#FMA Ep 1

[docholligay]

You know, Ed, for a man who doesn't believe in God, this sure is dripping with a belief in the divine. A scientist might say, "This is what a horrifying lab accident looks like!" or "This is what comes of pushing alchemy beyond its limits!" and yet it's not what you say.

YOu talk about encroaching on God's territory and all your little "or whoever's" in the world don't make a difference to that. You talk about transgression, but there's no transgression against science, science is without feelings at all. It's not the language we use, but it IS the language of religion.

Now, I'm not sitting here saying, "Ed is secretly religious" I'm saying" he thinks of his life within the parameters of a religious framework and doesn't even realize it. It's like the incredible difficulty of getting people raised in a Christian background to understand that, for example, a lot of the black and white, scarlet letter, public shunning type thinking that we see even in the left and certainly online all the time comes out of that very old Christian mindset. It's difficult to unlearn. And Ed hasn't. He still THINKS of what he and Al did in the context of sin, and transgression, and punishment.

Please read me before commenting or sending an ask!

[tetitous]

You guys may get curious so I found some extracts. I haven't found much on yt, but you can hear both Ed and Al on that one.

(Also when I said the very first version I meant it. It was originally dubbed by Canal+, but upon the DVD release some lines got modified specifically to tone down the language, we call it the Dybex version. Both versions can be found online but if you go to Netflix for example you'll get the corrected Dybex dub instead of the Canal+ one)

I'd like to inform everyone that in the very first french dub of FMA 2003 Ed had an absolute Free Pass for swearing. That kid swears like a sailor at a pub one minute and then throws you some very hyperspecific alchemic wisdom the very next.

He was voiced by an actual teenager so I guess that's why it works so seamlessly.

[66sharkteeth]

WEEKLY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE! Though tbh I think I covered a chunk of it last week-

This Claude arc has been some of the writing I'm most proud of in the entire comic, and I'm so happy other people are enjoying it too. Seeing Claude go from the series' punching bag to someone seemingly everyone's screaming over and pitying really feels like an accomplishment to me and I'm so glad even the people who don't love Claude are at least sympathizing with him (the vast majority anyway). Also shout out to Claude's leg for increasing my FP sales. I can't express enough how much my FP revenue's been impacted ever since the return. I got literally less than half of my usual income this month (when I needed it most lol) but the FP numbers *almost* returned to their old average this week, so thanks everyone who fast passed to see the fate of Claude's leg lol.

This is one of those episodes that was a long time coming and I have some kind of strong feelings about it. I've been planning to lop of his leg since high school, but I did admittedly start to get a pit in my stomach the closer it got. By the time these episodes publish, I'm usually over it and laughing to cope (see above), but I hope at least a few people were as disturbed as I was writing it. Which...I know sounds mean, but I really admire media that can get that feeling out of me (without going over the top and scarring me) and it's something I hope I can achieve too. Some of the most important pieces of media that influenced me growing up (FMA, some animations that inspired CoB, Paranoia Agent, etc), really gave me a gut-sinking level of disturbance as a kid, but boy I'm glad I saw them because they sure made an impact in a way that I think made me a stronger writer, and that's one of those things I hope I can achieve.

Anyway, to address a few points I'm seeing throughout the comments- 1. Jericho's reaction. I left it kind of vague on purpose. I have no comment on it and just leave you guys to speculate on how he will react or encourage you to FP to find out (sob please).

2. people legitimately criticizing joking about claude's leg. which is interesting to me. obv there's a lot of jokes and leg puns throughout the comments, and soooometimes I don't like that when a very serious episode's comment section is filled w/ nothing but jokes, buuut there are also enough real comments of concern and speculations and analysis of the ep that i really, really don't mind some leg jokes and puns, personally. like...as you can tell from the image above, even I'm not above making them. To the people who think it's actually fucked up for us to joke about this scene... I dunno. I personally laugh to cope, and I think a lot of other people are doing the same. I don't think anyone's literally going "LOL HE'S SO DEPRESSED HE MUTILATED HIMSELF," I think its just...funny leg puns to make a dark situation a little lighter. At least for the most part. I'm certainly not above joking about it, but as you'll see in the next episode, I'm also obviously taking it seriously and don't plan to make Claude such a butt of jokes now that he's reached this point. That would just be in bad taste. But... I think a leg pun here and there is still in line.

