FMAB Episode 48 Reaction Extended (YT link below)
Added 2021-02-27 02:00:14 +0000 UTCYouTube Link:
In Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood 1x48 The Oath in the Tunnel, we finally learn who was the true mastermind behind the events of the show: Madam Christmas. It was Madam Christmas all along.
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Re: Bradley laying low. I think its worth to remember that from the previous videos, the north/east maneuver, the exploding train, Ed meeting up with his father and fighting Pride and Gluttoney and meeting up with best girl Lan Fan all happened on the same day, before the promised day, so it could just be that all of this is happening in a short time span (literally 1-2 days) . kinda amazing how tight packed these episodes are
Fredo_Credo
2021-03-01 15:48:54 +0000 UTCIt’s probably mostly poetic because they were talking with innuendo while they fought, and Mustang is popular with the ladies. She also died while on her knees Another meaningful bit to it is that Mustang killed her to protect someone he loves (like you said) in this case being Riza. You could also argue that Lust’s... well, lust, is what got her to that point to begin with. She told Mustang to watch as Havoc bled to death, then said he could die. She essentially allowed him to suffer (I assume because she was satisfied by that) but in doing so ended up sparing him, which came back to burn her (literally)
Nick
2021-02-28 23:06:01 +0000 UTCLusts death might be poetic if you think about the fact that mustang wants to save the people he loves but i dunno probably a stretch
Luis
2021-02-28 07:29:15 +0000 UTCI take it you haven't watched any Wandavision on Disney+ then. I saw you wrote "It was Madam Christmas all along" at the end of your description and since the internet has been raving about this jingle ever since last weeks episode came out, I thought you'd seen it to.
EJFee
2021-02-28 04:13:23 +0000 UTCDefinitely does, he feels like a kid who just doesn't know any better and is really hungry. They somehow make him seem innocent even though he literally exists to kill and eat things for Father lmao.
benj
2021-02-28 04:02:26 +0000 UTCNot much to update here, but you’re finally getting closer to episodes 53 and 54 so I am hyped
Nick
2021-02-28 03:59:54 +0000 UTCI didn't notice the animation specifically but I have been loving the action sequences recently, starting with the Bradley x Ling fight
Alex G
2021-02-28 03:23:48 +0000 UTCYeah I think once you get to know the Homunculi crew as a whole Gluttony seems innocent in his sinning, if that makes sense.
Alex G
2021-02-28 03:23:20 +0000 UTCWait is this real? lol
Alex G
2021-02-28 03:22:31 +0000 UTCI always found the whole "bloodlust" idea for her a stretch. I see it more as Homonculus being what he was did not have much lust, but instead viewed lust as a means of manipulation and control. That's what Lust became. As far as Lust's death is concerned, it was certainly ironic. She was killed by a man who pretends to be lustful towards many woman while protecting the one woman who he truly cares for.
Burk314
2021-02-27 23:20:16 +0000 UTCRIP Gluttony, eaten to death. Not sure if you've noticed but the animation quality in the action scenes has kicked up a couple notches too.
A Suresh
2021-02-27 22:54:08 +0000 UTCGluttony's death is unironically one of the saddest deaths in the show for me. It really is crazy how much he grows on you as a character, like once we get those episodes where he's just vibing with Alphonse showing him around central and stuff I didn't even view him as a true villain anymore.
benj
2021-02-27 18:27:38 +0000 UTCGod, that jingle has been an earworm
Jackie
2021-02-27 07:41:24 +0000 UTCFor once I’ve managed to not watch your video the day it’s uploaded, so I’ll be back for an update tomorrow (or technically today now) when I watch this and AOT
Nick
2021-02-27 06:29:48 +0000 UTCLust's death is poetic in a larger sense. Her death very blatantly references the Divine Comedy, in which the lustful are eternally swept around in burning wind, literally on fire forever.
R. Lewis
2021-02-27 05:44:26 +0000 UTCWho's been surveying everything? It's been Madam Christmas all along. Who's been pulling every Amestrian string? It's been Madam Christmas all along. She's devious (Ha, ha!) So perfidious That you haven't even noticed And the pity is (The pity is) Pity, pity, pity, pity It's not too late to fix everything Now that the Fuher has gone gone gone Thanks to Madam (Ha!) Clever Madam It's been Madam Christmas all along! And I'm Roy's foster mother too! *chain smoker laughter*
ComicalSkate
2021-02-27 05:23:38 +0000 UTCyou fool! it was Yoki all along! you just wait and see how he defeats father!
