#reol speaks

[reoltherabbit]

I HAVE AN IDEA FOR A TADC OC BUT IDK IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH.... HELP

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Mori Calliope & Reol - 虚像のCarousel 2023

Mori Calliope is a female English-speaking Virtual YouTuber. Reol is a Japanese singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer. She began creating and releasing music onto Nico Nico Douga and YouTube in 2012, achieving recognition for writing and performing viral Vocaloid songs. "虚像のCarousel" received 51,3% total yes votes.

[lovebitesandcrosses]

you ask and you shall receive the music recommendations

1.) jiluka

jiluka is a j-metal/visual kei band and i think their music is awesome. it is harder than metalcore and also has a lot of guttural vocals

fav songs: venΦm, blvck, raison d'etre, twisted pair

2.) plastic tree

i love palstic tree!!!! they make very floaty rock, but some of their songs are also pretty harsh-sounding. and ryutaro has a very unique voice i think

fav songs: kuchizuke, monophobia, sink, life is beautiful

3.) die ärzte

they are a punk band from germany (idk if you speak german lol) and i think their music is really awesome, even if you dont speak german. my dad used to listen to them in the car with me all the time (good memories)

fav songs: "nie wieder krieg, nie mehr las vegas", junge, heulerei, m&f, schrei nach liebe, männer sind schweine

4.) reol

reol is a japanese singer and makes j-pop. i have followed her music journey for a long time and her music is so good. she used to collaborate on songs with giga (a vocaloid producer) but now she has a solo project

fav songs: utena, dear, geikihaku, q?

4.) bin

bin is a group from japan and they make j-pop/rock. i really like the sound design of their songs and the illustrations for the mvs are also really pretty (i think one of the band members draws them, but i am not sure)

fav songs: children, akujiki, kajin, kago no tori

5.) utsu-p

utsu-p is a japanese vocaloid-metal producer. i really really love his metal and have been following him for a long time

fav songs: imperfect animals, haenai, kanbanmusume no warufuzake (poster girls prank), baka wa anomaly ni akogareru (fools are attracted to anomaly)

6.) babymetal

babymetal is a metal-idol-group from japan. they started out really young and are still going and their songs are really good (been listening since i was 14 lol)

fav songs: divine attack, bxmxc, elevator girl, distortion

7.) eve

eve is a solo artist and he makes j-rock. i have also been listening to him since ~2016 and his music just gets better and better

fav songs: insomnia, dramaturgy, leo, ambivalent, anoko secret

8.) hachiya nanashi (old name) / yuri kuriyama (栗山夕璃)

he is a vocaloid producer and makes electro-swing/pop/? kind of music. i think his songs are super jazzy and really nice. he even covered some of his songs himself. his old vocaloid stuff is under his old name, and his newer singles under his new name. he also has a band called "van de shop"

fav songs: purple hype, neurose, dizzy dizzy, jitterbug, limelight, happy shape, op, anaphylaxy

sorry for the crazy long insane ramble ask, but it is only very rarely that i can talk about the other music that i listen to

and most of it is japanese, because i have always been a freak for japanese music since age 9!!! (i have know j-music for a longer period of time than i havent) with my vkei phase now it has kind of experienced a resurgence

have fun listening (hopefully!!!) <3

Aaaah thank you!!!! I loooove hearing people talking about music, it’s one of my favourite things so I really appreciate the rant don’t worry!!

I’ve listened to barely any j-rock or j-metal so I’m looking to checking out this list! TYSM 💚💚

[lostlegendaerie]

when you get this, list 5 songs you like to listen to, publish. then, send this to 10 of your favourite followers ♡

I have been listening to Bastille on loop, but for you specifically as the LucKae Enjoyer I'll drop The Weight Of Living Pt II - both part 1 and 2 are good (and I would honestly say pt 1 is Diluc where 2 is Kaeya just based on lyrics and instrumentals/beat) but pt 2 gets stuck in my head more. LOVE an upbeat existential crisis! All that you desired, when you were a child / Was to be old, was to be old / Now that you are here, suddenly you fear / You've lost control, you've lost control / Do you like the person you've become?

