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elwen ([personal profile] elwen) wrote2010-12-21 12:04 am
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Late to the party again.

I started watching Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood last week and finished with a spectacular marathon over the weekend. Are there really so few FMA Winamp skins? Where are the Roys and the Lings?

Of course Ling drove me nuts at first. But I slowly became a fan after [spoilers]. Excuse me while I go drool over these two fanarts again. (Also spoilerful. As if there are people left to be spoiled anymore.)

Anyway, I went through things too fast to have much to say about it. The thing that still sticks in my head, is that scene with Barry early on...

"What's with that calm reaction? Aren't you supposed to be more like, 'Yaaah!' or 'What's with that body?!'" *Al lifts helmet* "Yaaaah! Wh-what's with that body?"

XD

But there were lots of awesome moments throughout, of course. Often involving Roy. ^///^

I'm glad I took a break from the old series. The stuff that bothered me when I first tried to watch Brotherhood -- like Roy's change in seiyuu -- didn't really distract me this time. I guess I won't go back and finish the old series. Way too gory and drawn out and dark. Though I will regret not being able to savor Okiayu-sama as Scar. I'm not sure if I noticed, when I watched before.

But, really, after things seemed to happen so fast... did we really need a twelve episode climax? It basically got its own OP-ED, for goodness sake. I guess that's what shounen series are like. And FMA:B is shounen to the core. Which I need once in a while, I guess, considering the other stuff I've been watching lately (Angel Beats, Denyuuden, Togainu no Chi).

Anyways. I just go into these sleep-deprived stream-of-consciousness things now, apparently.

Just go enjoy the [spoiler]Ling fanart and recommend me some Winamp skins.

Oh right, I was going to mention. I did start that Geass skin recently. Will finish, dammit. After [livejournal.com profile] solidark worked so hard to help me name it. It's only . . . two years and a few months late. Holy crap I can't believe it's been that long since Geass.

Last incoherent thought: I am teaching myself to sing the first OP, "again" by Yui. It's really, really hard. For all my choir stuff, I have trouble spitting out syllables that fast.

[identity profile] mergle.livejournal.com 2010-12-21 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Once you get past the first 15-20 episodes or so (I forget what the number was), FMA:B was in a lot of ways the better-paced show (egregiously long Final Battle sequence aside) because it didn't have to hang around with filler episodes waiting for the manga to keep pace. I think Brotherhood also had the more satisfactory conclusion in a lot of ways. So if you found the first one too dark for your tastes, it's probably just as well you didn't finish it.

[identity profile] thierrys.livejournal.com 2010-12-24 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
OMFG. I finished that show like a month ago instead of writing my major papers. LOVE. I didn't dislike Ling but I loved the (spoiler) dynamic. I really didn't see the end (as far as how they defeat bad guy) coming, so I was thrilled with it. A five-bajillion episode climax was a bit...draining... but well worth it in the end. I also didn't manage to get through the first series, but I think it's just as well. Although I did get confused after a long hiatus from Brotherhood, thinking "But wasn't it Roy who killed Winry's... oh wait..."

Any idea if there's much in the way of FMA:B fanfic?