I Have Realized That I Don't Know How To Draw Gender. I've Actually Known This For A Bit But When I Go

I have realized that I don't know how to draw gender. I've actually known this for a bit but when I go to draw the transfem Ed and Wrath they just. Look the exact same plus a skirt or whatever outfit I can think of (not saying men can't wear skirts, but that's part of the things too).

I guess the reason why Al looks kinda feminine, to me at least as this has been engraved in my brain, is the fact I draw eyelashes on Al - but I do that bc her design has very very very noticeable eyelashes and would be weird if I didn't draw them. Again, this is to me.

Also, I dunno how to draw ship art. Been struggling since drawing Edling (holy SHIT I need to draw more Edling, but Wrath and Ed have been consuming my mind lately) for Edling week bc I dunno any romance stuff except kissing. And biting too ig.

Oh yeah speaking of Wrath, I recently discovered something (two things specifically) when I was scowering through Google to look for Wrath merch (because I am sane. I promise.)

So:

They done fucked up my boy. This, for those that don't know, is what the Wiki says is Wrath 03's 3D model for the PS2 game, "Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream Carnival" - which is, I guess if you had to compare, like a Smash Bros type game made back in August of 2004.

This isn't actually the render he uses in game, as we can see here:

The render is correct in game, with his arms fully two toned, he doesn't have the cuff on his Ed arm, and he clearly has his undershirt; Unlike in the render depicted on the Wiki. (Sorry for the low quality screenshots from google and youtube, I will be able to get more better quality once I get the game for myself hopefully.) He looks so silly I can't.

I dunno where they got this render, but here's more talk of the game;

Something else I noticed when looking at gameplay of this game, and I will continue to do because I don't know what the games actually about I just know 03 Wrath is in it, is that the lil chibi Wrath shown as a button to press is actually Wrath before he remembers and remembers just what he is.

I've also never seen that chibi Wrath before - not in any of the offical art, most of it uses the Wrath pictured below when he is shown from what I have seen, not in merch; Nothing.

The only other Wrath chibi I have seen is the one in the Chibi Party OVA where he seems to be arguing with Izumi. (I'm a lil upset that he got no lines in said OVA even though he was an important character in CoS, we see ELICIA more - but at least I get to see him, I suppose.)

The other tangent will be the next post, so stick around ig.

many such cases

CHAT WAKE UPPPPPP

Ive been up for the last three hours.

Im in the same timezone as half of you wake uppp

I hope you know that when i read that I fucking started stimming so hard I had to take a walk, I'm honored to be called that too?? Holy shit??? (I need to check out more of scarwasright 's content, this reminded me as well! You both can share the title, extra silly.)

And yeah! You got exactly what I was thinking, and I came to the same conclusion by listening to Pale White Horse for an hour straight tbh lol, it's a good song and I'm glad to have shared it!

I listen to a few Lord Huron songs, but I haven't listened to this one tbh. I'm listening to it now.

When the Night is Over reminds me of Scar and Lust too, the tune specifically??

The instruments play in a way that is somber and slow but holds a strong, steady beat throughout it - the (I think it's whistling) also fits it really well; And the music just, idk how to explain it but it makes me think of the more somber aspects of Scar and Lust's dynamic. Despite the tune being steady it can convey a sense of unsure-ness to me, like with the occasional sound of the music adding in instruments and then taking them away again as though deciding "nevermind", only to add it at the more ending part of the song - which FURTHERMORE makes me think of how they both were at the end when it came to their shared paths and how they portrayed it if that makes sense, as after all the instruments are added back in, as it reaches its loudest point in a sense, it then dies down and quiets. It's not abrupt or anything. It's calm, like acceptance to me.

I would be able to truly say this if I listened to it like, over the course of three hours on loop. I'm on listen 6 as we speak, because i keep re-reading this post for anything i should add, so I'm definitely liking this song and I see your vision as well. Very fitting, I love it. I'm gonna obsess over this song for a week now. :) Also I dunno enough about music to say if my words are actually right when it comes to the instruments, this is just the vibes I get from the song on my own.

I'll let you know if I find any other songs, I often am looking for songs to equate to fma 03 characters and whatnot.

Hii! I wanted to ask your opinion on smth since you're like, the Scar acc on here.

I keep listening to Pale White Horse by The Oh Hellos and I keep thinking of Scar and Lust when it comes to the song. If you've listened to the song, do you think similarly?

I dunno, I've been thinking about it for the past hour while I've been working lmao

Hey! I'm honoured to be considered the Scar acc from the Wrath acc 🤝 (tho tbh scarwasright should absolutely wear that crown)

I Gave "Pile White Horse" a listen, and wow! Yeah, I absolutely see what you're picking up here. These lyrics especially fit Scar and Lust beautifully:

Heed the sirens, take shelter, my lover Flee the fire that devours But the sight held me fixed Like a bayonet against my throat Neither plague or famine tempered my courage Nor did raids make me cower

And the final set of lyrics scream "Amestrian genocide of Ishbal" + Scar and Lust being unable to shake the sense of recognition of someone they once knew, their shared past:

It was the raging storm Of a foreign war And a face I'd seen before

The lilting voice of the singer and the deeper thrum of the backing choir lends this track such a tender, sombre presence to the heartbreaking lyrics. Perfect for Scar and Lust!

A song I also feel works for them, imho, is "When the Night is Over" by Lord Huron. Particularly:

Now the trail has gone cold I don't know where else to go And my time, I fear, is nearly over [...] When the night is done, you'll vanish in the sun Will I hold you when the night is over?

And the outro, as the music swells and the vocalist laments:

I hear the river say your name By the stars above, I know we were in love I hear the river say your name I have only 'til the night is over

This song hurts my feelings without fail, every single time.

Thanks for giving me another song to torment my ScarLust brain with (fully positive)! If you, or anyone else, has any other songs that fit these two (or their individual characters), I'm down for suggestions!

Me when Wrath 03

I can imagine The Characters to any song