even the holy spirit crawls

sierra, 30s. fandom & art & words. mature themes within.

[partingwayssoon]

like its crazy that ed and al are only a year apart theyre basically twins i doubt ed even remembers an existence without al. but theyre so into their Roles as big brother and little brother. al calls him nii-san and big brother and ed feels entirely responsible for him and thinks he should always know better since hes older. theyre freaks about the big/little brother dynamic truly

[worldadjacent]

the fact that al Like That WITHOUT an age gap tho………

[worldadjacent]

imagine how much more insane ed would be if there was an age gap between him and al

[sadomiasochasm]

Honestly there are no normal brothers or sisters or parents or children or anything the family is so fucking weird always and forever.

[germsauce]

TIM ROTH as MR. ORANGE

RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) Dir. Quentin Tarantino

[flowersintheimpala69]

johndean

[raisinchallah]

i feel like im pretentious about repression or whatever like oh they can identify and name their repressed desires thats like the boring level one repression wheres the level of repression where they cant even begin to contemplate their own desires because contemplating them is a slippery slope to actually having desires which is a slippery slope to everything

[worldadjacent]

chipping away at my fic and barely a third into the first act and it's not even really good but we persevere, it's just a rough draft I tell myself

[worldadjacent]

I talked about fma to my friends today, lock me up

[gatabella]

Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966

[egipci-archive]

Is it just me or that gun hand off was really that erotic?

they were frotting here

[weirdoldmanhoho]

it’s really interesting how the end of the Barry the Chopper episode in 03  seems to contradict the core message/theme of Brotherhood

note: this isn’t a critique of either series or even saying one’s stronger/better than the other here, but of all the episodes so far, I think this is the one that most strongly takes a different stance than Brotherhood/the manga and starts sowing the seeds for how differently the brothers of each series (and their relationship with each other and other people) turn out

so Ed’s just been chased by a madman - armless, unable to defend himself with alchemy, with no one in sight to help him. it’s very, very similar to how Ed’s first introduction to Scar plays out in Brotherhood (and I haven’t gotten to Ed’s realization that Scar is a serial killer in 03, so I literally can’t remember if it’s the same scene or not). in both cases, Ed thinks he’s going to die and in both cases, other people show up to help

but this is what Ed says to Al afterwards:

“When I was certain I that he was going to kill me - my mind went blank, and I didn’t have any hope any more. The only thing I could do is scream my lungs out. I felt so helpless. I couldn’t even bring myself to believe someone might save me. And then you showed up Al. And I realized that if we don’t take care of each other, no one else will.”

and at that last line, it cuts deliberately to this shot of the others watching them

while none of these people helped Ed at that moment, they’re probably (excluding Hughes and Pinako) the people who have most notably helped the Elrics and Ed himself so far.

and yet, Ed dismisses them completely - he doesn’t focus on the other people who have been helping them since they lost their bodies, he only focuses on Al. he literally says that if he and Al don’t help each other, nobody is going to help them - which is clearly not the case. (at the very least Winry should be counted in the people who have helped him, considering she’s his best friend since childhood and helped build his automail, if he wasn’t going to include Hawkeye and Roy, which I can understand)

I’m not sure if the show is agreeing with Ed by putting the others at a distance or pointing out that Ed’s wrong and blind to the people around him - but either way the result is the same: Edward believes it is him and his brother against the world, and the only person he has in his corner is Al.

in Brotherhood, where a very similar scene happens with Scar, the conclusion is different. after Scar is gone, the focus is first on the brothers, but very shortly afterwards is this moment:

we end with the brothers surrounded. they’ve had their moment, their relationship with each other is always going to come first and be the strongest, but ultimately, they’re not alone. there are other people that care about them and want to help - and they know that.

but in 03, we end that scene with the others at a distance and the brothers alone

my main point is that the brothers end up with too very conflicting beliefs in both series that will ultimately shape their relationship with each other (leaning towards co-dependency if they believe they can only rely on each other and only form strong relationships with each other), their relationship with others (much more distant and closed off), and who they are as people

and while I don’t remember everything about how 03 ends and I’m not quite sure where we’re headed, it’s clearly not to the same place Brotherhood left us, because the importance of relying on others and forming relationships is basically the main message in Brotherhood and something the brothers have to learn over the course of the series

but here, we’re headed off on a different and much more bleaker course

this has all been to say that it’s interesting how both series end on a much different note and with Ed coming to a different conclusion, but both execute their respective points well

(side note - it’s also important that there’s literally no focus on Winry and Ed’s relationship during this conclusion, despite the fact she just went through the same traumatic experience with Ed. in fact the only focus is on Winry WATCHING Edward, without him seeming to have any realization that she’s there or cares

because the focus isn’t on Ed’s relationship with Winry - the point is that Ed is ONLY focusing on his relationship with Al. and hooooo boy does that start to show some signs of a very unhealthy relationship indeed)

[farawaydoe]

Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 : episode 19

[shantechni]

Yock Island experience in the 09 series: "Oh boy, we sure are hungry, and cold, and wet🥺but man, the cycle of life sure is neat."

Yock Island experience in the manga/03 series: "We haven't seen civilization in days, the masked man is beating us within an inch of our lives, our food is scarce and our wills to survive are dwindling with each passing day🫩we don't even know why we're here anymore, oh yeah the ants—"

Obviously they didn't have the best time in either version, but genuinely, this difference will never cease being one of the funniest things I've ever witnessed in a franchise.

[nonsafegay]

Al can never get enough of feeling his big brother’s warm skin, Ed will never be able to stop indulging him

[insequence]

Since panelist Scout is in charge of the Tumblr account, she can use her power for her own selfish gains (making everyone look at long distance Alphonse panels)

Part 1 of our journey through FMA is out now!

[partingwayssoon]

when ed tells alphonse’s body to wait for him,,,,,, FUCK