Speaking of LucKae! Hello have you read the Christmas fic I'm writing for them which is so so so so so about the vibes in Stick Season by Noah Kahan who is again a fav artist, yeehaw. Very much a song about how empty the holidays can feel when you've got someone you miss: And I'll, dream each night of some version of you / That I might not have but I did not lose / Now you're tire tracks and one pair of shoes / And I'm split in half but that'll have to do

Switching moods a little bit to throw one of my all time favorite artist, REOL, on this list at top speed: she's got a lot of good original songs and Vocaloid covers (and I was sooooo hyped to hear her work with MIHOYO for the character Rappa in H:SR) but Bring It On is absolutely one of the best bangers; teenage rebellion condensed in one song. The bugs, the losses, the fuck-ups, all of it / With my bare hands, I'll live, live through it and overthrow it!

I don't have a big essay on why I love this 80's Style Remix of Numb by Lincoln Park except for this line stolen from the YouTube comments: "when you have depression and Saturday night fever at the same time" it's just a bop! sorry!

Closing off this list with a return to J-rock with Otonoke (Dandadan Opening Theme) by Creepy Nuts. Everyone who follows me needs to be watching this supernatural romcom Right Now. It's a little bit Mob Psycho (awkward teens with weird abilities in a modern-with-magic setting), a little bit Chainsaw Man (the creator used to edit for CSM and he picked up the raunchy humor and slapstick for sure) but a whole lot of fun. I'm inside, I'm inside, I'm inside, I'm inside, I'm inside / The fog lifted as I crawled desperately out / When uneven elements fit well together / When the pain overlaps each other

[arc-archernar]

2, 3, and 4!

HAI RAINBOW :D

2. Through 四國(Shikoku) again or 北海道 (Hokkaido)... if the pandemic wasnt a thing my cousin wouldve had her wedding in hokkaido ;w;

3. NONE :) clear skies all the way... but ig the wispy clouds are fine

4. you have opened pandoras box. lemme see; any fuuta song, Double, LUVORATORRRRRY! reol cover, DERO by Dustcell, and Good kid and a fox spirit by kikuo (speaking as a former chinese dance kid...)

[felixcloud6288]

Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 78

10 days have passed after the last chapter.

I'm absolutely certain Mustang's crew were all sent away to be killed. Every single one of them is in a hotbed location for the national transmutation circle. Looks like Falman passed the information about the circle to Breda and Fuery.

And Sloth has finished the tunnel. It's been about two weeks since he was put back into the tunnel so I'm going to guess the tunnel was started very close to Briggs. Maybe the passage Kimblee found last chapter was near the starting point?

We're back in Reole. About 4 months prior, Ed revealed the Leto church to be a sham and reported it to East HQ. Eastern Troops came in to keep the area from falling into a riot. But then Central troops were deployed and the Eastern forces were dismissed. That's when the riots turned violent. That was roughly a week or two later. About a month later, the riots were under control, but many lives were lost.

No explanation is given why the riots stopped. Maybe all the Leto supporters were killed or maybe everyone just were tired of fighting. The Homunculi got what they wanted so there was no need to continue riling people up. Now, everyone's coming together to fix the damage that's been done and move forward.

Rose managed to take Ed's words to heart. Last we saw her, she was on the floor crying because she'd discovered everything she believed was a lie.

But now she's managing to smile despite everything that's happened and she's doing what she can to rebuild and move forward.

There must have been a need for multiple access points to the tunnel for moving refuse and to just get Sloth back on task quickly when he wandered off.

Remember how I mentioned the tunnel was being dug counterclockwise and Sloth had come from the East when he reached Briggs? Do you know where you'd end up if you traveled along a circlular arc traveling southeast from Briggs? You'd reach Reole.

