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the way fma 03s female characters are such an interesting nuanced exploration of all kinds of gendered tropes like how sloth is a mother who feels forced into and constrained by that identity, lust is a sexy femme fatale but this identity is literally erasing her cultural roots and whitewashing her into dantes little pet, winry is the childhood friend on the sidelines who uses this as an opportunity to live her own life and build her own relationships and goals independent of the protagonists, izumis complicated relationship ,w motherhood and wrath and the elrics, dante as abusive matriarch/cult leader of the homunculi family who objectifies women of colour (rose, lust)
and I'm not even criticising mangahood itself here, but the subtlety and nuance does feel like a marked contrast to the kindve girl boss feminism a lot of fans spout when they talk about how fmabs female cast are some of the best in anime (because they're cool and beat people up and aren't fanservice fodder, which to be sure are good things but seriously feels like grading on a curve)
#fma 03#fmab critical#fma comparison#fma 03 meta#and tbf i think there are reasonable points of criticism abt some of 03s female characters like rose - i dont think her SA is treated for#shock value or cheaply but i could respect a reasonable discomfort with it#and ofc theres stuff like the crossdressing girl in the majhal episode or the men in dresses panic of the barry the chopper one#but the broad strokes of the series are i think reasonably good#i know ppl dislike psyren but i think its really more playing a trope thats unusual for fma straight than egregious sexism or fanservice#psyren would be pretty tame by a lot of other anime standards i think
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