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[amethyst_koneko]

It will come as no big surprise to any of you that I do not like the way the manga ended. The reasons are numerous so I decided to put at least some of them down on paper just so they wouldn't be just inside my head driving me nuts anymore. (I now understand what you writers are talking about when you say the bunnies won't leave you alone! :D) After doing that, I decided to share my masterpiece with you all. This is your last chance to look away! ... Oh well, can't say I didn't warn you! ^_^ Beware flying f-bombs! :D

Arakawa-san,

I want to let you know exactly how I feel about what the end of the FMA manga has done to me, or rather, what you have done to me. I am deeply hurt and grievously disappointed. First of all, your ending sucked major ass. What a cop-out! How dare you, after all the years of hardship and struggle that Ed and Al endured (with us along for the ride), give us this cotton candy fairy tale ending! FMA taught us that life isn't fair, that you have to make the best of what you've got, and yet you give us this contradictory bullshit drivel for an ending?! Everything was resolved by using Philosopher's Stones and human transmutation - the very things that got Ed and Al into this mess to begin with, the very things that we've been taught all along are the most heinous of crimes! The hell?!? Our heroes save the world and the only sacrifice is Ed's supposed pride?? The good guys fought, bled, and died to save a nation from annihilation and the result is Ed learns to be humble?? Are you fucking kidding me?!? To add insult to injury, you took Ed's alchemy from him! Alchemy, the very thing Ed's entire world has been built upon, the very thing he's best known for, the very thing he's used his whole life to help others with, the very thing that he's been focused on his entire life, is suddenly gone and it's supposedly OK?! How can you rip away the entire foundation of Ed's world and expect him and us to act like nothing's happened?? You seriously want me to believe that some fucking apple pie and the sight of some sunny fields is a magic cure all?? I don't hardly think so!

And let us not forget the huge WTFery that you did with Al! The boy sat in complete sensory deprivation for YEARS and yet when he's restored he's perfectly OK with the sudden rush of sensation?? The touch of Hohenheim's hand only sends a shiver running over him and the bone crushing hugs Mei and Sig give Al don't even faze him?? "It's so warm"?? That's all he can say? That's the best you could do? I can't believe you would insult my intelligence like this. Shame on you. With this tripe, you have insulted us the fans and cheapened everything the characters have worked so hard for.

Now let's talk about Hohenheim. Why didn't you sacrifice him to bring back Al? Hohenheim's leaving set into motion everything Ed and Al did so why not let him be the means by which they are restored and reunited? It's called coming full circle in case you didn't know. Hohenheim was dying anyway and wanted to make amends so why not let him do it? Were you afraid of him upstaging Ed somehow? That's just pathetic. Hohenheim's sacrifice not only was the best solution to their situation, it was the one that was most believeable and the one most fans expected and deemed appropriate.

Lastly, would you kindly explain how in the hell Ed managed to turn himself into a Philosopher's Stone? Was this even more forbidden human transmutation? Funny how Ed seems to have no trouble performing this bit of taboo alchemy to save his own ass but won't even consider using a Philosopher's Stone to save Al. How was Ed with a Stone of just one soul able to overcome and defeat Pride with a Stone of innumerable thousands? You seriously expect me to believe that Kimblee distracting Pride was all it took for Ed to win? Again you try and break my ability to suspend disbelief if you think any of this is even remotely plausible.

signed
amethyst_koneko,
disappointed and dismayed fangirl

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