[iguessitsjustme]

The On1y One Ep 1 Thoughts

This show won my liveblog poll so here I am. I am dead tired and brain fried from work and procrastinating cleaning my apartment (I have until Friday when my mom is visiting…well kind of visiting? She’s here on business. Sort of. That business is a charity walk. I’m getting off topic). I’ve heard nothing but good things about this show so my expectations are high. I don’t actually know anything about this show except that it’s good. As always, under the cut:

Wait, wait. I can’t start yet. I need my song to finish. God the FMA Brotherhood soundtrack goes so hard. God bless.

Y’all will not believe how many people at once have just walked into my building to be LOUD in a row. I am TRYING to start this show god damn.

Okay already obsessed with this soundtrack.

I already love Jiang Tian. Took 2 seconds. This surprises no one.

Even this tiny little height difference makes me very happy. More of this.

The fact that Wang stopped Jiang Tian from leaving just so he could leave first? Comedy gold. I love him.

How often has this poor baby’s dad actually talked to him about his late mother? How often has he talked to him about his new wife(?)...significant other? How often does this poor baby’s father tell him anything at all? Or does he just move him around and expect him to behave and get good grades and be silent don’t cause trouble? As someone who spent a good chunk of my childhood moving a lot, that affects a person in unexpected ways. I had a good support system and loving family and I’m still a little messed up from it. What does this poor baby have? Does he have any adult he can talk to about anything?

Well, obviously I’m obsessed.

I want this boy to beat Jiang Tian in the test so bad. Just for fun. Plus I like that they’re showing he is smart but he still needs to study and he works hard.

Okay so he didn’t do better than Jiang Tian but I’ll settle for this. His hard work wasn’t for nothing. That cram session really came in clutch.

GLASSES SPOTTED *makes note*

Holy shit look at this little guy. I need to pet this cat. I need to pet this cat RIGHT NOW.

Okay yeah I’m obsessed with this show now. Unfortunately, I do have to work tomorrow and also probably can’t watch tomorrow but I am excited to keep watching this. It’s everything I want and need.

[actuallyidontgiveadamn]

Really out of nowhere but I rewatched some of fma03 eps and im gonna rant

I'm just so done with smiling politely saying that fma03 and fmab are both great sorry i cant anymore. Just no

So if you in love with fmab im warning you it probably won't be a good read for you, so feel free to ignore this, block me or idk read this and give it a thought

0. I really dont understand the glorification of manga over anime adaptations. Like people who are making the adaptation are not artists and creators themselves? What makes mangaka better than others and absolutely indisputable, seriously?

1. 'Oh no long introduction and fillers' that actually allowed for Hughes' character development before his death. Seriously if i mention his death among my homies I'll get lots of faces clearly going through some ptsd level flashbacks, it was that impactful. I still need to take a breather when im rewatching before diving into that ep.

2. Nina. Yet again got more time to grow on us and thus aquired higher trauma inducing levels.

3. Ishval massacre and aftermath are WAY MORE VISIBLE in fma03. First of all Ishvalans are depicted as human beings, and not some background, and we get lots more on their sufferings, raids on camps, racism towards them, etc etc etc

4. Scar. Oh boi how do i even go about this. So without raging much about that beefy obviously wrong dude who got 'sense' bitten into him and started working with the oppressing gov in fmab, we have a wronged and tormented survivor of a genocide, who was justified in his vengeance and rage, was depicted as an attractive person of color despite his antagonistic role and was seriously almost cheered on in his actions by the narrartive. His interactions with his people and his moral dilemmas made his character possibly the deepest and most thought out one in the series.

5. The Rockbell doctors being killed by their own government. That's a waaaaay more interesting and damning detail on our government affiliated protagonists than just dumping their murder on a delirious patient.

6. Homunculi had their own will and desires and a way more developed story arc that had a huge impact on protagonists' morals. Being created by the humans who were desperate to bring back their loved ones and both parties are getting tormented by it?? Characters strongly driven by their own goals and staggered by their relations to their creators vs some indifferent goons in fmab. Just compare Sloths and their impact on the stories and protags.

