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Quetzalcoatlus northropi and Xiphactinus, a commission for @velvetladybird

Home Ick Deuce that focused on cooking since they established that in a diary and promptly forgot about it

that Drama class Draculaura that was apparently dropped

in fact I also want a Drama class Invisibilly since he could do special effects for school plays

Algebr-ugh Toralei since the werecats going to math camp was one of the most consistent storylines

Auto Shop Johnny Spirit because the Grease references were literally begging to be made

Web Deadsign Wydowna because these puns practically write themselves

Phys. Dead Gilda because running was like her only thing so we might as well go with it

Ancient History Cleo just so we could get jokes about her writing corrections in her textbooks about what really happened

Journalism Spectra with like a little trench coat and a fedora look and spiral notepad accessory omg

MUSIC CLASS HOLT DO I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING

The first 7 or so episodes of Brotherhood constitute dozens of chapters in the manga, and the first 25 or so episodes of the original Fullmetal Alchemist. The Nina Tucker episode in Brotherhood, in FMA 03 takes up nearly three episodes. Yoki gets a backstory in 03 and it's genuinely one of the best episodes and taken directly from the manga and Brotherhood glosses over it because: duh, you've already seen it. And so if you skip the original you miss out on dozens of really great character building episodes like Ed and Al meeting Hughes for the first time and getting to spend a whole episode helping him free a train from terrorists, or Ed and Roy having a duel that expands on the relationship they have, or episodes where the brothers just help out random people in towns before the major story gets going.

The original also paces itself quite a bit better than Brotherhood and is more in line with the mangas storytelling. In the manga we don't find out about The Gate until nearly two dozen chapters in, and the same goes for the original anime. Like, that's a twist reveal in those stories, and it's weird that the most watched series is the one where they tell you all about The Gate in the first two episodes because they assume you've already seen the original show.