#Ed and Al are so precious i love them

[tyamuffins]

Fma doodles because I'm currently having fmab brainrot :D

[gabihime-jegulusseeker]

marauders x maneskin songs

Regulus & James

(specific parts for each one of them):

Regulus:

È una bambina però sente come un peso

E prima o poi si spezzerà

La gente dirà, "Non vale niente"

Non riesce neanche a uscire da una misera porta

translation:

( She's just a kid, but she feels something weighing on her

And sooner or later she'll break

And people will say "she's worth nothing

She can't even walk out of a miserable door")

Ma Coraline non vuole mangiare, no

Sì, Coraline vorrebbe sparire

E Coraline piange

Coraline ha l'ansia

Coraline vuole il mare ma ha paura dell'acqua

E forse il mare è dentro di lei

translation

(But Coraline doesn't want to eat, no

Yes, Coraline would rather disappear

And Coraline cries

Coraline has anxiety

Coraline is longing for the sea, but is afraid of the water

And maybe the sea is inside her)

James:

Coraline bella come il sole

Guerriera dal cuore zelante

Capelli come rose rosse

Preziosi quei fili di rame, amore, portali da me

Se senti campane cantare

Vedrai Coraline che piange

Che prende il dolore degli altri

E poi lo porta dentro lei

translation:

(Coraline, as beautiful as the sun

Warrior with a zealous heart

Hair like red roses

Those precious copper strings, my love, bring them to me

If you hear bells singing

You'll see Coraline crying

Taking in other people's pain

And then carry it within her)

jegulus:

Sarò il fuoco ed il freddo

Riparo d'inverno

Sarò ciò che respiri

Capirò cos'hai dentro

E sarò l'acqua da bere

Il significato del bene

Sarò anche un soldato

O la luce di sera

E in cambio non chiedo niente

Soltanto un sorriso

Ogni tua piccola lacrima è oceano sopra al mio viso

E in cambio non chiedo niente

Solo un po' di tempo

Sarò vessillo, scudo

O la tua spada d'argento

translation:

(I'll be the fire and the cold

A winter shelter

I'll be what you breathe

I'll understand what you hold inside

And I'll be the water you drink

The meaning of good

I'll even be a soldier

Or a light in the evening

I ask for nothing in return

Just a smile

Every little tear of yours is an ocean on my face

And I ask for nothing in return

Just a little time

I'll be a battle banner, a shield

Or your silver sword)

Sirius

specific parts translation:

I hear a thousand voices speaking, but I don't hear what they're saying

I look in the mirror and I imagine to be in a circus

On a merry-go-round of happiness and I don't want to get off of it

Even if I'm not having fun anymore

Sometimes I feel like a miracle and sometimes ridiculous

Then I lose my mind in a second, but don't go tell it around

I'm out of myself

............

I've been preparing my waltz with the devil

Since I was a child

You can call me crazy, bastard, insane

I'll toast over it with wine

I’m only 20 Therefore don’t be surprised if I make drama from nothing I’m afraid of leaving only money to the world For my name to disappear between those of all the others But I’m only 20 And I already ask forgiveness for the mistakes that I committed But the road is tougher when you’re aiming for the sky So choose the things that are really important Choose love or diamonds Demons or saints

Marlene:

Marlena, win over this evening Take everything that you might need and be sincere Open the sail, come on, travel lightly Show beauty to this people

Marlena, win over this night Strip black Take everything that you might need and be sincere Open the sail Come on, travel lightly Show beauty to this people and I

Remus

They don't know what I'm talking about Clothes are dirty, bro, of mud Cig's yellow in between the fingers I'm walking with a cig Pardon me, but I really do believe That I can make this jump And even if the street is uphill I'm training for this now

[lovelymessybubbly]

I binge read fullmetal alchemist about 2 weeks ago, and I absolutely fell in love with the story and all the characters.

I headcanon that Winry would be the best ler, like she could wreck the hell out of eldric brothers, but she's also the sweetest.

She helps remind Al that he's still human and comforts him when he has nightmares about being stuck in old metal body or feels like he's not making enough progress in alchemy.

She's constantly tickling Ed when he thinks that he's not useful anymore without alchemy. Not to mention, I'd imagine those areas where scars would be from losing his arm and leg would be pretty sensitive.

My favorite character is hands down Greed/Lin. Like he would be a great ler but also a fantastic lee bc man's spend so much time thinking he wants everything, but he just wants friends, so there's no better bonding technique. In short, he needs to get wrecked but also wreck the hell out of someone bc they said they loved to laugh, so he wants to keep them laughing, right? The switchiest of switches.

I have so many thoughts, okay

ahhh i am so excited you loved it, it is so so good, right ??? (੭ु˶˭̵̴⃙⃚⃘᷄ᗢ˭̴̵⃙⃚⃘᷅˶)੭ु⁾⁾~ the wide variety of unique characters was one of the main charm points to me, as well.

all your thoughts are spot on hehe; winry always struck me the same way, since she is so compassionate and kindhearted, yet has that bit of feistiness and stubbornness. tickling seems like it would be a sort of “tough love” tactic to her lol. like, digging into ed’s armpits every time he catches an attitude, or pinning al to the ground and scribbling all over his tummy after he expresses doubt in himself. just a very “hey !! listen up !! you are wonderful !!” sort of ordeal lol.

and i totally agree about greed uwehh, he does have a super switch personality just based on his desire to have EVERYTHING lol. and his time spent in ling’s body must have only heightened those instincts; before, he surely would have been a total ler, the devious bastard, but after being stuck in the body of such a young, impressible, and hyperactive individual, he was definitely subjected to things he would not have allowed in any case before, such as tickling (ᗒᗜᗕ)՛̵̖ i mean, normally, that sort of touch does not get to him right away, it would take more than that to bring down a homunculus. but, somehow, now the tickling is way more unbearable, and it’s all because this kid he is stuck with is so damned ticklish !! so greed gets caught by a tickling attack, and all of a sudden laughter is bubbling up in his throat wayy faster than usual, and he feels much more hysterical than he would have expected. meanwhile, cut to ling’s internal monologue, and he is laughing his precious head off, writhing around, hiccuping out “that tickles !! that tickles !!” not even trying to fight it haha. so, that does not leave greed with a lot of options. sorry, greed !! so i bet he became accustomed to that nonsense real quick.