7. Final conflict being a fight with god and his intricate plans in fmab, versus final battle vs a selfish pretty much usual person who had thrown everyone under the bus in pursuit of immortality. Adds so much more desperation flavor. Suddenly your hero journey doesn't end in epic battle for the sake of the mankind, as you would like it to be. It's just to oppose one awful person with too much power and zero care about anyone else. That's raw and that's way more plausible and relatable in our mundane lives.

8. Overall darker tone and themes of the fma03.

9. MUSIC. I dont remember a single track from fmab, but i went really out of my way in my teenage years to find internet access and pirate fma soundtrack and cry listening to it

10. ART. Sorry but don't tell me fmabs flat colors are anything to 03's soft tones and lighting

So yeah sorry, but I'll take the dark and gritty tragedy over just another shounen with doubtful messages each and every time

[themadxd127]

There are no "noncanon" or " filler" eps in Black butler season 1 & 2. It is very clearly in its own continuity, separate from the manga. Any idiot claiming that is as dumb as claiming Fullmetal alchemist(2003) is noncanon cause it doesn't follow the manga. Quit treating the first two seasons like a mistake cause it didn't follow the most overrated manga story compared to the anime (only beaten out by fma). I get so sick of idiots saying to skip over HALF of season 1 and ALL of season 2. That's fuckin dumb, and you might as well as just read the manga if you wanna be a manga purist about it. Not everything needs to follow the source material, and the sooner you accept that the anime has its own separate story to tell. The better you are off. The fact that people still say this to this very day piss me off. I'm sick of idiots discrediting the anime as "noncanon" cause it doesn't fully adapt some overrated Japanese comic. I hate manga purist. If I wanted an accurate manga adaption, then I would just read the manga.

[the-catmans-offical-2]

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[crossroadsdimension]

Okay okay okay okay. I’ve had some time to go do irl stuff and just chew on this episode so I think I can come in swinging.

With how fast-paced Stampede is, Studio Orange did a really good job with holding Vash’s secrets over our heads, as well as establishing plot and the world.

This’ll get into Ep 7 spoilers (as well as Maximum and Trigun spoilers up to the point Ep 7 ends, along with some of the plot points Stampede covers already), so I’ll put all this under a readmore. That, and this got Very Long.

I’ll be referring to each source as:

Manga/Maximum

90s anime/Trigun

‘23 anime/Stampede

I think firstly, they’re treating this as a half-FMA Brotherhood, half-original work. I say that because it doesn’t entirely follow the original manga (or the 90s anime for obvious reasons), but it does seem to assume you’re coming in knowing these characters from somewhere first. My dad said the two shows “sharpen each other,” so if you approach Stampede knowing that it came from somewhere else and you have that knowledge, it’ll make Stampede all that more enjoyable.

Which is part of the reason why they make clear part of Vash’s origin -- that he was on the spaceships when they crashed -- and that he is a Plant that much sooner than the 90s anime did.

But to get back to Stampede’s episodes -- we have 12 episodes this season, and they wanted to get the groundwork of the plot done as quickly as possible to make sure we’re hooked for what’s coming. That means establishing setting, characters, conflicts, and all the good good world-building that makes people go nuts for characters.

So telling us right off the bat “hey, we’re on a desert world where colony ships crashed” makes sense for episode 1. Get that out of the way, establish setting. Get us introduced to Meryl and Roberto -- the eyes of the new and old fans respectively -- and get us introduced to Vash, in a new form but still the lovable pacifist gunslinger who uses his goofy side as a thin mask to hide his true, quiet, sad, serious self. This gives us most of our main characters for the season.

Then we get Vash’s philosophy in Episode 2 -- save everyone on the planet, no matter who they are or what they do, and no matter how difficult it is to do so.

Episode 3 introduces us to Knives and his cronies, even if we don’t get the name for the organization here. We have established conflict -- Vash’s fight against Knives, and his fight to figure out and hone his philosophy further, to establish the side he fights on.

Episode 4 gives us Wolfwood, and hints that “hey, he may not be here for entirely good reasons.” But it’s good to establish all the main characters early in the plot. That, and this is the start of Act 2 according to Studio Orange, which is a perfect time to bring in someone who represents Vash’s conflict with his philosophy and act as a foil for his character.

