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FMA Brotherhood: Wahrheit (Current Arc: A Small Peace)

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Doctor Elsewhere said:
A whistleblower during the Ishval Massacre? Surely this won't paint a massive target on our backs. :V
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Whoes to say that it won't already be there?

After all, if Bradly published a public order to remove any ishvalan soldiers from the ranks so that they could be exterminated... well... You know the rest.

the only thing going for us is that we don't look like an Ishvalan.
 
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Magoose said:
Whoes to say that it won't already be there?

After all, if Bradly published a public order to remove any ishvalan soldiers from the ranks so that they could be exterminated... well... You know the rest.

the only thing going for us is that we don't look like an Ishvalan.
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It's just like they say, you know you've made it as a reporter when the CIA/FBI Amestris Central Command has a file on you.
 
Magoose said:
In story maybe, but it was certainly a fitting ending for the Elric bros story and charecter arcs. Especially Edwards.

And it was a very cathartic end that I still find extremely satisfying.

and for a story, especially an ending, that matters a lot. (Looking at You Game of Thrones)

Well... Greed Ran off... so there's that.
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I liked Al's ending. It felt poetic the way he gave himself up and became one with the body Ed had been trying to rescue, but knowing his brother would come back for him.

But... Ed giving up his alchemy didn't feel like a good way to do that.

Either using a philosopher's stone is the destruction of human souls, and using them is the worst action imaginable, or it's just energy which releases human souls.

Either way, keeping a philosopher's stone like Ling does in order to use over time should not be treated as lightly as it is in the show. The solution should be to unmake them in a way that spares the souls if at all possible.

Ling or Hohenheim (especially Hohenheim) should be the one to bring Al back if it's ethical to use human souls. If it's not, Ed's sacrifice is fair, but they should have released the human souls.
 
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I'm not going to say much except that FMA:B is possibly one of the best stories that have come out in the last 20 years (Well, the Anime that is), and that the ending is actually rather appropriate, not for the world itself, but the characters that inhabit it.

Ed sought to solve all his problems with Alchemy, even though it caused his problems in the first place. Him giving up that power, and decided to do things without it certainly seems like its a price an individual should pay to get something in return.

Truth doesn't operate on set values that we know... he seems to operate differently for each person, and knows much more than we ever know.

That's how I see it anyway.
 
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    • Scheduled vote count started by Magoose on Feb 1, 2021 at 10:09 AM, finished with 93 posts and 20 votes.
    • [X] Plan The War journal
      -[X]Your Sister: She never lived past the day of her birth… something died with you, cradling her limp corpse more than your mother did. She had so much to live for… so much would remain unsaid, memories lost and… broken. She could have been better than you. She would have been better than you… you wanted to give her a chance at life… a chance that fate stole away.
      -[X]Your Voice (No longer can you voice the Truth that you know can be seen.)
      -[X] War Stories
      -[X]The Correspondent: Whenever there is a conflict brewing in Amestris… you are there to cover it… in all, it's gory details. After all, war sells papers more than anything else… and you sell papers faster than they can print them. Making you quite a rich man… despite being a reporter… and constantly risking your own life for the kicks.
      [X] Plan: Golden Experience
      -[X]Your Sister
      -[X]Your Future
      -[X] The Passione Print
      -[X]The Whistle Blower
      [X] Plan Crouching Reporter, Hidden Badass
      -[X] Your Mother: Beautiful Mother… soft and sweet. Your mother died in childbirth when you were 11… your little sister never seeing the light of the world. There was so much blood… Now you needed her… she was the only one who could make you remember your humanity… to remember that there was a life that you could live.
      -[X] Your Nerves (Parts of your Nervous System. You will never feel how liberating the Truth is)
      -[X]The Amestrian Tribune
      -[X]The Alchemist Fan: You cover the State Alchemists who work on the many breakthroughs in science, that make the lives of Amestrians better. This has earned you praise from the Government… though a few high ranking officials think you dig too deep sometimes… and meddle in things you do not understand.
      [X] Partmetal Alchemist
      -[X] Your Father
      -[X] Your Arm (You cannot take hold of the world you so desperately wish for)
      -[X] The National Hermetics Journal (The future is not now... but soon!)
      -[X]The Alchemist Fan
      [X] Wanting to forget
      [X] Where is my mind:
      -[X]Your Sister: She never lived past the day of her birth… something died with you, cradling her limp corpse more than your mother did. She had so much to live for… so much would remain unsaid, memories lost and… broken. She could have been better than you. She would have been better than you… you wanted to give her a chance at life… a chance that fate stole away.
      -[X]Your Mind. (Your Mind is Fractured… To Never Be Whole Again to find the Truth)
      -[X]The Amestris Times
      -[X]The Alchemist Fan: You cover the State Alchemists who work on the many breakthroughs in science, that make the lives of Amestrians better. This has earned you praise from the Government… though a few high ranking officials think you dig too deep sometimes… and meddle in things you do not understand.
      [X] Plan: Truth and its cost.
      -[X]Your Brother: Your Brother was a soldier serving near Drachma. He was such a shining beacon, of humanity, light, and duty for you. His death destroyed you. You wanted him back because he reminded you hope could still exist.
      -[X]Your Mind. (Your Mind is Fractured… To Never Be Whole Again to find the Truth)
      -[X] The truth is here (The Truth will come in time)
      -[X]The Whistle Blower: You make it a fact to never reveal your sources… because they fear for their lives. Many times you have been taken to a police station to be interrogated… threatened to give up names of those you have allowed to speak out against the government. The Masses Love you… and the Government wishes to silence you.
      [X] Wanting to forget
      -[X]Your Sister
      -[X]Your Arm
      -[X]The Amestrian Tribune
      -[X]The Bloodhound
      [X] Hopes last leg, Covering the Alchemists
      -[X]Your Brother: Your Brother was a soldier serving near Drachma. He was such a shining beacon, of humanity, light, and duty for you. His death destroyed you. You wanted him back because he reminded you hope could still exist.
      -[X] One of your eyes and legs (You will never be able to see the full wisdom of Truth and will forever trail behind those on the path you thread.)
      -[X] The Amestrian Times (Bringing the Truth to you one day at a time!)
      -[X]The Alchemist Fan: You cover the State Alchemists who work on the many breakthroughs in science, that make the lives of Amestrians better. This has earned you praise from the Government… though a few high ranking officials think you dig too deep sometimes… and meddle in things you do not understand.
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    • Name: Alfred Ailtree

    Age 15 (Born July 16th, 1886)

    Title: Reporter for the News Pamphlet: War Stories.

    Traits:

    The War Journalist: You are a man who does one thing… cover wars for the sake of the masses. You are a profiteer of conflict… and possibly, the only one sane enough to see War as it is… A Terrible Hell. (+20 to Story Quality when covering Wars, civil conflict, and military actions. +10 to investigation rolls, -10 to Interview rolls)

    The Gate: You committed Alchemy's Greatest Sin...You attempted Human Transmutation to bring back someone you loved. (You can Use Alchemy without a Transmutation Circle.)

    The Mute: The Truth Took your voice from you… you can never say another word again. (You cannot Talk… Interviews are more… difficult.)
     
    could just turn ourselves into a chimera like the one that weird priest made except better
     
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