but, as we know, ling ended up rubbing off on greed a bit, so perhaps he learns to embrace it after a while…

thank you so much for sharing these with us !! i am so happy you loved it kyaaaah, it really is just an amazing series °₊·ˈ∗(( ॣ>̶᷇ᗢ<̶᷆ ॣ))∗ˈ‧

[waitineedaname]

ed and al

SLDFKJDSLKFJ ED AS A LITTLE DRAGON. that's so precious i love them

[lilxxbrainrot]

Rules: pick any ten of your fics, scroll to the midpoint, pick a line (or three) and share it. Then tag ten people.

Tagged by @kylermalloy thank yooou!

Sooo let´s see what we got

A Glimpse of Him

This person, sitting across the table, is not the Edward who one day achieved to do the impossible; who one day managed to go to that far away universe he used to talk about, he used to call home. The Edward who flew on the plane Alfons built, through a portal, and never came back.

Gas-what?

"Do you really think that was my intention?" the black-haired man asked as he broke the embrace so he could be able to see the Elric in the eyes. "You know this is just the way I am, Edward. It's not that I'm trying to belittle you; this is just who I am. You knew it before this started, but you still liked me, right?" His tone was soft, fragile even, as if he were afraid of his lover's response.

Scars

Of course he loved the feeling of his flat chest, he loved the feeling, or thereof, the lack of feeling, the lack of weight on that zone. It was just- the scar, somehow bothered him a bit. He wished it wasn't there.

Thanks

And Ed moved to give Al a kiss on his forehead.

Instead, they kissed each other's lips. It was just- just a little kiss, a quick peck. An accident.

Both boys' eyes went wide as they scrambled back, their faces going ten different shades of red, at least.

Sundays

He just left his ass slip down, until he was no longer sitting on the sofa's armrest, but on his brother's lap. Ed immediately looked at him, a bit taken aback. Bingo.

Al accommodates as best as he can, leaving soft, gentle kisses over the skin on Ed's neck. "Brother, you've been ignoring me today," he whispers between kisses. Ed swallows.

Can´t take my eyes off you

But the most obvious sign, without doubt, was the way Mustang was always watching the older Elric. It was like the whole room, the whole world stopped around him and the only thing there existed was Ed. God, Roy's eyes practically turn into hearts every time he sees the guy!

Brother, do you remember that time...?

"A-Al?" he spoke, voice trembling, hoarse, quickly evidencing his insecurity. "Is so-something wrong?" Ed was doing what he could, making his best effort to be understood even though he was talking through sniffs and hiccups as he tried to stop his weeping. He wanted to help his little brother, wanted to extend his hands and wipe away the tears that were now staining that precious, perfect face, but- he couldn't.

Hope

Ed's eyes went huge when he heard his brother's voice, he practically fell over his stomach, his face a few centimeters over that little hole that was now connecting him to the most precious being in this horrible world.

"Al, Al, what are you doing, stupid?" his voice cracked; a smile instantly appeared on his face, but it was clouded by the tears that were now running over his cheeks.

Rain

Alphonse closed his eyes as he smiled, humming slightly with satisfaction at the feeling. He stood there for who knows how long, until two warm hands grabbed his shoulders, aggresively shaking him. He snapped his eyes open, just to find two golden irises worryingly looking at him.

Mr. Loverman

“Colonel… you have to move on. You know that, right? We don´t really like seeing you like this. Please, come back…” I completely ignored what Havoc said. I dismissed them with a hand gesture and entered my flat, closing the door behind my back.

Now if you decide to check one of these, PLEASE read the tags. Most of them are Edal, some Royed.

I have no friends here hajhdgsa but I´m tagging: @gey-beans @konekorambles @cai-danu @indo-mie @val-creative

[strawberrycriisiis]

Sarò il fuoco ed il freddo, riparo d'inverno Sarò ciò che respiri, capirò cos'hai dentro E sarò l'acqua da bere, il significato del bene Sarò anche un soldato, o la luce di sera

E in cambio non chiedo niente Soltanto un sorriso Ogni tua piccola lacrima è oceano sopra al mio viso

Tell me your truth, Coraline, Coraline Tell me your truth, Coraline, Coraline Tell me your truth, Coraline, Coraline Tell me your truth, Coraline, Coraline

Coraline beautiful as the sun Fighter with a strong heart Hair like red roses Your cooper wires are precious, love, bring them to me If you hear the bells sing You will see Coraline cry You'll see her take the pain of others And bring them inside her

Coraline, Coraline Tell me your truth, Coraline, Coraline Tell me your truth, Coraline, Coraline Tell me your truth, Coraline, Coraline

But she knows the truth Not everyone can go on With their heart broken in half It's cold already She's a child but she feels like a burden And someday she will break People will say "she's nobody" She can't even get out of a damn door But someday, sometimes, she will manage

I told Coraline she can grow up Take her things and leave But she feels a monster keeping her in the cage, who Fills the way with landmines I told Coraline she can grow up Take her things and leave But Coraline doesn't want to eat, no Yes, Coraline just wants to disappear

And Coraline cries Coraline has anxiety Coraline wants the sea but she's afraid of water And maybe the sea is inside her Every word is an axe A cut on her back Like a raft on a swollen river And maybe the river is inside her, inside her

I'll be fire and cold Shelter in winter I'll what you breathe I'll understand what you have inside And I'll the water you drink The meaning of goodness I'll even be a soldier Or the evening light And I want nothing in return Only a smile Every single small tear is an ocean on my face And I want nothing in return Only a bit of time I'll be flag, shield Or your silver sword

And Coraline cries Coraline has anxiety Coraline wants the sea but she's afraid of water And maybe the sea is inside her Every word is an axe A cut on her back Like a raft on a swollen river And maybe the river is inside her, inside her

Tell me your truth, Coraline, Coraline Tell me your truth, Coraline, Coraline Tell me your truth, Coraline, Coraline Tell me your truth, Coraline, Coraline

Coraline beautiful as the sun She lost the fruit in her stomah She doesn't know love Only a father who doesn't act like a father They told her in town there's a castle With walls so strong That if you live in there Nothing can hurt you Nothing can hurt you

[icarusthelunarguard]

This Week’s Horrible-Scopes

It’s time for this week’s Horrible-Scopes! So for those of you that know your Astrological Signs, cool! If not, just pick one, roll a D12, or just make it up as you go along. It really doesn’t matter.

