Comments | booksrgood4u: FMA blathering and icons

booksrgood4u

FMA blathering and icons

Feb 22, 2014 08:58

I just finished Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 27 - what a ride it's been! It's been a while since I got as swept up in a series as I have with this one. I should probably start off with an apology and a thank you to Leng, who recc'ed the series and who I told repeatedly that I didn't like manga. Thanks, Leng!

( Blather, blather, blather, icons )

books, reading, icons, rants

Leave a comment

Back to all threads

mander_lee February 23 2014, 18:40:12 UTC

Okay, first of all, what an awesome layout!! I love how the purple just stands out! And that banner? Super cool! Looks so pro! Everything looks so nicely laid out. =D You must be doing so well in your web design classes ( ... )

booksrgood4u February 24 2014, 23:51:13 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you like it!! OMG, I'm actually really bad at CSS, that's why I did this XD I wanted to just get more familiar with the way that CSS is laid out, so I used the Custom CSS template you sent to Bookworm for the Secret Santa a few years ago as a base, and just worked on figuring out what was what and changing the colors, just to get used to how CSS works ( ... )

mander_lee February 25 2014, 01:57:13 UTC

Oh, did you know about the "Inspect Element" tool on your browser? Basically it allows you to look at the html code of any site, and if you hover over a line, it'll show you which part of the site it is. This is really useful for CSS, because it helps you see each element ID and class and what values are assigned to any of the CSS properties ( ... )

booksrgood4u February 26 2014, 13:35:39 UTC

Oh, hey! That's cool! I knew about the inspect element, but I didn't realize that it highlighted the corresponding element on the site! Thanks alot!

The other thing I kind of expected about LanFan was that Greed/Ling would have had a stronger response to her. I mean, the only reason Ed knew that Ling was still in their was because he got a reaction when he said "what about LanFan?" But then, when she actually showed up, she didn't really seem to get a reaction. Bookworm says it's because Greed was prepared for Ling to put up a bigger fight around LanFan, so he was able to suppress Ling - that first time took him by surprise.

We started to talk about it Tumblr, but what are your ideas about how Ling might get rid of the 50 wives thing?

Oh, I see! Everyone ships Roy and Riza XD Hehe, I wonder how Riza would feel about her grandfather angling to make her first lady XD

mander_lee February 28 2014, 19:17:33 UTC

Hehe, yeah, I actually didn't figure it out until a year after I've started playing around with CSS. =P ( ... )

booksrgood4u March 1 2014, 18:11:14 UTC

Yeah, I think it was Ling when LanFan originally showed up, but even after that, everytime she said 'My prince?!' I was expecting Greed to lose control because Ling was fight so hard. I didn't think too much either way of his reaction, because, like you said, they were a little preoccupied. But that's an interesting thought - I'm sure Ling got quite an insight into Greed's personality all those months sharing a body, so he'd know if showing an interest in Lan Fan would set Greed off. At the end, when Greed said that all he wanted, all along, was 'friends like these,' it made sense why he always seemed to be dominant around LanFan, because he wanted what Ling had in LanFan.

Ooh, so your headcannon is similar to mine - I also thought that she would gain some sort of respect from the Xingese people that would help them overlook her low birth. I wonder what kind of political thing she could help with....Any thoughts?

mander_lee March 2 2014, 15:10:07 UTC

Lemme see if I can find the fanfiction that I read about it: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7223280/1/Lex-Legis. The author is actually one of my favourite LingFan writers, but she abandoned most of her stories. In 'Dirge', there's this confession scene in the last chapter that I absolutely adore, because I really think a confession from Ling and Lan Fan would go exactly that way.

Hmm... I don't have any specifics, really, just sort of a blurred idea that she'll do something awesome. Let me see if I can come up with something. Well, as his personal bodyguard, she's pretty much already involved with a lot of court stuff since she'd follow him everywhere. I don't exactly think she'd get credit just for saving Ling from time to time, because that *is* her job, so she'll probably have to do something that's a little out of her usual job description. Maybe spying or uncovering a conspiracy against Ling... maybe saving Xing a la Mulan! Haha.

booksrgood4u March 4 2014, 21:02:42 UTC

Oh, yeah...didn't really think of that, but come to think of it, the old Greed was always going on about women, and having all the women he wanted, so I'm sure he was shall we say 'interested' in LanFan. That was a good story - loved how Ling turned it around on Greed, and said Greed could have everything Ling ever had from LanFan.

Huh...I think that whatever she did, Ling would have a large part in making sure everyone knew...She's so quiet, even if she uncovered some conspiracy or some such, she wouldn't make a scene. But Ling would probably jump at the chance to sing her praises XD

mander_lee March 7 2014, 17:30:45 UTC

Hehe yeah, it's really strange where a fangirl's mind would take her. I didn't think of it until I started reading fanfictions. Apparently Greed/Ling/Lan Fan is a popular love-triangle ship. =P In this respect, I was sort of glad that Greed died, even though he was the best homonculus, because you know how I hate love triangles. =P

Oh yes, you're right. Ling would have to back her up, and probably act as her publicist! He'd announce it to the entire empire, and probably make it a law for Xingese education to include Lan Fan in it. XD

Back to all threads