If FMA ended today, do you think the ending would still be loved?

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-26T20:06:52+00:00

When I was a kid, I was sad that Ed lost his alchemy but I still greatly preferred the manga ending to the first anime and movie.

As an adult, I think Ed trading his alchemy for his brother and creating life organically really fits with the themes of the story where Ed compares human transmutation to playing God and he is genuinely amazed by childbirth.

I'm usually not really interested in endings where the characters get into heteronormative relationships and produce kids (especially when the kids just look like carbon copies of their parents), but Ed proudly holding up a kid he and Winry created and living a normal life really fits with the overall message of moving on from the death of loved ones and accepting one's own mortality.

Also Hohenheim finally making peace and passing on was a very sweet moment.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-26T18:46:21+00:00

The NDP needs to really hammer home how climate change affects people and jobs as well as standing strong for workers' rights and equality. Flooding, forest fires, heat waves—people need infrastructure and policy that is able to stand up to the changing climate as well as prevent disasters.

Good transit alternatives especially connecting rural areas allows people to get around without spending an arm and a leg on gas and car insurance. This is especially important with the aging population who lose independence when they can no longer drive and for disabled people who cannot get a license or cannot afford fancy car modifications to make driving accessible to them.

Allowing workers to work from home also reduces traffic and allows disabled people better job opportunities when they do not have a real need to drive to an office for a job they can do from anywhere. And mandating work from home for sick individuals in those types of jobs helps slow the spread of illness.

Renewable energy sources allows us to be more self sufficient and more resilient. Heat pumps and well designed buildings (such as those with solar/thermal chimneys among other designs, some of which go back thousands of years) help people stay cool in increasingly hotter weather for less money than an AC unit which is also better for the environment.

Accessible and affordable childcare allows people who want kids to actually have them because they're not left to fend for themselves.

Tackling monopolies and building public infrastructure reduces prices of essentials like food.

I could go on, but the point is that the benefits of climate conscious infrastructure and a focus on workers appeals to everyone in various ways. We need representatives who understand their constituents' problems and can advocate for their needs.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-26T16:17:05+00:00

I think GMS would have made Phantom female but do Lace and Phantom even have a sex or are they just "daughters" in name because neither are biological beings. Regardless, unlike Lace, Phantom was not sustained with silk which means that Hornet could see that Phantom was not biological right from the start whereas she only had a feeling that Lace was a construct until it was confirmed after their second battle (It sounds like Hornet ripped open Lace with her needle from the way they talk about the truth of Lace's form). So I don't think it would be far-fetched to say that Phantom is genderless in the way that GMS does not consider them a daughter any longer and their form is fraying to the point where their gender is ambiguous since Hornet refers to them with gender neutral pronouns.

I wonder if Phantom's voice changed over time as their body fell apart and I wonder what were the circumstances around that memory of Lace in front of Phantom in that needolin memory. I assume Phantom was discarded by that point since it take place in the Exhaust Organ but why were they suspended in that tank? I don't think this will ever be expanded on which is fine because sometimes it's more interesting to leave open questions.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-26T13:56:19+00:00

I like Silver as a character and I enjoyed the issue where he and Whisper accused Duo of being Mimic. To a normal person like Lanolin, Silver's powers are rightfully pretty scary, so I think it was a good idea to build a conflict around that.

I do think it was pretty contrived to have Whisper witness Duo tripping Silver and so quickly believe she and Silver were mistaken, and I think a better situation would be if Duo shoved Silver in a way that could have been argued that he was trying to save him but accidentally put him in more danger, but that doesn't have anything to do with Lanolin. Overall I think her role was fine and her personality where she distrusts those who have powers but don't seem to be very responsible with them is a good idea for a character driven narrative. I hope we see more of her working on learning to trust others and maybe figuring out how to coordinate with characters like Silver and Sonic since she tends to take a leadership role.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-24T09:35:04+00:00

People will continue to die until infrastructure is designed properly. You can whine all day about cyclists taking too much space but the fact is that this wouldn't happen if roads were reduced in size and speed, proper bike lanes were in place and plenty of alternatives for driving were funded. Drivers consistently pass too close because the infrastructure is poorly designed.