 Aries    

When you see a telescope, check what direction it’s pointed in and what’s there. Generally speaking it’s safe to look through it at night. But if it’s pointed at the Sun during the day there’s a really good chance it’ll melt the final focusing lenses. If it can do that, imagine what it would do to your eyeball. Do not look into that telescope with the remaining good eye.    

Taurus  

Think back to 1994 and “The Lion King”. Remember Scar, voiced by Jeremy Irons? He only sang MOST of the song. From the line, “So Prepare for the coup of the century…”, it was Jim Cummings singing. You know, the voice of Ed the hyena, Winnie the Pooh, and Darkwing Duck? Yeah - just TRY to imagine D.W. singing that. Now that you’ve got THAT in your head, go find Jeremy singing “The Hole in the Elephant’s Bottom” on YouTube. You will not be disappointed.   

Gemini   

Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow. What you do today sets into motion how tomorrow will play out. Yes, life is a video game in Hardcore Ironman Mode. Like Minecraft you can dig for precious materials, like Left 4 Dead there is always friendly fire, and like Starcraft you are always looking to eliminate the bugs. This week buy the largest capacity Micro-SD card that your phone can take and put all your music on it - you need a theme song and ambient music to get through things.  

Cancer Moon-Child  

The month-long trip to Europe you’ve been planning should be postponed. Take a wing to “E-F-F-I-S”, the European Forest Fire Information System and see what’s going on. You’d think Greenland and Iceland wouldn’t have wildfires but guess what? THEY DO TOO!  You’ve got a better chance of surviving Action Park in New Jersey than heading into the European mainland for vacation. Stay Home.  

Leo  

These days there are lots of choices at the store for tea. We have blueberry, raspberry, ginseng, sleepy time, green tea, green tea with lemon, green tea with lemon and honey, liver disaster, ginger with honey, ginger without honey, vanilla almond, white truffle, blueberry chamomile, vanilla walnut, constant comment and... earl grey. And… you know.. Orange Pekoe if you want to be bland about it all. Or just have, you know, coffee.

Virgo  

We know how much you love conspiracy theories and math riddles, so… Your Horrible-Scope is encoded into this entire collection for you to discover on your own. Obviously you’re going to need some hints to get you started, so here you go. We suggest you find: An Enigma Breaker program, a Fibonacci Number Generator, a ROT-13 decoder, and the Bloodhound Gang episode, “The Case of the Missing Bloodhound” from 1980. Remember: “E-L-J-B, P-T-B-B-Q, E-L-J-B.” GOOD LUCK! 

Libra  

You’re like a jet engine - your best work comes when you’re under super-high pressure and fed fuel. In your case “fuel” is “coffee”... or a shiny…  Or new shiny coffee! If you want people to take you seriously in the break room, ask them to carve you off a slice of coffee. If it isn’t in the form and consistency of canned cranberry sauce, why bother?   

Scorpio  

You love Weird Al Yankovic. What’s not to love about him? Some of his music is specifically food-related, some isn’t… But we need to know, where do you classify his song, “Spam” from his movie “UHF”? Spam is only barely food, can be used as rocket propellant, and most dogs won’t even eat it. How bad for you does it have to be for most dogs to avoid it? So? Where do you classify Spam, huh? WHERE!?   

Sagittarius  

They call them “Moving Sidewalks” in airports, but you know what they really are - M.C. Escher inspired stairs to nowhere. Don’t let your sneakers get eaten by escalators and don’t drop your keys into the gap of an elevator. You don’t need that level of stress again.

Capricorn  

You have two great commercial ideas, but only one will work. Building a sandblasting shop near the ocean and using the beach sand as an unlimited supply of abrasive material is a deathtrap waiting to happen. Inhaling microscopic silicate particles will do all kinds of BAD to you. Instead how about selling 55Gallon drums of ocean water for saltwater aquarium owners? It’s all natural, 100% renewable, and seriously? How simple is that!?  

Aquarius  

Stealing musical lines is a tradition that goes back hundreds of years, but here’s one you likely missed. The song “Do-Re-Me” from The Sound of Music opens with, “Let's start at the very beginning, A very good place to start. When you read, you begin with A-B-C. When you sing, you begin with Do-Re-Mi.” In the show “Between the Lions” the song “Sven Said, Ten Tents, Ted Sent Ten Cents” the lyrics start with, “Let's start with our favorite vowel, a pretty good place to start. It's an E like we see in Ben and hen and it sounds like an "eh" in the middle of ten, so alright then, let's go, men.” So, see? Even Public Broadcast TV productions will steal music when they can get away with it.

Pisces  

There are two types of people: When we say, “The Man In Black” do you think “The Fire Swamp” or “The Ring of Fire”? Ok, maybe there’s a third group that doesn’t get either reference, but you? You not only get the reference but you can hear both answers in your head at the same time. If you got your Corpus Callosum clipped you’d only have to hear one of those at a time. How do you NOT know what the Corpus Callosum is? It’s not rocket science. Go read your old Pre-Med books from college again.     

