Who'd you think was horribly OOC?
Mainly Mustang. He was shown to have accepted what had happened at the end of the anime, but to add stakes to it they sorta "retconned" that fact and just explained it away by saying he was faking it.
Well, this is a story about sacrifice: can't expect a shiny bow ending, can we? Still, Hughes does get his happy ending.
Well.. yeah, we can. The show was about sacrifice, but there are so many ways they could've destroyed the gate and got back without having to be stuck on Earth forever. Could've gone through, rigged it to destroy, and gone back before it did. That's mainly why I hated the ending, there was no logical reason for them to STAY there, except for the writers wanting their "bittersweet" ending.
Personally, I liked the ending. The Brothers Elric's adventures in our world has so much potential: movies, baseball, aviation, etc. Rather exciting.
I still think Alchemy is way cooler than all of the above.
As for the dark clouds ahead...Well, it's not like the FMA World was some wonderland. Heck, one could argue things were just as bad (or worse) BACK there. Besides, Ed and Al aren't babes in the woods; they are battle-hardened survivors; they can weather whatever happens to them. Plus, they are together again.
Atomic bombs = Even the strongest Alchemist dead, either from the initial blast or radiation poisoning.
Well, this series was never FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: A LOVE STORY to me, so the lack of romantic couplings never really bothered me (unlike some people...) Although one feels bad for Winry losing her two friends, the ending does imply she accepted what happened (Plus, she's not alone)
It didn't bother me either, and if you'll note that's not really why I was bothered by Winry getting left behind. I quote
She was arguably their adopted sister (which feels weird saying that because of the love interest part), and apart from her Grandmother (who will also likely die in the near future), they were the ONLY family she had left.
She was FAMILY. It was repeatedly emphasised when they went back to Risembool and Winry got all angsty that they didn't tell her anything, that she was "home" to them. And I gotta say, for a show that emphasised familial bonds so much, boy did Winry get the short end of the stick.
And you can accept something, but it doesn't mean it'll ever fully heal. Winry will always have an Ed and Al shaped hole in her heart, even if she has accepted it and found happiness.
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angmc43
11 years ago
Well, remember Roy has had a habit of 'faking it'- faking indifference over Hughes' death, faking failure over locating the Elric Brothers (until he showed the cracks when he mentioned Juliet Douglas'- hinting to Bradley's- role in Hughes' murder). Of course, one could also say Roy made an attempt to get over it, but failed. It happens, especially since his past is particularly hard to get over. Roy's revenge on Bradley was a huge impact on him. All his ambitions have come to failure. He had failed Hughes, failed to become the great man, and in his desire for vengeance an innocent died in the process. It pretty much tore the heart and soul out of him. Roy's exile in CoS was a logical conclusion.
Well.. yeah, we can. The show was about sacrifice, but there are so many ways they could've destroyed the gate and got back without having to be stuck on Earth forever. Could've gone through, rigged it to destroy, and gone back before it did.
Rather difficult I imagine. Anyway, Edward probably preferred to stay in this world to safeguard his own against any further invasions. Also, there is the matter about that bomb that carried over. Make up for their failure to reclaim it years ago.
I still think Alchemy is way cooler than all of the above.
I think mine is just as cool.
Atomic bombs = Even the strongest Alchemist dead, either from the initial blast or radiation poisoning.
Yes, our world does have the superior deadlier technology, although the FMA world had its share of wiping out civilizations.
And you can accept something, but it doesn't mean it'll ever fully heal. Winry will always have an Ed and Al shaped hole in her heart, even if she has accepted it and found happiness.
Just as Ed will have a hole in his heart over transmuting his mother & killing Homunculus (one of whom was created out of his mother), just as Al will have his own scars for transmuting Wrath and causing death & destruction in Central because he wanted his brother back. At least Winry doesn't have those scars.
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Melon_Smasher
11 years ago
I guess it's just a matter of different opinions. I'm not averse to "bittersweet" endings, but you said it your self, after all the brothers went through, I wanted the cliche "And they lived happily ever after (in the same world)" ending. It may not be as poignant or riveting for some people, but I'll take satisfaction and closure over bittersweetness any day. (See: People who though Breaking Bad had a bad ending because there wasn't a big twist that dropped peoples jaws [I.E Walt kills Jesse or something like that, as opposed to the logical coherent ending we got).
You're not wrong about your points though, I'll give you that. I'm just a sappy sentimentalist sometimes ha.
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