FMAB 17 Full Reaction
Added 2025-06-30 19:00:05 +0000 UTCFull uncut reaction to Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Episode 17
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"Grief is part of the journey, not a permanent address" - well said! 👏
Bethany and Ken
2025-07-02 17:09:30 +0000 UTCWhat an episode 🔥🔥🔥 And I loved what you guys said at the end, the death of a loved one can shift your world for a while (like it did for me w/ my friend I mentioned in the last comment), but I remembered that the wheel will keep on spinning like you said Bethany, and just bringing myself back to normalcy (by living my life with my chin up and reconnecting with hobbies) is what helped the wheel keep spinning for me. Grief is part of the journey, not a permanent address
J Sal
2025-07-02 06:20:27 +0000 UTCThe soul in the suit of armor is that of Barry the Chopper. The man in the cage at the end is referred to by Lust and Envy as "Barry the Chopper" :)
Ceeneon
2025-06-30 20:21:54 +0000 UTCDid you miss me last episode? Hahahaha! I didn’t leave a comment for that one because I was doing an all day livestream, then had other things come up, so I figured I’d let that one go. Now I’m back for another novel length FMAB comment, huzzah! So in regards to Lt. Maria Ross’ conviction, here’s the thing. Yes there are military trials called a court martial, but they don’t operate the same way as a public trial. “Innocent until proven guilty” is taken for granted in our legal system whereas in military law it’s quite the other way around. It’s not out of the ordinary at all to skip a trial altogether if the officers presiding over the case deem the evidence to be unarguable, and that’s in our so-called-democracy. Amestris is *not* a democracy. Amestris is a military dictatorship. “Ed’s not a soldier.” I get what you mean here, Ken. You’re referring to how he’s still a kid and isn’t in it for the military. However he did willingly accept the position of state alchemist, which is a role in the military. It can be hard to remember sometimes since he’s been granted so much leeway and freedom to act as he pleases, but at the end of the day he *is* an officer of the military equivalent to a major. I found Mustang’s actions here to be very believable. Not only was Hughes his best friend, but you also need to remember that he’s the “hero” of the Ishvalan Civil War, and although it’s officially considered a civil war, it is more accurately a genocide. Amestris annexed the land of Ishval, and then nearly wiped every last man, woman, and child of the region out. To be given the title of “hero” for that campaign implies that Mustang killed far more than his fair share of people, whether or not they were innocent or noncombatants. And his manner of execution, immolation, is particularly painful and horrific. There is no arguing against how, by our real world standards, Mustang has committed a good number of war crimes. Ling (appropriately, my autocorrect keeps wanting to turn his name to “king”) continues to be comedic gold. A natural charismatic leader and strong warrior, but spoiled and pampered to the point he’s completely incapable of taking care of himself. XD His dynamic with Barry the Chopper and Maria Ross are great. And poor poor warrant officer Falman, stuck with the worst job and getting crapped on the whole time, hahaha! Remember, Barry was a serial killer on death row before his soul was put into that armor. Unlike Alphonse, whose entire body was taken by the Truth, Barry was used as human testing while his official records show he was “executed.” That means his body has to be somewhere, so yes Lust does seem to be implying that the thing in the cage is Barry the Chopper, or at least his physical body sans soul. Things are about to get absolutely nuts. This is where the story REALLY revs up. If you don’t mind me asking, how far ahead of the posted videos are you guys? I assume you keep a backlog of some amount, whether it’s 1, 2, or a few more than that. I ask because I would rather avoid teasing events or correcting assumptions that you’ve already seen or had cleared up before we even see your reactions, hahaha.
Hell Yeah Gaming
2025-06-30 20:09:42 +0000 UTCDon’t worry. They’re gonna run out of characters to kill off eventually
Just some guy
2025-06-30 19:16:17 +0000 UTC
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