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Full Metal Alchemist Club

Both of the ideas are good, I say!

Also, I drew Chimera Ed... two times! But I haven't uploaded them. I will upload them, somehow. I drew them while driving (My dad was driving, I was sitting in the bck, drawing stuff), so they're worse than they would be, but I'm happy with 'em, nonetheless. I noticed that the first Chimera Ed looks like a Mightyena with Ed's hair and weird eyes after I was finished with it :| The second one, well, I drew him with the markings of Black Hayate, or at least how I remembered them being.

Also also, I'm trying to sprite Chibi Ed... But it's not going so well. Finished with the head, but I'm not happy with the eyes... or nose... or cheeks...

Look in my siggy. Have you tried? xD
 
Wow. I just saw the movie. That is so awesome.

Also, we just did law of conservation of mass in science. The teacher was talking like Ed in the "Something can't be made out of Nothing." way. I was just laughing. The whole lesson. XD
 
Ah, finally.

Heavy Arms Alchemist, at your service.

1. A tie between Anime!Pride, Armstrong, Izumi, Ed and Roy. And Hughes.
2. Anime. I saw it first and reading the manga kind of ruins it for me. Wish I read it first though.
3. Sadly no.
4. Scar and Gluttony. And Former Brigadier-General Basque Grand.
5. Yes. Needs more humor.

Beam Sign me up, Scotty!
 
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Ah, I've just started to get into this series. Is awesome :]

1. Who is your favorite character?
I'm... not sure. I don't really have a favorite yet. I have however, taken a liking to Ed. :]

2. Anime or manga? Why?
Quite personally, the anime. I DO try to finish the manga, but the chapters are too long so it doesn't hold my attention for long.
Plus watching the anime gives me an excuse to stay up past 1:30 AM so :I

3. Seen any good fanart or fics lately? Share please!
Only yours, FMC. ;]

4. Least favorite character?
Scar in the manga. He scares me :[

5. Have you seen The Movie? What did you think?
Ain't seen it. >>

Join plz? :D?
 
Oh, buh? Jeez. So I just finished watching episode 3, because I'm re-watching the anime, and when Ed kicked Al into the water, shouldn't Al's blood seal have washed off?
 
Well, it was probably written on there pretty securely. I'd say it's more of a "stay away from water, it could have dire consequences" thing than "if you touch water you die."
 
Yeah, probably, but still, dried blood washes off pretty easily.

Well, in any case, shouldn't he have sunk, too? A suit that big holds quite a bit of water, and it doesn't seem like it would be very good for swimming.
 
But Al is superman! He can do anything! :)
I think the water is shallow? I can't remember that far though :)
 
Dragonclaw said:
But Al is superman! He can do anything! :)
I think the water is shallow? I can't remember that far though :)
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It was indeed shallow.

Remember further in the anime that Al once again fell into a river and the only reason that the seal wasn't broken was because of the Stone holding his soul and therefore, the blood seal is permanent..
 
On another note, who braids Ed's hair? I would think he does it himself, but it seems like that much braiding would be extremely difficult to do to yourself. I don't know much about braiding, though, so I wouldn't know. Al's hands are to big and clumsy to deal with intricate hair-styling, and anyway, I don't think that's the kind of thing he would know how to do, and aside from that, I doubt Ed would let him.

So who? Winry? Mustang? Hughes? Maybe he can braid hair with alchemy...
 
Ed does it himself - in the manga, there's one scene where he braids it in like...2.5 seconds because his dad said they had similar hairstyles. (Ed had been wearing a ponytail, like Hoho)
 
I wanna join!

1. Who is your favorite character? Alphanos and Winry are tied.
2. Anime or manga? Why? Manga, becuase I've neversen theanime.
3. Seen any good fanart or fics lately? Share please! Sorry, nope.
4. Least favorite character? LING! I hatetha dude.
5. Have you seen The Movie? What did you think?Nope.
 
Warning: The following rant applies to the anime, as I have not read the manga completely yet.

