![]() ![]() We are told that Tucker’s wife left him shortly before he became a State Alchemist. Things are not going very well in the Tucker household. ![]() Here they learn that Tucker has a four year old daughter named Nina and a dog called Alexander who Ed and Al take the time to play with for a bit. Upon arriving they explain their circumstances to Tucker who allows to them to have access to his library. ![]() Colonel Mustang suggests that the boys study the work of Shou Tucker, a state Alchemist who received his certification two years prior when he created a talking Chimera. Ed and Al are returning from Lior, having lost their first great lead on the philosopher’s stone and because of this they are considering looking at bioalchemy as a possible means of getting their bodies back. The layout of the story in the manga and in brotherhood is almost completely identical. It’s a great story so far, but it has made writing this and reading that story at the same time a whole lot harder. I am currently reading a book entitled the Alchemists Daughter, which is about a group woman who were all experimented on alchemically by their fathers. I find myself reminded of her constantly. More then anything else in the franchises entirety and that’s saying something. The story of Nina, for me, is one of the hardest parts of FMA to look at and it deeply scarred me. In this installment I’ll be covering the first chapter and the beginning of the 2 nd chapter in volume 2 of the manga, episode four of Brotherhood and episodes 6 and 7 of 2003. So, finally, after many, many rewrites, here is part two of my FMA comparison/analyses. I will make a few exceptions in order to cover material in the series 2003. I’ve decided to more or less follow the Manga’s events in order and branch out from there. The other reason is that I think I’ve finally found my footing in regards to the direction I’ll be taking when covering material. One of these is the subject matter, see that last word in the title? It’s a name, Nina, and if you don’t know who that is, then if you continue to read this you will soon find out. I do hope that you will manage to forgive me, for a couple reasons. Not true, Fry! He waited for you! The only comparable tale of devotion that I can think of is Rory, the Boy Who Waited from Doctor Who, and he may have waited longer, but at least it wasn’t all for nothing! Dammit, Seymour! You’re a fictional cartoon dog on a show that is mostly a comedy! Why’d you have to go and break my heart? Yes, I realize that Seymour’s fate was altered in later episodes, but that doesn’t lessen the initial impact.Oh, wow, it has a been a while since I posted the first part in my FMA comparison series. He assumes that Seymour forgot about him and found a new owner. In the distant future, Fry is given the opportunity to clone Seymour and decides against it when he finds out that Seymour died at the age of 15. Seymour gradually ages, then lays down and closes his eyes. The montage of Seymour waiting and waiting while that Connie Francis “I Will Wait For You” song plays literally brings me to tears every single time. When Fry was frozen, Seymour waited outside the pizza place for him for twelve years. The saddest thing I’ve ever seen on television is the fate of Seymour, Fry’s dog. You broke me, lady.ġ.) Seymour, Fry’s Freaking Dog – Futurama Call me crazy, but the poor kid couldn’t have had all that much innocence left at that point anyway! Did she have to kill his owl too? I remember re-reading it, just to make sure it had really happened, and crying all the tears I hadn’t managed to already bawl out over Sirius Black. Rowling, Hedwig was a symbol of Harry’s innocence. Hagrid purchased the snowy white owl for Harry’s eleventh birthday after taking Harry away from his cupboard-under-the-stairs existence, and she stayed with her boy until the last book, when she sacrificed her life to save Harry. What did Hedwig ever do besides hoot softly, carry mail, wait patiently to be let free from her cage, and stay by Harry’s side when he needed her most? Besides being a sweet, devoted pet, Hedwig was also symbolic of Harry’s own deliverance from his life with the Dursleys. :-)Ħ.) Hedwig, The Owl Who Loved Her Boy Who Lived – Harry Potter Here in descending order is a list of the top six flashback-inducing animals that messed me up the most. Honorable mention goes out to the Staples of Sadness from our childhoods such as: Old Yeller, Bambi’s mom, Old Dan and Little Ann from Where the Red Fern Grows, Mufasa from The Lion King, and Littlefoot’s mom from The Land Before Time. What is it with heartbreaking animals in movies, books, and TV? It’s getting to the point that whenever an animal is introduced into the cast of something I’m watching or reading, I start waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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