Pride's shadow is large, but it's not infinitely large. Hohenheim said it can move freely within the tunnel, not that it is everywhere. So Pride has likely been hanging around the east part of the tunnel to overlook the processes to remove rubble and guard the newer entry points from any potential intruders.

The survey team Pride killed had probably gotten too close to Reole and Pride ended up discovering them on its patrols.

Hohenheim and Pride's discussion implies the concept of the seven deadly sins exists in the FMA verse. It doesn't seem to be a concept in Amestris though since no one connected the dots over the naming scheme. I'm going to say that in-universe, it was specific to Cselkcess culture and religion.

And Hohenheim is calling Father out. He's surprised Father put in the effort to make Pride look like his old form, and he calls Father arrogant and pompous. Hohenheim knows Father is a hack.

10 days is too short to deploy a military force like the one from Drachma. We also need to remove additional days to account for Kimblee traveling to the country and informing them about Major General Armstrong being recalled.

Al hasn't put his legs back on. Is he still blacking out? Are they worried he might fall over?

And once again, Arakawa is being a coward cause we're not seeing the buttcheek part of that leg.

We also now know Jelso is the frog chimera and Zanpano is the porcupine(?) chimera.

And Zanpano is making a call to the President. Since he was working with Kimblee, he probably had the President's number. I just want to know why Envy is answering the line.

Wrath: Hello President's office. Fuhrer President King Bradley speaking. Zanpano: I'm here to report the whereabouts of Marcoh. Wrath: One moment. *Shouting* Envy, it's for you! Envy: *Excitedly runs into the room and grabs the phone* Hello? You said something about Dr. Marcoh?

back

[helmetkeeper]

hii

if you don’t mind could i request a playlist for mirage from ultrakill? if i could be a bit specific i’d like things like machine girl, vocaloid, the ultrakill ost (obv) and things of that sort

thank you if you end up doing the request! ^^

hello!! i don't know ultrakill at all but i made attempts :]. tried to go for a sorta vocaloid metal theme, so hopefully you'll like most of the songs lol. also i only speak english so i apologize if some translations are off ^^;.

songs go like "song" + "artist"

"ヘドバンギャー！!" (Headbanger!!) + "BABYMETAL"

"ギミチョコ！!" (Gimme Chocolate!!) + "BABYMETAL"

"ゆきこさん" (Yukiko) + "ミドリ" (Midori)

"お先に失礼します。" (Pardon Me, I Have to Go Now.) + "HANABIE."

"ごめんね ごめんね " (Gomenne Gomenne) + "Kikuo"

"天国へ行こう" (Let's Go to Heaven) + "Kikuo"

"愛して愛して愛して" (Aishite Aishite Aishite) + "Kikuo"

"あなぐらぐらし " (Anagura-gurashi) + "Kikuo"

"My Time OMORI ver." + "Kikuo" and "Hatsune Miku"

"Beasts" + "thquib" and "Hatsune Miku"

"Hayloft" + "thquib" and "Hatusune Miku" and "GUMI"

"The Court Jester" + "thquib" and "FUKASE"

"MONSTER" + "KIRA" and "GUMI"

"Glass Ocean" + "Machine Girl"

Sin to Win!" + "Machine Girl"

"mos thoser" + "food house" and "Gupi" and "Fraxiom"

"bloodstains" + "100 gecs"

"Coin locker Baby" + "Maretu"

"SIU" + "Maretu"

"Magical Doctor" + "Maretu"

"Tool" + "Maretu"

"DARLING" + "Maretu"

"Pink" + "Maretu"

"NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A" + "Toby Fox"

"Therefor you and me" + "si-o"

"アブノーマリティ･ダンシンガール" (Abnormality Dancin' Girl) + "ぐちり" (Guchiry)

"BUG" + "Kairikibear"

"ベノム" (Venom) + "Kairikibear" and "flower"

"Friday Theme - Crunchy" + "Uglyburger0"

"Amygdala's Rag Doll" + "Ghost and Pals"

"Aura" + "Ghost and Pals"

"Entomologists" + "Ghost and Pals"

