Hello. I’m Zetalial, (here’s a link to my tumblr) and this page is to allow for ease of Navigation through my blog. Most of these posts are analysis posts discussing some aspect of the Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 anime. (And they’re all secretly about Edward Elric).
Here are all the posts currently.
FMAB rewatch series – several posts where I post my thoughts on each episode after I watch them.
FMA 2003 Official Art Collection – all the official art I currently have saved.
FMA Brotherhood Official Art Collection – Brotherhood official art I have saved
FMA Meta essays – just links to interesting meta I’ve read – none of which are mine.
FMA Survey – a fan survey I did in January 2019 – these are the results.
Theme analyses
Character analyses
- Alphonse – sometimes an idealistic idiot
- Roy Mustang – a military man
- Another piece on Roy and his role in 03
- Regarding Riza
- On Lust’s kills
- Ed’s Character development in 03
- Ed’s growing sense of responsibility
- Al is Ed’s morality chain
- On 03!Wrath
- On Envy
- Wrath’s fondness for mimicking
- Ed’s relationship with Sloth
- Greed’s Death
- Headcanon on Scar’s attack on the Elrics
- 03 Hohenheim, some thoughts
- Maria Ross
- Kimblee and Archer’s dynamic
Critiques – It’s mostly aimed at Brotherhood, because I’m less fond of it and therefore I tend to be more critical. Don’t overread into this though about each series’ relative qualities, I’m just hopelessly biased.
- Critique of Brotherhood’s ending
- Critique of 03’s ending
- BH Hohenheim
- Brotherhood Winry revolving around Ed
- Chimeras feel underused
- FMAB and plot contrivances
- Ling and Lan Fan’s escape doesn’t make sense
- I can’t stand Ling!
Specific episodes/arc analyses (All FMA 2003)
- Episode 19 – Ed feeling Lost
- Episode 17 -House of the Waiting family analysis
- Ed’s struggle in the 5th Lab
- Al’s struggle in the 5th Lab
- Episode 23 – Fullmetal heart analysis
- Episode 28 – One is All, All is one analysis
- Envy’s final scene in episode 51
- Episode 14 – Ed’s meeting with Marcoh
- Episode 7 -little analysis of Scar and Nina scene
- Episode 8 – Ed’s emotional state
- Episode 35 – Lust
- Episode 31 – Sin (Envy and Wrath’s first meeting)
Series comparisons – directly comparing 03 and BH stuff. Again, I’m frightfully biased toward 03 and I mostly avoid direct comparisons – two of these were done by request.
- Comparing 03 and BH Riza
- Comparing 03 and BH Alphonse
- 03 Envy = BH Father
- Why I prefer 03 to Brotherhood
- Some thoughts on Revenge/fighting oppression in each series (incomplete)
Other posts – variety of things including specific elements and fandom stuff
- Price of Sloth’s defeat
- Brotherhood – some complaints on ending/hohenheim mixed with a bit of analysis
- Ed and Wrath and homunculi’s deaths
- My top 10 favourite episode in 03
- Quick post about the Gate in FMA 03
- Fma 03 Timeline
- FMA 2003 Plot summary
- Bluebird’s illusion (fangame)
- Some of my personal Fma Fanfic recs
- FMA fanfiction recs based on a survey
- Ed’s handwriting
- Defining Canon
- Summarising the 03 ending
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