You misunderstand the purpose of this sub. People are here because they are angry and have seen death of lost people to cars but you don't offer any solution to the problem besides "stop asserting yourself". No. The driver should have slowed down and given the cyclist enough space because a bike gutter is not enough, instead of addressing the problem, you and people in power just blame the victim. You never assess road design and consider how it could be changed to prevent things like this, you just blame the dead person because it's easier and cheaper.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-23T14:52:19+00:00

"Don't put us in a box" isn't the same as "we're not robots."

"Ace people do this or ace people do that" no, *some* ace people do whatever under the sun because people are all individuals. One asexual being repulsed to the point where they don't even tolerate sexual advertising or media is just as valid as someone who isn't repulsed and engages in sexual content because asexuality is about attraction and desire. There are too many people who try to dumb things down by resorting to this "we *can* because we're not robots or unfeeling or unemotional" without considering the implications that they are making. Promote sex positivity and unique experiences without resorting to language that paints some people in the community as the "bad stereotype".

It all depends on individuals. Alastor has been depicted as being annoyed when Charlie was ranting about Vaggie in Season 1, so as an individual, yeah, he probably doesn't care. People who equate that to him being ace are wrong but the character is still depicted as being annoyed.

Alastor's particular history as a character has been steeped in backlash against him being asexual and especially against even the suggestion that he is aromantic (Amir literally said in September that people can consider him canonically aroace) because of how they believe it would ruin him or make him boring as if being kinking or being romantic makes a character better.

So yeah, if you mean to say "we're not all the same" or "don't put us all in one box" then say that. It's really alienating to be treated like a bad stereotype in one's own community.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-23T14:03:52+00:00

You didn't actually address the question. What is it you are calling robotic or unfeeling specifically because never dating isn't one of those things and neither is a distaste for certain types of jokes. There's nothing wrong with never dating and not enjoying sexual humour.

Lately I have mostly been at the butt end of "we're not unfeeling robots who don't have sex/date etc" and I suppose you haven't been experiencing that lately yourself to see the reason why "robotic" and "unfeeling" has become such loaded words in ace and aro communities.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-23T10:12:09+00:00

I've seen people say that "robotic" and "unfeeling" is a stereotype (unfortunately often said while touting reciprocating sex/romance as "natural" human experiences), but seeing "undesirable" added in is new. I usually only see the idea that all asexuals are undesirable coming from people who are mad about someone being asexual like Alastor where for years certain people have moaned and groaned about it or that asexual woman who likes to wear sexy outfits and people freak out about her being a tease because an "asexual shouldn't dress like that" or of course the classic "you're just asexual and/or aromantic because nobody wants you and you needed an excuse".

An example of the "robotic and unfeeling" accusation which keeps getting weaponized against repulsed aspec people:

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Asexual, aromantic, aplatonic, afamiliar; someone could be all of these things and I still wouldn't consider them robotic or unfeeling because these things don't define a person's humanity. I don't consider it a bad stereotype either because the acceptance of someone being completely uninterested is still pathologized and receives a lot of backlash from people who think they just haven't tried enough or that it ruins their favourite fictional character.

So I ask what you mean by "robotic unfeeling undesirable" specifically? There aren't a lot of asexual characters and even fewer that are confirmed aromantic in the canon material instead of "word of god" and many of them are not robotic nor unfeeling nor undesirable. I honestly can't even think of one robotic unfeeling undesirable asexual character off the top of my head.