"Reckless Battery Burns" + "Ghost and Pals" and "Vane Lily"

"Roleplaying Game" + "soramafuurasaka"

"'Cause I'm a Liar" + "Mcki Robyns-P"

"Traffic Jam" + "NILFRUITS"

"Chemical Burn" + "Sophiaaaahjkl;8901"

"Bitter Choco Decoration" + "syudou"

"SeeU Letter" + "Ankimo"

"The Earth of Planet" + "Man_boo" and "Iroha Nekomura"

"ChuChu Lovely MuniMuni MuraMura PrinPrin Boron Nururu ReroRero" + "MAXIMUM THE HORMONE"

"Gossip" + "Burning Sexuality"

"KING" + "Kanaria"

"Alien Alien" + "Nayutalien"

"ゴチャゴチャうるせー！" (Stop Nagging Me!) + "Owata-P"

"【鬼蜘蛛ト狐ノ獅子ト 】The Spider and the Kitsune-Like Lion" + "CristianMirror"

"エゴイスト" (Egoist) + "Parsley Onuma"

"インモラルアクトレス" (Immoral Actress) + "yuchaP"

"Fucking Freaking Futile Freddy" + "öOoOoOoOoOo"

"Ghost" + "nelward"

"Kawaii Desho" + "Moe Shop"

"Notice" + "Moe Shop" and "TORIENA"

"Lost Umbrella" + "INABAKUMORI"

"help_urself" + "Ezekiel"

"M.I.L.F" + "Funkin' Sound Team" and "Kawai Sprite"

"Team" + "Mag.Lo"

"She's Homeless" + "CreepP"

"World Is Mine" + "AshZone"

"The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku" + "dj-Jo" and "CircusP"

"Mind Brand" + "dj-Jo" and "Kuraiinu"

"コノヨLoading..." (Konoyo Loading) + "Reol"

"劣等上等" (Bring It On) + "Giga"

"輪廻転生" (Reincarnation) + "Mafumafu"

"ロストワンの号哭" (The Lost One's Weeping) + "Neru"

dividers from @/violetbudd and @/animatedglittergraphics-n-more

[toyaslove]

----☆Introduction☆----

Hello! Here around tumblr, you can call me Coffee or Kohi! (Kohi means the same thing as coffee in japanese)

My real name is Yuki (You can call me Fuyu), I am 16 years old.

He/Him👍🏻 || She/her👎🏻|| They/Them👎🏻

My mbti is INTJ, and my enneagram is 4w5 (same as Toya's)

My flags:

(Monogamous, oriented aroace & homosexual)

My biggest kin is Toya Aoyagi

My hobbies:

— Reading

— Watching anime (dw, I'm not an otaku)

— Playing games (mainly pjsk)

— Studying/Acknowledgment

— Cosplaying

— Drawing

— Singing (probably it'll be for my professional life)

— Playing drums set (percussion)

— Listening to music

I'm bad at:

— Social interaction (irl)

— Sports/physical activities

— Expressing myself

— Talking to strangers/authorities

— Maintaining relationships (it's draining ☹️)

Things I like:

— Toya Aoyagi

— Music

— Playing games

— Coffee

— Math

— Earrings (Autistic hyperfixation 🚨🔥‼️)

— Introvert people

— Talking abt pjsk

— The blue color

— My dog

— Animals

— Plushies

— Singing

Things I dislike:

— Disrespectful people

— Big crouds (social phobia)

— Parties

— Loud noises (like smth popping/explosion, etc)

— People screaming/speaking loud

— Birthdays (mainly mine)

Things I'm good at:

— Teaching (when I feel like socializing)

— Claw machines/crane games

— Anything related to music

— Writing

— English (I guess so)

— Aprimorating my language accents (I have a good accent speaking Japanese/English)

— Math

— Drawing

— Singing

— Teaching

Some other kins I have (most of them aren't THAT much):

Akito Shinonome

Mizuki Hikawa

Kohane Azusawa

Tsukasa Tenma

Tadano Hitohito

Wanderer

Kazuha

Honami Mochizuki

Asada Shino

An Shiraishi

Nene Kusanagi

♡ My favorite characters:

— Toya Aoyagi

— Akito Shinonome

— Toru Miyama

— Wriothesley

— You Huo

— Kisaragi Shintaro

— Mizuki Hikawa

— Wanderer

— Kazuha

— Venti

My favorite artists!