And THOSE are your Hobble-Scopes for this week! Remember if you liked what you got, we’re obviously not working hard enough at these. BUT! If you want a better or nastier one for your own sign or someone else’s, all you need to do to bribe me is just Let Me Know! These will be posted online at the end of each week via Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook and Discord.

[royaidaydreams]

Whenever I find myself watching FMA, I remember just how much I love every character. Roy and Riza are the reason I stay in the fandom, but I’m never bored when they aren’t on screen.

Al is a precious tin can of sass. Winry is so passionate about her medicine and mechanics that it fills my heart. I adore Izumi for wanting to live a quite life with her husband when she has the power to pound anyone into the dirt that looks at her funny. Ling cares more about protecting the people in his country than wielding power, and that’s so honorable. Olivier is a goddess of leadership and I’d follow her every order. Hohenheim, the most knowledgeable character is simultaneously the most clueless, and I appreciate that. Ed manages to be witty and empathetic, silly and genuine, all around a entertaining protagonist.

All this to say even though I focus on Riza and Roy, I 100% adore every single character in FMA. I love them all.

[sciatu]

SIRACUSA - IL TEATRO GRECO

Gli stessi antichi greci ci raccontano dell’amore e della considerazione che gli antichi siracusani avevano per il teatro attraverso le parole dei loro storici quando raccontano della sfortunatissima spedizione dell’esercito ateniese contro la ricca e potente Siracusa. Lo storico Teucide impiega due libri a raccontare come 12.000 ateniesi, forti di 220 navi e con la reputazione di aver vinto l’immenso esercito persiano, dopo due anni di guerra furibonda, vennero sconfitti dai siracusani che per i vinti ebbero una ferocia terribile, tanto che dei 7.000 superstiti, solo qualche centinaio riuscirà a tornare ad Atene dopo il pagamento di ricchi riscatti. Alcuni di questi ateniesi però vennero liberati, non dietro al versamento di monete d’argento, ma perché ricordavano a memoria i versi delle tragedie di Euripide e recitandoli, permisero ai siracusani di trascriverli, per poterli poi ascoltare nel loro immenso teatro. Alle spalle del teatro vi sono le Latomie, le prigioni dove gran parte dei prigionieri ateniesi erano stati lasciati morire di fame, di freddo e malattie. Così da una parte del monte si celebrava la bellezza della creatività umana, dall’altra parte si era celebrato il suo aspetto più orribile e crudele in un dualismo tipico delle civiltà umana dove spesso la bellezza risplende tra gli oscuri orrori di guerre e stragi che la rendono ancora più preziosa ed importante. Così per i vittoriosi siracusani i versi di Euripide valevano, più delle monete che gli ateniesi avrebbero potuto versare per salvare i loro soldati e di ogni altra vendetta sui vinti. Tucidide cita questo aneddoto con enfasi, quasi a ricordare come alla fine i due avversari avevano la stessa cultura, la stessa origine e solo la superficialità ateniese nella preparazione della battaglia e le beghe politiche dei loro capi potevano giustificare una sconfitta così disastrosa, preludio alla prossima perdita di potere della città cara ad Atena. Ma qui, tra le bianche pietre del teatro greco di Siracusa, questo aneddoto ha un senso diverso perché quelle parole, quelle tragedie in cui gli empi eroi dimenticano le leggi degli dei ed agiscono per atti che meritano la punizione divina, qui trovano una forma, un senso sacrale, una eternità innegabile. Qui dei ed eroi, i cori e le morti, le stragi, le risate o le lacrime, qui tra le bianche pietre, nella prossimità mare, qui le parole che descrivono, raccontano, piangono e imprecano, diventano reali, solide come queste candide pietre. Qui quei versi che salvarono la vita e la libertà degli sfortunati ateniesi, sono ancora vive ed il vento le fa rivivere tra le cime degli alberi che circondano il teatro.

The ancient Greeks tell us of the love and consideration that the ancient Syracusans had for the theater through the words of their historians when they tell of the very unfortunate expedition of the Athenian army against the rich and powerful Syracuse. The historian Teucide employs two books to tell how 12,000 Athenians, strong of 220 ships and with the reputation of having won the immense Persian army, after two years of furious war, were defeated by the Syracusans who for the vanquished had a terrible ferocity, so  of the 7,000 survivors, only a few hundred will be able to return to Athens after the payment of rich ransoms. Some of these Athenians, however, were released, not after the payment of silver coins, but because they remembered the verses of Euripides' tragedies  and by reciting them, they allowed the Syracusans to transcribe them, in order to then listen the precious verses  in their immense theater. Behind the theater are the Latomie, the prisons where most of the Athenian prisoners were left to die of hunger, cold and disease. Thus on one side of the mountain the beauty of human creativity was celebrated, on the other side its most horrible and cruel aspect was celebrated in a dualism typical of human civilizations where beauty often shines among the dark horrors of wars and massacres that make it even more precious and important. Thus for the victorious Syracusans the verses of Euripides were worth more than the coins that the Athenians could have paid to save their soldiers and any other revenge on the vanquished. Thucydides cites this anecdote with emphasis, as if to recall how in the end the two adversaries had the same culture, the same origin and only the Athenian superficiality in the preparation of the battle and the political quarrels of their leaders could justify such a disastrous defeat, a prelude to the next loss of power of the city dear to Athena. But here, among the white stones of the Greek theater of Syracuse, this anecdote has a different meaning because those words, those tragedies in which the wicked heroes forget the laws of the gods and act for acts that deserve divine punishment, here they find a form, a sacred sense, an undeniable eternity. Here gods and heroes, choirs and deaths, massacres, laughter or tears, here among the white stones, near the sea, here the words that describe, tell, cry and swear, become real, solid as these white stones . Here those verses that saved the life and freedom of the unfortunate Athenians are still alive and the wind brings them back to life in the treetops that surround the theater.

[astridthevalkyrie]

Do you think AOT is better than FMAB?

sorry not sorry for the blunt answer but no, never, not in a million years, not even close, not for a number of reasons.

few reasons under the cut, because apparently I’m doing this instead of focusing in class. obviously there will be spoilers for both shows, and obviously some of this will be based on personal preference.

