être dans la lune

I see two main themes in FMA: desire, and death. Through different characters' journeys, motivations, and eventual fates, it explores these themes from a bunch of different viewpoints. I think it takes quite a pessimistic stance, having a fair bit to say about the inevitability of tragedy in human desire, but we'll get to that. The main discussions of theme don't include the ending in Conqueror of Shamballa, but I'll touch on that at the end. (ღゝ◡╹)ノ♡ ｡ﾟ･

( spoilers for the whole thing. like, so many spoilers. All The Spoilers. )