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And everyone's safe.
I layer my heart over a flickering light
And murmur, alone, a little wish
When I looked into your eyes, I softly whispered
The words I could not say to your profile reflected in the water
I will never forget, that you were with me
Oh wings, dance in the sky, high and beautiful
If we can see tomorrow
Let us go, before the morning sun can rise!
The light pouring down will heal our souls
And we will pledge our meager dream to one another
When I put my hands together, I prayed and prayed
The love that could never reach you on the hill that overlooked the city
I remember now, how you always gave me courage
Oh wings, dance in the sky, strong and proud
Even if we can see a storm
Let us go, before the evening sun can set!
If I lose my wings, I suppose I will walk the land
I will follow the way that has no way, and take flight with you, to the future
Dance high in the sky, faraway and endless
On the path I walk with you, I know that miracles shine
I'm sad to see FMA end because it's been my thing since before I stopped hanging out with my high school friends---which was a giant, mean, hard, tough thing. FMA is another anime that saw me through a lot of hard things. It's also why I came to LJ. ._.
A friend and I acquired scans a day or two ago and I translated it for her while we read it together, so yeah, I am acquainted with the contents of the last chapter. I also saw the last two pages that were leaked early. I cried for half an hour when I saw those damn things. I am pretty freaking stressed lately (more later, really) and basically ANY strong emotion, be it "oh my god our little boy is all grown up" or "MY SHOW IS OVER BAWWW" was going to make me cry. That is to say, yeah, I cried and yeah, I will miss FMA, but while I was translating I also clearly thought, oh my god, for the first time in 6 years I can go to bed and sleep without worrying about what will become of anyone in FMA. It's over. Ed and Al are safe, Winry is happily married, Roy is Fuhrer, Ling is emperor, the kids are adorable, and I am totally vindicated. It's not 2006 anymore---I don't have to settle for Elricest because some fucking movie thought it would be more epic to tear apart my OTP (or Ed and Winry) to the tune of fucking Bratja!
Notes: Ed and Roy probably lived happily ever after, getting together to drink and be very reversible now that Ed is a tall hottie. Roy, now called Uncle Roy, could babysit the kids sometimes while Winry had a wild time in Central. She would go to host clubs that require an introduction (Roy knew a hostess who knew a whole bunch of host guys) and she would shop for expensive chocolate and automail parts. Al obviously went to Xing and he and Mei fucked in her elaborate Xingian boudoir with butterfly inlays in the floor like in House of Flying Daggers.
Dear me. These are rather sordid notes.
I don't know where else to write this, so I'll say now that Al would make the most charming, most sunshiney mob boss in the world. His thing about 11 floored me---nothing else had ever showed me how committed he is to doing good for the world. Actually, I found myself thinking about Japanese traditions of returning gifts. ._. He is SO SOCIALIZED. How do I even say this?
To anybody who read His Dark Materials, did you hear about individual Gates and think about daemons? >3>
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I'm glad things worked out but I feel like Ed lost a serious part of himself. But it really does keep in with his promise not to use the PS.
Anyway, it also makes me think-- why didn't he do it before? He's had it ALL THIS TIME orz.
Incidentally, I'm not complaining about the ending. I really thought it was appropriate. And Al could be freaking scary.
SORRY FOR THE TL;DR!
Thanks for sharing this song, it's very pretty :3!
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Al's thing is that he is NEVER scary ORZ He is always wonderful and sunshine and kittens flying everywhere! It's not that we don't want to see him mad, it's that how could we ever make him mad when he is so sweeeet?
Thank you for the tl;dr, it's fun to talk :3333
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I LOL'D. Because I can see it happening. They just jump out from behind his back and go on the prowl.
Cute but scary. I think Al managed the Scary but Cute with the armor, now he has to practice being the other way around.
Should be interesting!! I hope that Arakawa does something for Al. He's always been my favorite! (and then suddenly I started to love Roy, what is this...)
I don't have many people to fangirl this with. It's always so hard when you're super excited about something and NO ONE SHARES your enthusiasm ;_;
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Of course you love Roy. He's a very lovable son of a bitch. It's hard not to like him in one way or another.
D: I'm surprised more people aren't talking about FMA?! Granted, people are probably waiting for translations or for the anime episode that's due around July 4 (OH MY FUCK JAPAN I WANTED THAT WEEKEND T_T). I have a friend who's reading the entire series through for the first time because there's an ending now, and he's not even close to the last chapter so I have to wait on him too :/
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But I never really cared for him before now @_@ It's so weird! I mean, I find him attractive for all the reasons I hate in a man...
July 4th? aiya, that's forever away... X_X Awww it sucks to have to wait XD And especially when you know what's going to happen. At least they're reading tho!!
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And they still remember Nina. T_T That part almost made me cry. They're such good kids!
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They are such model children, aside from being mad scientists for a couple minutes. :( Little fools! I hope they eat in their respective destinations. Crepes for Ed! Dumplings for Al! Fun for all!
I was amazed at how many things came together in the end. It was excellent reading. I felt like they mentioned all sorts of phrases and themes as well as characters, crummy little humans who can't even save one girl being one of those phrases.
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Arakawa is probably the best writer in shounen manga. Any Jump series goes totally off the rails in comparison to FMA.
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OMG haters gonna hate. ._. Possibly because the Elrics spent years apart traveling and then each married girls. I dunno. Now I get to say, "Supernatural is there for you guyz!!!"/
This is ironic because people seem to agree that Arakawa is a woman. Then again, we are both women sitting around saying she is the best. Do dudes like Naruto better?
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Nah, I think it's more a matter of taste. There are PLENTY of male fans who make fun of Bleach and Naruto XD;
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Don't tell me the hand-clapping is over!
Did it still drag on for a long time after slug Envy killed himself out of sheer craziness?
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What will you do without your palm tree guy? :(
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Alternately I could still canonly worship Selim. At least, if I understood correctly that he survived the purging of Pride from his body (obviously I once again base my opinions on spoilers instead of reading the actual thing. I don't know what's wrong with me either). Then again, Selim may lose some kinky points without those creepy Alucardish multieyed-shadow powers, so I'm still NOT VERY PLEASED with the homunculi genocide that every retelling of FMA throws at me. It makes me wonder just how many incarnations this series will need before I finally get my ending where a vividly dancing palmtree guy is sharing a cake with Ed under a crayon yellow sun, honestly.