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[tempestuously]

So, part of me wants to watch FMA. But part of me also remembers how FMA fandom destroyed any interest I had in that show. I don't like rabid fangirls. I also didn't like how it was considered a GOD AMONG ANIME just because it had more exposure and did better ratings-wise than other anime. I like FMA, it's fun, but I can't get into the ZOMG FMA'S BACK THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE mentality of so many. I may wait a few episodes and then stream.

Winning quote of the day:
"I think rape is when the rapist is the unappealing villain so the victim has no chance of loving him, and non-con is when the rapist is attractive and sympathetic so the victim gets into it and falls for him by the end. That's just my rudimentary understanding, though."
-yaoi fangirl rationalizing warnings for posted yaoi manga

Wow, fangirls, just wow.

Comments

[nayami.livejournal.com]

I never got into the FMA manga; I guess that's why I'm so torn about this version. I'm not sure how I'll feel about the "real" story and the new characters since I actually liked where the anime went originally. I liked Wrath and Lust and I liked the German interlude.

[rainbow-cnxn.livejournal.com]

I like both the manga and anime for different reasons, and I think that the criticisms levied against the first anime are overblown. I didn't particularly think that LOL EUROPE or Ed going off to stop nuclear research were good plot twists, but the characterization was still nice.

And I agree that the anime's Homunculi are largely more interesting than the manga's. Sloth was such a mindfuck.

[nayami.livejournal.com]

Yes, I love Sloth too!

I think my issue was I got into the manga while I was watching the anime, and they just weren't different enough at the time to continue. I didn't get to the part where they really diverge, but I've heard a lot about it from friends and such.

[rainbow-cnxn.livejournal.com]

Sloth's "dying" words would've screwed me up so bad. Oh god. orz

Once it diverges, it really diverges. I have to say that it takes on a different feel. Less introspective, more action-oriented. Less character development, more awesome characters doing awesome things. Personally, that's not a bad thing. It's just...different. Of course, your mileage may vary.

[nayami.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I'm not so sure how that would fly with me since I'm always about characters over plot/action. It's why Bleach lost me so soon.