its funny how I keep running into the same people in different fandoms...

You won't be disappointed with the manga. They've adapted some things for the anime that I think was better portrayed in the manga (like Roy meeting Ed and Al for the first time).

Hopefully my manga guide will come tomorrow so I can have post character bios. That should help some people (as well as clear up the spelling of some of the names).

Looking foward to more fics :)