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Inktober Day 7: Exhausted Overthrowing the government is tiring work.

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Self-hatred.

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Tune-ups and Tutoring 12/7/24

(Oh hello my highschool obsession, it's good to have you back)

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i think that the two different takes on opening narration in fma unintentionally tell you so much

in 03, the narration happens before the opening on every episode - except episodes 1 and 51 - and it's mostly the same every time. al's voice gives a textbook definition of equivalent exchange before connecting it to his and ed's life, and it's said over music, with images of pictures of the boys as they grow up, which are slowly taken away by an encroaching fire. it's grounded and personal and becomes very familiar, then the show then changes this narration in the final season (in the dub they even change it to be ED narrating instead of al), adding more intense drums in the background, and adding a picture of ed and al as we currently know them at the end. it's a consistent repeating pattern that you can come to expect, so when it does change, like at the beginning of the final season or when the final episode cuts straight to the opening, you're like, oh shit! things are getting intense! and when the final episode wraps up with al quoting the exact thing he's been saying at the beginning of every episode, but this time coming to a different conclusion, it's such a nice bookend

brotherhood meanwhile has an opening narration by the unseen narrator giving a textbook definition of alchemy before stating that human transmutation is forbidden. it's cut with very literal imagery and a choir singing in the background. it's authoritative yet disconnected from the reality of the show -- these images we see are completely non-diagetic, with visuals of DNA strands, alchemy circles, and even pictures of ed and al just floating in space, whereas the 03 portraits (and voices) are characters and settings that we know. and worst of all, it only shows up during the first season and never again. it's not consistent enough to become familiar, and they never do anything interesting with it since it drops off before we ever even see the second opening, so it just leaves you wondering... what was the point of having it in the first place?

i know i'm totally biased but to me these are just smaller examples of a broader difference between the two; 03 is more intimate and subtle with its smaller details, while bh is bombastic and flashy but quickly loses its steam

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he doesnt know how to play guitar

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Just here to feed the remains of the fma ppl out there 🫡

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almost forgot to post this here oops. had lots of fun drawing this :3

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fma 03's animation budget was like 15 euros and a shoestring but the animators were god's strongest soldiers and almost every episode tried to put it the most gorgeous sunset you could think of. i can barely think of an ep where there isn't at least one scene where characters and/or the setting are bathed in the warm orange light and the basking shadows of the end of the day. it's so endearing. maybe nobody noticed this but i did. 03 animators love love love a good sunset and i love them for it

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reading Ed's report for the first time

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rip ed and al you would have loved prank calling your boss while skitching with his government-loaned car

oct 3 bonus:

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it’s October 3rd

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Edward Elric: Fullmetal Alchemist → Conqueror of Shamballa → FMA: Brotherhood → The Sacred Star of Milos → FMA: Mobile

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We're letting go of something we never had

Time goes so fast, heaven is lost

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[Slightly late] Hawkeye's day 🦅

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That’s his little brother.

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Good morning..!

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