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17xinfinity: This is where I take the opportunity to debunk this really ridiculous argument about Edward Elric. I’ve seen a lot of criticism for how emotional Ed is in this series. He doesn’t cry often, but he tears up and expresses a lot of negativity that doesn’t fall under your typical shonen macho bravado.  Edward Elric is a fifteen year old boy. Edward Elric is a traumatized, injured, lonely, orphaned fifteen year old boy who has had to take on responsibilities that are far above his maturity level. He has endured pain on the level of a soldier in a full-scale war and then some. He has had flashbacks triggered, he’s lost two of his limbs, he has nightmares of blood and decaying flesh, he has lost his mother, he blames himself for what happened to his brother, he watched an innocent child die and blames himself for that too, he has just recently admitted he doesn’t have anyone older he can trust right now, he has nearly been murdered with knives and with amplified alchemy designed to blow his brain apart, he doesn’t have a home, he’s cut himself off from his remaining family besides Al for their own protection after seeing what dangers his job incurs. He loses sleep on research. He carries limbs that are too heavy for his body mass. He is regularly called upon to solve problems that are better left in the hands of adults by other adults he distrusts because he feels like they will only exploit him.  All while trying to be the adult he is just not ready to be. Not yet. You will never experience half of what this kid experienced. This orphaned, child soldier, amputee who is trying to save he and his brother’s livelihoods under corrupt authorities who’d kill him for stepping out of line. He deserves to shed tears.
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17xinfinity:

This is where I take the opportunity to debunk this really ridiculous argument about Edward Elric.

I’ve seen a lot of criticism for how emotional Ed is in this series. He doesn’t cry often, but he tears up and expresses a lot of negativity that doesn’t fall under your typical shonen macho bravado. 

Edward Elric is a fifteen year old boy.

Edward Elric is a traumatized, injured, lonely, orphaned fifteen year old boy who has had to take on responsibilities that are far above his maturity level.

He has endured pain on the level of a soldier in a full-scale war and then some.

He has had flashbacks triggered, he’s lost two of his limbs, he has nightmares of blood and decaying flesh, he has lost his mother, he blames himself for what happened to his brother, he watched an innocent child die and blames himself for that too, he has just recently admitted he doesn’t have anyone older he can trust right now, he has nearly been murdered with knives and with amplified alchemy designed to blow his brain apart, he doesn’t have a home, he’s cut himself off from his remaining family besides Al for their own protection after seeing what dangers his job incurs.

He loses sleep on research. He carries limbs that are too heavy for his body mass. He is regularly called upon to solve problems that are better left in the hands of adults by other adults he distrusts because he feels like they will only exploit him. 

All while trying to be the adult he is just not ready to be. Not yet.

You will never experience half of what this kid experienced. This orphaned, child soldier, amputee who is trying to save he and his brother’s livelihoods under corrupt authorities who’d kill him for stepping out of line.

He deserves to shed tears.

vondell-swain:

warning: this is gonna sound weird and dorky if youve never played pokemon as an older kid or an adult, but i dont know why you wouldn’t have

ok so

you know how as a kid when you were playing one of the main series pokemon games and like

you’d get your starter pokemon right at the beginning

and you’d be like “wow, cool! this guy’s so cool” and he’s with you while you’re battling on the first few routes before you get pokeballs and so by the time you get to the point where you start catching other little weak low-level pokemon, your starter is already on a noticeably higher level than anything you’re catching

so as a kid you’re like “this guy’s so strong and cool! i’m gonna battle with him so much!” and you continue through the game barreling past the first couple of gyms with just your main guy and he’s leveling up and getting stronger but any other pokemon you catch rarely ever see the light of day in battle let alone actually get any focused training

that’s usually about when your starter evolves for the first time and you’re like “holy crap, this guy is AWESOME! i don’t need these other guys at all, they’re so weak. i can probably just make it in this game just by training this one guy.”

and then you run into a gym leader that uses a type that’s super-effective against your starter and you start realizing that oh no, wait, maybe just putting all your effort into the one guy might not have been the best decision. but what are you gonna do? this gym leader’s pokemon are all at level 30 and your main guy might be at level 40 but you don’t have even one other pokemon in your party that’s at a level higher than like 15. so you just get stuck grinding your main guy for ages until it’s at a high enough level for the type weakness to even out and scrape past the gym and move onto the next one, which you fly past because you’ve kind of forced yourself into being even more focused on just the one guy. all your time and effort has gone into training this one single pokemon and even though it might be really awesome, you literally only have that one thing to rely on and if the game throws you a curveball and he gets knocked out, you’re pretty much dead in the water because none of your other pokemon are even sort of up to par with your place in the game. 

normally as a kid you just get mad and grind at the elite four for weeks and then get tired of it and play a different game

but if you’ve played any of the main series games as an older kid or as an adult, and if you pay any attention to the game at all, you understand how important it is to give the same amount of attention to all six pokemon you’re carrying at any time. you start seeing the specific and unique strengths and weaknesses of every guy you have available to you and realizing that keeping a well-thought-out and well-balanced team of pokemon makes you less likely to be completely decimated the moment you’re faced with anything that challenges one of your main strengths.  some people even throw out the main guy they started with in favor of something new that they’ve found that seems to work better for the way that they play the game. ultimately you realize that you can’t focus all of your effort on one thing that you’re really confident in, you’ve gotta split up your time and make sure to develop all of the little things that you’ve picked up along the way, because if you don’t keep yourself well-rounded you’re going to keep finding yourself in situations where you’re completely out of your league the moment your main thing can’t solve them.

and i knew that about pokemon since i was like 13 but i only just recently realized that it’s one of the most powerful and genuine life lessons i’ve ever accidentally learned

(Source: itsvondell)

be free with your tempo, be free, be free: rosalarian: michaonthemoon: yaoibutts: I love how potato in French is...

rosalarian:

michaonthemoon:

yaoibutts:

I love how potato in French is pomme de terre, which pretty much means “earth apple.”

like what stupid frenchman saw this:

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and said “zis petite légume looks like a, how you say, APPLE! hmmm… but it grows in ze earth… HON HON HON! MAIS OUI! C’EST UNE POMME DE TERRE!”

j’adore comment ananas se dit pineapple en anglais, ce qui veut littéralement dire “pomme de pin”, genre quel type anglais a vu ça:
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et s’est dit : “ow cette étrange big fruit ressemble à une, how do you say, POMME! hmmm… mais plutôt une pomme qui pousse dans les pins… HU HU HU! OH YES, IT’S A PINEAPPLE!”

(z’avez vu, on peut le faire aussi… hon hon hon!)

Well then.

Touché.

laliberty: Disaster Relief | American Red Cross The tornado devastation in Oklahoma and surrounding areas is a horrific tragedy beyond words. At least 145 people reported injured with the death toll at 51, including 20 children.  Please give what you can to help those who need it. Also consider Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief, Salvation Army, and United Way of Central Oklahoma.
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laliberty: Disaster Relief | American Red Cross The tornado devastation in Oklahoma and surrounding areas is a horrific tragedy beyond words. At least 145 people reported injured with the death toll at 51, including 20 children.  Please give what you can to help those who need it. Also consider Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief, Salvation Army, and United Way of Central Oklahoma.
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laliberty:

Disaster Relief | American Red Cross

The tornado devastation in Oklahoma and surrounding areas is a horrific tragedy beyond words. At least 145 people reported injured with the death toll at 51, including 20 children. 

Please give what you can to help those who need it.

Also consider Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief, Salvation Army, and United Way of Central Oklahoma.

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