I wouldn't have said that they refused grief and pain, though. One of the things I like about FMA is the opposite, the way the characters' emotions are so naked. I really love how Ed bursts into tears at the end of the Barry the Chopper episode, the way he just sits down and sobs and says he was afraid. It's such a real reaction, and it's so different from the typical hero "swallow back fear and make jokes about it" cliche. And it's a reminder that he's a child at a time when he's been trying very hard to be an adult, and actually succeeding in it--I mean, sometimes a brash and thoughtless adult, but he is fairly self-reliant and determined and able to direct his own actions.
There's so much in FMA to talk about. I've hardly even started on the various ruminations on what childhood means and what adults' responsibilities to children are.
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I wouldn't have said that they refused grief and pain, though. One of the things I like about FMA is the opposite, the way the characters' emotions are so naked. I really love how Ed bursts into tears at the end of the Barry the Chopper episode, the way he just sits down and sobs and says he was afraid. It's such a real reaction, and it's so different from the typical hero "swallow back fear and make jokes about it" cliche. And it's a reminder that he's a child at a time when he's been trying very hard to be an adult, and actually succeeding in it--I mean, sometimes a brash and thoughtless adult, but he is fairly self-reliant and determined and able to direct his own actions.
There's so much in FMA to talk about. I've hardly even started on the various ruminations on what childhood means and what adults' responsibilities to children are.