Vivid Bad Squad

GIGA

Ayase

Kent Ito

Soraru

Mafumafu

Deco*27

Misumi

Eve

Ado

Wowaka

Reol

Wotaku

Natori

Syudou

Kikuo

Peg

Umetora

niki

☆Curiosities about me!

The translation of my name, "Yuki", means "snow" in japanese

My social name is Fuyu because the kanji for Toya's name is Fuyu Wataru

I'm touch starved because of traumas in past relationships, but I want to touch who I love

Kashika's literally me

I have a female dog (I'm so proud to be her dad 😭🫶🏻)

My favorite color is blue!

I'm good at fixing things (like, when smth mine break, I fix it, no matter how long it takes, mainly my personal stuff)

I'm a cosplayer! I already cosplayed different Toya's, Kazuha and Angel from HH

My dream is to become a J-Pop singer/composer (with a partner if it's not ask too much)

Well, I want to be a singer, but I have strong social anxiety, which makes me quiver when I take the microphone in my hands (also rlly overcame this)

My biggest trauma/fear/reason for panic attacks, anxiety crisis and autistic meltdowns is an OBJECT. It's ridiculous but it is the truth (it's so terrible that I can't spell the name of the object) and I forgot, I can throw up or pass out in some situations with it, yh, I know

I'm almost a genius about music, but I don't think that about myself (the opposite)

I have chronic anxiety, depression and i'm autistic

I was born on April 29th

I speak Portuguese, English and I'm learning Japanese

I'm nationally Brazilian

I always try to be empathetic! (Sometimes, I forgot to take care of myself bc of this)

I'm addicted to caffeine (😭)

I have an Instagram account for my Toya plushies GDJAHJFJ

I have another instagram acc to express my love for Toya 😭

Btw, it's nice to meet you guys! If you want to become friends, just dm me!

Btw I think I forgot smth about me, if I remember I'll put it here

[himi-wiz]

Btw is no one talking about this on tumblr but Verbal Justice has been out for a week ago and I was waiting for a post to scream about it but no one made a post and I couldn't stand not talking about Nemu, Ichijiku and Otome-sama.

Immaculate vibes! Gosh the rhyming especially Otome's bars, I am worshipping. So. Hard.

Here are some thoughts on favourite parts and screenshot with gorgeous visuals.

NEMU. BELOVED. MY GORGEOUS DARLING YOU ARE STUNNING IN THIS. TELL THOSE BOYS TO BUZZ OFF YES. 🥺💀🌹💕

Gosh her flower motive always gets me, such a beautiful world she strives for especially in comparison to her brother Samatoki's work as a Mafia Boss which is like, a life full of death, darkness and corruption.

ICHIJIKU <3333 PLEASE STEP-- I mean, please continue to tell us how you'll wreck wretched men and put them in their place, yes ma'am. Lash out at the despicable patriarchal system you despise with all your heart's content, I'll support your ventures. Muah. 🥰❤💖💖

THEY REALLY MADE OTOME A GOD AND I CAN'T I AM ON MY KNEES HELP-- Sorry Dice, your mom's way too powerful. Good luck, dude.😔

Jokes aside the visual editing for this is crazy good, especially how she's both coated in shadows and the amber glow of the sun while rapping about her rise to power? What a Queen. Urgh. 🧎‍♀️🙏🌅🔥🔥✨

Admittedly Verbal Justice is not my fave melody line, the verses slap but the chorus is a bit slow with a haunting mantra-like repetition that can get grating unlike Femme Fatale. I understand it's intentional considering like saviour/path to God references though and it was fun though not something I'll slap onto a playlist I'll listen everyday unlike Magic Transistor or Hoodstars. Also Giga-P's never known for having a bad chorus so tough competition to beat there.

