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I'm so excited to finish Avatar so I can look at fanart and read fanfics 🥰🥰🥰

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"Why did Katara choose Aang over Zuko??"

Y'all Zuko wasn't even a player.

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katara is one of those impossibly cool people who “has a guy” for everything. like run into any sort of problem and she’s just like “hang on i gotchu. just contact this number and they’ll know what to do.” but half the time that guy is just sokka

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Iroh: Zuko, where'd you get that bruise?

Zuko: *flashback to falling off a rooftop while talking with Sokka*

Zuko: i'm in a gang, uncle

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A brief moment of rationality from the bird place.

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Does Alphonse confuse you as a character? I find it really difficult to characterize him, especially after brotherhood came out. I can't say what it is or maybe it's just that they haven't put as much effort into Alphonse as Edward. I feel weird about him, I don't know why he does what he does, how he feels, who he is and I don't know if its because I fail to understand him or because it's because there *is* nothing to understand. It makes me feel a little down.. I hope this isn't too vague.

I’ve written Alphonse a bit more than I have most FMA characters, so I like to think that I have some grasp for his voice, but I think I can definitely see where you’re coming from? His traits are certainly less clear-cut by canon than Edward’s. I do, however, think that his characterization is very consistent and can be pegged down.

Please keep in mind that I’m only approaching my own perspective on Al from a strictly 03 perspective. My analytical experience with the manga is slim and none, and there are a lot of fans who could characterize him in that continuity waaaay better than I could. Arakawa’s Alphonse is inherently different from 03′s Alphonse simply because they were written by different people, and I think that’s important to remember. So try not to let Brotherhood’s Al muddle your perspective of 03 Al. They’re two totally different characters, and this is most evident in the strength and nature of his bond with Edward. They are much closer and more codependent in 03, both for better and for worse.

I actually described what I see as his personality in moderate detail several years back for an RP app of sorts (though tbh it would be more accurately described as prose-based D&D), so I have a few major points saved that might be helpful? Just keep in mind that I’m not exactly an Al Expert, and I don’t claim to be. Hopefully this just provides a little insight?

Alphonse is the passivity and thoughtfulness to Edward’s impulsiveness. These traits serve to balance the brothers as protagonists, but also becomes a source of conflict for them relatively often. You will find that many of the brothers’ traits are built like this, with one countering the other. This organically makes their story more interesting.

He is extremely patient by nature.

Alphonse will always look for the good in another, will always be willing to put himself in another’s shoes or examine a different perspective. This is immediately established in the first two episodes, when despite his rigid scientific background, Al tried to see a different perspective on the Lioran’s religious fanaticism. Another counter to Edward, who is stubbornly convinced that the world operates in one way only.

Because he is so willing to see the good in others, Al is very trusting. His intuition is often correct. There’s a reason he and Scar formed such a unique bond early on, in spite of Scar’s wrongful actions against him and his brother.

A promise is a promise, to Al. He is naturally altruistic.

He has developed something of a fixation on sensation, since he was deprived of it. He was saved the shock of suddenly being flesh and blood again because of the memory loss in 51, but I can imagine it was a bit jarring when all of that came back at the end of CoS. There are lots of interesting ways to spin this unique shift. How he eats, how he fights, how he moves, the sudden need for sleep… They’re all factors to be accounted for, depending on what point in canon you’re writing him from.

Like many kids with one older sibling, Al has identified himself and Edward as a team since early childhood because he has never known a time when Edward was not present. In most kids, this mentality eases off as the siblings grow older and become more independent young adults, but due to the nature of the Elrics’ rocky childhood, this bond of codependency strengthens. Al’s dependence on Ed is arguably stronger than Ed’s on Al for the reason I mentioned: Al has never known a world without Ed. He repeatedly emphasizes that they’re all each other has. 

Alphonse has a severe survivor’s guilt complex. This digs back as early as the brothers’ human transmutation incident. Al has internally identified himself as the voice of reason in the Elric Duo for a long time, thus he viewed it as his responsibility to listen to his gut and tell Edward that he wouldn’t help him in the attempted resurrection. Although he holds internalized resentment for being trapped in the armor, it is not exclusively directed at Edward, and when it explodes outward, it takes form more as general despair than rage. His selfless nature makes him put others first. You’ll notice that he always emphasizes getting Ed’s limbs back before his own body.

Al isn’t a natural blame-placer, and he has a very firm moral sense of his own value. He questions why he has lived through so many near-death moments when so many other people have died along the way. This is a burden to him, and something that he feels he must somehow repay. This and his love for Edward is what drives him to sacrifice himself for Ed in 51.

Al can have a hair-trigger temper, and this is especially evident in anything that involves Ed. I can absolutely believe that he would be moved to extreme violence on Ed’s behalf, even if Ed doesn’t fully believe it himself. See: Al claiming that he could have ripped Ed’s limbs right off Wrath’s body. Given the state of mind he was in at the time? I think he would have been capable of it. Al has also compared himself to Scar in the context of avenging Edward. If someone were to kill his brother, Al says himself that he would be willing to go to extreme measures in retaliation.

I think that’s my gist of it? 

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I haven't craved fast food in a while but right now I'm craving McDonald's fries 😭 maybe I should just try over-salting the frozen fries in the basement

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Katara is so REAL for this :D

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FMA/FMAB Meme: Eight friendships and/or OTPs (6/8)

Edward Elric and Alfons Heiderich (my rocket boys)

Tumblr is messing with my gifs again click on the images for the real quality:)

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NEVERMIND JUST CHECKED AGAIN, THEY ARRIVE TOMORROW LETS GOOOOOOOOO I'm so excited to get noodle boys

Yall, these plants for my tanks are supposed to arrive on May 3rd!!! Last time I ordered I got my plants in 5 days. I just hope they arrive earlier, I don't want them to die in transit 😭🫶

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Yall, these plants for my tanks are supposed to arrive on May 3rd!!! Last time I ordered I got my plants in 5 days. I just hope they arrive earlier, I don't want them to die in transit 😭🫶

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I promise I'm done ranting on here lol

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apparently theres 5 threat responses documented now!

from a trauma & dissociation workbook page our therapist shared