1. Genocide/Oppression

so both shows have some vivid imagery of nazi germany. bradley is addressed as the fuhrer in fmab, and the eldians wear stars on their sleeves in aot. and even if the aot writer wasn’t pretty much confirmed to be a nationalist and raging anti-semite, it’s rather painfully obvious which show handles it better.

in aot, the eldians are oppressed because they can turn into titans and were originally trying to take over the world or something, which is so blatantly anti-semitic that it’s terrible. shows are allowed to tackle these kinds of topics, but they should handle them well, not be a stand in for nazi propaganda. this is something so many fucking shows do wrong whenever they make an oppressed group of people - there’s always somehow a reason for having them be oppressed. take bbc merlin. wizards are oppressed because they can do magic and so they’re dangerous, just like how eldians can turn into titans and so they’re dangerous, and that’s a bad thing to imply, because it implies that jewish people somehow deserved what happened to them and that’s a fucking dangerous idea to put into an already anti-semitic world.

and that’s exactly why i was so relieved and appreciative of how fmab did the battle of ishval. it is clear who the bad guys are in that scenario, and it’s clear that it was never deserved and that the soldiers who carried it out are war criminals and deserve to be put into jail. riza says as much herself. while i think scar shouldn’t have been as guilted as he was (sure, he shouldn’t go after innocent people, but him killing winry’s parents is not comparable to what happened to him and doesn’t put all of them on equal footing), i was pleasantly surprised that he lived and wasn’t killed off in some stupid form of “redemption.” if roy deserved to live, so did scar, a hundred times over.

2. Characters

characters in fmab are done ridiculously better than in aot. let’s compare similar characters!

edward and eren - the protagonists

up until the third season onwards, eren is very one dimensional and uninteresting. he’s entertaining, but his one and only goal is killing the titans and it’s super frustrating because they lay down the groundwork for more, but it’s never really addressed. show more how he cares about his friends, show him dealing with his trauma through anger and how it’s unhealthy. (actually, a lot of problems could be fixed if they showed more of the cadets’ training days. i feel like i wasn’t feeling as betrayed by annie and reiner and bertholdt because i never really felt they were that close to eren.)

ed is a delightful main character. he too is angry and doesn’t mind talking with his fists, but at the same time, he’s starchly against killing anyone and has multiple goals. ofc his primary one is getting their bodies back, but when he finds himself in the conspiracy about amestris, he doesn’t hesitate before making that his problem as well. every relationship he has is wonderful. i could get bored with eren on the screen, i wasn’t bored with ed.

armin and alphonse - the deuteragonists

i’m sorry but armin is literally just “the smart one.” that’s it. he’s also the dreamer but it only comes up when they’re about to do something dangerous.

i feel like i don’t even need to go into how good of a character al is? he’s very obviously multifaceted and the epitome of sweet and badass at the same time.

winry and mikasa - the love intests-ish

i don’t like referring to either of them like that, but while mikasa is the tritagonist (or deuteragonist, her and armin can interchange there), winry is not. 

and surprise, surprise, this is actually where i’m not so sure winry comes out on top. mikasa is, in my opinion, the most interesting out of the trio. she also has a very single-minded goal, but seeing her interact with other characters (armin, jean, levi) who either fall in line or disagree with that goal is fun to watch. she’s also obviously super competent and i have a thing for competent characters.

winry is a good character and i love her, but it’s always bothered me how out of place her scenes feel in relation to the entire show. and as much as i know it doesn’t deter her agency, there’s just something off about ed telling her to have an apple pie waiting for them. it actually brings in one of my few problems with fmab. while its female are pretty good, they’re far from perfect, and that’s because nearly all of them exist because of their relation to the more important male character. winry is ed’s mechanic and the elrics’ family friend. riza is roy’s lieutenant. lan fan is ling’s bodyguard. izumi is the elrics’ teacher. i’m not saying that’s all they are, but this is a major part of their role in the story (olivier and mei stand out as female characters with goals relating to themselves and not a guy around them.)

so who’s the better character? mikasa is more fierce and winry has better lines that aren’t just calling out the protag’s name. i’m gonna give it to winry, but by a short shot.

roy and levi - the op fan favorites

this one’s much easier. roy is not just a badass who’s also the hero’s direct superior like levi is, he’s a person with clearcut goals and weaknesses and he has to make sacrifices and work for what he wants. levi has all the makings for a great character, a tragic backstory and a chill personality, but he doesn’t have a reason to stay in the scouts, he just...does. out of loyalty to erwin, i guess? it’s not clear and it’s even worse if you don’t watch the ova. roy’s reasons are clear and relatable. he also has a dorky and endearing side, plus the political side of things he brings to fmab is interesting and an equally important part of the story. his fight with envy is satisfying and thrilling. levi’s fight with the beast titan, while it is super well animated and cool, kiiiinda falls flat because there was no set-up for him being the one to take the beast titan down (should have been connie). it also ends a bit too fast, honestly.

but hey, you say, aren’t you the one writing 15k worth of fanfiction for levi within two weeks? didn’t see you writing that much for roy. yeah, well, unfortunately, my attraction doesn’t determine the better character and i never said i was proud of this, please leave me alone.

there’s more comparisons i could make - carla and trisha, hohenheim and grisha (ha, trisha and grisha rhyme), roy can also be compared to erwin, there’s multple side characters, but fmab wins, you guys get it.

3. The Story, Plot, Deaths

listen, i get it. aot is a bloody, brutal show and you’re not supposed to get attached to characters. i’m not gonna complain about pointless deaths, because that in itself is the point. it’s like twd or got, it’s gonna have lots of death. but the deaths don’t have to be so stupid. i’m specifically thnking of levi’s squad, because the way they die is so dumb. gunther should not be taken down by a cadet, petra shouldn’t be flying so close to the ground, oluo should know not to engage the female titan alone. these were elite titan killers, they knew not to be stupid. there were ways to kill them off without making them look so stupid. and if there’s not, consider not killing them off just for shock value.

fmab’s deaths mean something, especially since one of its central messages is that life is precious, no matter whose it is. everyone’s life means something and no one dies in vain.