BUT YOU KNOW THE CRAZIEST THING ABOUT THIS.

THE SONG WRITER. THE LYRICS COMPOSER IS THE QUEEN OF J-HIPHOP HERSELF URASAKI AKIKO AKA AWICH. AND CHAKI ZULU IS ALSO ONE OF HER TOP PRODUCERS SHE WORKS WITH.

I'M SO DAMN IN LOVE AAAHHH

KING RECORDS ALWAYS PICK SUCH GOOD CHOICES FOR COMPOSERS, CREEPY NUTS, GIGA-P & REOL, TEDDYLOID, SHO KIRYUIN.

If only I can figure out how to access the other composers too. Invisible manners for example are tad hard to find in English but they do have a tumblr and twitter updates at least.

Awich's recommended discography:

Queendom is an autobiographical song about Awich's life story here and it's well worth a watch, phenomenal storytelling and I adore it so much.

And so it's like doubly amazing they got the Queen herself to make lyrics for Otome who's in a similar position of climbing to power with her own smarts, resolve and words for a better world in her homeplace like Awich returning to Japan where she moves hearts with her voice too. But well, there are clear differences there storyline wise when Otome is set up to be one of the top villains/antagonists. Very understandable sentiment tho.

And speaking of origin stories, Awich did do a collab with some Oikinawan youths, SugLawd Familiar and CHICO CARLITO called Longiness Remix. comments say they're (I think SugLawd Familiar in particular) in high school? Seriously?? And it's a jam!

(Here's the full song MV, no eng subs yet tho.)

And an article briefly explaining the video details!

I might do a couple of explanation posts on hypmic producers I adore sometime.

With that I'm out, cheers and stan women with amazing music hehe~

[goldenworldsabound]

😼😎🎵 - for Kunikida or Ayato?

🌸I would be more than happy to share the opportunity with you, Kunikida.

📗That is amenable to me as well, Kamisato. Thank you, Leap, for the questions.

😼 - Do you ever get jealous when your s/o pays more attention to a cute pet than you?

🌸I can't say I do. It rarely comes up, either way. When Void goes with Thoma to feed the strays, I rarely have time to join them. If anything it's...cute, seeing them interact with animals. Especially cats. They can get quite insistent with Void, hehe.

📗We don't have a pet. It would be somewhat foolish to get jealous over such a thing, wouldn't it? Besides, like Kamisato, it's nice just to see my partner relaxed and happy. Things have been stressful as of late, so the look on their face as they cuddle an animal should be cherished.

😎 - What do you do to impress your s/o?

🌸I courted Void very properly, back then. But that was less about impressing them and more about making sure we really were as compatible as I believed. Impress...I think my reputation speaks for itself. When I remember details about what they've told me and act on those, it's less about impressing them and more about showering them with love.

📗I have no need to impress Em. It's as simple as that. Of course I still plan out thoughtful and fun dates for the two of us, but it's to see them happy and to bring us closer together, not to impress them. They know who I am...they don't need to be "impressed".

🎵 - Give me a song that reminds me of your s/o!

🌸I'm rather fond of this one for the two of us. I think the lyrics speak for themselves.

📗the style of this song suits Em. I like how upbeat it is. They really like to dance to it (and pull me into that). I can't say I mind, even if it's a little foolish (and certainly wasn't in the schedule). I hear this song, and I see their smiling face.

[reoltherabbit]

ANYWAYS to distract myself from sadness what about i talk about an AU im brainrotting about to make?

Dhmis, Like the old timeys, BUT.

with a ✨secret element✨ <<<< is about to mix two mega hyperfixations into one au

[balievoheme]

spotify being unwrapped and revealed as we speak... give me.... 75 :3

第六感 / THE SIXTH SENSE by reol!

