for the event was established in 2013, but claims that the fan event has been happening since 2001

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References

  1. ^ UPDATED! Riza + Roy + RoyAi Canon Information Translation List, Archived version by intoxicatedeuphoria, Tumblr. Posted September 14, 2017.
  2. ^ From the newly published FMA artbook, Archived version by royxriza, Tumblr. Posted April 25, 2011.