#I WILL read fma ha ha

[turndecassette2]

Re: chainsaw man my personal take is that the first 80 chapters or so are some of the best manga I've read, but it falls off after that.

Anon cause I don't want people to blow me up for saying I don't think pt 2 is all that good either. Weird pacing, inconsistent arcs. I know not everyone agrees with me on that but it just lost me.

I would however say that fma is definitely worth picking up. Its not the darkest story ever but it deals with what I think are some serious subject matters and treats them with respect and gravity. I read it again recently and think it holds up incredibly well.

yeah I like the aesthetics of pt 2 but rn I'm not sure how I feel abt it. really appreciate fujimoto's dedication to always taking things in the direction you least expect, also hoping it will eventually add up to something that will maybe be more satisfying when read in one go the way I did pt 1. there's some cool stuff in there still so I'm hoping he manages to tie it up in a way that feels worthwhile.

(this is dumb since I know the chainsaw man manga is about the titular chainsaw man. but I liked it when pt 2 was all asa & just doing its own thing. not mad it went the way it went, but. also, edit: both parts of chainsaw man are still better than the weird comics I make)

re: dark, that's just me admitting I'm still driven by morbid curiosity like a teenager watching horror movies while their parents are away or something. but I'm fine with stuff that's wholesome, or a bit of both, I think the thing I really NEED in a work is for it to feel distinct & like, honest? hard to explain but I know it when I see it.

[find-the-path]

The face of a man who has lived in these kids' hometown all his life and has never seen the Elric brothers more than 20 feet apart.

[madootles]

it’s always october 3rd somewhere

[sableeira]

there is something about magic systems that borrow from a specific craft that makes them so special. Maybe it’s because they feel more tangible and it’s very easy to get swept away by the passion for the craft that is clearly written on every page.

Whether it’s the art based magic system in Witch Hat Atelier. Or the translation based magic system in Babel. Or the alchemy/chemistry based magic system in Fullmetal Alchemist.

The relation to a specific craft makes the characters passion for their magic feel so personal and relatable. Because there is magic in art, in translation, in chemistry and any other craft that people partake in. The magic system becomes a love letter towards creation and everyone who creates and there is nothing world building wise that could be more charming.

[smoothshine]

𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘷𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶

[astrofons-highderich]

Very late #makeaterriblecomicday2024, but I feel like making it late only fits the theme better or that’s the excuse I’m going with anyway

Still thinking about the rocket lamp I saw last time I went to IKEA hnng

[waitineedaname]

reasons laios touden is a secret elric brother

gold hair + eyes

armor as key feature of his character design

extremely important relationship with his sibling

autism.

[p2ii]

'we need more stories with complex and nunaced themes and world building that doesn't exist in black and white/where no one is uniquely good or bad' y'all can't even handle the freedom fighter trope when they use 2% violence in their own liberation

[queenoftheskittleholics]

Some FMA thoughts: Ok, so thinking about Ling's future as emperor, and I have a thought. We don't know details about Xing's government, and there are some differences from imperial China, but the succession struggles were pretty similar.

I doubt that the chiefs/chancellors/whatever officials are called would like the idea of having no certain successor with a dying emperor. I wonder if there was a previous heir before Ling was named, which I guess could have happened.

However, if not, I wonder if there was a popular claimant, presumably an older son whose clan has more wealth or military power, that multiple clans were willing to back to avoid crisis. Which makes me wonder if said hypothetical prince claimant would be cool with Ling being named by the Emperor or try to fight it.

[docholligay]

No. No sugoi. The opposite of sugoi. I do not want horrifying composite creatures that can speak and understand human language being developed by the government, or indeed, anyone, this is just like when y'all started calling the robot police dogs Good boys you stop that.

Please read me before commenting or sending an ask!

[dragontamer05]

I know I made a post on it somewhere but I can't find it so Imma just make a new thing to talk about it;

Look Imma be real out of everything in FMA arguably one of the most fucked up, wtf moments has to be from the short little side story in the manga / anime OVA The Blind Alchemist.

So first of all we have a (wealthy) couple who have lost their daughter, a servant of the family and fellow Alchemist makes his own attempt at human transmuation . Unsurprisingly it obviously doesn't work but not wanting to break his heart/hurt him the parents lie to the poor man that it succeeded and instead adopted this little girl to act as their daughter Rosalie

Kinda fucked up but I mean girl doesn't seem to bothered and is happy to have a home so all good on that front.

Where it gets into the really creepy almost SUPERNATURAL side of things is that.... uh well the REAL Rosalie is like not dead??? Like her body is clearly in an almost mummified definitely dead state but like not rotting and you see it SMILE there is heavy implication that although he couldn't revive his daughter SOMETHING has come to take possession of her body but what it is who knows.

Like what??

Did... did this man accidentally open a portal and summon a Demon?? Arakawa please explain WHAT THE FUCK IS IN THEIR IF IT"S NOT ROSALIE

Quote from the story

Al; She's alive?

(Fake)Rosalie; I'm not sure you could call it that. She's been like this for a long time now but nobody knows whether who's inside is the real Rosalie. It might not be her that's in there

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And then because it was just a short story written for the first fma Profile book just never gets expanded on. No further info nothing.

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So like this implies that again while resurrecting someone is impossible at the same time like there's a chance that SOMETHING could still end up inside the body instead??

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But like at the same time this offers such interesting like material to play with and use for fics/rps

[clonerightsagenda]

I wonder if Ling fucks around so much early in the comic (hassling the military's elite evil wizards, bumming food off people, getting arrested) because he has never actually had a chance to be a dumb kid before. He has grown up surrounded either by his clan who are depending on him to be their savior or enemy clans who are trying their best to kill him. People mistake him for older than he is; he has probably had to grow up very quickly. Amestris is a desperate attempt to raise his standing but it is also kind of spring break.

Then he gets possessed by the embodiment of self-interested hedonism but instead of getting to have a good time he spends several months in a creepy basement and then several months roughing it in the woods. When it's spring break and your dad makes you get a job.

[hi-there-buddies]

Certain fanfics: don’t focus on the timeline it’s kinda messy lol, just read the story!

The timeline: so fucked beyond repair that it doesn’t even make sense in the scope of the plot the author is trying to tell

[chibigaia-art]

Fma fan spotted 👁

PWDSHHFDSFDS I DIDNT SEE I REBLOGGED THAT ON THE WRONG BLOG but yeah,,, yeah

I never make fanart of it but fma is one of my favourite mangas ever, Hiromu Arakawa is my personal hero

[disabilityshowdown]

[IDs: Izumi is a light skinned woman with long dark hair in a ponytail, wearing a white collared vest. Nog is a brown skinned alien with a very large forehead and ears. He has no hair and is dressed in a grey and black starfleet uniform. Spock is a light skinned alien with short dark hair, a beard, and pointed ears. He is wearing a formal looking blue jacket]

Disabilities: Izumi has a chronic illness due to missing organs, Nog is an amputee, Spock in this series has the Vulcan equivalent of dyslexia

[dumbbullet]

finishing episode 11 of dungeon meshi and i immediately Get it. Ok ok yep fine im going ill read it i know i know