~~~~~~~~>FULL METAL ALCHEMIST: for the love of the MANGA.

[olive17]

Rebe! *hugs back*

It is so much fun! I don't know why I didn't think of it before. :B

I think my favorite part was Ed having Yami's voice. Or Yoki having Pegasus' voice.
But we couldn't figure out what a good voice would be for Riza. :C

Btw, the on a completely different subject, I'm taking a really cool class right now that's basically about intellectual property, internet fandom, remixes, and other issues related to appropriation. Which basically means I get to write about fanfiction and shipping. 8D
I'm sort of hoping to write about manga and anime in at least one of the blog posts that I'm doing for that class. Because that would be awesome. :3

[rebe-chan]

For riza's voice you should totally be bakura,
(or tea)...or better..grandpa. cool

[olive17]

Why didn't we think of that? O:

Btw, today we did the same thing with the first few chapters of Detective Conan - except not Yugioh Abridged voices, just our own funny voices. WOOPS THAT'S OFF TOPIC DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE MODERATORS AGAIN

WE ALSO WATCHED THE FIRST EP OF FMA BROTHERHOOD. My friend hadn't seen it. And the whole time I was just getting nostalgic for this thread and the Isaac hate club and all that. xD

[rebe-chan]

I wanna re-watch brotherhood, you know...
I never saw the whole english dub :/
(it came on to late ;n; )

[Neemerneem]

Hi!


I just finished the final manga last night (grabbed it thanks to a well timed ice cream craving by my friend). I was surprised-I heard a lot of fans complain that the ending was too quick and easily resolved, but I felt that it was done really well. Most of my favorite characters made it to the ending, and I felt that Ed's sacrifice was really well done-the theme was strange, but completely in character for the series. Also, this one made me have a lot of emotions-I started crying at one part, which I have never done at a comic before, but then again, this is pretty much the end of an era for me. This started in third grade, when my friend turned to me at a sleepover and said, "Hey, you wanna watch something cool?", and it all ended tonight. -rantrantrant-

Also noticed that my opinions changed a lot. At the start, I was all too eager to write off Roy as a cocky hothead (also was a furious Elric fangirl who didn't believe in things like rationality and reason), but I got older and saw that he was already a developed character, if not the man behind the machine. Same goes for Hohenheim-in fact, he turned out to be one of my favorite characters. Poor hurting old man. I mean, completely doddering at times and the ability to throw an emotional punch or two, but that's what makes him cool.

Spoilers: Also, I felt super happy at Pride's resolution. He could have been offed, but he? Selim? both of them? were given a chance at a normal childhood. I'm just happy that it worked out without more kids dying. But I'm still not happy about Havoc's resolution-I mean, he just starts walking again? Sure, it's not depicted as a cakewalk, but he's using muscles that he hasn't used in roughly two years. And I only saw two philosopher's stones-one for Xing, and one for Roy's eyes. How did Havoc even get to walking in the first place? I know, right? I choose exactly this moment to start asking questions about Fullmetal Alchemist.

And there should have been more of Mustang's men. I mean, seriously. They could have carried the entire series on their shoulders. I would pay to read a series about Falman, Furey, Breda, and Havoc. I mean, seriously. We could watch them play chess, shoot one liners, and fight people.

So what did I miss?

[olive17]

Holy s**t it's Neem! O:

Well, first of all you've missed rather a lot. A mod told us that we had to be on topic or risk the Chatterboxification of the thread. So we also have a guild at this point to talk in, but it's also kinda dead right now which is why I ended up posting back here a couple times recently.

Reading your reactions and thoughts about the end just makes me want to read through the entire series again. But I know the entire time I'm just going to be going "OMG NOSTALGIA" especially when I get to the later chapters, because I'll be able to remember people's reactions from this thread to what was going on. Like fetus!Envy. I think that was roughly around the time that I started hanging out here, which is why I remember it. =P

...I would totally read a series about Mustang's men playing chess with each other and generally slacking off until it came time to be badass. But I would want Riza to show up, too, because it is my humble opinion that she is the most badass of them all. And Roy would have to be in it too, but I imagine that half his appearances would be cameos because he would be on his way to a date.


@Rebe: I actually never watched all of Brotherhood. I forget where I left off though... maybe I should just start from the beginning again. Or from episode 2, since I rewatched episode 1 yesterday.

BTW, do you mind if I post a link to the guild in here so that people can find it? Mostly asking because it's technically your guild.

[rebe-chan]

olive- no, i don't mind, i really forget the guild exists sometimes ._.

[Neemerneem]

Ooh, a guild sounds smart. Maybe you guys could hold streams or have giveaways.

I'm definitely rereading the series again. There was so much that I missed-a lot of jokes that were made in the first few books came up with stingers in the last few, and there's always something happening in the background (I prided myself on finding Paninya stealing Edward's watch in a crowd scene). Besides, I'm missing three volumes and I want to finish my collection. And they may come out with the new light novels. And volume Zero.

I found this forum around the 'Izumi's training flashback' arc, which is also the same time that I picked up the series again. Exciting things were happening back then.

It could cover what happened before the four were summoned to be Roy's backup and when Wrath separated them. I never was satisfied with the 'stuff happened' explanation-it's a little hard to believe that the men who sheltered Barry the Chopper took up quiet military lives. Bonus if Riza bothers them about overfeeding Hayate. And shoots at them. And it would be a riot watching Roy snap up Havoc's girlfriends. smile

[Zentaro_Neige]

I want another Full-metal Alchemist series!! Why does it have to end?!?!?
crying
And I want to know what happened to all of the characters, especially Alphonse

[olive17]

@Rebe: Cool. Then I'll stick the link here:
Off-topic Awesome Hangout Guild

The guild is pretty much the only thing that I go on Gaia for at this point, now that the thread is dead. I log on to Gaia, check the guild, (usually) see that no one's posted since the last time I checked, and log off again.


@Neem: We hadn't thought about that. And the real point of the guild is just a place to hang out since we can't hang out here anymore (unless we come up with something FMA-related to talk about, which we are bad at)

Wait, you found Paninya stealing the watch! O:
I had no idea that even happened on-panel! Now I have to go look for this.

What was happening around then? It's so hard to remember where the flashbacks fall.

Shooting at them doesn't seem very safe. :C
Pff, Roy totally would steal all of Havoc's girlfriends.


@Zentaro: We already got one manga series and two anime series. So as much as I'd like to demand more, we've gotten plenty. =P

Well, we do know that Alphonse regained his cuteness and put on a suit and everything was good. :U

[LeeLee37]

I really felt out of the conversation when you guys started talking about Yugioh abridged.
So I spent the week watching the ENTIRE SERIES. That was probably the best waste of my time in a long while.


Aaand I have no idea what's happening on this new thread page. >>_< FMA is no longer fresh in my mind because of the 26 new series I've picked up since it ended, sorry. I wish I can engage in convo if I knew what was going on.

I do know this: The FMA movie Sacred Star of Milos was posted online in raw last Wednesday....

I think I've wasted space again. You know what they say, if you have nothing important to say, better not say nothing at all. ^-^;;