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there’s more i could go into, but i just spent my entire classtime doing this and now my second one for the day is about to start, sooo i think i’ll stop here. thanks for the ask!

[theelrics]

Perhaps we could simply…. Make our own lore….

Power to the people or something idk ill go first: I like to think there was a legend not totally unlike Icarus (you KNOW we love that binch), but instead of it being framed as the consequences of hubris, it is a legend of a boy using his few resources to pull himself from the earth and, for a few precious moments, seeing what lies beyond the sky. When he fell to the ground he spread the word of his adventure, and so children of Xerxes are raised with stories of hope: if they use what little they might have, they can fly among the stars regardless of the echelon they were born into (thinking about how slaves can become scholars, so social mobility was achievable).

I know there are plenty of amazing fanworks that explore Xerxes lore and they all make me go absolutely feral but I am having Thoughts on this Tuesday and I wanted to share them with you please forgive me <3

(Also what if they also had the ‘wow cats are great’ thing that the ancient Egyptians had?)

Oh my gosh YES I love that!!! Icarus, my projectable beloved.....

ok what really gets me about the Xerxians is that, not only do we get little to no information about them, but neither do Ed and Al! I would love for them to learn about the lost traditions and culture Xerxes held: what dishes were made, what holidays celebrated, what gods worshipped (even if they probably wouldn't believe in them lol). What remnants of Xerxian culture are still around, influencing Amestris today?

Maybe this is why I also adore the Ishvalan Ed and Al AUs! The idea of them reconnecting with something that is irrevocably a part of them really just picks at my brain.

Another thing I think about is, while Xerxes is extinct, surely not all Xerxians were in Xerxes when the circle was activated?? Do you think that Ed or Al have ever locked eyes with someone on the street and been shocked to see their same golden color staring back at them?

And what about the language? One of my favorite headcanons is that Ed and Al learned how to read Xerxian when they were young because their main source of reading material was from Hoho's library— and how were they supposed to know that wasn't Amestrian??? Self-conscious explores this concept in really fun way!

while I'm reccing fics lmao I've also been meaning to read My Master Ed which I think Rain suggested a little bit ago. The fic i untie my hair (it unleashes the day) is also a really cute one-shot of Hohenheim teaching Ed how to take care of his hair!

also the xerxians totally loved cats and you can't convince me otherwise

[kernelmeow]

Fictober Day #7

Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist

Characters: Edward and Alphonse Elric, Winry Rockbell, mentions of Alphonse/Winry

AN: love me some Ed angst and I do ship Al and Winry together for some weird reason.

Al is getting married.

His handsome, intelligent, charismatic brother is grown up and getting married, and Edward hates it. It shouldn’t come as a surprise. Al is everything that Ed isn’t, and naturally Winry saw this too. She had confessed that to him once.

It was winter in Resembool. Winry and Ed had found themselves alone, all other members of the Rockbell house otherwise preoccupied. They couldn’t avoid each other forever. She had confessed to him by the warmth of the fire that it would have been him. She had loved Edward first. Loved them both, Ed and Al, but she had imagined her future with him. There was never an appropriate time to broach the topic; the search for the stone and restoring their bodies was their number one priority, and she hadn’t wanted to complicated things further. Plus, Ed was emotionally stunted and was yet a man. So she told herself she would wait. And she did.

Ed and Al succeeded. They were whole again, and had saved the world in the process. But the next journey was yet to start.

Al’s rehabilitation. It was a long three years in Resembool, but Al was committed and Ed was committed to his brother. There was only ever one objective in Edward Elric’s life, and Winry couldn’t fault him for it. But they were older now, and she needed to know. So she hinted and at times was so blatantly obvious that Al would snicker at Ed’s dumb expression and Winry’s explosive reaction. Little did anyone know it brought Winry and Al closer.

It was during their third summer back in Resembool Al said ‘I love you’. Winry didn’t hesitate.

So here they were. Days away from the wedding, and all Edward could think was that he was losing a part of himself. He wondered at what point his existence had become tied to Alphonse. Was it when his little brother was born, and in childlike curiosity had looked upon his pink, crying face? Was it when their mother had died, leaving them alone but together? Or was it when he had exchanged a part of himself for Al’s soul? Ripped it from the Gate’s foul possession, and bound it in blood and metal.

He isn’t able to answer them, but it doesn’t matter. It’s his fault for thinking it would always be him and Al. He wasn’t a selfish asshole, though he knows if he were to beg Al to join him on another adventure on the road, needing to flee this place, Al probably would. His precious brother who had so much stolen from him, would devote himself to Edward without hesitation, and it scares him. Not that he would do it... but because it would be so easy.

So he plasters on a fake smile when appropriate and waves off questions of concern, because his brother needed this from him. And Ed would forever put Alphonse first.

[firewoodfigs]

sudden inspiration at 2am to write some parental content, all thanks to @katharinedraws00​ lovely art :^) (art by Katharine, not me!! I can’t draw to save my life!) 

It struck him out of the blue, as most nightmares do. One moment he was dreaming of Winry and her obsessive rambling about the latest automail developments in Rush Valley; the bleating sheep and the undulating valleys that gave Resembool its glorious, rustic charm, and his mother’s blissful smile whenever she stood out in the morning sun to hang their laundry dry. Then all of a sudden her smile twisted in a wicked, disdainful sneer. No longer was it the mother he remembered and so dearly loved. Instead the marks of his transgression, his utter failure took her place and glared at him with sinister red eyes that made his stomach churn and his blood boil. 

Ed woke with a start, heaving. 

“Just a bad dream,” he muttered to himself. The sun was creeping in through the heavy, velvet brocades of the hotel by now, beckoning for him to go out and do whatever it was he’d been assigned here for. Ed groaned and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes blearily. 