Episode 5 establishes the plant cult, their experimentation, and one of the larger hints about Vash and what he is. We had hints before, with the circuitry pattern on his child self in Ep 1-3, and his superhuman sight, excellent marksmanship, and superhuman hearing. But here, it shows us that he hasn’t physically aged in the last 20 years, and this is the first time Meryl and Roberto realize “Oh, we may be in over our heads.” Or, at least, Roberto does. Meryl just smells more of a story than what she’s been told or has heard.

Ep 5 also establishes the conflict between Vash and Wolfwood as foils -- whether or not you have to kill someone, or if you can let them live. This is what Wolfwood is here for. He is a kind man who doesn’t want to kill people, but sees that he has no choice. Vash, by contrast, is a kind man who doesn’t want to kill people, and thinks he has other options, doing everything he can to make them reality. Both are going to show that their outlooks on life are right and wrong, and they’re going to rub off on each other.

Ep 6 goes to establish further information about the plant cult (now given a name, the Eye of Michael), using the “monster of the week” (sorry Livio), and his connection to Wolfwood. More world-building, more fights, and a nice juicy amount of backstory about our traveling undertaker (including Legato’s first appearance!). Not to mention more establishment for Vash’s strange abilities -- I mean, you saw him punch Livio across the deck without winding up for the punch. Skinny plant boy is strong, stronger than the average human.

And then we get to Episode 7 this week, giving us more backstory for Wolfwood and Livio (hence the episode’s title), on the backdrop of the Bad Lads clamoring onto the ship for a robbery and safely bringing Meryl and Roberto on board. Which likely failed because 1) Vash came in and beat them all up in hand-to-hand and 2) they likely saw the ion cannon charging up and decided it was better to skadoodle. At least they have more of a desire to stay alive this time than in Trigun. All episode, we continue to get hints that Vash and Wolfwood are more than the sum of their parts -- pushing the ion cannon away from Hopeland, Vash’s knowledge of Lost Technology, and Vash’s acknowledgement of Wolfwood’s connection to Livio and his eagerness to help Wolfwood “wake Livio up.”

Oh, right. And more development for Legato, who decided he wanted to force Wolfwood to kill Livio and watch his home die because he wanted to make Wolfwood lose his ability to love others and decide that “my home is dead, might as well destroy everything around me and take the world down with me.” Trying to reel a loose cannon in line with that idea is only asking for trouble -- for the instigator. I see Legato getting his head blown open the first chance Wolfwood has.

And to wrap it all up, we end Episode 7 on the reveal that “Oh yeah, by the way, Vash is a Plant. We’ve been dropping hints about his inhuman nature, and it makes sense to confirm it here -- both for the newbies, and the old fans who already know. Time to wrap up this act and start a new one!”

Now, If you’ve read Maximum, they do show Vash talking with a Plant on the sandsteamer, like they did with Stampede’s episode this week. It even happens during a Bad Lads invasion of a sandsteamer, when it goes wild and is about to crash (except in Maximum and Trigun they’re sending it off a cliff). They don’t show this scene in Trigun, however, instead focusing on Kite as he’s using his dad’s plans to save the steamer, redeeming himself for his earlier actions. This artificially lengthens the amount of time folks have to question how Vash knows stuff -- like the robots in Trigun’s Ep 9, where he made a comment about them being well past their expiration date, and knew how to shut down the facility.

I think, when people complain about Stampede showing things “right away,” a lot of it comes from what they remember of the Trigun anime, rather than Maximum. We get larger hints in Maximum, so they give us larger hints in Stampede. Especially when you take into account the “hey, we’re remixing the plot of an old anime and an old manga that people already know.”

All in all, I think Orange is doing a very good job working with what they have, and that will only become more clear the more we move forward, and the more we have to look back on.

And I am very much looking forward to having more of the full picture.

[the-nysh]

Would it be ok to start my path to the trigun hell hole with trigun stampede? I just KNOW that this show would consume and hurt me in many ways so any advice would help. Thank you.

👀👀!! Oh yes, absolutely you can - because for many newcomers who never got the chance 20+ yrs ago, Stampede was their first introduction to the series! So you wouldn't be alone there. :3 (I grew up with the 98 anime however, so that one was my first.) Stampede's also likely the shortest time-investment too, at a speedier 12eps for the current season vs the 98 anime's longer 26eps. So you're very welcome to try that when braving your first Trigun plunge~

Just note that every iteration available (old anime, new anime, manga) is different, with regards to their own plotlines and modified characterizations, so you'll gain something new out of all of them on each watch or (re)read.

