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tragedy is when a man has so much failwife potential & yet gets assigned suave dom by the fandom and isn't allowed to be anything else. chin up king your loser energy is seen and appreciated. by me

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ok this blog is still pretty dead follow my main potheidon mwah

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ok but we can agree alphonse is heavy virgo right

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i can respect that and i definitely agree leo and aries play a HUGE role in his personality, however, there are very few calm and grounded "healing energy" aquariuses (imo, that's more of a pisces thing)

Not knowing edward elric’s exact zodiac sign has bothered me since age 13 and i don’t expect it to stop soon. Like ok let’s lay out the facts. First of all there’s that one episode of 03 where it’s ed’s birthday which originally aired on february 3rd so some people consider that to be his birthday. but 03 diverges from the original manga canon which is what i’m taking into consideration here. so what does the manga say about all this. Well in one of the omakes Arakawa says that she doesn’t have particular birthdays picked out for any of her characters (she’s incredibly evil for this) but that ed was born in the winter. This is vague but considering that Arakawa is from the northern hemisphere and fma takes place in fictional europe we can assume that this means ed’s birthday is sometime between november and february. Yeah november is pushing it idgaf though i refuse to completely erase the possibility of him being a scorpio. February 3rd does fall into this range but then again are we sure that we want to put all our eggs in the basket of a piece of circumstantial evidence from a canon divergent show. Anyway this means ed is most likely a sagittarius, capricorn, aquarius, or pisces. There’s no way edward elric is a pisces (no hate) so we can rule that out. I don’t think he’s an earth sign either so that leaves us with sagittarius and aquarius. I really could see him being either and that’s exactly the problem.

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aquarius, moon in aries, leo rising

Not knowing edward elric’s exact zodiac sign has bothered me since age 13 and i don’t expect it to stop soon. Like ok let’s lay out the facts. First of all there’s that one episode of 03 where it’s ed’s birthday which originally aired on february 3rd so some people consider that to be his birthday. but 03 diverges from the original manga canon which is what i’m taking into consideration here. so what does the manga say about all this. Well in one of the omakes Arakawa says that she doesn’t have particular birthdays picked out for any of her characters (she’s incredibly evil for this) but that ed was born in the winter. This is vague but considering that Arakawa is from the northern hemisphere and fma takes place in fictional europe we can assume that this means ed’s birthday is sometime between november and february. Yeah november is pushing it idgaf though i refuse to completely erase the possibility of him being a scorpio. February 3rd does fall into this range but then again are we sure that we want to put all our eggs in the basket of a piece of circumstantial evidence from a canon divergent show. Anyway this means ed is most likely a sagittarius, capricorn, aquarius, or pisces. There’s no way edward elric is a pisces (no hate) so we can rule that out. I don’t think he’s an earth sign either so that leaves us with sagittarius and aquarius. I really could see him being either and that’s exactly the problem.

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life has many wonders ed boy

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i know uquizzes are dead but dont u wanna find out what fma character you are

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ways to support the blm movement

this google doc includes a list of petitions to sign, resources to help educate yourself and others, organizations to donate to, and contacts of law officials to get in touch with to express your support for the george floyd and black lives matter movements. this includes ways to help even if you don’t live in america. please read it and support the movement. 

use your voice. use every platform you have, no matter how big or how small. nothing will change if you just sit there and watch. if you think you’re the exception, you’re not. remaining indifferent will only support the oppressor. do something.

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modern aus are hip right

edward would be the kid at school who’s there like maybe 3 days a month but still pass with flying colors. he would just drop out but going out of his way to do so’s a bother

alphonse is the nice kid that everyone just genuinely likes. lots of people leave space for his wheelchair at their tables and he’s just very outgoing. not the best in the grades department though but he’s got a good enough rapport with the teachers to make it

winry is the leader of the robotics team, probably has a very small tight knit circle of friends, but doesn’t go out much (always working on another project). she’d have spottyish attendance but do well in classes

lan fan is also in the “small circle of friends” group with the added bonus of finishing unfair fights here and there. she has a reputation for being intimidating but she’s actually a very good friend

ling is the “PLEASE DON’T DO COCAINE” vine kid

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I haven't really seen much regarding the core philosophies in FMA - nor any analysis lately regarding the same - save fro a few articles and videos from way back when. Personally, I love how it dives well beyond existentialism (a pet philosophy of mine) and contains flourishes of nihilism. It doesn't criticize scientism, for one, and pretty much embraces the concept of existing, giving and taking. Well, that's my take. What's your perspective?

disclaimer: i am not smart im a freshman college student who thinks he knows things and likes sounding like he knows things

long post ahead!

i feel like FMA’s core philosophy is about hubris! i tend to look at stories on the detail and character level, but i think this applies to the core worldbuilding as well.

blind ambition with horrible consequences is essentially a running theme through the entire show, from character actions, to symbolism, to broader themes.

the inciting incident of the series is two young boys who thought all the knowledge in the world could save them from the consequences of committing alchemy’s greatest sin. despite the warnings, ed and alphonse assumed they could knowledge their way out of this and “correctly” revive their mother. they were immediately proven wrong, and ended up losing everything.