At least the hotel breakfast was good. A decent spread of eggs and toast and fruits, the typical assortment to be expected (no milk, thankfully) awaited him. With all the eagerness of a starved man, he devoured plate after plate gleefully, thankful that it’d be charged to the military and not his personal bank account. 

Once breakfast was out of the way and he’d managed to flush some of the bad thoughts out of his mind with a cup of orange juice, Ed then headed towards the lobby to reconvene with the bastard and Lieutenant Hawkeye. 

“Let’s go,” he yawned, making it a point to not make eye contact with them so that they wouldn’t see the vestiges of his cruel, twisted dreams. Mustang sighed, muttering something about how punctuality was paramount in the military. 

Ed simply ignored him and waltzed ahead of them, stretching luxuriously. 

—

The rest of the day passed by without much incident. Externally, anyway. What went on in his mind, however, was a completely different story. Somehow the visceral images of that night kept conjuring themselves in his head even as he tried valiantly to suppress them with happy thoughts. (Like Al munching on Winry’s apple pie. Or Mustang getting socked in the face.)  

And it only got worse when he passed by all the mothers holding their children’s hands like they were the most precious thing in the world. 

In the end, it’d been bad enough such that he couldn’t even sleep. Ed thought this was a remarkable feat, as he was typically able to fall asleep even on the most uncomfortable trains. Not to mention the day had been completely exhausting — all the walking and gallivanting and constant alertness had worn him out sufficiently, to the point that his limbs were aching and his joints were groaning like an old man. Like Mustang whenever he was met with paperwork. 

Then, the mumbling from outside reached his ears. It was strangely warm, soothing. And from that the memory of his mother’s comforting murmurs whenever he had a nightmare or a bad fall emerged, crushing whatever modicum of pride that he’d been latching onto into dust. 

Desperate to sleep (and for comfort, though he’d never admit that aloud), Ed opened the door quietly and walked towards the source of the mumbling, keeping his head lowered so that the jerk wouldn’t have an opportunity to make fun of his weakness. Even more quietly, he confessed, “Alright. Uh, due to some, er, traumatic events that happened today, I haven’t been able to sleep, I heard some mumbling in here so I —“ 

Wait, what the heck? 

Was that a kiss he heard? A kiss? Like, lips on skin, or lips on lips? 

Ed paled visibly, choking on his saliva. Instantly he retracted his words, but while he wanted to call Mustang out for being twelve different kinds of repulsive (and for goodness’ sake, Lieutenant Hawkeye deserved better than some self-conceited, pompous imbecile with an ego the size of Amestris!) he remembered that Lieutenant Hawkeye was there too. 

Lieutenant Hawkeye, who could shoot him if she so wanted for invading on their privacy like that. 

“Oh, er, sorry! I didn’t mean to interrupt you all… I’ll just —“ and he scampered away, hoping he’d live to see another day. 

“Get over here, shorty,” Mustang called. Ed’s antenna twitched, and he halted in his tracks, all too ready to retaliate and beat Mustang up into a bleeding pulp. 

But all of a sudden he was encased in a warm embrace, the Lieutenant’s soft hair tickling his own messy fringe. 

“You’re always welcome here, Ed,” Hawkeye reassured kindly. 

Ed wanted to bury himself out of embarrassment. Of course, he’d always known that Lieutenant Hawkeye had a soft spot, but now that he was on the receiving end of one of her — what he presumed to be extremely rare — hugs… 

He didn’t quite know how to respond. 

“I, uh,” he began sheepishly. “Sorry —“ 

“It’s okay,” Hawkeye soothed. To his mortification, Mustang was hugging him as well. Ed didn’t know whether to punch him in the face or kick him in the nuts, but at least there was no mockery or ridicule coming from the man. Instead, his expression looked… 

Concerned? 

Ed swallowed uncomfortably. 

“Are you alright, Fullmetal?” 

“Y-yeah. I’m fine.”

Heat crawled up his face, betraying the embarrassment he felt. 

Yet they didn’t budge. If anything, they only continued to tighten their arms around him. And ultimately Ed caved. Unable to resist, he relished in their kindness — a kindness so unimaginably warm and tender that it could only belong to a parent’s — and gradually relaxed in their embrace. 

And Ed wondered if this was what it felt like to have a family, whole and complete and loving. 

[annoyingvoidzombie]

Okay the time of the week for my Riverdale thoughts of the recent episode: SPOILERS ALARTE!

Bughead and Varchie awkward talks on the way back from pops, I feel like we're gonna have a flashbacks and more .. we need to see some of the gang on the past 7 years.

Grandmother Alice is soo mama Alice of season one minus Al to boss around.

Hiram, just stop messing everything (!!) For 7 years I don't have idea of the demage you have done to Riverdale

Haha, YOU'RE OUT Jones, watch your back

I love this new "town council" .. Kevin as sex ed teacher, I'll take part in this class..

Tom is back at his old job, precious.. still making those uniform look gooood (still missing FP)

Wtf Chad (I think that's his name) holding back her money?! Now that's toxic!! At least we got Monica (blonde Veronica).

Damn Polly, you're still the bitch from S3, you deserve the gun pointing, be a mum for good sake for once. That was a nice talk with Betty.

I guess everyone gets to work at Pops once.

Reggie with hair extensions is hilarious but what the fuck you work for Hiram?

GO TEAM SERPENTS !! Breaking bones, damn Sweet pea smile "hell yeah" and I just love it.

Once again, Hiram is son of a .. weren't you dead sick back 7 years ago?

Like I said, I think Jughead stole nightstand work.. I guess we'll find out soon enough :)

Barchie cleaning and he’s grateful for her, that’s always nice to have a friendship as that.

BARCHIEEEEEEEEE SHOWERRRRRRRR (if you haven’t heard my screaming I’ll say it again, BARCHIE SHOWER SEX- DAMN .. wait, his “serpent tattoo” remained? Nice work FP.