For example, Stampede draws its lore/inspiration from the completed Trimax manga (but does not follow the exact same plotline; Stampede is its own separate retelling, not a 1:1 adaptation), which was not possible when the 98 anime was made, as the manga had not been completed yet. So the 98 anime adapts the first few manga vols (along with inserting many fun/silly slower character building eps, before switching to darker/heavier content in the later half) and has its own unique anime-original lore & ending (kinda like how the first fma did it), but the themes it presents are still quite solid and universal, so it's very worth a watch too! Even though yes, some parts are noticeably dated with 90s tropes (which you can 100% safely ignore, as both Stampede & Trimax Vash are not like that), just so you're aware.

I recommend at least watching the 98 anime before tackling the harder manga though, as the manga greatly expands into territory the 98 anime could never do or show at the time, so if you go say, from the manga to 98 in reverse order, there's a chance you may not enjoy the older anime as much? (Your mileage may vary.) In my experience, I went 98 -> Trimax manga -> Stampede (basically in release order), and since Stampede is very much a love letter + passion project for both new/older fans alike to enjoy, it's full of references to spot if you're already familiar with the series. I had lots of fun catching those (ep12 alone is like AAAA!!! *____* with so many Trimax elements thrown in) So you can start with it AND rewatch Stampede a 2nd time after completing the manga too, to get the most out of it! :D (Plus, the Stampede story isn't even over yet; it was more like a deliberately planned prelude, with plenty more endgame Trimax material to possibly explore in future seasons. You'll see when you get there~)

As for the manga, it begins with 2 volumes titled Trigun, before switching genres/publications to a darker/heavier seinen retitled Trigun Maximum (abbreviated as Trimax), which continues the same story right where the other vols left off, and for many fans, is considered to be the definitive Trigun ~experience~ (that'll change your life~)

It can be a difficult read, with regards to the serious subject matter presented and even for comprehending the vaguer 'up to reader interpretation' scenes (bc you can't speed-read this; there are times you may have to pace yourself with breaks to process if needed, and bc the expressive artwork itself does much of the talking through strong vibes and impression, which requires your full attention to grasp what's happening.) And since Nightow, the author, rarely draws speech bubbles with directional tails to indicate who's talking - cues which instead are understood thru context and the characters' unique accents/speech patterns, which while obvious in Japanese, is a much harder challenge when translated into english. So if you ever feel lost/confused by what's happening with the need for clarification, there's many bookclub fans here, including the main fan translator, who'll gladly help you out!

Be prepared for much mental trauma, emotional damage, character death(s), morality/reality checks and pain and suffering abound....but it's done in a very cathartic, soulful, healing way...where you suffer and heal in the same boat along with Vash instead of leaving you permanently hurt, it may leave you coming out of it feeling quite changed and enlightened refreshed and comforted by its messages instead. :')) (I've seen plenty who consider it their comfort manga bc of this, as well.) The enduring good faith Vash has in humanity, pursuing kindness as a choice for a better future (where things are not doomed when there's always a second chance to continue), and the ability to survive and recover from almost impossible, terribly hopeless (to downright suicidal) odds are what resonate strongly with me. :'3 Again, it's an ~experience~ you just have to feel to decide for yourself how it impacts you. But for some extra reassurance, the ending is not a tragic one, but something more bittersweet leaving off on a positive note, which is most importantly, hopeful. I hope you enjoy it!

And just fyi, after personally reading and comparing both the official Darkhorse and the Overhaul fan translations, I highly recommend the Overhaul manga over the official one for a much better time (since the official tl unfortunately has many mistakes, missed line callbacks, and misplaced speech bubbles, etc leading to more confusion, so yeah!) You can find the nicely accessible Overhaul manga translation (plus it seems there's plans for an improved ver2.0 fan translation in the works), along with their online reader too, right over here~

[electricgaunt]

Live Blog of Interstitial Infinity #19 - The Caboose

let's go, if not now, then when!!!

mob's glass bones!!!

always learning pokemon lore with moonshot

whenever I get a peek into shoka's interiority, I get so sad...riley, great work!! (also this music bangs, I assume it's neo twewy music?)

how could I forget the Shoka Trish baby

oh we got little habitat jail cells

Enrichment, there's the word

"is the eyeball flesh?"

