i don't have the essay prepared but there's gotta be one in the wings about how much of fma:b's philosophy is that lotr-style "yes it's hopeless, but do it anyway"
like marcoh standing up to the homunculi to save his town even though it risks everyone else in amestris: yes, it's hopeless. no, you can't save them. try anyway.
ed and al's fight to restore their bodies without further sacrifice: yes, it's impossible. try anyway.
up to the very end, when al joins the chimera on their hunt to restore their bodies: yes, this is impossible. we're gonna try anyway.
it reminds me of the lotr concept of the irrational hope, the hopeless hope, the hope that is simply the absence of despair. the hope that drove theoden onto pelennor fields: no, we cannot defeat this evil. but we will meet it in battle nonetheless.
because you have to fight. even if you're doomed to lose. you have to try. you have to fight. you have to try.
and through that hopeless hope, that acknowledgement of "yes, it's hopeless, yes, i'm gonna try anyway" they manage the impossible. and that makes them mighty.
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hihi doodled the fav today bc im blonde now! not perfect but still <3
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My favorite part of Mustang and Hughes' friendship (at least in the manga idk about either of the animes) is how little we actually get to see if it. Like Hughes is barely in the story! He takes a bit to show up and then dies early on! And sure you got the idea that the two of them were close, but Hughes was friendly to everyone and Mustang would act predictably prickly whenever they'd talk, so you never really got the sense for how close.
And then Hughes dies and Roy goes ballistic and it's like oh. They were besties
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Guess who started playing the new FMA Mobile game
and barely has an idea of what the characters are saying BUT
How come no one so far pointed out that hilarious little exchange between the Elrics at Tucker's house?
Alexander tackles Ed and Ed screams then Al is like
"Ah, Nii-san :3"
Then Ed frickin mocks him by imitating Al's voice and then screams again like
"ah nii-san :3
JANEEEYO"
I love how unhinged these characters are
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ling yao is the epitome of "i just let my mouth move and say words without thinking about it because i really don't have to focus that hard to be the smartest and most annoying person in the room" and i love that about him
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Peter B. Parker from Marvel Comics Spider-Man/the Spider-Verse Trilogy vs Lt. Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist. Vote for your fav!!
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the combo of ling's "it's my duty to protect and take care of the people I consider my own" + greed's "everything is mine, including people" to create the extremely potent philosophy "everything is mine, including people, so it's my duty to protect as many people as possible"
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