definitely little Selim (something blatantly goes twitchy with him later on in life, or he breaks into the government and finds files on himself
There should be Selim futurefic. I mean, clearly.
the homunculi
Woo, I love them, too! Lust's early death makes me cranky, because I found her pretty fascinating. Unlike the other kids, she didn't appear lustful at all, just an object of lust. Which makes no sense. I suppose there's not much they could have explored in a shonen manga, but I found even the basics problematic. Why was she the only one who was female-shaped? I suppose you could argue that Father got his ideas about the seven sins from Hoho, and Lust was what Hoho thought about when he thought about lust, but mostly I think it was just...lack of thought about it atall.
I do enjoy the homunculi's spectacular death scenes. Greed, aieee! Dying on the words, "It is enough."
May Chang and Xiao Mei, because she's cute as a button and gets power from being cute as a button, rather than having a split personality that allows her to be super cute and weak, and then become Bitch Queen of Power, as per your fantasies, Joss Whedon.
Oh, lordy, that's such an awesome point about both May and Joss. It's a reason I like Winry, too, actually. She still falls into the "girl waiting at home" trope a little more readily than I'd love, but what she does manage is to have a life, and a job, and friends, while she's at it. She's strong-willed, yet cute skirt-wearing, and kickass without being a warrior chick.
there isn't any real sense of an insurmountable generational divide with children and adults almost at war with one another
Having cut my teeth on Buffy, you bet I noticed this one—with amazement and gratitude! The moment that drove it home (one of my favourites in the series) was after Izumi, Olivier and co. had taken down Sloth, when the two women turned to each other and said, "The kids are still fighting down there. How can we, the grown-ups, go take naps while that's happening?" I was, like, "Dude, Izumi is the anti-Watchers' Council!"
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Date: 10/05/2011 23:12 (UTC)There should be Selim futurefic. I mean, clearly.
Woo, I love them, too! Lust's early death makes me cranky, because I found her pretty fascinating. Unlike the other kids, she didn't appear lustful at all, just an object of lust. Which makes no sense. I suppose there's not much they could have explored in a shonen manga, but I found even the basics problematic. Why was she the only one who was female-shaped? I suppose you could argue that Father got his ideas about the seven sins from Hoho, and Lust was what Hoho thought about when he thought about lust, but mostly I think it was just...lack of thought about it atall.
I do enjoy the homunculi's spectacular death scenes. Greed, aieee! Dying on the words, "It is enough."
Oh, lordy, that's such an awesome point about both May and Joss. It's a reason I like Winry, too, actually. She still falls into the "girl waiting at home" trope a little more readily than I'd love, but what she does manage is to have a life, and a job, and friends, while she's at it. She's strong-willed, yet cute skirt-wearing, and kickass without being a warrior chick.
Having cut my teeth on Buffy, you bet I noticed this one—with amazement and gratitude! The moment that drove it home (one of my favourites in the series) was after Izumi, Olivier and co. had taken down Sloth, when the two women turned to each other and said, "The kids are still fighting down there. How can we, the grown-ups, go take naps while that's happening?" I was, like, "Dude, Izumi is the anti-Watchers' Council!"