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losyash · 11 months

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On the matter of Greedling's eye color

okay so usually it's said that the eyes are brown when ling is in control and purple(anime)/red(manga) when greed is, right? but the thing is

episode 57. do you see it??

bitch's purple. but this is ling

i have like 15 more pics to compare so i put them under the cut

they even make a clear as fuck shot of his very purple eye.

then i went to check the mental space ling to see if it transfers and i had a lot of pictures here comparing different shots which all came down to that his eyes look like this which is NOT his eye color normally

but i am assuming it's a lighting issue because uh ep 28 where we get the ultimate close up of his eyes in soul space or whatever it is they're his natural color

also fun fact the moment ling gets injected greed his eyes change in the real world

...yeah that was painful

anyway next i checked the only times i remember ling driving again between that ep and promised day

ep 45:

that's still ling but greed IS trying to come back so might not be that good of an example. he doesn't open his eyes earlier =3=

the vs gluttoby and pride battle was useless because with the lighting they have you can't see shit

there is sooome color but i can move my mouse slightly to the left and get a different result so i wouldn't rely on those here

and since i started dealing with Very Inconclusive Colors i went ahead and checked the manga too

here is the same point that started it all

here for comparison is an early ling

and early greedling

do you see the grey tint? HOWEVER

here is the og greed who is supposed to have the same eyecolor as greedling when greed is in control and yet there is no grey (27)

but in 31 in some specific spots the grey appears (i put there a greed from two pages earlier for comparison)

here is a piece of fucking color (chapter 99)

and with og greed too

see? same color!! sorta

here is greed getting smacked which serves no purpose except me thinking it's hilarious

and here is actual greed in chapter 100

with tint being back

conclusion: ??????????? greed's eyes in manga are weird but i am ready to argue they're purple regardless of whoever is in control in anime

#fma #fma greed #ling yao #greedling #i spent too much time on this post #and while i was looking at color spreads i also noticed that envy's eyes are sometimes red and sometimes purple #but fuck it i won't go there envy can do whatever they want #at least they have the shapeshifting excuse unLIKE SOMEONE

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buried-in-stardust · 1 year

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打鐵花 (da2tie3hua1; struck iron fireworks) is a traditional folk firework that began in Henan and Shanxi, first arising in Queshan county, Henan and later circulating through the whole country. It had first appeared during the Northern Song dynasty, and was most popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

For Queshan struck iron fireworks, a two-layer pergola is built and covered with willow branches for performances, under which the molten iron is struck up with two willow sticks to create a rain of fire.

[eng by me + edited an ad out]

(On top of the information in the video, I have some more about its recent history under the cut.)

*Also, a note about one of the subtitles: I realized later that "going into battle without a shield" actually just meant going shirtless. I was only confused about this phrasing while translating because she didn't go shirtless, although that is for obvious reasons

Queshan struck iron fireworks had almost been lost before Yang Jianjun unearthed it again in 1988. It had almost died out in the early years of the Republic of China being established, after which there had only been three performances until 1988: 1952, 1956, 1962. Yang Jianjun had seen the 1956 performance as a 7-8 year old and later on as the director of a cultural centre, began digging up the skill and its history. In the process, he became an apprentice to Li Wanfa, who had been the last head of the Queshan Struck Iron Fireworks Society. He practised with sand and water, learning of its historical origin, its ancestral inheritors, craftsmanship and performance arts, but didn't touch the real thing until 1988. Through Yang Jianjun's efforts and investment, the first struck iron fireworks performance in more than 25 years took place in Nanshan Square (then a deserted area) in Queshan county.

Queshan struck iron fireworks are different from other struck iron fireworks in that it requires a wide area to perform, whereas others only needed a wall or could be hit straight up into the air, and it costs much more money to set up.

The names of inheritors are difficult to trace, and can only be traced back to the Qing dynasty during the Qianlong period, making Yang Jianjun a sixth-generation inheritor, and Jiang Xunqian (OP) the first woman and a seventh-generation inheritor.

#douyin #arts #imparting culture #struck iron fireworks #creator: 江寻千（九月）#fire #personal fav #i spent wayyyy too much time on this #def the most time i've ever spent on a post #i'm v v excited to post this #also i originally tl'd 打铁花 as blacksmith's fireworks and then i realised that wouldn't work

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tzarrz · 4 months

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