I don’t think Winry gets enough credit as a genius. Like, automail would need her to understand engineering, robotics, anatomy, and particularly how nervous systems work, and she’s technically a surgeon. She was already a regular helper at Pinako’s shop when she was 11. At 15, she walked into a town full of top automail experts and impressed all but one of them with a rush-order arm she’d made. Then, she took over one person’s shop so thoroughly, her customers won’t even let someone else make the outer casings. On top of that, she read medical books as a child and not only understood them, but retained enough of it to successfully deliver a baby years later even though that had nothing to do with her preferred field. And she didn’t have any help from the Truth.
Winry might not be an alchemist, but she’s a medical and engineering genius and somebody needs to tell her that right now.
Before Steven was born Amethyst used to say ‘fuck’ all the time & so when he was a baby Greg had to sit her down and explain that she has to stop swearing around Steven because he’s young & impressionable
So Amethyst is like “but that’s my favourite word, when will be stop being young & impressionable so I can say it again??”
And Greg is like “uhh I don’t know, 15 I guess? 15 is probably old enough”
“Got it”
flash forward to Steven’s fifteenth birthday and he is woken at dawn by Amethyst yelling “wake the FUCK up Steven it’s FUCKING TIME”
& he spends the entire day losing his mind
Steven: w-what’s happening
Garnet: *deadpan* Amethyst just got her favourite word back
Amethyst: *running around the house* FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
Greg: what’s going on
Amethyst: you said once Steven was 15 I could say fuck again
Greg, who only hazily recalls the conversation in question: ……i DID?
Amethyst: *runs outside* FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK *distant sounds of spooked birds*
Pearl: Steven the *whispering* F-word is a bad word that Amethyst USED to say before-
Steven: I know what fuck means Pearl
Amethyst: *stopping dead in her tracks* WHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATT??
Pearl: who taught you that word mister!!
Steven: um… Lars and Sadie… *mumbling* five years ago…
Amethyst: I’ve been denying myself my favourite word for FIVE YEARS for NOTHING??
Greg: uh even if he knows what it means it’s still not really appropriate for you t-
“I-I’ve got a lot to say to you, but… That’ll have to come later…! Because it’s like All Might said… giving help that’s not asked for… is what makes a true hero!”
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| Midoriya Izuku | o((*^▽^*))o ↳ birthday and christmas gift for my sweet Go-chan!!
i know this has probably been said a billion times but honestly?? i really prefer the beginning of fullmetal alchemist in the 2003 version because it takes its time to actually explain a lot of major things in the plot.
don’t get me wrong; brotherhood does a great job at mirroring the manga’s overall plot–and especially the ending– but it just throws you in and you either stumble to understand or just get completely confused at first. with the way that fmab introduces alchemy, you don’t really get to understand what ed’s automail really is. a lion chimera biting into that shit really helps you understand how strong it is more than some weird ice alchemy(especially when it isn’t explained how strong it is).
i remember when i first started watching i honestly got upset at how fast paced it was and that it barely gave time for the viewer to understand alchemy and the elric brothers. granted a lot of the people who’ve watched brotherhood have seen 2003 prior to it, but with all the circumstances i’ve seen of people saying to new fans to “watch fmab first and only fmab,” it really puts me down that those people won’t be able to understand the feeling of watching an old, iconic, and classic anime that 2003 is!!
edward cries! you get to realize that ed is still a child and he’s 12-15 years old for christ’s sake!!!!! ed and al depend on each other so much, you get to see how close they are and that they’re all they have!!! there’s so much more comedic relief(see: episode 13: fullmetal vs flame), yet it reminds you that these boys commited alchemy’s greatest taboo and have to pay the price for their mistake.
tldr; 2003 is worth your time, trust me.
The 2003 anime have 2 chapters based on extra chapters from the manga: “Fullmetal vs Flame” and “The Flame Alchemist, The Bachelor Lieutenant, and the Mystery of Warehouse 13“
Fullmetal vs Flame even tell you how Riza got Black Hayate.
So yep, watch the 2 versions, both are good
yes!!!!! i love how they took the extras and actually inserted them into the overall plot without them seeming like filler episodes!!!!!!!
2003 did such a great job at giving shallow characters deeper backstories (like sheska, rosé, lust, shou and nina tucker, hughes to an extent, etc) by using those extra episodes and i give all my kudos to them for it!!
THIS IS SO LEGIT. I absolutely adore FMA:B, don’t get me wrong, but FMA03 was a gem in a completely different way. I could probably write a dissertation about why FMA03 is important (especially for Team Mustang and NINA!!!!!) but instead, I will leave you with this: my husband and I kind of compiled a list of “how to watch FMA03 and FMAB and get the full-ish story.” Now granted, it’s not perfect – you get some shots of Archer, and you kind of meet Hughes twice, and two different babies are born that the brothers see/help with, but overall, it works rather well. I didn’t do the whole we’re-going-to-tell-Rosé-this-story-in-a-flashback thing, so the beginning is actually chronological, starting with the boys and Trisha in Risembool.
Here’s the list if you’re interested:
FMA:03 – episodes 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09
FMAB – [OPTIONAL: episode 01 – husband says it fits, I disagree, you can decide] episode 03
Watching it this way helps with character development (especially in character episodes that revolve around Roy Mustang and Nina), slows down the pacing of everything (interludes with Psiren and the Tringhams help with Ed and Al’s character development, too), plus you get to see some stuff that was only alluded to in Brotherhold (the Youswell story and the story of Barry the Chopper). Like I said, it is in no way, shape, or form completely perfect, but it does help give a more complete and better-paced story than just only choosing to watch one of them.
Blue Lily, Lily Blue Quote from The Raven Cycle Series by @maggie-stiefvater
There was something unfamiliar about him when he arrived in the Pig. Something ferocious about his eyes, some sort of bite in his smile. Something altogether hectic and unsettled. She stood on the ledge of his smile and looked over the edge.This wasn’t the Gansey she’d seen in the kitchen earlier; this was the Gansey she secretly called at night.
bullshit central 