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Been thinking a lot about how Edward Elric and Van Hohenheim are like if Vash the Stampede got split into two characters (who happen to be father and son).

Vash similarities to Ed:

- Blonde protagonist that wears a distinctive red coat. - has a brother, and a brother complex (Knives for Vash. Alphonse for Ed). - Has a prosthetic arm. Lost their arm in an incident that involved their brother. - Prosthetic was made by people who connect them back to their pasts (the surviving SEEDS colony for Vash. Winry for Ed). - deeply values their mother (figures) and mother figures in general (Rem and, in Trigun Stampede specifically, Luida for Vash. Trisha and Izumi for Ed). - they can be spastic morons that cause people to underestimate them, until they show they're scary competent in a fight. - staunch pacifists who refuse to kill even when it's deeply inconvenient. - Have a 'title' that is known by the general public (Humanoid Typhoon. Fullmetal Alchemist). - wanders the world trying to atone for a tragedy they blame themselves for (The destruction of the city of July for Vash. Human transmutation and its resulting fallout for Ed). Vash similarities to Hohenheim:

- Blonde men who stopped aging, are at least over a century old, and seem to be functionally immortal. - Said perceived immortality is dependent on an internal 'energy supply' that can eventually be depleted (Vash is literally a humanoid energy/matter generator. Hohenheim was turned into a living Philosopher's Stone). - lived through and remember time periods that most people have forgotten due to their extended lifespans. - have become men of myth and legend. - can slip into uncanny/inhuman behaviors that scare or worry the people around them and they've both been described as 'monsters'. - has an evil 'twin' who has a God Complex and is the Main Antagonist of the series (Knives for Vash. Father/The Dwarf for Hohenheim. Bonus points that their 'twin' is visually distinguished from them by having hair a lighter shade of blonde.) - is indirectly responsible for a historic disaster, that was primarily the fault of their 'twin', which obliterated a city in a single night (July for Vash. Xerxes for Hohenheim). - wanders the world trying to atone for a tragedy they blame themselves for (See above. Bonus points in that there is imagery of them both wandering aimlessly through a desert.) I don't think this even exhausts the list of similarities, but is what I could think of on the top of my head. Trigun predated FMA, for the record. I stress though that it does not take away the brilliance of the story that FMA told at all, since they ultimately are very different stories. But it wouldn't surprise me if Hiromu Arakawa drew some level of inspiration from Trigun. Especially since Arakawa seems to be a Trigun fan herself, given that she drew Vash for Yasuhiro Nightow once.

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Each Intro (in order listed on the poll) beneathe the cute ^_^

Melissa - Porno Graffitti

Ready Steady Go - L’Arc~en~Ciel

Undo - Cool Joke

Rewrite - ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

again - YUI

Hologram - NICO Touches the Walls

Golden Time Lover - Sukima Switch

Period - Chemistry

Rain - SID

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Mamoru Miyano being utterly unserious is an easy prompt (video)

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Was trying to articulate their dynamic because it doesn’t really feel like found-family, or like a boss and his employee, and it’s definitely not friendship. Then I realized it’s like that British comedian who got into a cabbage themed rivalry with a twelve year old.

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LOOK AT THEM, LOOK HOW FABULOUS THEY ARE

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My FMA room as of August 2023 (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡✧˖°

You can see more photos in my room tour blog here!

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Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 official artwork

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FMA MOBILE – Opening (w/o menu text)

Now with a new song and icon for the 1st Anniversary

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Ex-yakuza househusband and alchemist housewife. Both badasses, both loving their partners so much

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She will sacrifice her life for him

But he cannot lose her

HAPPY LINGFAN DAY AGAIN 🥹🥹🥹

Behind the scenes ahaha

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never before have I appreciated just how weird a day Scar was having in episodes 21-23/chapters 45-48

he is, unknowingly, being used to draw out the homunculi

idk if he noticed but Ed was actively sticking close enough during the fight to make sure Scar wouldn’t be shot, while also trying to avoid dying himself

Ed starts yelling at him about the murder of the Doctors Rockbell, which he has no reason to know about as far as Scar’s concerned and then oop--

this random girl shows up, and it turns out she’s the daughter of the Rockbells?? also she has a breakdown and almost shoots him and he’s like well dang, master was right about revenge breeding revenge

Ed defends Winry/stops her from shooting Scar, and Scar remembers his brother protecting him in Ishval. deja vu, but this time he’s the destroyer. how the tables have tabled. what has he become

fighting Ed and Al at the train yard, and that Huge Weird Undying Guy Who Attacked Him In The Sewers drops out of the sky and tries to eat him.

Ling Yao, who he has never seen or even heard of but the Elrics seem to know him, bursts out of a manhole with a sword in his mouth, stuffs a grenade down Gluttony’s throat and explodes him, ties him up in steel cables, and calls him a homunculus of all things. all of this with ease.

Scar has no idea what’s going on at this point, and he barely has time to process before--

Riza Hawkeye pulls up (in disguise, driving a fancy car) and shoots him in the leg, grabs Ling and Gluttony, and disappears as quickly as she arrived

Ed successfully punches him in the face. with the metal hand too :(

the Elrics are about to attack him as one when May Chang, the teeny tiny adorable Xingese girl looking for immortality who his semi-unwanted servant/companion picked up off the side of the road, comes flying onto the scene and easily kicks both the Elric brothers into submission

Scar’s face at this point:

then May uses her insane Alkahestry skills to blow a bunch of stuff up and reveals that she can also heal him with it (manga canon, in fmab he already knows by now)

and that was Scar's insane day. the confusion must have been immense.

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*out of context*

go follow my ko-fi to get even more confused

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New Summer Event for the Fullmetal Alchemist Mobile game: Storm Across the Water Surface, featuring Lan Fan and Olivier in swimsuits!

New Character Unit: SSR Lan Fan [Shadow of Fluttering Waves]

New Character Unit: SSR Olivier [Beauty by the Seaside]

You can see the attack animation in the teaser here !!

Ed and Mustang also gets new skin/costume, though unfortunately not new units :(

Lan Fan looks absolutely STUNNING in this new fit!!! I'm in LOVE thank you so much 🥰😍❤️‍🔥 and Olivier is mommy as usual. Seeing the ice queen in summer clothes is a very new experience 🤗

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the 'i must cohabite this body and share it with another being' chat group

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My boys are so stupid. Look at them trying to hike into Briggs with two metal limbs.

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uhhh greedling meme redraws