#fma 2003 fans where u at!!!!

[dapper-nahrwhale]

What makes fma 2003 all the more Tragic is the reason for all the death and destruction and despair caused by the creation of the stone is all for something so mundane and petty and vain. It's not some grand lofty goal to become unto a god, it's to extend someones already ridiculous and pointlessly long lifetime for just a few more years. All this just so one person who has lived for centuries can go on for a few more years then the cycle starts all over again. All the corruption in the military, all the wars, all the massacres, everything carefully crafted just so, for dante to live a little longer in her big empty house in the middle of the woods doing nothing. It's all so meaningless. It's not some big earth shattering disaster, it's so much more human and flawed and tragic because of that.

That's really part if what makes it so compelling, the real Tragedy it all is that the end goal isn't something world ending thing, it's just a bitter old lady who strayed so far from being human she forgot how to be anymore. Dante thought she should be able to live forever and so many people payed the price of that. All this suffering is for an old lady to get to be a little bit older so she can do it all over again in a few years. The real tragedy is that all this pain and death is for nothing.

[maddiicake]

Can I just take a moment to talk about FMA03?

Because I honestly don’t think I have talked about it enough as is. So, allow me to make this little post to just throw all my thoughts out at once. I’ve already been excommunicated years ago, so I really have nothing to lose. Plus, I don’t really have anyone to talk about Fullmetal Alchemist with (much less any other shared interests) nor have for years. So, all I can do is just make my own posts. I more than welcome threads added to this post for conversation! That’s what /public/ posts are for, after all ^u^

I will go on the record of saying that I like both FMA03 as well as Brotherhood, and agree that one series did better at one thing than the other, but that doesn’t make that one all-around better than the other. They have their own unique flair to them which makes them both enjoyable in their own way.

Now, I’m not going to make some a antisemetic comment and call Brotherhood fans “BroHood Nazis”, and then proceed to get away with it, meanwhile someone calling me out on my BS by making fun of me in an art piece they’ll make will receive the flood of Tumblr and be called the antisemetic one while I get away scot-free, while being “happy” that that user is told to off themselves. No. I rarely use Tumblr for that reason—the laughable ignorance of of the “Populars” and the alt-left.

Nor, through this tangent will I pull the “White Supremacy Card”, because FMA is an /anime/ made by an /Asian/ person. (If someone can please explain how a non-white person supports or promote “white-supremacy”, I’d really appreciate it. It just irks me when the alt-left pull that card. But, alas, this is Tumblr, so those people are abundant here...)

But, I digress... On to talking about the lovely world of FMA 03:

Where to begin, that’s the real question... I wouldn’t want this post to get far too long, so I’ll just talk about one subject at a time. (And, if you’d like for me to talk about any other aspect of FMA03 that you’d like for me to give my thoughts on, feel free to send me an Ask! Note: As of right now, Anon is turned off, so I apologize to those who would rather keep their anonymity—except for those select few who I know use the anon for provoking reasons; not sorry for you all whatsoever).

Anyway, FMAB was the regular run-of-the-mill Shounen genre anime that followed the plot that Arakawa (a non-white person), the author of the manga, had set up for this fantasy world she envisioned. At the time of the manga’s beginning, the story grew in popularity and an animation studio was quick to pick it up. This is the anime that would be later known as FMA03 (because it was the Fullmetal Alchemist series that debuted in 2003). Now, this was a common mistake that BONES Studio made with many of the anime adaptions of manga that it made—creating the anime long before the mangaka could get though the first half of the story’s plot. Even so, the studio took the information that they had, and, even with Arakawa’s help with some aspects, they created the separate universe of Fullmetal Alchemist from the author’s original universe. And, beleive it or not... Arakawa actually really liked 2003’s adaptation, even if it wasn’t her final vision. If that isn’t “being a Good Sport”, then I don’t know what is.

Let’s break down the key points that made FMA03 unique:

First off, the relationship between Ed and Al was much deeper and more dramatic. It was their story. From start to finish about their beginnings, their goal, which persisted throughout the series. And it even persists all the way to FMA: Conqueror of Shamballa. Al was all that Ed had left, and those two have been close ever sense.

Secondly, the homunculi... just -chef kiss- This is what I love the most for FMA03. I’m a HUGE sucker for the “Sympathetic Villain” trope (when it’s done properly, of course). And, FMA03 did it more than “just properly”. They added an entire aspect of the homunculi and deepened their backstory as well as the basis for their entire creation. While being scientifically considered “artificial humans”, they showed that they were just as human as the actual human characters. So, to say that I was in love with FMA03’s portrayal of the homunculi would be an understatement.

Thirdly, Main villain: Dante vs Father. I honestly can’t say which one I prefer more, because, they both bring their own unique character that furthered and deepens the plot of their respective series. Both had ties to Hohenheim (Father being the Dwarf in the Flask, and Dante being the Ex-wife), both were “the boss” of the homunculi, and both had believable well established modus operandi. While, I believe that, Dante could have been just as great of a villain as Father, her arc was rushed, and, therefore, she wasn’t as developed as Father. Of course, that’s mainly because of the Studio’s budget (which happens with many series, so it can’t be helped or fault the Studio because of it).

I could go on all day about other points, but this post would get way too long. Like I mentioned at the beginning of this post, though, I’m more than happy to have a conversation—this is a /public/ post, after all. My ask box is always open too. Anon is off right now for the reasons stated above, just a fair warning.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading the ramblings of the echoes within these crumbling walls within the ruins~! ^u^