"what are you saying about blonde girls?" man what is the ratio of blonde girls to not blonde girls in interstitial infinity, I feel like there's a lot of blonde girls

Harley!!!

jonker returns...

Audrey and Emma scene!!!

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Audrey's number ticking down while Emma's ticks up aaaaa

"you don't have to kill people to get me to notice you" hhhhh

AAAAA

love getting to hear mob pick at simon's brain

AAAAA

Harley serving the same function for Shoka as if Jason had an embarrassing book of baby photos

Marn making Harley laugh at Jason's joke but not at Shoka's joke, just, like, Marn had herself laugh at herself but refused to laugh at Riley's joke lol

what to do when the train feels better than going back

everyone's little screams after, "we're caught up/back to the present" sameee

Roxas...☹️....Jason and Roxas...☹️

oh hi young!Bruce, that's a really wild and cool entrance, but I'm afraid that it's still Audrey v. Shoka time

ohhh conductor!!! omg conductor young!Bruce that makes a lot of sense yeah

parallelssss

nanananana

Trish: Bruce, answer me my riddles three~

Trish Una's Ultimate Train Theory

just reblogged that chugga chugga choo choo post that I just realized that tumblr user sillypix was reblogging as an interstitial infinity reference aakhdhaka

Audrey 😭😭😭

Deal and More! Deal+, 2 for 1

Shigeo and Mob!

the Al and Audrey friendship aaaa

these goodbyes hhhh

I feel like there's been a couple, "you look for Trish and she is not there", and then an "oh no"

Aaaaa Shigeo and Audrey 🥺

Trish 😭

oh no the fma end crying music

oh no flashback montage aaaa 😭😭😭

ooo we're splintering

INFINITY TRAIN MINUS 1 AAAA

wooofff what an ep!!! 💚💚💚 only 1 more to go wtfff!!! 😭💚😭

[64thyume]

Ahhhh, Trigun Stampede episode 12 guysss!!!

I could say many, many things, but I’ll say just 1:

I love Vash’s redesign, all of it, including the hair, but the longer I watched, the more I got the impression that this Vash is softer, younger, less the Vash we know and more the precursor to him. The softness of the hair contributes to that feeling. And I found myself wondering if he’d get the spikey hair after the time skip after July. But how they did it!!! Guys!!! That reveal is badass! It’s so perfect! He’s coming into his own in a way he clearly hasn’t before in this telling of the story.

And I can’t help but wonder if the changes to his color scheme for the ep were a tribute to those very cool Vash figurines where he’s got this silvery purple/blue color scheme. I just keep finding myself thinking those kinds of things. Like the soundtrack has the vibes of the original soundtrack with those jazzy sax moments and twangy western moments and crazy mixes of digital effects with beautiful strings but with a tighter cohesion (& none of the super weird extremely experimental parts); or that Vash’s first scene was done because, hanging upside down & acting crazy, he is looking and acting like the Vash we know even though as we watch, we’ll see that he’s a little different than we expected; or how Roberto gives Meryl her Derringer, like how we see a scene in TriMax where it seems she’s receiving her first Derringer from a man, but his face is never shown I think and the scene feels heavy with importance but is never truly explained; or that the characters and details of a scene might be different yet the end result of it all is the same emotional punch and the same sort of character development.

Trigun fans, we have lucked out. Yeah, it hasn’t been perfect, but they’ve taken risks to give us something worthy of the Trigun universe without being the same as what came before. We’ve not just gotten “the Brotherhood Treatment” (see Fullmetal Alchemist vs FMA Brotherhood for those who don’t know what I mean), simply a faithful animating of the manga (which is not to bash FMAB - I love it & it is a great story), but instead we’re receiving a remixing and retelling by people who really really care about the story and it’s greater context: not just the manga, not just the anime, but the whole picture. Even those of us who are very familiar with both the anime and the manga are getting surprised but in the best ways!

I really think that as much as “the Brotherhood Treatment” has become a thing, “the Stampede Treatment” ought to as well.

[docholligay]

All right, Ed. I have a very serious question for you.

THE FUCK DO YOU CARE?