Joey Joseph Jojoson
2021-02-27 04:41:07 +0000 UTCGreat punishment
Alex G
2021-02-27 03:46:06 +0000 UTCYou know... for all I say I love GTO (Onizuka is my avatar), I don't think I've ever completely finished the anime.
Alex G
2021-02-27 03:45:47 +0000 UTCLife moves fast in Resembool
Alex G
2021-02-27 03:45:10 +0000 UTCGlutony dies from being eaten how ironic.
Jonathan Canfield
2021-02-27 03:43:14 +0000 UTCIt was black hiyato all along... btw I'd recommend assassination classroom or great teacher onizuka!
Kamolak
2021-02-27 03:29:04 +0000 UTCI realized Hoenheim pretty much married Trisha when she was 18. She was 26 at death and the Edward was 8 at that time
ArmdVctr
2021-02-27 02:58:42 +0000 UTCI had initially wondered why the other sins seemed to have personalities emphasizing the core strengths and weaknesses of their sin, except for Lust. Father however repetitively mentions that they are created through him casting aside each of the seven desires. Lust is likely different, though, because the Dwarf in the Flask has always seen humans as lesser, and doesn't seem to covet them in any capacity that would involve lust. It makes her character a little more interesting to think about to me, since it makes her seem more abstract
Kingsley
2021-02-27 02:48:51 +0000 UTCThat's a good point. It's not that SHE was lustful (that I saw), she was more an object or symbol of lust. Something else I saw in a comment the other day is that there is also some irony in her being defeated by Roy, who is a known or suspected womanizer.
Alex G
2021-02-27 02:42:53 +0000 UTCYeah, I think it's very hard to hold in our minds the complexity of the world and other people. But I love anything that makes me reflect on that, even though I can never fully grasp it.
Alex G
2021-02-27 02:41:20 +0000 UTCThere are a lot of very strong options for that list. Right now I'm all about Madam Christmas. Can't believe she blew up her bar and just walked it off like nothing happened.
Alex G
2021-02-27 02:40:16 +0000 UTCI've heard good things :) I'm gonna decide the next show by poll.
Alex G
2021-02-27 02:38:49 +0000 UTCIkr, Gluttony crying out for Lust with his last breath was kind of devastating.
Ruma Risto
2021-02-27 02:38:17 +0000 UTCI think Lust's death can be poetic if you disregard her aesthetic and instead think of her in terms of bloodlust, rather than insatiable intimacy. She never really demonstrated a mindset for lust in the way we traditionally think of it, and instead seemed to revel in cruelty and violence. Being painfully eviscerated at the hands of a war criminal on a vengeance quest could definitely be seen as her poetic demise.
Kingsley
2021-02-27 02:37:40 +0000 UTCThe Selim/Pride betrayal really cut you deep you even had to break out the censors. I'm with you on realising people have whole different sides to them similar to when it randomly hits you that the people around you have as full, complicated lives and thoughts and fears as you do
malikparah
2021-02-27 02:37:28 +0000 UTCI love that Selim become less human after devouring Gluttony. His eyes turned purple. It's also very sad that the last thing he said was a cry for Lust.
T-mo
2021-02-27 02:31:22 +0000 UTCRoy Mustang definitely the most badass character in this entire show. Close seconds are Alex Louis Armstrong and Izumi Curtis.
benj
2021-02-27 02:30:22 +0000 UTCYou probably have something to take fmab's place when it ends but if not I hope you'll react to assassination classroom. It's humor is the same style as fmab's and there's a lot of good lessons to it. The teacher is one of the best anime mentors of all time. If I remember correctly you mentioned teaching before in some of your videos so you might appreciate it more than most.
E_lincoln
2021-02-27 02:30:17 +0000 UTCEd may not be the most powerful alchemist in the show, but he certainly is the most creative. He basically aped Greed's ultimate shield with his carbon fiber automail.
ArmdVctr
2021-02-27 02:27:25 +0000 UTC
