FMA thoughts

[brigdh]

Oh. That was good. I feel like I need to watch it again right away to catch everything.

I liked the explanation of where the energy for alchemy comes from; I'd invented my own speculation as for where the energy was coming from, given equivalent trade, earlier, but having it be people's life force makes much more sense. And is much creepier.

So much of the plot managed to really surprise me. I was spoiled for one big event (I knew Ed would sacrifice himself to bring Al back, but I didn't know how, or when, or in what circumstances), but I guessed nothing else ahead of time. I was so shocked by Hughes's death, in particular, that I was convinced for the next three episodes that it was going to turn out to be fake- he'd be in a hospital, or undercover, or something.

There's so much in this series that I like. I do need to watch it again.


And since I've been sufficiently warned off the fandom by nearly everyone, give me some recs so I don't have to search for them myself. I like Mustang, but feel free to throw anything out.