2012-05-14, 19:30 | Link #2082 |
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It's not that Hohenheim wasn't physically able to do it, it's that he didn't feel it was right for him to do it, for her lost organs symbolized a deed which she shouldn't forget.
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That is not how Lenin was: https://youtu.be/MjwL1mSrPLA Quote:
First off, the “Truth” isn’t actually God, the author even confirmed it by saying that “everyone has their own Truth” the truth is just a reflection of someone, a shadow archetype, so it’s okay to call the Truth an asshole, though that really only applies to Ed’s truth, who represents his own self-hatred, Ed was really just “punishing” himself, the other truths we see are Al’s truth, Father’s truth, and Roy’s truth, it’s a representation of the main message of “don’t equate science aka Alchemy with god” since the truth is a personification of one’s own alchemy, which is why both Ed and Father’s truths claim themselves to be “god” because they both think alchemy is God. Secondly Alchemy doesn’t represent technology, it represents modern day science and materialism. Quote:
Getting back to the politics there are certainly some unfortunate implications when the Briggs arc starts and we are introduced to the biggest bitch in the story, Olivier Armstrong, who seems to push a pro-nationalist and pro-military agenda, not to mention all her social Darwinism and the fact that she gets away with ordering the deaths of many innocent central soldiers that knew nothing of the truth. All FMA is saying is that Scientism (the worship of Science) and materialism are bad and it spends 108 chapters hammering it into your skull. So alchemy is bullshit. Who'da thunk. Look at Ed's journey across the series. At the start, he acts all edgy atheist and recites what makes up a human body, as if that's all that matters in making a human. To him, it should be. Alchemy, the First Law of Equivalent Exchange. EVERYTHING is quantifiable with alchemy, everything has a price with alchemy. When Ed trades his gate, he's figured out this truth, or the "Truth within the Truth". What gives him value isn't his ability to do alchemy, but those around him that he loves. He doesn't have to define his life by his alchemy, that was HIS valuation. When Ed exchanges his Gate for Alphonse he gives up something that means nothing to his value as a person, and gains everything. He's always been just a person, his value does not decrease, but he gains everything. He gave away 0% of his value, and got 100% in return. He BREAKS the First Law. That's how he beat Truth. There are things alchemy cannot quantify, that break the system. They always broke it. These things are priceless, infinite. By choosing them you gain everything and lose nothing. Quote:
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Also that scene was an asspull that sets off unfortunate implications, basically saying being a over the top sadist pays off in a positive way, also if being crazy is what prevents you from being completely consumed by the stone, why aren’t there other crazy Xerxes souls that are insane and trying to take over the other Homunculi? This scene just makes Kimblee look like a villain Sue who got off too easy. That is wrong, he hated it because he looks smug, which I also hate, Arakawa let Wrath off too easy, he should have went out crying like a bitch like Envy and Pride did, it wasn’t cathartic. Last edited by Jmariofan7; 2021-10-05 at 01:58. |
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Brotherhood isn't about suffering and catharsis, it's about pseudometaphysical bologna that attempts to appeal to the same crowd that thinks NGE is deep and insightful. Quote:
Except that he easily could have liquified the ground beneath him to escape into the catacombs. He was also stupid for wasting a ton of his energy for releasing those souls just to eff with Hohenheim and even more energy firing off that massive energy beam. Heck his biggest stupidity was never keeping tabs on Hohenheim from the start, the BIGGEST threat to his plans. Quote:
Actually the biggest thing I would like to say is that Arakawa’s ORIGINAL pitch for FMA was that Roy was the MC and the main antagonist would be Bradley, which at the very least Arakawa should have stuck with Bradley being the main antagonist instead of the generic cartoon blob monster that was Homunculus "some magical creature created with blood that gets knowledge out of his ass and wants to become a god". We didn’t need all that bs. Last edited by Jmariofan7; 2021-10-05 at 04:18. |
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Second Greed not committed into that because going full armor is equivalent of blocking Ling Yao's physical prowess, one of reason why he's proud having him as host. Ling gang only know that they would get better result attacking from blind spot. Its Briggs who truly notice you need to completely block his view to properly counter Wrath. Quote:
Hohenheim himself never truly committed on stopping the black creature until he have family and genuinely wished for them to have better future; not to mention he also started from the most distant point thanks to his knowledge so Father only aware of his involvement when its late.
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