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Regarding Envyâs behaviour â if we write then please read this!
disclaimer: before reading this, know that in no way I agree with Envy and I also donât think heâs innocent. At all. His actions can in no way be excused and I donât mean to say that they should be. Keep that in mind.
I personally donât believe that Envy WANTS to be evil. I know that probably sounds weird, but thatâs exactly why I will elaborate.
Father once mentioned that he knew Greed would show up because he knows what they think. Hohenheim once mentioned that Father designed Pride in a certain way. And itâs also known that Father tried to create a portal of truth in Gluttony but failed. From this we can conclude that Father designs them while creating them AND that he knows their thoughts.
Envy is jealous of humans. Father knew that and purposely made his true form look like a monster. Not just that, the fact that heâs a shapeshifter is even worse. He can look like any human, but he can never BE one.
So instead he tries his hardest to prove to himself and others that he, a homunculus, is way better than those stupid humans. How does he do that?
By killing people. He kills them > he wins > heâs better than them. But at the same time killing people makes him even more of a monster. I like to compare it to eating a chocolate cake on a diet. Feels good at the time, but you regret it after.
Besides that, Envy doesnât even really enjoy fighting. In fact heâs avoided it several times in both manga and anime. He only does what heâs ordered to do or whatâs necessary to do.
Does he boast about it? Yes. Obviously he needs to show off how much BETTER it is to be a homunculus and how STUPID humans are. It kind of reminds me of what little kids do. Their friend gets a new toy and then they grab their old toy and pretend itâs a lot more fun because theyâre jealous.
And guess what? Heâs Envy. Obviously heâs jealous.Â
Envy actually wants people who care about him. He wants friends. He wants to be human. Yet he can never BE human so why try, right? Better spend his life being âhappyâ hiding behind his ââhomunculi are amazing and humans suckââ mask âcause thats where he feels safest.
Honestly I think heâs been wearing that mask for so long he barely even realised it was there himself.
On top of that, he has an inferiority complex, but acts like he has a superiority complex because thatâs the way heâs learned to speak from his family. It makes him feel safe.
