one of my favorite things about the final arc sequence in FMAB is that all the female characters are drawn just as disheveled, tired, bloody, dirty, and destroyed as the men who were fighting alongside them. riza, izumi, olivier, mei, and lan fan all take some pretty serious damage during their respective final battles, and they’re allowed to show it. they all bleed, cry, sweat, show visible impact like scratches and bruises, get their clothes torn, and their hair messed up—all in realistic, respectful, and appropriate ways given the unique situations they each endured.
i know this is much more common in live action media for female characters to walk out of a battle with perfect hair/makeup and no blood/tears/sweat/any signs of damage or dishevelment to speak of (except for maybe the token papercut-sized scar on her face, if the creators are bold enough to show even that much), but this problem of course happens in animation too. and it was something i didn’t quite realize i was missing until i saw it.
So I had this really cursed conversation with @atomicpowered about “what would’ve happened if they made kimblee into a homonculus” and then it turned into what if it was Lust and then it turned into this anyway enjoy
Plot Designing 