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 )

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Comments 13

1221bookworm February 23 2014, 05:45:51 UTC

Where to start ( ... )

booksrgood4u February 24 2014, 23:28:19 UTC

Hehe, thanks :D And why ever shouldn't you be able to read the text?? You are not referring to my last failed attempt, are you? XD ( ... )

1221bookworm February 26 2014, 21:46:47 UTC

I don't think you should be able to read the text, nah!! :)

Thanks for the permission!

There certainly were a lot of characters to wrap up, so I think the pictures in the end really helped - how else could you see Havoc learning to walk again? and it's poignant in it's simplicity. However, some characters, deserved a bit more than just a picture! I think at the end of the series, the author begins to get tired of it, and so maybe is not quite as creative with coming up with all the tying in bits that the fans think should be there!

I think the future looks brighter for LanFan not that Fu isn't there to berate her for everything she does. (I get the feeling that that was his MO) I think she will be freer without his constant overlooking her actions.

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

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meltintall3 March 31 2014, 23:47:03 UTC

I saw your 'never have too many books' FMA icon on Sounis so I popped over to see where you got it... and it's amazing and so are the others. My favorites are the first three.

(I am a die-hard fan of the subbed versions of FMA:B; I soooooo prefer growly-voiced Ed over generic hero voice Ed and I don't remember what the difference is between the Roy's but there was one and it was important. :p I grumbled all the way through one of the final episodes where I couldn't find the subbed version because I couldn't tell who was speaking by their voice...all the guys sounded the same and so did several of the girls! But that's my two cents and I am decidedly in a minority, lol. Also, I've always found that sub or a dub the suggested next video on YouTube should be the right one for your viewing preferences.)