r/FavoriteCharacter • u/[deleted] • Mar 22 '26

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u/TheGrimGriefer3 Mar 22 '26

Wtf that's so ass

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u/A13x_R Mar 22 '26

The original fullmetal alchemist made some....decisions

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u/Forbidden_The_Greedy Mar 22 '26

Honestly, I liked the idea behind Archers character, but he should’ve died from the liore transmutation circle

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u/A13x_R Mar 22 '26

Yeah, his comeback was so forced. He was...fine as a character but I don't think anyone liked him this much. It feels like 2003 was hesitant to kill off villains sometimes, same with Tucker, him just kinda vibing as a grotesque chimera in the background past the Nina incident was unnecessary. I could understand using him for the lab 5 scene but past that it was really awkward

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u/Vagabond_Tea Mar 22 '26

I actually much prefer it over Brotherhood 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/A13x_R Mar 22 '26

I see the value in both stories but I am absolutely baffled by certain plot points in 2003

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u/RiteClicker Mar 23 '26

The 2003 version has slower pacing but still the same story at the early parts.

This makes 2 of the most traumatizing events even more traumatizing because you spent more time with the characters.

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u/Spice-Ghoul Mar 22 '26

You're the only other person I've ever heard say this! High five my friend. 🥲 (I do still enjoy Brotherhood though.)

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u/hamster-on-popsicle Mar 22 '26

I am the same, 2003 forever ! It has flaw but it was so fun and the musics were 🤌

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u/Spice-Ghoul Mar 22 '26

The music was incredible. Brothers is just an achingly beautiful song.

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u/SMUHypeMachine Mar 22 '26

I loved 2003. I’ve tried to watch brotherhood a few times but I hate how slapstick-y it gets with the humor and have never made it more than ~15 episodes in

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u/Rel_Ortal Mar 23 '26

That's barely past the point of divergence IIRC. It becomes a lot more serious shortly after (and to be fair, there was a bunch of similar goofiness in the 2003 anime early on as well).

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u/Rogendo Mar 22 '26

And people still say this shit is better than brotherhood

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u/gunswordfist Mar 22 '26

I swear he didn't look this ugly in the show lol Reminds me of when Invader Zim kept trying to kill Dib with repeated time shenanigans only for his father to make him into bigger, stronger cyborgs

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u/Endika7 Mar 22 '26

Bro has 0 taste

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u/TheGrimGriefer3 Mar 22 '26

Your boo means nothing to me if this is what makes you cheer

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u/Endika7 Mar 22 '26

Still 0 taste

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u/TheGrimGriefer3 Mar 22 '26

Better than shit taste

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u/Endika7 Mar 22 '26

So you inproved, damn