#Alchemy Wellness

[cocoabell]

The snail in my ear whispered something to me and I listened

Just started watching fma:b and I'm having the best and worst time simultaneously

[nicomoon69]

they r very dear to me <333

[theatricalmage]

Thinkin' too much. ☄️☄️

Bonus:

[goddess-of-alchemy]

[birdytaste]

DEVOURING THE SUN.

About instinct, desire, ambition and self-destruction.

[saphkick]

I just finished my yearly total rewatch/reread of FMA I feel empty and full at the same time

dam how dare Hiromi Arakawa make something so beautiful and amazing and just leaving it there for me to enjoy and consume

[candlewinds]

- Why are you helping me? Why the change of heart? - Because we are guilty of the same crime. I am also guilty of existing when I should not.

ALCHEMY OF SOULS: LIGHT AND SHADOW (2022)

[annabelle--cane]

I feel like there's something significant in the OIAR's coat of arms specifically being an upside down symbol for the philosopher's stone, but I don't know enough about the meaning of inversion in occult symbology to really hazard a guess at what that is. if the philosopher's stone is meant to transform what is base into perfection, does the OIAR seek to transform what is perfect into banality? they are in the building of the royal mint. lena sneaking up into the other departments to steal all the gold coins so she can craftily turn them into copper to sate her evil whims.

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

Oh my gosh Isaac Newton!!! My boy Isaac Newton committing atrocities against God and nature!! You’re doing amazing Isaac!!!

[crookedfandomquill]

All the folks complaining that we didn’t get “badass Naksu” back really are showing that the only way they think a female character can be strong is if she kicks ass. Was Naksu awesome? Of course. But she was also the version of Cho Yeong that was abused, neglected, forced into becoming magically and physically powerful as a tool for Jin Mu. In the end, Cho Yeong made her own choice to reclaim her birth name, stick with the divine powers she received from Bu Yeon, and be happy and free alongside the person she loves. Also, would you want to go back to using the magic and the sword that you were forced to kill your lover with?! Yeong and Uk both spend the whole story chasing freedom, and they both got it in the end. They are both powerful, both free of others’ control, both happy with each other. I don’t see how that isn’t an ideal ending.

[milekael]

The Royaism...

[neverbesokind]

Oh my god it's The Alchemy day I have SO many thoughts about this song so I'm gonna try and condense them.

First of all, the song starts and ends with "This happens once every few lifetimes," which is a statement filled to the BRIM with irony, in my view. The entire album up to this point has been concerned with two romances, both of which Taylor states she felt were destined and fated and "storybook" in their own ways. The entirety of TTPD is exploring how these fated, destined, storybook romances could actually crumble, and with it, her faith and belief in the existence of fate and destiny and storybook love.

But THEN... almost at the end of the standard run of the album, Taylor states that she's getting back from recovering from this tragedy - "I'm back / The hospital was a drag / Worst sleep that I ever had". She gets back from the messy process of healing from the events described on the album, and despite everything finds herself falling in love again.

This is why the title is significant, too. Alchemy is the pseudoscience of making a material into something more valuable. And this reflects the emotional process of Taylor falling in love again - she felt like the past two tragedies took the shine off of everything, killed her belief that love could ever work. But then, despite everything, she falls in love again and the normal, even tragic world she lived in before is transformed into something golden.

And then the first line repeats again, to reflect the cyclical nature of what she has experienced. Obviously, "this" doesn't happen once every few lifetimes, it's happened twice before on the album and is happening again in this song. She's falling in love, she's finding something beautiful and fated, and she can't help but find it gorgeous and meaningful, even if she's been shown again and again that she might be proven wrong in the end. And it feels so special that even if it's obvious that it isn't a once-in-a-lifetime experience, it feels that rare and that precious.

In this song, love is the alchemy, the process of turning normalcy into meaning and beauty, and she can't help it.

[tomwaterbabies]

i like the idea that hugo is more of a feral little freak than some people give him credit for. to me his character is heavily built upon being ever so particular about literally everything that he just comes off as weird and pretentious. he LOVES his nice clothes but doesnt actually give a shit about looking attractive (he just wants to look cool). i dont think he could ever care enough to develop a routine to care for his appearance aside from things like making sure his spikes on his goggles are properly spaced. he'd make fun of eugene for his hour long skin and hair routine even though he spends as much time meticulously hand washing his gay ass steampunk coat

this Thing could sleep anywhere and has multiple times crashed in his workspace. which is FINE. he knows how to be safe around dangerous chemicals. Ok

i think there comes a time where he expects nuru to be sort of like eugene in that way too (though he doesnt know about eugene's tendencies at this point)- but she's ROYALTY and u know what theyre like. only to find out she's just. kind of also a messy little freak in a lot of ways. part of their bonding

considering varian carries around bath bombs i think he's more likely to try to keep a nicer routine. but he just kind of forgets. a lot. and doesnt care quite enough to fix that

my point here is these are all weird feral nerds. as usual

[coockie8]

roy starts withdrawing more and more as he notices himself aging and ed doesnt understand why cause hes literally never been more attracted to this man 😭🥰

Roy, lamenting about his greying hair and wrinkles: How could the literal human sunshine I call a husband love me now that I'm not pretty anymore!?

Ed, whenever the light hits Roy just right and brings out the silver in his hair, remembering he can't just jump his husband in public:

[dramaism]

#like master like pupil #like wife like husband

[theshadowsingersraven]

I love actually being pro Elain by developing her character outside of her romance. And she's not even a main character in my fic.