#and yeah another ruined character by Nakaba

[ivyllamauwu]

Just saying🤷‍♀️

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[sullina]

I had a random thought while looking at Mel’s marking and it kind of looks like an eye. Zel having a similar symbol + the DK’s symbol gave me the thought the the DK has a third eye. Plus with all demons having the purple/black eyes makes me think those are the eyes of their god. The same could be said with the SD and the goddess race. I think I could be a neat concept for expanding on the races. Any thoughts?

that is definitely interesting, but idk if the DKs eyes are really covered or if that's just supposed to be shadows to mark the DK as less of a real character and more of a concept. Like yeah, he's a character, but he's mostly just the "big bad villain" character than his own character, if you understand what I mean.

As for the demon symbol, the third eye symolism is definitely very interesting, though personally I've always viewed it as more of a black sun of sorts, because of how it flares out and since they gain a boost of power when using that one (and sun is the biggest celestial body in your galaxy/universe/sun system? idk, I'm not an astronomist)

And because Mel and Zel have two symbols, it could mean that there are two "stages" to their demon magic, with the "regular" symbol just meaning that they're using a small amount and the sun/eye symbol being closer to a full output of their magic, showing that they're being about as strong as they can be (without going indura).

Nakaba probably didn't think too much about this or if he did, then it's not in the manga, but the black eyes is likely a physical manifestation of specifically demon magic, much like the goddess symbol in a goddesses eyes is a manifestation of goddess magic. The giants and fairies don't seem to have that physical manifestation.

As for what exactly the symbol is, I think it's mostly hereditary, since Mel and Zels "lower stage" symbol is the same as the one on the DKs helmet, but since Nakaba never bothered to flesh the demon race and made them into a percival fanclub in the sequel (yes I'm still mad about that), it's just a theory for now^^"

It would definitely be a neat concept to expand the races with. Truth is though, it's always seemed to me that the DK and the SD are too separate from their respective races to really be part of them. I mean as far as we know, during the first holy war, they both just practically sat on their asses and let their commanders do all the work with the only instruction being "go kill the demons/goddesses". Plus, in the movie, the SD had the brainwashed puppets say "you ruined our game", so I'd say that's pretty strong evidence that the SD and DK didn't really care about the war anyway aside from it being some sort of entertainment for them in their immortal lives, and the SD wanted to get revenge on the Sins because now her playmate was gone. There's also the thing that the DK apparently ages, but the SD didn't? Idk.

With the races and the gods in general, it feels a lot like the concept is there, but the groundwork is only partially complete. Also I need to do something else now and I don't wanna banish this ask to the drafts bc then the likelyhood of me ever finishing and posting it drops drastically, so feel free to send me another ask if you want^^

[psycho-alchemist]

Hello! For the salty asks: 6, 7, 18, 19 and 22, Fullmetal Alchemist fandom.

6)Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?*

Yeah, I think so! Not for FMAB, but for another fandom! Before I joined Tumblr, my main OTP from Psycho Pass was Shinkane. But THEN...I was browsing the Psycho Pass tag and saw GinoAka art. I didn’t even realize GinoAka was a possibility until I saw fanart on Tumblr! Then I started thinking back on s2 and the movie and how supportive Gino was when Kou wasn’t there. Soon I started shipping GinoAka as my secondary ship, and now it’s my main fucking ship for the series. Fucking Kou left the country to start up a terrorist organization that doesn’t do shit; he’s not there for Akane! You know who is there for Akane? GINO.

7)Is there anything you used to like but can’t stand now?*

Yeah. People aren’t gonna be too happy about this, but Akagami no Shirayukihime. I used to like it a lot, but once the anime came out, I realized how....bland and unoriginal the storyline felt to me. And to be honest, the fandom also ruined my opinion of the show. There were people hailing Shirayuki as a strong, independent, red-haired heroine, when all of her decisions revolve around what will make Zen happy. Not to mention calling her a super strong heroine is trampling on Yona from AkaYona and Nakaba from Reimei no Arcana, who are both absolutely amazing red-haired shoujo heroines. 

I also--on more than one occasion--encountered Shirayuki fanboys who called Yona a “slut” or “whore” (literally) because she’s surrounded by male characters. Honestly, that alone was enough to make me intensely dislike the fandom and the story. I know a fandom shouldn’t have the power to make me hate a manga/anime, but sometimes it happens.

18)Does not shipping something ‘popular’ mean you’re in denial and/or biased?

Hahahahah NAH dude. Well, it could indicate bias, but not denial. Sometimes you don’t like two characters’ dynamic together; sometimes you think they’re moving too quickly; sometimes you see their relationship as toxic, etc. Or sometimes you think they’re just better off as friends or enemies. I think accusing someone of being in denial and/or biased because they don’t ship something ‘popular’ is a much bigger issue. >_>

19)What is the one thing you hate most about your fandom?

Answered here!

22)Popular character you hate?

You specified FMAB, so let’s see.... I honestly don’t dislike most of FMAB’s characters, but I strongly dislike Wrath. There isn’t any one thing that makes me hate him; I just have no reason to like him. He needlessly kills a lot of people, exploits his wife for personal gain, hurts Roy, kills Fu and Buccaneer, makes Lan Fan suffer, and plays a pivotal role in, as a CinemaSins video once put it, “a planetary Holocaust business.” I get that he’s a badass, and his fight scene with Buc and Fu is my favorite in the whole show, but I still hate him.

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