{"id":2986,"date":"2013-11-05T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2013-11-22T15:55:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T23:55:39","slug":"mark-watches-fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood-episode-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2013\/11\/mark-watches-fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood-episode-58\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Watches ‘Fullmetal Alchemist’: Brotherhood’: Episode 58"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the fifty-eighth episode of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood<\/i>, you are all evil, and I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forgive you for this. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch FMA:B<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m done. I am so emotionally drained after \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sacrifices.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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You know, I just looked back on my review for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Eternal Leave,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and really, I could say the exact same thing about \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sacrifices\u00e2\u20ac\u009d: Nearly every thought I have for this episode is rooted in sadness and despair. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know that I have ever gotten to the end of an episode of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood<\/i> and felt so hopeless<\/i>. This is not simply a matter of being unprepared for the end of this show, of which I clearly<\/i> am. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a matter of being unable to figure out how FMA:B<\/i> is going to resolve this complicated story in just six episodes. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the painful, vicious reality that even if these surviving heroes save the day, Fu and Buccaneer won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be a part of the festivities. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s even a chance that Riza will be irrevocably damaged by the experience. Who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s to say that Gold-Toothed Asshole will keep his word? What if Mustang does what the doctor asks, and then Riza is left to die?<\/li>\n
If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to see me destroy all of existence<\/i>, then stick around to see my reaction if Riza Hawkeye does not survive this show.<\/li>\n
It will not be pretty<\/i>.<\/li>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so cool to me that multiple times, the show has deliberately pulled the focus away from the main cast to give us a glimpse of what the rest of Amestris is going through, and I think it was incredibly<\/i> necessary that this happen in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sacrifices.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d A giant transmutation circle was just activated throughout Central, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not like you can just ignore <\/i>it. The ground rumbled as if there was an earthquake; you could see the alchemy shimmering hundreds of feet into the air.<\/li>\n
OH, WAY TO STAB ME IN THE HEART BY SHOWING ME ALECIA AND MRS. HUGHES. WAY TO REMIND ME OF HOW HEARTBREAKING THIS SHOW HAS BEEN FOR A VERY LONG TIME<\/i>.<\/li>\n
Anyway, my question about Bradley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ultimate Eye was answered: HE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S STILL JUST AS POWERFUL WITHOUT IT. Damn it, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clear that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s using the distraction of Fu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death to go after Ling.<\/li>\n
So, can we talk about Lan Fan? Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, she is clearly willing to sacrifice her arm again<\/i> to save Ling. SHE DOESN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T EVEN HESITATE. She sees that Ling is in trouble, and she jumps into the action without a second thought. There are approximately 40,000 feelings that this gives me. Yes<\/i>, I counted each one of them. I just\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 so much of this show is<\/i> about sacrifice, and I think that the title of this specific episode is meant for us to reflect on this reality. Lan Fan is willing to die. So were Fu and Buccaneer. (MY HEART.) So is Olivier, and Alex, and Izumi, and the Elric brothers, and Riza, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just going to stop so I can collect myself. This episode is too much<\/i>.<\/li>\n
Hey, remember that time that Lan Fan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tears mixed with the blood from her automail and ran across Ling\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s face? Remember that<\/i>.<\/li>\n
Or that time that Ling cried out in anguish, begging for a single alchemist who could use the Philosopher\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Stone within his body to save Fu. Yeah.<\/li>\n
Those were the days.<\/li>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not forgetting about Bradley, either. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not dead. So that means he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to show up at the worst time ever. Ugh<\/i>.<\/li>\n
Hey, so, Buccaneer. He sacrificed himself to land that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fatal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d blow on Bradley. I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s entirely possible that he wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have bled out had he taken it easy. But no, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not Buccaneer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s style. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Briggs man. And even in the end, he uses his last bit of strength to fulfill his duty to Olivier and his men. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s his last act. Goodbye, friends, I AM SO GONE<\/i>.<\/li>\n
The salute. THAT FUCKING SALUTE. No, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so mad at this show for ruining me like this. why are you doing this to me<\/i>.<\/li>\n
I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even understand the line between Ling and Greed anymore. They are so bizarrely in tune with one another that I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s even possible to discern which actions belong to which identity. And that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fascinating to me because what Ling does isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i> greedy in this episode. He uses his body (accented by Greed\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s powers) to attack the Central soldiers, helping out the Briggs men tasked with protecting the front gate. And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s such an incredible display of power, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, especially when you think about how he told people they could leave if they had families.<\/i><\/li>\n
Hey, remember that time that Olivier learned that Buccaneer was dead?<\/li>\n
Of course you do because IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET.<\/li>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M JUST SO DONE WITH THIS SHOW.<\/li>\n
But no. This show was not done with me<\/i>.<\/li>\n
Because we flash over to where Izumi, Ed, and Alphonse have been deposited, and it makes no fucking sense<\/i>. How the fuck is Father\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lair on the other side of the Gate??? I DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T GET THIS. Dr. Gold-Tooth-Dude sacrificed human lives, so he opened the Gate, yes? No? Something? THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S WHAT THOSE HANDS WERE. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get<\/i> it at all!<\/li>\n
WHO IS THE LAST SACRIFICE???<\/li>\n
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU PREPARE A SACRIFICE IN THIS CASE? They had to have passed through the gate, and Father already has all five of them in one room. It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make sense!<\/li>\n
WHY ISN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T AL WAKING UP???<\/li>\n
WHY AM I SO DISTRAUGHT?<\/li>\n
Because<\/li>\n
because my body knew it was going to happen. or something like that. BECAUSE NO.<\/li>\n
GOLD-TOOTH IS GOING TO FORCE MUSTANG TO DO HUMAN TRANSMUTATION. HE IS GOING TO FORCE MUSTANG TO BECOME A SACRIFICE. YOU ARE KIDDING ME. Oh my god, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to make him try to bring Hughes back, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it? And he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to make Mustang do it while knowing that it is impossible<\/i>. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just to make Hughes suffer.<\/li>\n
EXCEPT NOPE<\/li>\n
NOT CLOSE<\/li>\n
NO<\/li>\n
I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS NOW<\/li>\n
YESTERDAY<\/li>\n
TOMORROW<\/li>\n
UNTIL THE END OF TIME<\/li>\n
I AM SO UPSET. YOU DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T HURT RIZA HAWKEYE. YOU DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T IT.<\/li>\n
I AM NOT FUCKING OKAY. AND I WON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T BE UNLESS RIZA SURVIVES THIS.<\/li>\n
THIS IS THE WORST THING YET. IN AN EPISODE LITTERED WITH AWFUL THINGS, THIS IS THE WORST OF THEM ALL<\/li>\n
I HATE ALL OF YOU FOR INFLICTING THIS PAIN UPON ME.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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