#but claiming that al is well adjusted bc he doesn’t externalize his issues in the same way ed does is ridiculous

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tfw you’re a couple chapters into an fma found family fic and it’s becoming increasingly clear that the author sees Al as an accessory for Ed and not as an actual character

#this is way too common #‘ed is just a poor traumatized little kid unlike al who is very well adjusted and basically an adult’ #my brother in christ an entire aspect of their characters is that ed hates being seen as a child and al hates being seen as an adult #definitely not saying that ed isn’t a traumatized kid that boy has problems #but claiming that al is well adjusted bc he doesn’t externalize his issues in the same way ed does is ridiculous #especially since the armor straight up prevents him from externalizing his issues in certain ways #just admit that you don’t care about al as his own character and don’t want to write about him and move on #I also suspect that some people have difficulties imagining a character that big being vulnerable which is hilarious #given the entire concept of al’s character #anna talking about stuff #fandom meta #fanfic meta #fma #fma fanfiction #edward elric #alphonse elric