Fullmetal Alchemist - Page 10

Lithp · 05-29-2010, 06:04 PM

Unfortunately, that's pretty much how it works.

I would like to note that I'm still butthurt over Pride's abilities.

Magus · 05-29-2010, 06:52 PM

I thought he actually literally saw the future of whatever he's looking at up to like a second before it happens, myself. I think that was how they explained his power in something or other (may have been a mistranslation from some fan scanlation, though)...

Seeing all the possible scenarios ahead of time instantaneously would make more sense, though, than bringing seeing the future into it.

Yeah, Chapter 108 should come out next month, pretty sure it's supposed to be the last one (unless she thinks an epilogue wouldn't be breaking the 108 rule). Seems like it's always after the 10th that the scanlations come out, at least on the site I look at.

As for being butthurt over Pride's abilities and their not making any physical sense, remember that for all intents and purposes, as far as who created him, a wizard did, indeed, do it. The author can always fall back on that explanation!

Lithp · 05-29-2010, 07:10 PM

But he's not a wizard, he's just a mad chemist blood monster thing. >.>

Anywho, I think that, with Wrath, you're safe with "he sees shit really well."

Magus · 05-29-2010, 07:45 PM

1. Guy wears robes.

2. Does all kinds of necromantic voodoo shit.

3. Alchemy, which is kind of like chemistry but is all mystical and uses magic circles and stuff.

He's pretty wizardly! When he got around to tossing around tornadoes and lightning it kind of went up a step, too, since I wasn't even sure how alchemy came into that (I guess altering the air pressure in the room, and hot and cold fronts? Increasing the electrons in the air?)

I think the future thing that I read really meant to say "sees all possible future actions someone can take" so it's not exactly the same as seeing the future, so yeah, "he sees shit really well" is a good enough description for me.

Lithp · 05-29-2010, 11:21 PM

Anything that alters the natural world is alchemy. The tornado actually didn't impress me that much, seeing as Al did it in the movie. Granted, his was much smaller, but still.

Premmy · 05-30-2010, 12:18 AM

Didn't that girl Lyra make tornado/explosions with a little necklace?

ZAKtheGeek · 05-30-2010, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Premonitions

Didn't that girl Lyra make tornado/explosions with a little necklace?

HEAT BEAM AIR BLAST!!

Lithp · 05-30-2010, 01:38 AM

"She liquefied the air around her, reduced its volume, & created a shockwave. The heat & light came from the energy needed to maintain entropy."

Yeah. I know way too many lines from the 1st anime by heart. Disregarding that, though, it is air alchemy, but it's on a much smaller scale & is not a tornado. Actually, in some ways, it's closer to what Roy does.

But basically, it's just a blast of directed, superheated air.

Amake · 05-30-2010, 01:45 AM

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around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to share the most empathy

See, in our modern days writers have trigged there's no rule saying those two things have to be applied to the same character, as Apocalypse Now demonstrates. Unless you're Barney Stinson and empathize with Kurtz. . .

Lithp · 05-30-2010, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Invisible Queen

See, in our modern days writers have trigged there's no rule saying those two things have to be applied to the same character, as Apocalypse Now demonstrates. Unless you're Barney Stinson and empathize with Kurtz. . .

Bottomline: Arguing with something as concrete as the definition & etymology of the word is just beating a dead horse. The protagonist is the main character. Your "correction" was not correct.

05-29-2010, 06:04 PM	#91
Lithp Boo Buddy Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 400	Unfortunately, that's pretty much how it works. I would like to note that I'm still butthurt over Pride's abilities. __________________ Great site, especially for RPers: http://degosroleplaying.aceboard.com/ (As you can see, the key to advertisement is subtlety.)

05-29-2010, 06:52 PM	#92
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	I thought he actually literally saw the future of whatever he's looking at up to like a second before it happens, myself. I think that was how they explained his power in something or other (may have been a mistranslation from some fan scanlation, though)... Seeing all the possible scenarios ahead of time instantaneously would make more sense, though, than bringing seeing the future into it. Yeah, Chapter 108 should come out next month, pretty sure it's supposed to be the last one (unless she thinks an epilogue wouldn't be breaking the 108 rule). Seems like it's always after the 10th that the scanlations come out, at least on the site I look at. As for being butthurt over Pride's abilities and their not making any physical sense, remember that for all intents and purposes, as far as who created him, a wizard did, indeed, do it. The author can always fall back on that explanation! __________________ The Valiant Review

05-29-2010, 07:10 PM	#93
Lithp Boo Buddy Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 400	But he's not a wizard, he's just a mad chemist blood monster thing. >.> Anywho, I think that, with Wrath, you're safe with "he sees shit really well." __________________ Great site, especially for RPers: http://degosroleplaying.aceboard.com/ (As you can see, the key to advertisement is subtlety.)

05-29-2010, 07:45 PM	#94
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	1. Guy wears robes. 2. Does all kinds of necromantic voodoo shit. 3. Alchemy, which is kind of like chemistry but is all mystical and uses magic circles and stuff. He's pretty wizardly! When he got around to tossing around tornadoes and lightning it kind of went up a step, too, since I wasn't even sure how alchemy came into that (I guess altering the air pressure in the room, and hot and cold fronts? Increasing the electrons in the air?) I think the future thing that I read really meant to say "sees all possible future actions someone can take" so it's not exactly the same as seeing the future, so yeah, "he sees shit really well" is a good enough description for me. __________________ The Valiant Review

05-29-2010, 11:21 PM	#95
Lithp Boo Buddy Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 400	Anything that alters the natural world is alchemy. The tornado actually didn't impress me that much, seeing as Al did it in the movie. Granted, his was much smaller, but still. __________________ Great site, especially for RPers: http://degosroleplaying.aceboard.com/ (As you can see, the key to advertisement is subtlety.)

05-30-2010, 12:18 AM	#96
Premmy Stop the hate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a nice web on fifty first street Posts: 4,466	Didn't that girl Lyra make tornado/explosions with a little necklace? __________________ Drank

05-30-2010, 01:38 AM	#98
Lithp Boo Buddy Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 400	"She liquefied the air around her, reduced its volume, & created a shockwave. The heat & light came from the energy needed to maintain entropy." Yeah. I know way too many lines from the 1st anime by heart. Disregarding that, though, it is air alchemy, but it's on a much smaller scale & is not a tornado. Actually, in some ways, it's closer to what Roy does. But basically, it's just a blast of directed, superheated air. __________________ Great site, especially for RPers: http://degosroleplaying.aceboard.com/ (As you can see, the key to advertisement is subtlety.)