[laarbybarbtbox]

I do think Hohenheim would get more of a pass if like, his plan to save the world was any good. That, or if he made any effort to explain why he left to anyone. That being said, a lot of that can be attributed to his own bad coping mechanisms with his own thoughts on himself and humanity. I feel like his first moments with Alphonse in Liore/Reole kind of speak to his mentality there.

He also could have totally still been a dad by the end of the series since his kids were still growing up to a degree. It wasn’t a case where they were already grown up and whatnot. I don’t consider Hohenheim a good dad, but in terms of “bad animated fathers who were bad dads but wanted to be better,” Hohenheim is definitely one of the examples with more points in his favor, at least in some ways.

Submission Comments:

On one hand. He left his wife and kids. On the other hand he does love them and was working to create a world where he could live fully with them. Still fucked stuff up, but best/worst dad depends on whether you view leaving or trying to save the world more important

[felixcloud6288]

Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 80

Thinking back, Jelso and Zanpano only just got involved in all this and their first interaction with a Homunculus was Envy in it's super form.

And speaking of, Envy stays defiant despite everything. It made one last attempt to hijack Yoki's body only for that to not work. And even when kept in a jar, it still insults everyone around it. It called Ed a squirt despite being way smaller than him now.

There's a little straw in the jar cork so Envy can get air.

Envy's defiant antics are more funny because of what it looks like right now. If they could have taken it hostage while it was in its human form, Envy's snobbish refusal to give information wouldn't look so silly.

It's easy to forget how dangerous, manipulative, and sadistic Envy actually is when it's a cute little slug.

Marcoh said he threw out his hip fighting Envy and now he's using a walking stick.

At the crossroad, May takes Envy eastward to head to Youswell.

If we orient ourselves a little, we can determine the party was traveling southward. Later in the chapter, the party, minus Scar and Marcoh, are in Reole.

But here's the thing: Reole is north of Youswell. So Al's team would likely need to take the same road May just went down to head for Youswell.

Everyone, except Scar, was blushing at May tearfully grabbing Al as she said goodbye.

Winry decides to be nosy about Al's love life and then Al gets back at her about it later.

Going forward, time is highly convoluted. We were likely still in the Northern parts of Amestris but since the series has been transitioning to winter, it's always possible it's starting to snow further south of Briggs.

I can't really pinpoint how long May traveled to get to Youswell nor how long it took Al's party to reach Reole. May seems to have taken a train to reach Youswell. Meanwhile, Al probably can't risk riding a train because he would be too conspicuous and Winry is in hiding so she can't be used as a hostage. Furthermore, Reole doesn't have a direct train line so they'd have to travel on foot for part of it.

Several days to several weeks might have passed during this chapter depending on how long it took everyone to reach where they got to.

It seems like Youswell is becoming a somewhat more touristy area. Or at least it's economy has grown beyond just coal.

May was so quick to run back to Central with a slight nudge from Envy. I wander if there's anything of value to May back home. She's a princess of Xing, but she's the princess from the weakest clan in Xing and Xiao Mei is her only friend. She cares about her clan, but it's more like an obligatory care.

But in Amestris, she has made friends and met people she cares for on a personal level.

Envy knows how to manipulate people. It understands May is conflicted over having to choose to help the people she cares about and the people she's obligated to help. And Envy brought up a "solution" that can do both.

The small talk between Hawkeye and Wrath has such a bombshell to me.

I am absolutely certain Wrath is angry that his entire life has been decided for him. He even mentions how his son, position, subordinates, and power were all decided and given to him. Nothing he has is truly his own.

So when he saw his family in chapter 32, I think he was genuinely smiling when he saw them because his wife is truly his. And he earned the love she has for him.

Olivier Mira Armstrong and Alex Louis Armstrong are having a violent sibling squabble.

Alex is aware of the national transmutation circle, so someone told him about it. My bet is it was Olivier herself. Falman informed the rest of the Mustang squad, but he doesn't have any reason to consider Alex as someone to inform. Meanwhile, Olivier has a messenger within Central loyal to her family. Despite everything, I'm certain she trusts Alex as an ally when the time comes.

