Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Forum

 What beast yet lurks behind those spectacles and beneath that chipper countenance? 

My FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST is starting to feel like an extended bout of BLOODY ROAR! The human-to-beastman ratio is getting more like and more like ZOOBILEE ZOO’s.  

OK, no more scattershot pop culture references... 

I shouldn’t really be surprised about the aforementioned ratio since the latest intro really lets the proverbially were-cat out of the bag. The Elrics' posse is, indeed, gaining a lot of muscle with these Chimera fellas. We’re seeing now that none of them are really that bad.  Yet, while I can better see why Al’s plea worked last episode, it’s still a lot easier to buy these guys switching sides after a double-cross than it is to buy the other ones having a change of heart after their loosely-defined “loved ones” were invoked.

Then again, it does fits for the Alchemical Kids to be reluctant to kill and eager to sympathize with these monsters. There was that whole dramatic episode towards the beginning where they saw that little girl get turned into a dog by her mother and then murdered by mean ol' Mr. Scar. All the guns that fired off in those first ten episodes, they're are all hitting the targets now, aren't they?  

I didn’t really get why people were listing Kimblee as one of their favorite characters back when he was first stepped out of the cooler, but I’m definitely starting to like the guy's style now. There’s something beguiling about this loathsome villain being such a calm and collected dandy. Casually commenting about how he knew Ed would flip as soon asWinry was off the table... nonchalantly pointing out the snipers... sipping coffee in the cold when everybody’s flipping out... he calls to mind a more fashionable version of Scorpius from FARSCAPE.

Despite all of that, though...what the hell? He’s got TWO philospher’s stones? That’s overkill akin to having two Cosmic Cubes or something. How could he have ever lost to Scar then?

Watch this episode, “The Abyss,” below and decide for yourself, then read my comments on the previous episode here.     

Tom Pinchuk’s the writer of  HYBRID BASTARDS!  &  UNIMAGINABLE . Order them on Amazon   here  &   here .  Follow him on Twitter:  @tompinchuk

It was Nina's father who turned her into a chimera.  Her mother was turned into one years before, also. 

 And we knew Kimblee had two stones.  The jagged one he got from Ishbal that he's been keeping in his stomach, and when Envy got him out ot jail 10 episodes ago, he was given a smooth round one.  

" @rubberluffy said:

" It was Nina's father who turned her into a chimera.  Her mother was turned into one years before, also.  And we knew Kimblee had two stones.  The jagged one he got from Ishbal that he's been keeping in his stomach, and when Envy got him out ot jail 10 episodes ago, he was given a smooth round one.  And Heinkel (lion chimera) is one of my favorite minor characters. "

He has some really great moments with Al.  Also, that scene when Ed's pulling out that pipe is really powerful. "

" you are cool "

" This post reminded me that I still have a majority of Fullmetal Alchemist to watch. Guess it's time to start loading up the iPod for viewing over my lunch break. "