fma fandom question

[meganbmoore]

Ok, seriously, what's with all this overwhelming love for Mei-chan?  I mean, I don't dislike her(even though she usually annoys the heck out of me) and at least she's useful, but I just don't get why I seem to be tripping over fandom love for the character every time I look at FMA stuff.

Also, what's with all the Al/Mei shippers?  I mean, yeah, she's said she's small for her age and it makes her look younger, but as she looks about six, that probably makes her...what? Eight or nine?  Maybe ten?  Granted, Al is only fourteen or fifteen himself(I forget which) but still...

(I do, though, like her scenes with Scar, especially when she had him out helping her look for her pet...because, seriously?  Scar helping a little girl look for her pet? Awesome.)

Comments

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I'm actually rather behind on the FMA manga, but yeah, I think there's a little more basis for that pairing.

I'm sorry to scar you. However, please consider: that was the gateway anime that taught me anime doesn't have to suck, I love some of the plot that they do in the anime, (Lust, Scar, Winry's parent's death, that scene with Haylate licking Riza's toes....).

Plus, while I love the way the author writes women, I think she over uses 'cartoon humor' - e.g. there are places where I think it would play better if she just had a more realistic drawing instead of a chibi-cartoonish one.