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this is because at some point, something has to give
So I haven't actually hit my limit on a credit card recently, and boy, I did try; I ordered Brotherhood and a surprising amount of manga and I'm already sobbing quietly in rewatching the first series. I still hate work, I'm in a terrible mood, and it's time to change formats altogether and stop watching Fullmetal Versus Flame because even for me, that's getting creepy. And by that, I mean, that's really hot. Because there's finger snapping fires, and somehow, I always forget that I like fire and explosions and I don't know why I keep forgetting my zen is in fact fire, explosions, and fighting. If this could conceivably be combined with porn, pretty sure my purpose in life would be to watch it over and over again. Which is why it's on while I'm writing this. If you see misspellings, blame Roy. Christ.
I don't get it. Al and Winry are the only even semi-nice characters. Everyone else is either a dick, an asshole, or a combination of the two combined with what very well could be incipient psychosis, but then there's these glimpses of utterly heartrending moments of intense vulnerability where I totally fall into this huge pile of heartbreak and it's just weird. Also, I really love the violence. God, do I love the violence. I really need more of this.
Tuesday through Friday next week are going to be brutal and may end badly unless I can get out my feelings in some productive manner. If I order today, I get it by Tuesday from amazon. Recommend me something new to watch? Or read. I can hide it under my desk while trying not to write things into my defects like "are you high because you thought this was a good idea? My son can code better than this." Which is true, but I don't want to be fired. I think.
(And if you have Fullmetal Alchemist fanfic recs, please. I avoided it for years, then hello, that was dumb; why did I avoid it?)
Oh look, fight's over, need to watch again. At some point, I should get bored, and yet, I never do.
I don't get it. Al and Winry are the only even semi-nice characters. Everyone else is either a dick, an asshole, or a combination of the two combined with what very well could be incipient psychosis, but then there's these glimpses of utterly heartrending moments of intense vulnerability where I totally fall into this huge pile of heartbreak and it's just weird. Also, I really love the violence. God, do I love the violence. I really need more of this.
Tuesday through Friday next week are going to be brutal and may end badly unless I can get out my feelings in some productive manner. If I order today, I get it by Tuesday from amazon. Recommend me something new to watch? Or read. I can hide it under my desk while trying not to write things into my defects like "are you high because you thought this was a good idea? My son can code better than this." Which is true, but I don't want to be fired. I think.
(And if you have Fullmetal Alchemist fanfic recs, please. I avoided it for years, then hello, that was dumb; why did I avoid it?)
Oh look, fight's over, need to watch again. At some point, I should get bored, and yet, I never do.
Some recs!
My top favorite of all-time is Juuni Kokki (The Twelve Kingdoms). It's slow, it's heart-wrenching and you kind of hate the main character cuz she's such a brat but, damn, does she grow. The character development is intense and shit-hot (for lack of a better term). I'm just not sure where you can stream it. It looks like Netflix has it for DVD rental though. ♥♥♥
Baccano! is also really good. Strong action and style.. it can be a bit confusing but it's so good. ♥♥
Gankutsuou
The Count of Monte Cristo space opera style! Gorgeous... I loved it more for the art stylization than anything. Streaming on crunchyroll.com
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Beautifully drawn and interesting. Available on Netflex streaming
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Read: Zombies? Read Dust. And Feed. Johannes Cabal the Necromancer is great. If you liked The Atrocity Archives, there are a couple of sequels, The Jennifer Morgue and The Fuller Memorandum. Also I am not a Serial Killer and the sequel Mr. Monster.
Another "if you haven't read it since it's been out forever" rec for you is Freakanomics.
Enough? More? :-)
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More specifically,
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I've got a rec set over here, but it's got spoilers for both arcs all mixed in together. Let me know what you're interested in, and I can do some sorting.
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I like Window Dressing by The Hoyden and Prognosticate and You and Your Fuck Awful Timing by lightgetsin.
And I'll be shameless and recommend my own two FMA stories: Gentleman and Leeway.
My son and I have been rewatching FMA on Netflix. Still. So. Awesome.
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I ordered Brotherhood and a surprising amount of manga and I'm already sobbing quietly in rewatching the first series.
Is Brotherhood the new version? How does it do, compared to the older one? Is it worth watching?
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The "As the Ruins Fall" series and "The Adventures of Roy Mustang, Sex Ed Teacher" are my favorite stories of hers.
I also recommend just about anything by Rainjoy (http://rainjoyswriting.livejournal.com/)
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Also, ha, yes, explosions. The most self-indulgent fic I'm writing atm is four female revolutionaries, one of whom is a firestarter. *__*
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Anime or Manga? I want to finish reading the anime before I watch the manga and have about four volumes to go, but I like Maes Hughes, Pinako and Major Armstrong too. Oh, Hughes, *sigh*. Also General Olivier Armstrong is awesome, and I like Ed because he is a teenage boy trying to deal with life, death, awesome screw-up, genius, guilt, lost big little brother, being an orphan, first crush, psychos, legends, a torn bloody country, extreme violence, conspiracy, massive destructive and transformational power, and being a teenager which usually comes with a big dose of stupidity and/or dickery. All together, I think his personality could be an awful lot worse, though I think Al is a big reason why it isn't.
How close are the anime and the manga? Do you prefer one or the other or do they both have their own thing?
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Metisket's fics are great, especially her Crazy!Ed AU series. I absoulutely LOVE her stuff. http://metisket.livejournal.com/19887.html#cutid1
A quote:
“What the fuck is your problem?”
“Where to begin?” Maes mused. “The hostility? The unpredictable violence? The explosions, Ed?”
and
Ed took a trip out East for automail maintenance, and came back with a Xingian prince and a suicidal plan involving lots of explosions.
Maes was coming to expect this sort of behavior from Ed.
So lots of explosions for you!
And another fic I liked is a crossover between FMA and Gundam Wing called Find the Moon by SOL 1056: http://www.scimitarsmile.com/story.php?p=922
Duo manages to transport himself to the FMA world.
"Just who're you calling..." Edward's voice stuttered to a halt as he saw where the man was pointing. "...short?"
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lightgetsin (http://archiveofourown.org/works?utf8=%E2%9C%93&selected_pseuds%5B%5D=127&selected_tags%5Btags%5D%5B%5D=90&selected_tags%5Btags%5D%5B%5D=1157&boolean_type=or&pseud_id=lightgetsin&user_id=lightgetsin&commit=Filter+Works) and branch (http://www.branchandroot.net/archive/category/fma/) have some fun, porny fics. insaneidiot (http://insaneidiot.livejournal.com/tag/fullmetal%20alchemist) has a few non-porny fics. metisket (http://metisket.livejournal.com/tag/fma) has both slash and gen fic, including an AU where Ed is much crazier that you might like.
For more recs, try tomomichi (http://tomomichi.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fullmetal%20alchemist). I find a lot of fic through her.
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FMA Doujinshi
http://sharontssailormoon.homestead.com/scfmadoujin.html
Scan-clan's FMA doujin are all very good, but so angsty!
School Days: Edward in Blue
A short high school AU
http://community.livejournal.com/futari_kiri/12880.html
www.mangaupdates.com has a comprehensive listing of dj with links to the groups that work on them.
www.aarinfantasy.com/forum has links to nearly all slashy dj (some groups don't allow their stuff to be linked from other places) including difficult to find stuff from now defunct groups and untranslated scans.
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I've not read them but if these are anything like her Sherlock stories, they will be so wonderfully wrong in ways that'll have you re-reading.
Something to watch
It's somewhat light and silly, with moments of seriousness.
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