Opinion is no crime

Three years is not the longest I've stayed in a fandom. Nevertheless, it was enough time for me to encounter my favorite character in it, to find out what other fans had to say about him -- and how much I disagreed with most of them if not all. Neither is Ed a "born genius" like he's often assumed to be, nor is his position in Fullmetal Alchemist as simple as the "cool, fearless protagonist". To take Alphonse's words for it: "My brother paid a heavy price called Hard Work to reach where he's standing today."

Opinion is possibly the most important section at Edelweiss, which however is all kinds of sad right now: I've got other priorities at fenali and child networks at the moment. That being said, you can still find a couple of finished essays as well as a preview of upcoming content below -- they should at least last for a minute or two.

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World

• Amestris: between fantasy and reality
• Ishval: bridging gap between generations

Column

• Fullmetal Alchemist 2: savior or disaster?

Upcoming

• Keywords: personality talks
  • Activist
  • Optimist
  • Passion
  • Realist
  • Rebel
  • Stereotype
• People: who tells a better story of who he is
  • Bonded by Blood: Hohenheime, Trisha, Alphonse
  • Halfway Home: Winry, Pinako
  • Brand New Day: Roy & co., Izumi
  • Turning Point: Scar, Homonculus
  • Miscellaneous
• World: the environment that shaped his character
  • Resembool: where it all started
  • Equivalent Trade: the law of his world
  • Philosopher's Stone: more than a legend
• Column: bias bias biaaaas!
  • Serpent's Cross
  • If and only if...
  • Not A Shrimp: a visual study of The Forbidden Question
  • Honorary Mention: can I please fangirl again?