Also!

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stultiloquentia has a completely awesome Fullmetal Alchemist introductory post. If you haven't seen it, it's a great "why you should watch this show!" post and an overview of the different versions of canon; if you have seen it, it's a hilarious and awesome romp through the show's gorgeous visuals and wonderful characters. (Spoiler warning: If you're severely spoiler-avoidant, you may wish to skim the images and not read much of the text; the sort of spoilers that exist are more general plot-setup stuff and "then this character is introduced later" rather than "...and in episode 30, everyone dies and is replaced by clones!" but being a severe spoilerphobe myself, I enjoyed FMA's unpredictability and liked the way that the reveals unfolded with no knowledge of what's coming up.)

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