If I, stranger passing through the land, think that someone is foolishly putting their faith in God for something that is absolutely fucking never going to happen, how does it serve me to argue with them? What am I accomplishing by telling them their prayers and actions are worthless? It's so annoying and edgy atheist. It's none of your fucking business, Ed. It's none of my fucking business. It is the business of people who actually care about Rose and her life and her feelings. You do not. You just like being right. What possible reason is there to be fucking smug and ~educated~ at a woman who has been nothing but nice to you? Nothing can bring back the person she loves and she'll figure that out in her own time.

I just cannot imagine the arrogance required to try and tell A PERFECT STRANGER WHOSE LAST NAME I DO NOT EVEN KNOW that the thing they have pinned their life around is worthless.

Ed I do not want you to die but I think you could use a handful of light slams against the wall.

Please read me before commenting or sending an ask!

[bagheerita]

B, C, K, N, P, S ❤️️

Ooooh... I really had to think about some of these.

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

I feel like often I haven't considered a pairing until I read a fic that does it really well or that gives me a premise I can get behind, but the only time someone, as in another person specifically talking to me, changed my mind was when a friend from one fandom suggested I might enjoy a fic from a different fandom we were both in… so I read an FMA Ed/Roy mpreg fic that I would not have otherwise given the time of day to… and I really enjoyed it ngl. 

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will.

Sesshomaru/Kagome from the Inuyasha fandom. I do not understand why this pairing was so popular. If you want to hook Sesshomaru up with a human woman, Sango is standing right there ffs, she is such a better choice, lmao. I don't really get Reylo either, and there are plenty of other het ships that just make me scratch my head.

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?

Wesley Wyndam-Price from Buffy/Angel. I love this man, and I love his development from someone who has no idea what the fuck is actually going on, to developing both physical and interpersonal competence, to finding a real family, to losing it through accidentally following some bad advice and betraying everyone, to finding love, to losing everything. His devotion to Fred makes a primordial, demonic, god-being care enough to help the protagonists fight an overwhelming army. I mean come on. This might be the one character I really did not mind at all that Whedon killed, because I felt like he had done everything and achieved everything he could possibly achieve and there was nowhere else for him to go. Perfection💔don't tell me anything about the comics i don't care

N - Name three things you wish you saw more of in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

For the fandom of Stargate in general… 

More alien headcanons!! There are some really great people writing some fantastic fics for the Wraith, so I'm going to complain specifically about how I want more fics and HC for the Nakai and Ursini in SGU. Also the Reol from SG1 ("The Fifth Man”) have SUCH potential, I want to see more of them!! 

I would love to see more SGU people in SGA plots, if that makes sense. (I have a fic where Sheppard gets booted as military Commander, and I'm thinking of replacing him with Telford. 🤔)

more crossover ideas in general, within the Stargate brand. What if Vala and Cam came to visit Atlantis while Sam was there?  What if the whole gateing-through-the-sun-time-warp thing sent Rush to Pegasus instead and he ran into Todd? What if “Rising” was actually “Solitudes” and Sheppard and O'Neill are the ones trapped under a bunch of ice when their chopper puts down unexpectedly to dodge the drone?  (I just think it would be neat.🙂) 

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

The last question had a 3 in it so my brain stuck on that track and I came up with 3 SGU AUs I'd like to see

The Lucian Alliance doesn't attack as they're dialing Destiny in ep 1 and even though they have to evacuate bc the planet's about to explode, everyone who doesn't want to go through the gate can beam up to Carter’s ship and evac to Earth. So it's a tense situation but there's enough time and focus that Telford and O'Neill get to send the “right people team" that they wanted to send. I wonder who that was? Presumably this team was already on Icarus base, it just contained fewer civilians. I'd like to see them not do any better, or mess up in different ways. 

Everything happens the same, but Camille is more assertive sooner and gets Young and Rush to stop being such dicks to each other, and everyone has a more mentally healthy experience.

When I first read the title of the s1 finale “Incursion,” I thought it was going to be about the Nakai returning. So, an AU where that happens, OR both the Nakai and the Lucian Alliance show up to invade Destiny on the same day and everything is chaos ❤️

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

Wow, I really don't know if I can answer this… I feel like everything I think about the characters is my headcanon to an extent? And what I canon in my head changes for every fic. I think I HC the Wraith as being a lot more into casual touch than they are shown in canon, that just jumps to mind. (But like, there's not much to them, socially, in canon, so it's really all hc, and I don't think I can list all the backstory/society I've made up for them across several fics.) Narrow the question down a bit and I can maybe do better.😂

Thanks for the ask! 💖

Ask game!

