similarities between fma and bartimaeus in no particular order
-seriously analyzes the consequences and effects that war, imperialism, governments, and military (both current and historical) have on society and people
-young main character in positions of the government that children really should not be in
-system of “magic” that involves drawing circles and has fairly well-defined rules
-human+not human body-sharing duo that ends because one of the people in it dies to save the other person (and also the world). There is at least one other human+not human body-sharing duo where the human is completely consumed and the first duo fights against them
-the corrupt, imperialistic government is taken apart and remade better at the end
-immortals that want power and will destroy humans to get it are contrasted with immortals that fight for their humans that they have so much love for
-protagonists who take part in their awful government’s harmful ways but come to learn better and try to fix the damage that’s been done
-a character eats another similar being and justifies it because their energies come from the same place anyway
-terrorists who take revenge on the government for mistreating their people come to learn that rebuilding a better system is better than destruction
-someone who died young before the series even started did lots of research in hopes of bettering the world, and even though it was forgotten or ignored for a bit, the information is brought back with the help of the person who mourns them most to help fight the bad guys
-people possess inanimate humanoid objects
-the main antagonists are very obviously evil but you can kind of see how they got there
-spooky shadow eldritch being
-lots of characters who are at odds with each other and have conflicting goals/motivations come together at the end
-a decision that a main character made as a preteen involving their maternal figure changes their life completely, eventually leading them to uncover and stop a government conspiracy
-near the end, a main character travels to another dimension and returns to a body far weaker than the one they had before. this is a huge deal, something that has been built up to since the beginning
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