Arctic Light

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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( This is brief ... )

( Chapter 101 ETA )

( New ETA regarding chapter 102 )

( Son of ETA from chapter 103 )

( ETA the last )

104 is the latest chapter, right?

... so apparently I stopped reading the FMA manga right before things got good, eh?

I just mainlined vols. 6-10 tonight (up to the latest one the library had in stock), and

( Spoilers, capslock, flailing )

I shall be off to get subsequent volumes as soon as I can! Please, please do not spoil me beyond vol. 10, which I think is about ep. 20 of Brotherhood (not that I've been looking up episode guides or anything XD ... though with one eye squeezed shut to avoid spoilers). FMA is a series that I really, really want to read unspoiled, because I love those "OMFGWTFBBQ" moments that Arakawa does so well.

Edit: Also, does anyone know of any good Riza gen or Riza/Roy (actually, Riza/anyone, come to think of it) that's not spoilery for post-vol. 10(ish) of the manga? Anything from the original animeverse (i.e. not Brotherhood) is also fine; I've seen all of that. I'm afraid to look up fic or vids for fear of spoilers, but I want more Riza like burning! (So to speak...)