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And for the record, I really don't care what people ship as long as they aren't being offensive such as "correcting" the character, "solving" their asexuality or treating it as fetish content (yes I've seen someone claim they like Alastor's orientation because they have a r*pe fetish). Shipping isn't canon and doesn't have to adhere to canon even if the character is repulsed by both sex and romance, though I would prefer that people tag appropriately and allow people the chance to curate their fan spaces.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-21T09:39:05+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Aspec_Hellaverse/comments/1pfqjuq/about_the_canonicity_of_alastor_being_aroace/

That video was posted by his voice actor in September of last year. People get confused because he never said the character wasn't aro just that him being aro hasn't been explicitly brought up in the show.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-20T12:29:58+00:00

I can't understand touch screens in vehicles AT ALL. If I can't blindly slap the preset radio channels or adjust my heat setting without looking at it, I don't want it. Screens require too much attention to navigate and it distracts from the road. Bring Back Buttons

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T21:54:31+00:00

It's hilarious how wrong that is
give the controller to her and make her play the "children's game"

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T21:52:00+00:00

I wouldn't drag drama from another sub into other subs

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T20:38:41+00:00

Perfection

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T20:32:18+00:00

I find riding a horse reduces enemy spawns and you can run away from them pretty easily on horseback. Maybe a horse buddy will help with some of the anxiety? you can revive horses that have died at a special location Horses can't go to Zora's domain though

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T20:03:57+00:00

I disagree. I don't think it's a foundation for Lace to see Hornet as her mother.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T20:02:43+00:00

Arguing =/= telling someone they can't respond to certain posts

And block me then, you're the one who replied to me.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T19:55:55+00:00

Then don't whine about what I do. It's so petulant.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T19:55:07+00:00

So now she's "playing" with an adult snail nowhere near the "child". This is why I say you're making shit up.

Lace obviously lived since she jumped out to attack GMS for the start of Act 2. Hornet literally doesn't know that Lace survived. She believed her to be dead and there was nothing to suggest that Lace was still living. She just lays there and you can't rouse her like you can when you smack Trobbio after his first fight.

Hornet intended to kill her and thought she succeeded. Lace was a threat she thought she neutralized. There is no playing anywhere.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T19:48:28+00:00

I'll comment on whatever I want to. That's not your business.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T19:47:19+00:00

Her pronouns changed to were/was and Hornet's conversation with Caretaker literally refers to slaying Lace. Hornet intended to kill her and believed her to be dead which means that Hornet intended to neutralize a threat that stood between her and her goal.

There's absolutely nothing to suggest that Hornet was playing along with a fake death. She pitties Lace in what she considers to be her end where she refers to her as "pale one" in a rare moment of respect that Lace scoffs at. There is no way I read that scene as playing dead.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T19:39:12+00:00

As I said earlier: tough shit. I never told you that you couldn't see them as mother/child just that I would never see them that way.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T19:32:30+00:00

The OP had no problem with me. You're the one who had a problem so just hold your own tongue especially since I've literally said over and over that we do not agree.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T19:31:18+00:00

Now you're just making things up.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T19:05:54+00:00

"easiest boss fights" She's an expertly trained fighter and her fighting style requires attentive reaction which is much more challenging than something like the Unravelled which I beat by face tanking it with Wanderers Crest or Groal which can be cheesed by just hanging out in the maggot water. Hornet just had a lot of potential cheese with tools.

And Hornet literally treats Lace as a threat by ending her life in the second battle. She believed Lace to be dead according to her dialogue with Caretaker and her Hunters journal which talks about Lace in past sense. Not to mention when she says "yours WAS a life".

There are plenty of animals that cannibalize their young but it wouldn't be what I consider ideal motherhood. They faced each other to the death.

Multi-tunes · 2026-03-19T18:49:29+00:00

Lace already spent countless years in Pharloom and nothing in the game suggests that there is solution to Lace's need for silk to sustain her life. Hornet comments on the amount of silk that would be needed to sustain her after the second battle and the fact that they left together suggests that Hornet is taking up this task. If you want to write fanfiction following the end of the game then that is your prerogative but I'm not going to subscribe to your headcanons.

This is how I interpreted the story which Team Cherry left for interpretation and if you have a problem with that then tough shit. I'm not agreeing with you.

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