The place Major General Armstrong is taken to is somewhere in that circular passage under the research labs.

I know they're all evil, but they really should do something about all these pipes and cables. This is a humongous tripping hazard.

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[reoltherabbit]

REOL YOURE ALIVE????????????

YEA I AM AND IM PROBABLY GONNA BE MORE WHEN BREAK FINALLY STARTS

(one week away plEASE GOD.)

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Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 15

The conclusion to everything that's happened since getting to Central.

Al finally tells Ed his concerns, resulting in Winry beating Al up and telling him Ed's concerns. Winry is totally right that you need to actually say some things for them to be understood.

Back in chapter 12, I said I'd talk more about the whole "Is Al an artificial soul" bit later. And it's later. First thing, I didn't like this part because I feel like it was executed kind of bad. Why would Al listen to someone like Barry? As soon as Barry suggested Ed created a fake brother, Al should have punched him harder in the face and kept punching until there was a dent in Barry's helmet.

BUT this is an important question. How do we know Alphonse is the real Alphonse? Even if he isn't artificially made by Ed, how do we know at this point in the story if it's actually Al's soul or some copy? These are genuine questions a new reader might ask.

Maria Ross is fed up with being involved in discovering these grand conspiracies.

We have our first official introduction to Fuhrer President King Bradley. He seems like a jovial and trustworthy figure. He tells everyone to stop the investigation for their own safety and be more discreet. Assume the entire military is your enemy, but when the time comes he will call on them. He also mentions Marcoh's entire research team has gone missing.

Now onto something more lighthearted.

MAPS!

We got a full map of the country! It's circular (hmm) but we can't make out any major landmarks or cities from this map. It's possible to tell where Youswell, New Optain, and East City are if you cross reference this map with the ones in earlier chapters. Youswell really is at the end of the east border. I'm going to guess the light grey lines on the map are rivers.

Winry points out Rush Valley, an automail mecca. It looks like Rush Valley is 4 stops south from Central City. We don't see Dublith though.

A little later in the chapter, Hughes is reading a newspaper which has an image showing Reole in relation to New Optain and East City. There are no railroads on the image but it looks like Reole might be somewhat north of Youswell in a section with no train stations.

So here's my guess as to why Ed and Al went to Youswell in chapter 3. Youswell has a single train line connecting it to New Optain. Since it's a coal city, that line is most likely for a freight train that goes back and forth picking up cargo. After leaving Reole, Ed and Al probably went to a train stop along that route and the only train was making its way to Youswell before it would go to New Optain.

Speaking of Hughes, he found something out and was promptly killed. Lust went after him first, probably to make it a quiet affair. But when that failed, Envy made it a more public spectacle. One nice detail is Envy used a photo of Hughes's wife to transform into her, but the photo only shows her from the upper half so Envy didn't really transform their lower half.

Ed is an artist.

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Spoiler Discussion

Wrath most likely put the hit out for Hughes. Hughes worked in the court martial office and had access to all the information that would let him find out about the nationwide transmutation circle so Wrath informed Lust and Envy that Hughes needed to die.

Hughes probably realized Bradley was part of the conspiracy just as he was about to call him.

I wonder if Maria Ross and Danny Brosh were also targets for assassination. Even though the two of them weren't actively looking into things, they were within close enough proximity to learn a few things. If Lust had succeeded in quietly killing Hughes in the records room, maybe Maria and Danny would have been killed shortly after. But she failed and Envy is Envy, so Hughes's death became a more public affair and they had to divert their effort to framing Maria Ross for his death. And at that point, they probably would have decided killing Danny would be more trouble than it's worth.

Bradley told everyone to be discreet, assume the entire military is their enemy, and be prepared for him to call on them. These all ring so different when we find out King Bradley is Wrath. Yes, the entire military is their enemy. And when he calls on them, it won't be to stop the conspiracy. It will be to make them help with it.