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List of Stuff I’ll give recs for

Oh hey I have a directory with some more specific tags, though it doesn’t work very well on mobile. (Shh it’s not done yet.) There's a directory tag as well. Note, I will say that I don't generally vibe with meet-cutes and mundane/mortal/normal/no-powers AUs unless it meets some arbitrary circumstances (angst?? idk), so don't expect much on that side.

I update the directory posts if I rec another crossover or a fic with new characters.

NOT FICS

Middle School (?) Books (Kids section of B&N)

Young (?) Adult (I started reading these in middle school idk)

Literature (?)

Tumblr Originals

Poetry

Fandoms are below the cut (and how much of it I’ve watched bc I have no stamina for TV shows sorry)

BOOKS

Harry Potter (I hate that woman)

The Chronicles of Narnia (actually I read all of them but over 10 yrs ago) (except maybe the horse one I can’t remember if I read it or not)

Percy Jackson Directory link

The Hobbit (Ive only watched the movies)

Alex Rider (Haven’t read past Scorpia Rising)

MOVIES

Star Wars (only the Trilogies, the Mandalorian, and Rogue 1) Directory Post

Descendants (only parts of D1) on the Disney Directory Post

Top Gun (just Maverick)

Marvel Cinematic Universe Directory Post

Spider-Man (TASM & Spiderverse; not Tom!Peter) (search the Peter Parker tag for fics w Tom!Peter as well) Directory post.

Star Trek (AOS)

Encanto on the Disney Directory Post

ANIME

Fullmetal Alchemist (first ep of ‘03, first ep of FMA, got confused, gave up)

Naruto (Never watched) Directory link

Bleach (Never watched) Directory post

Assassination Classroom (Got halfway through the first season)

Boku No Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) (First six episodes)

Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Never watched) (big fan of khr crossovers tho)

Bungou Stray Dogs (First episode only)

TV SHOWS

Avatar: The Last Airbender (I think I skipped a lot of Season 1)

The Umbrella Academy (First three episodes)

Voltron Legendary Defender (Half way through first season)

Power Rangers (Haven’t watched anything after MegaForce.) Directory post

Supernatural (only clips) (I am a Dean girl sorry) Directory Post

Teen Wolf (A couple minutes into the first episode)

Chuck (never watched)

COMICS & MANHWA

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (I think I was half way through when the tab closed and I lost it)

DCU (Mostly YJ and JL cartoon) Directory Post

Batman (I’ve watched a few movies?) (I really like Nightwing) Directory Post

X-Men (I think I watched X1 a long time ago) (I really like Cyclops) Directory Post

Misc. tag Directory Post

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

I should put a warning on this blog.............that it's not P3 spoiler free now................... ahhhhhhhhhhhhh orz

I might blog about a few things not Persona related (still will have Persona don't worry), I need to zen out and keep my blood pressure down (never had high blood pressure and I don't want to start TT0TT). Maybe I should revisit some old mangas/animes I grew up with.......let's see....

I'm already going through Naruto (actually watched all the filler for pt 1 for the first time.....I think I hate myself....)now we're in Shippuden...and we're gonna watch all 500 eps so wish me luck *sobs* Then Boruto's next (i watched S1 w/ the Nue arc)

Let's see.....maybe Blea-no. No I know how you end. *throws it away* yu yu hakusho would be good...I know it's ending is eh but....eh screw it. Same with Ranma, add it to the list!

FMA? Maybe a 2003 rewatch would be cool...followed by FMAB....

Maybe DN Angel......I guess I can rewatch the anime and read the manga since it goes in different directions like FMA.... Oh and Black Cat would be good....Maybe Hell Girl too....or re-read LIFE....

Oh Buso Renkin! *remembers the author*.....................................well.....time to destroy my childhood.

Anyway black list the tags "silly rewatch" or "silly reread". u_u

[gizkalord]

it’s the way u knew fma was gonna be a banger bc it’s ep/ch 1 and arakawa’s comparing her mc to icarus