they continue on, believing, AGAIN, they can knowledge their way out of things to get al’s body back and restore ed’s limbs. they join the military to gain access to alchemical knowledge. they spend years chasing solutions and stake their beliefs on one thing: alchemy is the answer.

then, several events occur that show them the consequences of alchemy: the nina tucker situation, dr. marcoh’s experiments, the creation of the homunculi, how philosopher’s stones are created, and ultimately, the Ishvalan Civil War and Promised Day. notice a theme here? all are acts committed by people who expected they could make things go right, because they’re smart and capable enough to pull it off. all of them ended up costing human life, with the Ishvalan civil war being the most prominent.

these discoveries are what leads edward to renounce his alchemy in the end, because alchemy (our hubris allegory), was never the solution to begin with. Father, as a parallel, clung to his belief that he could fight his way out of this AND had the right to do so, and relies hard on alchemy to do everything for him. he’s the one that fails and dies.

i think the point arakawa was trying to make with all of this, and especially tying it to war and genocide, is that blind ambition and arrogance have dire consequences. war is often the result of the leaders of two different countries believing in their right to someone else’s resources, their might to crush them, and their ability to somehow know how to use those resources better. when it comes to colonialism, that then becomes a one-sided conflict and the consequences are much worse and far-reaching. arakawa herself grew up in the hokkaido prefecture, where the effects of the ainu extermination are deeply felt and she wrote from that point of view. she interviewed war veterans. so, i don’t think the themes of war and the themes of hubris are separate or a coincidence.

and, i mean, the two strongest antagonists that aren’t Father are “pride” and “wrath” so…

sidenote: this is also played pretty straight when it comes to Roy Mustang’s case as well! he caused a LOT of harm because he believed that not only were there no consequences, but that he was doing what was right. when he was sobered to the consequences of his actions, he immediately devoted himself to doing whag was right, BUT also clung to his blind ambition- that being, that he could fix everything. this is why Truth took away his eyesight. when it comes to riza, i think her pain was one of the consequences of another person’s ambition, namely her father. riza’s father believed so much in flame alchemy that he tattooed his notes on his own daughter’s back and forced her to carry his research because he believed so much that it should never be destroyed. flame alchemy ends up causing a lot of harm (and riza isn’t innocent either, i want to stress that she was almost just as complicit as roy is), and she has to physically destroy a part of herself to start to reverse the damage.

that was really long, feel free to elaborate on your take in the replies or rblogs if you want! bc i dont quite understand what you mean but you seem to really know what you’re talking about

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in a fanart mood who should i draw

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OH FORGOT TO MENTION edward LITERALLY uses icarus’s story to explain his sotuation to rosè in the beginning.

also i realize that like. i didnt really talk about philosophy so much as literary themes as i said i know nothing

I haven't really seen much regarding the core philosophies in FMA - nor any analysis lately regarding the same - save fro a few articles and videos from way back when. Personally, I love how it dives well beyond existentialism (a pet philosophy of mine) and contains flourishes of nihilism. It doesn't criticize scientism, for one, and pretty much embraces the concept of existing, giving and taking. Well, that's my take. What's your perspective?

disclaimer: i am not smart im a freshman college student who thinks he knows things and likes sounding like he knows things

long post ahead!

i feel like FMA’s core philosophy is about hubris! i tend to look at stories on the detail and character level, but i think this applies to the core worldbuilding as well.

blind ambition with horrible consequences is essentially a running theme through the entire show, from character actions, to symbolism, to broader themes.

the inciting incident of the series is two young boys who thought all the knowledge in the world could save them from the consequences of committing alchemy’s greatest sin. despite the warnings, ed and alphonse assumed they could knowledge their way out of this and “correctly” revive their mother. they were immediately proven wrong, and ended up losing everything.

they continue on, believing, AGAIN, they can knowledge their way out of things to get al’s body back and restore ed’s limbs. they join the military to gain access to alchemical knowledge. they spend years chasing solutions and stake their beliefs on one thing: alchemy is the answer.

then, several events occur that show them the consequences of alchemy: the nina tucker situation, dr. marcoh’s experiments, the creation of the homunculi, how philosopher’s stones are created, and ultimately, the Ishvalan Civil War and Promised Day. notice a theme here? all are acts committed by people who expected they could make things go right, because they’re smart and capable enough to pull it off. all of them ended up costing human life, with the Ishvalan civil war being the most prominent.

these discoveries are what leads edward to renounce his alchemy in the end, because alchemy (our hubris allegory), was never the solution to begin with. Father, as a parallel, clung to his belief that he could fight his way out of this AND had the right to do so, and relies hard on alchemy to do everything for him. he’s the one that fails and dies.