They wanted to that since highschool huh? ;)

Single adults wanna have fun, they just wanna they just wanna have funnn

Okay so bughead hadn’t reunited in the last 7 years, upsetting a little.

What a beautiful party but a jacket? That’s not enough. POPS DESERVES RIVERDALE L, he’s the heart of Riverdale . But Jugs words are beautiful. TO POP TATE.

CHONIIIII with cheery coke.. miss them, you can see the love in their eyes.

“Bulldogs forever” so lame if you ask me but the fantastic four together once more.

Alice smiles while Hiram upset is epic, wait Veronica is now Gekko, that’s wow.. I don’t have the words.

Jug needs to write about his life, that’s not nice and now his roomies with his best friend, wonder how long will it take for the “I had shower sex with Betty” talk to come up.

RUN POLLY RUN!! Sorry Betty.. no Polly tonight.

[anthonycrowleymoved]

and of course don't forget the inability to save mother parallels and the found family with izumi/pinako and bobby, the whole thing where despite dean and ed's best efforts sam and al end up suffering SO much (al lost the body sam died like eight times etc.) and the giving up of something precious to save those they love and the inner child only coming out re cars or automail or other 'safe' interests

dude i’m gonna CRY oh my god you get it. you FUCKING get it fuck. FUCK. i’m so sorry i lost it at the fucking bobby/izumi parallel NEITHER OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN CHILDREN BUT THEY TAKE IN THE BROTHERS!!!! AND HELP THEM AND LOVE THEM LIKE THEY’RE THEIR OWN THE P A R R A L L E L.

anyway everything is about supernatural, except supernatural, which is about fullmetal alchemist.

[lannisterdaddyissues]

answer all 20 fma questions go. i am holding you at gunpoint 🔫✨

ANON YOU HAVE SAVED MY LIFE IM OBSESSED WITH U NOW JFDJSGJFSKGJ but please dont hold me at gunpoint who do u think u are riza hawkeye--

1.) What type of Alchemy would you use?

i'm currently on the pre-med track so medical alchemy would be cool!! but if i'd have to fight then i will cheat and say i can do lightning alchemy bc guess what its my fantasies and I GET TO CHOOSE THE ALCHEMY HEADCANONS but it would probably be related to water alchemy somehow since lightning comes from charged particles in the clouds. maybe i could primarily be a water alchemist and lightning is a subset of that!

2.) What would your state alchemist codename be?

hmmm im gonna cheat and decide yes i can do lightning shit bc i said so so i guess my codename would be something lame and on the nose like the lightning alchemist or the spark alchemist :/ im lame and useless like roy but on the opposite end of the spectrum because i can only use my alchemy when its wet or raining boohoo...

3.) Would you serve in the military?

yell heah their uniforms are sick! i would like to be an army doctor tho :/ idk about fighting other people and electrocuting them to ash. i would DEFINITELY be on edward elric's call list when the promised day comes around tho, i refuse to miss a chance to go toe to toe with a homunculus

4.) Alchemist/Engineer/Soldier? alchemist! maybe soldier. not sure.

5.) Would you commit the taboo? mmmmm yeah probably if i had sufficient motivation, ignoring the fact that it doesn't work because i would probably ignore that

6.) Favorite character? answered! it's roy :)

7.) brOTP? HYUROI!!!! their friendship is so so so so personal to me. i love it platonically and romantically, i love it in pre-canon and canon, i love it in an au, i love it no matter what. there has never been an anime friendship more personal and close to the heart than hyuroi

8.) OTP? ROYAI!!!!! it's been 7 years and i'm still utterly obsessed with them. how arakawa-sensei managed to make a tangible love story with two characters who barely ever touch and arent even allowed to look each other in the eye without getting arrested on suspicion of secretly fucking is beyond me. she is a genius

9.) Which theme song do you find yourself singing the most/the catchiest? either rain by sid (fmab op 5) or undo by cool joke (fma op 3)!

10.) FMA or FMAB? fmab by a long shot! fma is good as a standalone because you don't know what you're missing out on lmao

11.) nOTP? mmm i wouldn't exactly call this a notp but i don't really ship edling all that much even though it's popular. i don't actively dislike it tho. i do hate edvy though bc that's gross and whenever i see it i gag.

12.) Character you’re most like/relate to? winry! she and i both have our Special Hyperfixation™ (automail for her and medicine for me), and i felt a real kinship with her, esp in 03 because at some points she felt like an afterthought which i am used to feeling that way too. but she's always so optimistic and a little hot-headed with her friends which is definitely me!

14.) Who (which character) do you look the most like?

hehehe i also look a lot like winry if you mix her with catherine elle armstrong! just give me shorter hair and that's me!

15.) Black Hayate or Den? ...................black hayate :(

16.) Favorite deadly sin? answered! it's wrath/king bradley :)

17.) Who would you want as your parents? hohenheim and trisha bc they remind me of my parents in some ways! my dad is awkward like hohenheim but he could also totally kill god without breaking a sweat and my mom is totally a momma bear and she would fight anyone who messes with us

18.) Who would you want as your child(ren)? mmmmmmm the main three i guess? ed al and winry? i would also totally adopt baby pride/selim because look at that face... hes so precious

19.) Part that made you cry the most? i never cry at fiction but hughes' death is a given, and also rain (fmab op 5) definitely gives me the feels whenever i watch/listen to it

20.) Least favorite character? answered! it's a tie between shou tucker and envy :)

21.) Your favorite FMA AU? i love the various time travel fix-it fics on ao3 where ed goes back in time and fixes everything, but my hands-down all-time favorite fma au ever has to be the meaning of hyacinths by @starryeyed-char! (shoutout!) it's an au where hughes lives and roy "dies" instead of him and the writing is so EXQUISITE i cannot express to you in enough words how amazing and incredible this series is. it is absolutely a must-read. caveat that it's still being written and currently has eight parts, but the author plans to take it all the way to the promised day so just be patient for the next installments!!