Fullmetal Alchemist
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maybe Dante cheated on Hohenheim with Father and they’re the Homunculi parents… that’s a very dumb fan theory, sorry if i burnt anyones brain cells
Envy in FMA03 and Brotherhood are different enough to be almost two separate characters.
In FMA03, Envy is the eldest of the homunculi and is basically Dante’s personal enforcer. Though both versions are twisted and sadistic, FMA03 Envy is intelligent and cunning. Despite Envy being Dante’s “son,” we never really see their relationship explored much, but it seemed to be largely professional: They worked together to achieve their mutual goal of revenge against Hohenheim. I can’t really explain why Envy is “crazy” in FMA03, I think that’s just a facet of the character they were borrowing from the manga up until that point, because being so emotionally unstable seemed like a part of his character.
But in Brotherhood, he’s more fleshed out. The Homunculi are all Father’s progeny that represent the aspects of his personality and desires. Envy is the embodiment of Father’s jealously of humanity and likely inherited his worst impulses, and so lashes out violently when something he despises is put in front of him. Envy is also the fourth homunculus to be “born,” which might give him a bit of “middle-child syndrome” next to his siblings (which might account for how he treats them). He’s also far more emotional, petulant and incompetent next to the FMA03 version, but I think that actually made him a better character. He was still threatening, but now more balanced and less of a villain sue.
Personally, I don’t think Father or Dante ever treated homunculi badly the way you suggested; more likely with just cold indifference.
Few more of my favorite gag strips:
Younger men vs older men on the truly important questions in life:
*Visible Concern*
Another fan-theroy about Father and Dante getting the prize for worst parents in FMA, ’cause my brain’s screwed up and can spend hours overanalizing anime scenes, usually arriving to the most worst case scenario conclusion
Again, this theory’s from Envy’s point of view, as it’s based on the scene where he’s getting burnt alive by Mustang, repeatedly…
I posted this clip on Anime Music 3 only interested in the beginning, ’cause now i know how to say moron in japanese :D After posting it, i thought i’d watch the full video, well, the rest of the video is a compilation of Roy setting Envy on fire, but, out of this firery compilation, one particcular scene caught my eye, this actually caught my eye while i was watching the series, but re-watching it put my brain into overdrive
Towards the end when Envy’s almost run out of power, he looks into Roy’s eyes, and he’s shaking, fear in his own eyes, normal brain would just exept thar Envy’s shitting himself ’cause he knows he’s about to get his butt kicked, yeah, normal would
Instead, my crazy brain, thinks there’s a lot more going on in Envy’s brain during this scene, even empathizing with him
Like Ed says just after this scene and in the next episode, at that moment Roy had “the face of a monster” and was “half way to psycho town”, so at that moment Envy wasn’t looking into the eyes of good guy Roy who’s goal is to save his people, but crazy Roy consumed by vengence, in a way rightfully so, after all Envy did kill Hughs and tried to kill Riza, and that is unforgiveble, still, letting vengence consume you’s never a good thing, so, what was going on in Envy’s head while looking into crazy Roy’s eyes?
Roy’s not a bad guy, but at that moment it’d be pretty hard to tell if you didn’t know him well, think of it as the difference between Anakin’s eyes and Darth Vader’s, in that moment Envy’s looking at Vader’s, this in itself would be enough for anyone to shit themselves, especially if you see that person’s eyes change right infront of you, want to know how this sittuation goes beyond shitting ones self?
If psycho stare reminds you of another psycho stare. In Envy’s case, looking into crazy Roy’s eyes probably reminded him of looking at Father. Father might’ve never got physical with the Homunculi, but he’s still a psychopath, and he didn’t really bother to hide it
Another thing that might’ve gone thru Envy’s head, is that those crazy eyes were what Hughs and the Ishvalan kid saw on himself as he killed them, i don’t know, Envy seems traumatized enough in that scene for some crazy shit like this to leak from his subconcion
Reading this thru i realize it’s probably not gonna make any f***ing sense unless, well, you’re brain’s not 100% normal ;P
Anyway, Dante’s also a psychopath, in my opinion an even bigger psycho than Father, so if this were to happen in the FMA03 version, Envy would’ve probably been even more traumatized, i know Envy’s terrible… but poor Envy
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