i think the point arakawa was trying to make with all of this, and especially tying it to war and genocide, is that blind ambition and arrogance have dire consequences. war is often the result of the leaders of two different countries believing in their right to someone else’s resources, their might to crush them, and their ability to somehow know how to use those resources better. when it comes to colonialism, that then becomes a one-sided conflict and the consequences are much worse and far-reaching. arakawa herself grew up in the hokkaido prefecture, where the effects of the ainu extermination are deeply felt and she wrote from that point of view. she interviewed war veterans. so, i don’t think the themes of war and the themes of hubris are separate or a coincidence.

and, i mean, the two strongest antagonists that aren’t Father are “pride” and “wrath” so...

sidenote: this is also played pretty straight when it comes to Roy Mustang’s case as well! he caused a LOT of harm because he believed that not only were there no consequences, but that he was doing what was right. when he was sobered to the consequences of his actions, he immediately devoted himself to doing whag was right, BUT also clung to his blind ambition- that being, that he could fix everything. this is why Truth took away his eyesight. when it comes to riza, i think her pain was one of the consequences of another person’s ambition, namely her father. riza’s father believed so much in flame alchemy that he tattooed his notes on his own daughter’s back and forced her to carry his research because he believed so much that it should never be destroyed. flame alchemy ends up causing a lot of harm (and riza isn’t innocent either, i want to stress that she was almost just as complicit as roy is), and she has to physically destroy a part of herself to start to reverse the damage.

that was really long, feel free to elaborate on your take in the replies or rblogs if you want! bc i dont quite understand what you mean but you seem to really know what you’re talking about

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I haven't really seen much regarding the core philosophies in FMA - nor any analysis lately regarding the same - save fro a few articles and videos from way back when. Personally, I love how it dives well beyond existentialism (a pet philosophy of mine) and contains flourishes of nihilism. It doesn't criticize scientism, for one, and pretty much embraces the concept of existing, giving and taking. Well, that's my take. What's your perspective?

disclaimer: i am not smart im a freshman college student who thinks he knows things and likes sounding like he knows things

long post ahead!

i feel like FMA’s core philosophy is about hubris! i tend to look at stories on the detail and character level, but i think this applies to the core worldbuilding as well.

blind ambition with horrible consequences is essentially a running theme through the entire show, from character actions, to symbolism, to broader themes.

the inciting incident of the series is two young boys who thought all the knowledge in the world could save them from the consequences of committing alchemy’s greatest sin. despite the warnings, ed and alphonse assumed they could knowledge their way out of this and “correctly” revive their mother. they were immediately proven wrong, and ended up losing everything.

they continue on, believing, AGAIN, they can knowledge their way out of things to get al’s body back and restore ed’s limbs. they join the military to gain access to alchemical knowledge. they spend years chasing solutions and stake their beliefs on one thing: alchemy is the answer.

then, several events occur that show them the consequences of alchemy: the nina tucker situation, dr. marcoh’s experiments, the creation of the homunculi, how philosopher’s stones are created, and ultimately, the Ishvalan Civil War and Promised Day. notice a theme here? all are acts committed by people who expected they could make things go right, because they’re smart and capable enough to pull it off. all of them ended up costing human life, with the Ishvalan civil war being the most prominent.

these discoveries are what leads edward to renounce his alchemy in the end, because alchemy (our hubris allegory), was never the solution to begin with. Father, as a parallel, clung to his belief that he could fight his way out of this AND had the right to do so, and relies hard on alchemy to do everything for him. he’s the one that fails and dies.

i think the point arakawa was trying to make with all of this, and especially tying it to war and genocide, is that blind ambition and arrogance have dire consequences. war is often the result of the leaders of two different countries believing in their right to someone else’s resources, their might to crush them, and their ability to somehow know how to use those resources better. when it comes to colonialism, that then becomes a one-sided conflict and the consequences are much worse and far-reaching. arakawa herself grew up in the hokkaido prefecture, where the effects of the ainu extermination are deeply felt and she wrote from that point of view. she interviewed war veterans. so, i don’t think the themes of war and the themes of hubris are separate or a coincidence.

and, i mean, the two strongest antagonists that aren’t Father are “pride” and “wrath” so...

sidenote: this is also played pretty straight when it comes to Roy Mustang’s case as well! he caused a LOT of harm because he believed that not only were there no consequences, but that he was doing what was right. when he was sobered to the consequences of his actions, he immediately devoted himself to doing whag was right, BUT also clung to his blind ambition- that being, that he could fix everything. this is why Truth took away his eyesight. when it comes to riza, i think her pain was one of the consequences of another person’s ambition, namely her father. riza’s father believed so much in flame alchemy that he tattooed his notes on his own daughter’s back and forced her to carry his research because he believed so much that it should never be destroyed. flame alchemy ends up causing a lot of harm (and riza isn’t innocent either, i want to stress that she was almost just as complicit as roy is), and she has to physically destroy a part of herself to start to reverse the damage.

that was really long, feel free to elaborate on your take in the replies or rblogs if you want! bc i dont quite understand what you mean but you seem to really know what you’re talking about

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idk if this like counts as headcanonning but whatever characters you want as the Matt Adrian troubled bird paintings??

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al

winry

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roy

olivier

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