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Fullmetal Alchemist Manga Feminist Analysis: Winry Rockbell

ladyloveandjustice:

Winry Rockbell is so important to me from a feminist perspective (and important to me in general). Let me tell you why her narrative is amazing.

Please note I am approaching this from a largely western context as it’s the one I know. I’m aware Winry’s character and arc might have different connotations in her original Japanese context, so please feel free to tell me if you have some insight to that! This is just how I find her narrative inspiring and subversive personally, based on my own context, though I think it is fair to say Hiromu Arakawa subverted some common gender tropes with Winry’s character; tropes commonly seen in narratives on a global scale.

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fma-merchandise:

“Announcement from Havoc’s General Store!”
Yet more new FMA goods have been revealed!

Mainichi Broadcasting System, who will presumably be covering the Fullmetal Alchemist Exhibition which starts this month, have a page on their website dedicated to new FMA merchandise which will be made available at the event.

The huge variety of merchandise includes clothing, keychains, mobile phone accessories, stationery, badges, towels, a 2018 calendar, and many more items. Also available are original framed versions of various artworks from the manga, signed by Arakawa herself!

See the MBS Hagaren page for the current list of goods and prices.

faitherinhicks:

I took it upon myself to try and draw (most) of the Fullmetal Alchemist cast … but dang, there are so many! Here are some of my favourites. I’ve seen these drawings floating around tumblr, but I wanted to post ‘em ‘cause, y’know, I drew them. 

phantomrose96:

Whether for time or pacing or some other reason, this small moment never made it into the FMA:Brotherhood finale. It’s so small, but it speaks volumes, so I think it deserves some recognition.

This whole series has been big on the theme of “there are worse things than dying”. Death itself is natural, and trying to defy it–trying to not be the person left behind–is selfish arrogance; it’s punished continually. Hohenheim faced what may be considered a fate worth than death via immortality. Ed, Al, and Izumi were punished for trying to undo death. Roy, Riza, and Scar were haunted, possessed, driven to despair by being the survivors in a death-laden atrocity.

Convention states that the “selfless” thing to do is to sacrifice oneself for another. And Ed would do ANYTHING for Al. You’d think it’s logical, that Ed would just sacrifice himself to bring Al back and be done with it.

But THAT is not the philosophy of Fullmetal Alchemist. The SURVIVORS suffer. The ones left behind are left to deal with the grief and loss and loneliness. Ed knows that. He knows that all too well, to the point that even Roy is aware.

And Ed would much rather bear the burden of loss and hurt and grief himself. He’d rather shoulder the worse fate. He’d rather live in a world without his brother. Because the alternative would mean putting Alphonse through that survivor’s life, 

And that’s something Ed could never do.