#and ling being like that is going to be your downfall. bitch.

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anyway. back to my regularly scheduled idiot posting. I got left alone with my thoughts too long earlier and started thinking about greed and how he's positioned between the other homunculi and humans. none of the other homunculi show off their ouroboros tattoos as much as he does. they don't particularly hide their tattoos (except when in disguise/not counting wrath) but greed LOVES showing off his tattoo, it's the first thing he does when introducing himself constantly. he's also the first one to proudly declare he's a homunculus, despite having distanced himself from the rest of the homunculi

at the same time, he immediately draws an association between himself and human beings. he describes himself as an artificially made human, which is the literal definition of what a homunculus is, and his willingness to explain how he's not that far from humans (his body structurally being the same as a human, describing himself as sturdier than most but not truly immortal) is what allows ed to figure out his weakness. meanwhile the other homunculi would literally rather die than position themselves as at all similar to humans. this is consistent with the fact that all the other homunculi, at best, look down on humanity, and at worst, feel intense contempt for humans, meanwhile greed seems to be amused by humans, if not outright fond of them

idk i just think it's interesting that the rest of the homunculi completely divorce themselves from humanity and position themselves as superior, but greed is the one to actually embrace the definition of homunculus as an artificial human

#fma #WHY IS GREED THE ONLY ONE I CAN WRITE ESSAYS ABOUT. #WHY CAN'T I PUT THIS ENERGY TOWARDS OTHER CHARACTERS. #dammit. #the homunculi are so interesting to me I am rotating them in my mind 24/7 #there's a whole other thing to break down in relation to this post #which is the human-homunculi #and wrath and greedling as foils #both of them physically human first before getting infused with a philosopher's stone #but they have SUCH drastically different takes on humanity #wrath and the other homunculi constantly treating humans with contempt and underestimating them #and ling being like that is going to be your downfall. bitch. #all the souls in wrath battling for dominance when he was created #versus greed and ling just like. coexisting. #sure they might fight for control of the body at first but neither of them try to destroy each other like wrath's situation #it's so wild to me when the other homunculi are like wow greed it's so pathetic that you'd share control of your body with a human #as if that doesn't give him a huge fighting advantage. lmao. #this post has gotten too long I was going to do OTHER THINGS but instead i just thought really hard about greed and word vomited. hi.

[touchmycoat]

favorite moment of tgcf so far???????????? lol enjoying this read along

HEHEHEHEHEH THANK YOU I’M JUST MONOLOGUING BLINDLY AND I’M GLAD YOU CAN PARSE THE VOID

ffffff okay it’s so hard, lemme just see which events come to mind if i try to recall what i’ve read so far:

jesus christ the bride & groom hua hua intro? slick boots, gentle hands, 血雨探花 bitch ass sexy motherfucker, just moving through this world loving his gege? I was really. Holy fucking christ. Hooooooly jesus. the layers of unknowing on the characters’ part and on the reader’s part, yet the absolutely undeniable eroticism of Xie Lian experiencing that? f u c k  m e e e e e e 

Xie Lian’s intro tbh; he’s got the easy-going frankness of someone who really isn’t afraid of further humiliation (’cause he’s been through the Worst of it all ahahahahah) and that felt so fresh!! I love the moments in the narration that point out how everyone around him is or would be appalled/horrified/ashamed, but he’s just like “...aight. ^^”

Testing San Lang’s humanness, and the tropey and delightful build to the curtain over the front door. I’m also nutting for how San Lang just goes and carves a whole ass door for him. Like he learned carpentry. For his gege. Out of gay, gay love. He’s an honorary wlw.

Xie Lian confessing to not know shit ‘cause he’s been out of the loop for so many centuries lolololol

aND THEN LING WEN/THE EXPOSITION GOING LIKE, “lol you think i’m gonna lay out the plot of books 3 & 4 here? think again fucker, we’ll handwave and skip over the other 3 Great Beautiful Scenes or whatever and leave the other 3 Calamities for later.”

.....that was really a hilarious & cheeky writer thing to do, mxtx.

the two sexy 女冠, one in white and one in black, walking side-by-side with such power. that intro really made an impact on me for obvious songxiao reasons. as has been repeatedly established, i’m highkey terrified of book 3!!!!

Hua Cheng keeping hold of Xie Lian in bridal carry, and just answers very seriously, “it’s dirty,” after being asked why. and that it’s true--he’s just standing in this cesspool of Murder he’s literally just committed. iconic. iconic.

i really just have a thing for service tops ask anyone

FENG XIN BEING WORSHIPPED AS LORD BIGGUS DICKUS AND HOW THE NARRATION KEEPS BRINGING IT UP

Sqx being friends!!!! with Xie Lian!!!!!!

Hua Cheng “kidnapping” Xie Lian; all the sexy butterflies; mq & fx fucking losing their shit and brawling

...Hua Cheng beating the crap out of Qi Rong njnfjdnfjdnfnd

Xie Lian unconsciously relying on Hua Cheng and then being embarrassed about it—every single occurrence

BABY HUA HUA SHOWING UP AT ALL THOSE LITTLE MOMENTS IN BOOK 2 WHEN XIE LIAN’S SPIRALING INTO DOWNFALL

I REALLY GODDAMN CRIED WHEN HE YELLS FOR XL TO NOT GIVE UP, THAT HE’S GONNA KEEP WORSHIPPING HIM THAT HE’S NEVER GOING TO LOSE FAITH IN XL

I REALLY GODDAMN CRY FOR BABY HUAHUA IN GENERAL WHAT THE HELL HAS THE WORLD DONE TO HIM. WHO HURT HIM. WHY. IN HIS “I DON’T HAVE A REASON TO LIVE” SCENE I REALLY WAS JUST BITING MY ARM AND UGLY CRYING. I HURT!! HE HURT ME!! THAT REALLY HURT!!!!!!

...and then the fucking play and the fucking lanterns. we get it hua cheng your money has money, and it’s all for your fucking bae he’s so embarrassing get it together man.

.........so that’s my favorite moment of tgcf so far!!!!!!! It hurts!!! but I’m cackling!!!!!

#tgcf read along #THANKS FOR THE ASK #i'm going nuts #tgcf #spoilers???? #i'm enthralled with great humor until i'm not #y'know what i mean? #anon #asks