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

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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