tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-21:113650 It's Howdy Doody all the way down! It's Lion Turtles all the way down 2013-09-01T23:03:22Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-21:113650:163827 2013-09-01T23:03:22Z 2013-09-01T23:03:22Z public 3 <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://lettered.dreamwidth.org/163827.html#cutid1">The Fifth Laboratory episode reaction. No spoilers, please!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=lettered&ditemid=163827" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-21:113650:162783 2013-08-10T03:23:31Z 2013-08-10T03:23:31Z public 14 Today is one of my weekend days, so two episodes! Possibly three! Luckily, writing these is slowing me down.<br /><br /><span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://my-daroga.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://my-daroga.dreamwidth.org/'><b>my_daroga</b></a></span>'s comment before this episode: "So far I thought this whole show was kind of the alchemist's anguish?"<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://lettered.dreamwidth.org/162783.html#cutid1">An Alchemist's Anguish episode reaction. No spoilers, please!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=lettered&ditemid=162783" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-21:113650:162310 2013-08-10T00:10:22Z 2013-08-10T00:10:22Z public 18 <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://lettered.dreamwidth.org/162310.html#cutid1">City of Heresy episode reaction. No spoilers, please!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=lettered&ditemid=162310" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-21:113650:162249 2013-08-09T02:01:21Z 2013-08-09T02:01:21Z public 27 <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://lettered.dreamwidth.org/162249.html#cutid1">The First Day episode reaction. No spoilers, please!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=lettered&ditemid=162249" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-21:113650:161788 2013-08-08T03:05:47Z 2013-08-08T03:05:47Z public 26 Today I started watching Fullmetal Alchemist. I have no idea what it's about, but recently saw <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://likeadeuce.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://likeadeuce.dreamwidth.org/'><b>likeadeuce</b></a></span> mention it, and thought, "Hey, I always meant to watch that." I did a little research re: FMA vs FMA:Brotherhood, and decided to watch Brotherhood. As I understand it, FMA was begun before the manga was completed, and Brotherhood was begun after and follows the manga more closely. I really should actually read the manga, but I'm better at reading just-text or watching things than I am at comics and manga, and I felt like watching would probably be a lower investment of time and money (in case I don't get into it). <br /><br />Anyway, I feel like many manga are written with A Plan and a vision for the characters. Meanwhile, anime based on unfinished manga are often cashing in on really popular manga. As <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://my-daroga.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://my-daroga.dreamwidth.org/'><b>my_daroga</b></a></span> points out, this does mean that there are some anime that have a fanwork feel, but when it's a commercialized work that's being produced to make money off of something popular, I'm more leery of the content. Also, there's just a lot of filler stuff in anime based on unfinished manga. I'd rather have the full experience of the manga in anime form, so I picked Brotherhood. <br /><br />Most of the research I did said Brotherhood is better anyway, though one person I talked to said she likes FMA better. She did admit that that might be because she watched FMA first. Also, she said that Brotherhood is darker. While I don't like dark for dark's sake, I <i>really</i> like things that take tough concepts seriously, so that's why I picked Brotherhood.<br /><br />Near the beginning I told <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://my-daroga.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://my-daroga.dreamwidth.org/'><b>my_daroga</b></a></span> that I was excited about watching this, because <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://stultiloquentia.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://stultiloquentia.dreamwidth.org/'><b>stultiloquentia</b></a></span> really liked it. I told her that the last thing I watched because of stultiloquentia was <i>Avatar: the Last Airbender</i>. Partway into the first ep of FMA:B, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://my-daroga.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://my-daroga.dreamwidth.org/'><b>my_daroga</b></a></span> said, "Maybe stultiloquentia just <i>really</i> likes elemental-based powers." I'm trying to figure out whether this is the case . . .<br /><br />I'm also hoping to post about this show ep-by-ep, because I always love reading those for shows that I love. I have no idea whether I'll love this, but I do know a bunch of cool people who love it, so here's hoping? Please, please, please don't spoil me for future eps. I really have no idea what the series is about or what will happen.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://lettered.dreamwidth.org/161788.html#cutid1">Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood episode 1</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=lettered&ditemid=161788" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments