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FMA storyline
FMA storyline
i saw a couple episodes i just want to know how it all started and whats going on now in the series
I felt like a race horse in a world without racetracks or a champion college footballer suddenly confronted by Wall Street and a business suit, his days of glory shrunk to a little gold cup on his mantel with a date engraved on it like a tombstone.
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WhoWantsToKnow
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re: FMA storyline
I'll take you to where we are so far.
The setting is an alternate reality (like in <i>Sakura Wars</i>), set early in the 20th century. In this world, Alchemy, though it looks mystical, is an actual science. Most notably, it follows the scientific laws--sort of like conservation of matter. In the opening, Al describes the situation pretty well.
Their father, Hohenheim, is also a noted alchemist but left a long time back, leaving their mother, Trisha, to care for the two boys. Tragically, Trisha succumbs to an illness she had been hiding. In a fit of desparation, the two of them began to really study alchemy...and then, they attempted a taboo in the world: they attempted to revive their mother by means of alchemy. That's when things went wrong.
No one has yet to figure out the Equivalent Exchange for a human soul, and that's where the boys' calculations went awry. For their folly, they paid dearly. Ed lost his left leg up to the thigh. Alphonse's own body was rapidly disappearing, so Ed made another desparate move: a soul attachment. It bonded Al's soul into a nearby suit of armor. Ed paid for this move with his right arm, but Al's soul was still in the mortal plane.
After the accident, Ed asked their neighbors the Rockbells (Pinako and granddaughter Winry) to fir him with prosthetic limbs (the Rockbells are automail mechanics). For close to the next year, Ed and Al trained. Then, they went to Central. Their goal: to become State Alchemists. Eventually, Ed pulled off something amazing--transmuting without the aid of a drawn Transmutation Circle--and earned his way into their ranks, earning the name "Fullmetal Alchemist".
State Alchemists are essentially part of the army, so many would think the move to be crazy, but for Ed, the benefit justified the risk. The Central Archives are some of the best in the field of Alchemy. It is here that he learns of the Philospher's Stone: the holy grail of alchemy. If what the rumors say are true, the stone can be used to bypass Equivalent Exchange. Ed could restore his limbs and his brother's body.
But there is a story behind the stone: a story not fully told as yet. Other forces are pursuing the stone.
One of them is other factions of the military, wanting to use the stone to bolster their might.
Another is an unusual group of individuals known--for lack of a better term--as "The Sins". They seem to possess unique powers and are ruthlessly after the stone, too.
Then there is Scar. Apparently a survivor of a military massacre in Ishbal, his right arm seems to possess destructive powers. He's made it his goal to destroy the State Alchemists...and Ed is on that list.
The series is airing even as I write, so I won't spoil it right now. There are 51 episodes in total. However, the series will apparently go on hiatus after season 2 (episode 26) concludes.
The story so far (as of #19: The Truth Behind Truths):
- The Sins have found Dr. Marcoh "Crystal Alchemist", who had developed enhancing stones that seemed to work on the same principle as the fabled stone. They threaten him to reveal the location of his hidden research.
- Scar escaped a military pursuit and has also learned that he needs to return to Central if he's to find Dr. Marcoh's work. What he'll do with it once he finds it is uncertain, but the marks on his arm seem connected to Dr. Marcoh's stones. Marcoh's research also seems connected to Ishbal.
- They end up encountering each other in the library. There is a brief encounter where Scar is wounded by Gluttony, but Scar is able to escape. But before then, Scar realizes that Lust and Gluttony are "Homonculi" (common definition: beings created through alchemy).
- Ed returns to Central and discovers the library branch burnt to the ground. Fortunately, a mousy former employee of the library provides a means to recover the lost notes. Ed and Al pore over the notes...only to discover something sinister. The secret ingredient in Marcoh's research...is live human beings. At first discouraged, Ed's convinced to continue looking into the matter, and he remember Marcoh's other words: "The Truth Behind Truths".
- So Ed decides to look into Marcoh's methods to get an idea on where to go from there, and with help from his two guards discovers an "abandoned" laboratory next to a prison. How convenient. Ed gets inside. But now he's being confronted by what he discovers is a soul-attached suit of armor. What he doesn't realize is that Al is also being attacked outside the lab. To be Continued...
If you watch Saturday's episode, you'll know as much as the next man.
The setting is an alternate reality (like in <i>Sakura Wars</i>), set early in the 20th century. In this world, Alchemy, though it looks mystical, is an actual science. Most notably, it follows the scientific laws--sort of like conservation of matter. In the opening, Al describes the situation pretty well.
The main characters are the two Elric brothers: Edward and Alphonse. They are alchemical prodigies, having learned the basic of alchemy when they were just 6 and 5, respectively."Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is Alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth."
Their father, Hohenheim, is also a noted alchemist but left a long time back, leaving their mother, Trisha, to care for the two boys. Tragically, Trisha succumbs to an illness she had been hiding. In a fit of desparation, the two of them began to really study alchemy...and then, they attempted a taboo in the world: they attempted to revive their mother by means of alchemy. That's when things went wrong.
No one has yet to figure out the Equivalent Exchange for a human soul, and that's where the boys' calculations went awry. For their folly, they paid dearly. Ed lost his left leg up to the thigh. Alphonse's own body was rapidly disappearing, so Ed made another desparate move: a soul attachment. It bonded Al's soul into a nearby suit of armor. Ed paid for this move with his right arm, but Al's soul was still in the mortal plane.
After the accident, Ed asked their neighbors the Rockbells (Pinako and granddaughter Winry) to fir him with prosthetic limbs (the Rockbells are automail mechanics). For close to the next year, Ed and Al trained. Then, they went to Central. Their goal: to become State Alchemists. Eventually, Ed pulled off something amazing--transmuting without the aid of a drawn Transmutation Circle--and earned his way into their ranks, earning the name "Fullmetal Alchemist".
State Alchemists are essentially part of the army, so many would think the move to be crazy, but for Ed, the benefit justified the risk. The Central Archives are some of the best in the field of Alchemy. It is here that he learns of the Philospher's Stone: the holy grail of alchemy. If what the rumors say are true, the stone can be used to bypass Equivalent Exchange. Ed could restore his limbs and his brother's body.
But there is a story behind the stone: a story not fully told as yet. Other forces are pursuing the stone.
One of them is other factions of the military, wanting to use the stone to bolster their might.
Another is an unusual group of individuals known--for lack of a better term--as "The Sins". They seem to possess unique powers and are ruthlessly after the stone, too.
Then there is Scar. Apparently a survivor of a military massacre in Ishbal, his right arm seems to possess destructive powers. He's made it his goal to destroy the State Alchemists...and Ed is on that list.
The series is airing even as I write, so I won't spoil it right now. There are 51 episodes in total. However, the series will apparently go on hiatus after season 2 (episode 26) concludes.
The story so far (as of #19: The Truth Behind Truths):
- The Sins have found Dr. Marcoh "Crystal Alchemist", who had developed enhancing stones that seemed to work on the same principle as the fabled stone. They threaten him to reveal the location of his hidden research.
- Scar escaped a military pursuit and has also learned that he needs to return to Central if he's to find Dr. Marcoh's work. What he'll do with it once he finds it is uncertain, but the marks on his arm seem connected to Dr. Marcoh's stones. Marcoh's research also seems connected to Ishbal.
- They end up encountering each other in the library. There is a brief encounter where Scar is wounded by Gluttony, but Scar is able to escape. But before then, Scar realizes that Lust and Gluttony are "Homonculi" (common definition: beings created through alchemy).
- Ed returns to Central and discovers the library branch burnt to the ground. Fortunately, a mousy former employee of the library provides a means to recover the lost notes. Ed and Al pore over the notes...only to discover something sinister. The secret ingredient in Marcoh's research...is live human beings. At first discouraged, Ed's convinced to continue looking into the matter, and he remember Marcoh's other words: "The Truth Behind Truths".
- So Ed decides to look into Marcoh's methods to get an idea on where to go from there, and with help from his two guards discovers an "abandoned" laboratory next to a prison. How convenient. Ed gets inside. But now he's being confronted by what he discovers is a soul-attached suit of armor. What he doesn't realize is that Al is also being attacked outside the lab. To be Continued...
If you watch Saturday's episode, you'll know as much as the next man.
Last edited by WhoWantsToKnow on Mar 21, 2005 4:24pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Iri
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re: FMA storyline
FMA ROCKS! and if there is anyone who skips an episode then doesn't watch it on thursday i'll never forgive you
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Guest
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re: FMA storyline
I'll let you guys in on a secret: The ending of the full metal alchemist series SUCKS!!! And the reson is: ED DIES IN THE END!!!!!! I was so sad I actually cried.
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Dark Lilly
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re: FMA storyline
Guest the end of the series doesn't suck. YOU suck. around here we don't post spoilers like that without plenty of warning. Go away and don't come back.
Anyway .....
I missed last Saturday's episode and then failed to tape it Thursday night.
Someone want to pm me with a brief synopsis?
Anyway .....
I missed last Saturday's episode and then failed to tape it Thursday night.
Someone want to pm me with a brief synopsis?
Stand back! This old Otaku has PMS, a broadsword, a double bladed battle ax, a flail, dagger in her teeth and a pistol in her belt.
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WhoWantsToKnow
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re: FMA storyline
Just read my long post up top. It's an up-to-the-episode run-through of what's aired so far, with decent details from the last episode or two.
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Dark Lilly
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re: FMA storyline
Oh, good. Thank you!
Stand back! This old Otaku has PMS, a broadsword, a double bladed battle ax, a flail, dagger in her teeth and a pistol in her belt.
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Shikamaru Nara
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re: FMA storyline
THanks IWANTTOKNOW, i just started watching it like 2 saturdays ago. This really caught me p, but i still want to know exactly why hes called full metal alchemist.
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J.Kudo
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re: FMA storyline
I can take this one...
Besides being Edward Elric's titel in the alcemical word... well actually that's hte only reason... however he attained this title because alchemy is based on metals (Real world knowledge here) each metal ahs its own stellar alighnment Gold-Sun Mercury-Mercury Silver-Moon etc.. In the show most alchemists specializei na transmutation type, a "Metal" if you will.. Edward uses all types of trnasmutation equally, and thus is a "Full Metal" alchemist, using all varieties of transmutation...
The important part about the title is that it's Edward's alchemist title...
Besides being Edward Elric's titel in the alcemical word... well actually that's hte only reason... however he attained this title because alchemy is based on metals (Real world knowledge here) each metal ahs its own stellar alighnment Gold-Sun Mercury-Mercury Silver-Moon etc.. In the show most alchemists specializei na transmutation type, a "Metal" if you will.. Edward uses all types of trnasmutation equally, and thus is a "Full Metal" alchemist, using all varieties of transmutation...
The important part about the title is that it's Edward's alchemist title...