FMA/B sideblog

When you meet Edward Elric he gives off the impression that he's the short-tempered hot-headed "violence is the answer to all life's questions" kind of protagonist, and it's in fact incredible character craft that he's actually the character who ends the series with a negative-3 kill count.

God's worst soldier Edward Elric. Showed up as the youngest member of the Amestrian army, took millions of dollars from them, never followed a single order, helped dismantle their fascist regime, left with a lower kill count than he arrived with, then fucked off to go be a house-husband. Character of all time.

rereading fma and the 1st volume does a great job of establishing ed's + al's strengths as well as their flaws while still getting a lot of good worldbuilding in (this is so minor but i love that line where they note that there are different interpretations of the rules of alchemy!! the 2 laws vs 4 elements vs 3 principles)

Still never gonna be over the fact that it took Maes Hughes one night to figure out the truth about Amestris when it took the rest of the cast half the series

I loved lust like she was my wife but when she died in fmab, I jumped out of my seat and cheered like the knicks just won the super bowl or whatever the fuck

okay but imagine how inconvenient the streets of Central City, Amestris, is. Like yeah yeah country wide alchemy circle aside- can you IMAGINE the traffic? Like for the Love of Truth can we add another lane on this road?? The cars are backed up for miles! The urban planning board must be the sorriest people in the world. They got no clue what an alchemist circle looks like BUT the Fuhrer keeps showing up for an ominous visit every time they try to get a modicum of reasonable city layout. The zoning laws have got to be pure evil.

The crest of blood in the center was carved over the course of multiple years via traffic fatalities

At that point who even needs a genocide.