Tuesday, October 11, 2005

   Panda Loves Alphonse

And Al loves pandas. I have mentioned before that one of my favorite Full Metal Alchemist characters (next to Mei Chen and Xiao Mei) is Al. Very rarely does a character come along that I truly love. I don't mean love in a relationship way, but in a motherly way. When looking at the pictures of Ed and Al when they are younger makes me wish I could take care of them. I would totally adopt them! The only other characters I have felt this way about, in fact more so, are Seita and Setsuko, the brother and sister from "Grave of the Fireflies". That movie makes me want to reach through the screen and hug them both. I want to take care of them and protect them from the world. I have never had a story pull at my heartstrings as much as those kids did. Those two pairs of siblings totally turn on that maternal instinct in me. Which you should all know by now is pretty much non-existent otherwise. I have never been one of those girls who wanted to have lots of kids, or even one kid to be honest. My best friend Jen always knew she wanted kids. My mom told me if she had been healthy enough she would have had at least 4 children. This to me is bizarre. I thought maybe after I got married that the "ticking of my clock" would kick in that drive to have kids. Been married almost 10 years now and so far it hasn't happened. I doubt it ever will since my health is so crappy. Woah, got off topic a bit, back to anime... I have a question for you guys. What is it about certain characters that makes you like them so much? Their looks? Personality? What is it that hooked you to this character? Here are just a few of my favorites: Alphonse from Full Metal Alchemist: How I love little Alphonse, even in that armor I think he is cute. I love his personality. So caring and loving. Always concerned for everyone...including all the stray animals he finds. When he found that kitten in the rain storm and wanted to take care of it I thought that was so sweet! When he picked up Xiao Mei after the fight with Scar that just moved him to the very top of my favorite character list. Al caring for a tiny lost panda...how much more cute can you get?! Xiao Mei from Full Metal Alchemist: Cute and spunky panda. Need I say more? Mei Chen from Full Metal Alchemist: She looks like a younger version of me. She cares for Xiao Mei like a younger sister (I guess it really is all in a name.) and when Xiao Mei goes missing she really is upset. This just proves how much she loves her little panda companion...companda if you will. Vivi from Final Fantasy IX: Innocent and sweet. All the Black Mages are, they are like children trying to understand the world. It is just so honest and child like I can't help loving them. The child-like wonder and excitement they have is just plain sweet. Like the two Mages that were going to raise "Bobby Corwin". Just the name they picked for that chocobo was like one a little kid would pick for a pet. How cute! Now I just have to do some chocobo fan art...yes, must draw "Bobby Corwin". Genjo Sanzo from Saiyuki: Oh how good girls love bad boys. Tall, thin, blonde with a bad attitude. Definitely not the guy to take home to meet the folks, but would definitely be some fun getting into trouble with. ~_^ Kurz Weber from Full Metal Panic: Yet another one of my favorite blondes. A huge flirt but did you know he uses all the money he earns to help care for his ill girlfriend? Now you know that really hits close to home. Any guy who would care for a sick girlfriend is aces in my book. Kurz could care for me anytime. I think that is a pretty good overview of some of my personal favorites. There are many more but we would be here for days if I did that. So, let me know a few characters on your list of favorites and why you love them so much. Comments on Comments ShadowLight: That's it, we need to go out to eat! I am so glad someone else feels the same way. I just crave that anime food. Ramen, Onigiri...it's all good. Just today I had an Iced Toffee Nut Coffee. If you are what you eat I guess I am a nut! celestialcharm: Kimchi, John loves it. I am not really a huge fan of Kimchi but I do eat it on occassion. I think I have a jar in the fridge right now. zel hoseki: Ramen is so tasty! I need to get to the store to buy more 'cause I am running out...I think I have been watching too much Naruto! P-chansacutie: I would be terrible working at a chinese restaurant, I would just want to eat everything there! Petie: I wonder if it is because in anime when the characters are eating their food it is, like in the case of Naruto, very exciting. They love the food and rave about how great it is. Perhaps that is what makes us want it. But this of course doesn't explain why we don't feel the same way about commercials...I don't know. We, I guess, are just wacky that way. sweet hypocrisies: Oh heavens yes! Ramen is much like other foods. There is the cheap stuff and then there is the good stuff. Cheap stuff would be like Top Ramen, the good stuff Sapporo Ichiban. It's kind of like the difference between Velveeta versus Cheddar Cheese or a Geo Metro versus a BMW. They are in the same "family" but one is much better compared to the other. So in other words Maruchan would be the Kraft cheese slices/Camry of the ramen world. SunfallE: I am very lucky not to be influenced by Italian food commercials. I swear, I see an Olive Garden/Pasta commercial every commercial break. I would be so over loaded on carbs I would need to run a few dozen marathons just to break even in the calorie department! sailor firestar: Very true, ramen tends to be on the salty side. But I love salt, probably more than I should. I love soy sauce. I love seaweed. Both of which are really salty. Maybe since I am Japanese I was made to eat salty foods. lol naski: Yes! Cajun food. Yummy. Spicy. If you like cajun food curry isn't too far of a food leap. indifference: Trigun and doughnuts! That's another series food that always gets me. Thank goodness we don't have a Krispy Creme in this town or I would be there after watching Trigun! KimmehWolfwood: I think food was a very influential topic to discuss, it seems everyone has been craving curry since that post! KitsuneTsuki: It's funny how we are influenced isn't it. Darn those advertisers! Edit: I have added a couple of pieces of fan art. The first is a moogle and the second is the Bobby Corwin piece I mentioned in the above post that I would do. Hey, I didn't name the chocobo Bobby Corwin, it was those two Black Mages from Final Fantasy IX that did. I just did the fan art. Please vote and comment. I would greatly appreciate the feedback. Kupo!

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