You know, I definitely side with (*sigh* I don't think a name justifies a spoiler, but...) Greed about Al's, ah, situation. Okay, so he can't feel, taste, or smell. So what? Why do you care about this, Al? You're freaking immortal. You're a hundred times stronger than you would ever be if you had a human body.

Yeah, tasting and smelling are nice sometimes, but their potential benefits are steamrolled by the fact that you're practically indestructible. Oh, yeah, and you'll live forever. You (Well, Ed, actually) have achieved what human beings have sought after since the birth of Alchemy. You have accomplished what Dante and Hohenheim have been working at their entire lives. You are a god, essentially. Immortality, unbelievable strength, freedom from the 'ails of the flesh'. Oh, that reminds me. You'll never get sick. Nor feel pain. You have been given the chance of a lifetime-no a thousand lifetimes. Life has given you lemons, don't complain and ask for apples. Don't spit in the face of God. What the hell is your problem? Why do you want to be human, when you have been given a flawless body?

I don't know how to better get my point across, so I'll leave it at that.

But, really, Al. I mean, wow...

EDIT: Yes, yes. I understand Al's reasons for wanting a true body. Blahblahblahcan'trememberyoursmellblahblahblahcan'teatblahblahblahdoesn'tfeelhumanblahblahblah. Get over it. You should be grateful.

Oh, yes, also, Ed, same goes for you. Okay, maybe getting the leg back, but really. Your right arm will never hurt, or break irreversibly. You've won many battles with your arm. You can transmute your arm. Your arm is a semi-perfect, thought out machine. It is better than a real arm. Embrace it.

Come to think of it, how does a country with century old technology manage to develop better prosthetics than modern day ones?

EDIT, AGAIN: Whew, big rant.

EDIT, AGAIN, AGAIN: Forgot to say this, but, screw the popular opinion, I think Al looks better when he's younger with short hair than in the movie, with longer hair.

EDIT, AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN: This applies to the Homunculi, too. Why don't you embrace your essential immortality?
 
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It makes a lot more sense in the manga for him to not want his current body.
He's a living time bomb -- he could die at any moment
 
Ok, well, until I finish reading the manga, all my posts and arguments will both: a.) come off as naive, and b.) refer to the anime.

I would like to see the main reasons in the manga, though, as I am at a loss as to why he wants to be human. And I will pick up the manga again as soon as I get a chance.
 
What's strange to me is how they never considered how in the manga, Barry's souless body touched the piece of metal where his blood seal is, they both get destroyed or something on those lines. Maybe I just missed something. That would mean another point to why Al should stay immortal.
 
Should have joined a looooong time ago.

1. Who is your favorite character?
Uhhh... all the good guys. And some of the bad ones, too.
2. Anime or manga?
Manga. Because THE ENDING GAH
3. Seen any good fanart or fics lately? Share please!
Uhhhhh.... Not really. Haven't read fanfiction in a while. Quite a while.
4. Least favorite character?
Can't decide. Probably Kimbly who is evil and scary but mostly scary.
5. Have you seen The Movie? What did you think?
Yes. And... GAH WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THAT AKLFLDSKJK


Ahem. The problem with Al's armor body is that in the manga, it says that it's a time bomb. And you can't feel and stuff with it. I mean, what's the point of living (they don't have much entertainment back then, mind you) if you can't eat or sleep and stuff?

About Barry the chopper... I thought they tried to put another soul into his old body, but his body rejected it, and the only reason his body was living was because his soul was still there or something. I might be wrong though...
 
Crazy Linoone said:
Ahem. The problem with Al's armor body is that in the manga, it says that it's a time bomb. And you can't feel and stuff with it. I mean, what's the point of living (they don't have much entertainment back then, mind you) if you can't eat or sleep and stuff?

About Barry the chopper... I thought they tried to put another soul into his old body, but his body rejected it, and the only reason his body was living was because his soul was still there or something. I might be wrong though...
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You live so you can eat and sleep to survive. Therefor, you are living so you can live.

Don't forget that the God thing is using Al's body (If my memory serves me right), so it's still the same thing.
 
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