#full metal alchemist

[lookmiik]

elric brothers on brothers activities

his pose reminded me of a bat

[kora-kat]

Bonus under cut

[a-rebellious-waffle]

a point:

alchemy is not just a force of good or evil. it is a force of nature—as uncaring as water or fire. any alchemist worth their salt knows this; its fundamental to the discipline. ed touches on it during ed and al's stay on the island; everything is interconnected, and alchemy is just about reshaping those bonds.

fundamentally alchemy does not care what you do with it. it wont stop because something is immoral. it wont stop because something is being done out of greed or hate instead of love, and that is the true crisis.

ed and al tried human transmutation because they loved their mother. ed tied al to that body because he loved his brother. their primary motivation is love. so to see alchemy practiced so coldly? to knowingly and intentionally do harm just for money, and not just that but do it to a loved one?

PTSD (old) + PTSD (newly inflicted) = immediate crisis of faith.

i could go for hours and hours about nina tucker. about her innocence, about her victimhood, about everything she could have been, and what happened to her.

the more i think about it, the worse it gets. nina didn’t realize what happened to her. she was just a girl, excited to spend time with her dad, excited to help him with his research. i wonder how quickly that excitement morphed into confusion. did it hurt? was she scared? questions ed and al still ask themselves, years after it happened.

oh, and speaking of ed, he still wakes up thinking about it. obviously, for the sheer terror of what happened, the heinousness of the crime, the tragedy of what he saw.

but less obviously, he wakes up thinking about alchemy as a whole. because for edward, its so much more than just a tragedy. its a crisis of faith. it was the moment ed realized that alchemy- his creed- wasn’t the pure, righteous discipline he thought it was. he had seen alchemy perverted, twisted

but deep down? he always knew it alchemy wasn’t perfect. he knows that because of human transmutation.

edward knew, from the moment he saw that grotesque, black mass that should have been their mother, that alchemy was not always noble or right. from the moment he drew a transmutation circle in blood for alphonse, to save the only person he had left, that alchemy had an undeniable twisted nature, hidden beneath a guise of brilliance. edward always wanted to believe that alchemy was a force for good. but deep down? he knew better.

so when nina happened, it wasn't just about the horrific cruelty of the act itself. it was a cruel reminder of what he and al did. a reminder of greed and its consequences. and shou tucker? a warning, of who he and al would have become, if they had let that greed consume them.

for anyone who hasn't seen FMA or FMAB and would like too, don't let this stop you. it is a FANTASTIC show and i have so much more to say for it <3

[yokelish]

Winry's new update

[peliydoritos]

[bluecoffeebeanz]

saw this and thought of them

[spectralequinox]

Roy Mustang <33

[studioboner]

my boys!!

[endrae]

I've never watched Brotherhood before and now when we've been going through it, have some fma art in lord's year 2024 damn

[dominiqueramseyart]

I finally started watching Full Metal Alchemist. This shit crazy af

[lookmiik]

Edward sketch

lineart

[demoniika]

just a quick ed portrait. love this silly silly pipsqueak

[fruitcakedoodles]

🦾 EDWARD ELRIC 🦾

[oneemo]

Full Metal (A)lbedo

old art from last year. idk why i never posted this here.

[dantexxorihara]

[chucktims]

what if we were both blond elder brothers that feel responsible for the death/bodily mutilation of our younger siblings. what if our parents were no longer present in our lives and all we could rely on was ourselves. what if we resorted to extremely taboo resurrection magic outlawed by the state to revive them. what if our younger sibling did come back, but in a body that wasn't their own. what if in doing so we accidentally embroiled ourselves- and our younger sibling by proxy- in a centuries long conflict that could have world ending consequences. what if we were both literally crippled by that guilt.

......hey do you ever think about how laios touden and edward elric lost the same leg.