Granted, it wasn't exactly yesterday I wrote FmA ficlets - or drabble scenes or whatever it should be called.

Sort of based on inspiration from dzioo's post. In any case, she's the guilty one.

( Grey morning (Fullmetal Alchemist, rated All ages (G), no particular spoiler warnings I think) )

*stares in wonder* Panini has licensed Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and shows it on a Youtube channel? With Swedish subtitles! We're not getting screwed and locked out as usual? That's definitely not something I had expected!

I have had surprisingly little to complain about over the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood series this far. Even if I still think the first anime was a little more shiny for some reason, but that could just as well only be random rosy memories. And the voice changes that I really feared could make me react negatively haven't actually made me cringe very much at all. I do miss old Envy a little though. In any case I like that they seem to have decided to make the best of the opportunity and give us new scenes animated with no more overlap than absolutely necessary. Still, it does have a rather high speed in its storytelling, and I can only imagine how someone who hasn't read the manga must feel sometimes. But for me, I can hardly wait until we get into new manga storyline-land.

Since I'm in fanboy mode, something about the rest of my current anime spring season. Something new, something old. As usual for me:

Hetalia Axis Powers. It's hardly surprising that I find the anime shorts entertaining I suppose. The concept is so weird-cute and something only a Japanese could have come up with.

Shangri-La. Nothing really fantastic, but not that bad either this far. After reading about it, I just had to see what it was going to be about. Not really what I expected, but I guess I continue watching it for a while.

Full Metal Panic. Not a new one at all, I know. But it was something that had been on my "maybe watch someday" list for a looong time, and now there happened to be this combination of stumbling over it, and at the same time remembering that someone with usually very good taste seemed to have liked it, so... And this far I don't regret it. It is nice entertainment! Much better than the short synopses I once read made it sound.

I don't care if it's a stupid thing to think that things sound better just because they are in English, but... Maskinbrynja?! WTF? There MUST be something better to name it than that!
[English literal retranslation: maskinbrynja = machine mail; and yes, it's Ed's automail translated into Swedish we're talking about here] And again, yes, maybe automail sounds hilarious too when you start thinking of it in detail, but at least it doesn't give me mental images of steam-powered machines clad in small metal rings.

(No, I still haven't bought Fullmetal Alchemist in Swedish, only flipped through it in the store again. And, well, if they're going to call it that, I don't think I manage to buy and read it. The laughing would kill me.)

Well, no one can have missed what day it is, so why not have a little fun with the subject of the day? Mindless drabble of course, as is expected from me. ^^

( FmA - Operation Valentine (G) )