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[Man God]

Red ones go fastah.

 

[B-Dubs]

What makes these Nazis think they can take the other world on? Roy alone would wreck the shit out of them in like 20 seconds.

 

[Shizzlee]

Alright, who else dies

 

[Jafku]

He ded

 

[789shadow]

Even more dying!

 

[Schadenfreude]

I won't miss you, Nazi Al. Oh god he died. Just leave her there.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

He ded 2

 

[Raxus]

Ded Al

 

[Doctor Decimate]

I mean, you can say "'because it's fiction' is a shitty excuse," but that's basically what it boils down to and you either accept it or not. It's like asking why there's two gates in Brotherhood. In my opinion, the gates, Truth, the principals of alchemy, et al are so far above the characters as to be supernatural, and such things should be allowed creative leeway.

A better question than "why doesn't alchemy flow both ways" (because doing so would, as I said, mean they wouldn't be able to use the real world thing, which is pretty core to the '03 anime) would be "what does Earth get from deaths in Amestris?" It's an unanswered question, but not one that's explicitly denied nor an actual plothole.

this only makes sense when the show just kind of tells you to run with it. FMA03 makes every effort to explain itself. it explains how alchemy works, it explains a hell of a lot of other things. it clearly wants to make this seem plausible to some degree, and just abruptly stopping those explanations is not something you get to do when you've opened the floodgates. it's why Sword Art Online doesn't get away with most of the shit it pulls regarding plausibility; it explained everything, trying to seem believable. this is the same principle. FMA03 explained so much that it doesn't get to call the rest it didn't feel like explaining "magical realism" or "just fiction" or whatever.

they have an army of robots. why does being able to use alchemy suddenly make the use of the real world impossible? that makes no sense. asking "what does Earth get" is the core of my question here. since it's never explained, it's left up to the viewer to figure out why. and one of the questions that emerges from that is "why does alchemy only work one way?"

 

[Zonic]

Ugh, rewatching this, I'm either bored, confused, or both.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Ed: "But no homo though."

 

[Amikami]

Lol. He really bailed on her.

 

[Shard]

Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, fucking rockets in 1923, nope, nope, nope.

 

[Mik317]

stay free traitor

 

[BassForever]

Oh please tell me this at least ends with a decent action scene

 

[Man God]

Punch it Chewie.

 

[Schadenfreude]

This movie is all kinds of suckage.

 

[Jintor]

Too bad, gypsy rose

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Yes, the real writing fail of this movie is the pointless and meaningless character deaths. Lazy writing.

 

[foxuzamaki]

If only ed knew about what would happen over the next 20 years he wouldnt have left her lol.

 

[Raxus]

Oh please tell me this at least ends with a decent action scene

Ehhhhhhhhhhhh.

 

[BassForever]

Wait why does she have Alchemy powers?

 

[Ultratech]

And suddenly crazy lady has Alchemy powers...

Fun times.

 

[789shadow]

What the flying fuck is happening.

 

[TheChits]

If only ed knew about what would happen over the next 20 years he wouldnt have left her lol.

 

[Shard]

This is also pointless death the movie.

 

[Mik317]

Wait why does she have Alchemy powers?

because reasons..

 

[B-Dubs]

Wait why does she have Alchemy powers?

If she didn't Mustang would clean this up in 10 seconds.

 

[BatDan]

I don't even care anymore.

 

[Raxus]

Wait why does she have Alchemy powers?

Becau....aw forget it.

 

[Tamanon]

Nice aliens callback from Schezka.

 

[Moaradin]

This is when this movie goes batshit insane. Seems to be a habit with FMA movies.

 

[Schadenfreude]

And then aliens from a different dimension go back home and Ed marries Winry. Ed's coat flies off thanks to a gusty wind and Shia Labeouf picks it up. Then Ed takes it from him and puts it back on.

 

[Jintor]

Uhhhh...

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

 

[Imperial Bishop]

She has now become Super Bitch

 

[Shizzlee]

Does Winry put it on him

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

ED still making badass entrances.

 

[BassForever]

Oh hey Winry and Ed share a scene again after over 30 episodes apart

 

[SparksterMeta0]

Brother finally together again!

 

[Doctor Decimate]

sorry, Winry. he's probably still gonna end up with Rose.

 

[foxuzamaki]

I remember when I saw this part in the movie years ago and how I loved dat edXwinry shipping

 

[Amikami]

I feel bad that earth Al is dead.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Yeah, you pretty much suck too, real Al.

 

[Branduil]

Oh please tell me this at least ends with a decent action scene

I warned you about Shamballa bro

I told you dog

 

[Zonic]

Where the hell did her equipment come from?

 

[B-Dubs]

No matter the incarnation, Winry never changes. She stays winning.

 

[Shard]

That is decidedly ironic since alchemy in this FMA comes from

Spoiler

the souls of those who die in war on our side of the gate.

 

[BassForever]

How convenient Winry just happened to have an dues ex arm and leg

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Winry has that prep time

 

[Crayolan]

Wait why does she have Alchemy powers?

Nazis are wizards.