Apr 1, 2023
It's so weird watching fullmetal alchemist in contrast to naruto. Because both are set in fucked up worlds where everyone has committed war crimes, has had war crimes committed upon them, or is a war crime. But I trust that fma fundamentally understands how fucked up everything is, including the sinister qualities of the institutions that allowed this to happen. Naruto understands its fucked up on a surface level, but also glorifies the institution and never changes.
#like the idea is similar at the root bc atrosities have been committed in both worlds on both sides and someone needs to come in#and say. thats enough. enough of this. further violence isnt helping make anything better#and fma does a better job bc it unites all the warring parties agaisnt one monster villian#but i think naruto is more interesting bc the same thing happens but the betrayals feel much more huge and the pain feels more visceral#bc the familial love is so tortured under the shinobi system and all the pain arrises from that system but it never fucking changes#bc the author still feels the need to glorify the village system despite the clear cursed god tree metaphor#idk its just interesting to me where theyre similar and where they differ#in fma the characters r more insane to me bc the fucking ego and hubris is so crazy#idk in naruto it feels more like everyone is so fucked up they think they have to accomplish their goals or die but in fma thry just seem#like they have a right to do the things they do and it unnerves me more#but hey i mostly passively watched fma over 3 days so maybe i missed some stuff lol#naruto ramblings#fma rambling#unrelated#i do think i understand now how naruto never changes. they think: weve been saved. were in a time of peace. everythings good now#and then they never fucking talk abt how fucked up everything was. they just move forward without catharsis#and thats why everything is still fucking awful. they never truely reflect
