but the beauty of this show not just having realistic villains and multifaceted heros.

but also to not ignore the severe depravity of a world like this. and to show how that shit actively effects the children main characters and how they're allowed to cry but warned that this is only the tip of depravity

ed's actually pain in hearing that nina is dead.

and Hawkeye being the best and putting her foot down and refusing to allow the children to see nina's dead body

and them focusing on the trauma done to the children during the uprising in liore is v good.

i love envy

envy is canon nonbinary.

he/him pronouns, female voice actor.

I know Scar is actually good.

but that doesn't mean that I'm not always on fucking edge during their initial fight when Scar almost kills Ed like 5 times.

Ed legitimately looks like a child when Scar destroys his arm.

the moment of humor for Mustang failing to use his alchemy in rain is very very needed for Ed laying down and agreeing to die.

Armstrong is needed to remove the actual pain of literally watching Ed look like a child and roll over to die.

oh yeah, FMA also tried its best to have a longterm conversation about war crimes, how war leads to racism, and the pain to the refugees that were destroyed in the middle of it all. and how the hate that they have to their oppressors is understandable

Hughes: this is why he wouldn't fucking eat. Why the fuck didn't you tell me Roy?

Roy: whooooooops

"oooh great, and now my arm's come off because my brother's a big, fat idiot!"

and then back to serious about how genocide is traumatic as fuck.

and a moment of Ed's immaturity in how he can't understand the pain of the colonized.

Luckily, he changes right after being on friendly terms with Scar.

but ooooooof

love that in the manga, it is confimred that Shou Tucker is the only person who went to hell.

literally even the homonculi went to heaven

something that's great about this anime starting after the full manga was done are the MOTHERFUCKING ALLUSIONS that they are able to do.

ed is so tiny next to armstrong.

Al with the sheep. :)))))

@magicalmilly

The comedy balance that Arakawa and Studio Bones both manage is. So good. Like. how

@katrani they know that you NEED comedy

people will not stay with something that only makes them cry and feel horrible.

like, we aren't watching this show to feel destroyed inside.

@magicalmilly there are two kinds of people who watch FMA: those who focus on the cool alchemy fights and the conspiracy, and those who find all the subtext present in “there is no devil forcing them to do it.”

@DissonantEevee this show/series is impeccable at getting you to understand that you have to keep morals even with politics.

and covering it up with showy anime fights because that's easier to sell.