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This, more specifically, is why I said I like this concept of Sloth. She’s Sloth because she’s running away from herself instead of confronting the situation like Lust did.

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I get kind of tired of people saying 2003 Sloth doesn’t inhibit her sin. Think of it like this: Instead of accepting her feelings as hers, Sloth wants to escape her memories and the motherly role she was made by Ed and Al to fulfill, by killing them and supposedly getting rid of what she sees as the problem instead of facing the problem, and what’s more slothful than escapism? Furthermore, her water-based powers ironically represent going with the flow; not challenging but instead taking the shape of its container. It’s a less literal take on the sin of Sloth than her mangahood counterpart, but it’s still Sloth none the less.

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Alphonse Elric: Mom?

Edward Elric: But you’re dead!

Sloth: Then this shouldn’t hurt at all!

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Why does Ed flinch like that when Roy goes to grab his wrist in the alley in Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) Episode 8: The Philosopher’s Stone? It’s the craziest flinch he literally cries out and brings his entire automail arm up over his face to protect himself. It’s pretty much just a more childish and vulnerable version of the reflex we only ever see when someone is actively attempting to kill him. I mean he actually fully expects Roy to hit him and I can’t honestly stand it? WAS Roy going to hit him? What was Roy planning to do when he advanced like that before Ed put his arm up? Did Hohenheim ever hit him? Did Trisha ever hit him? Is it because Izumi hit him? Is he just used to being punished through physical violence? Does he feel so guilty about Nina that he expects someone to hit him? Is he just scared of Roy? Has he been scared of Roy this whole time and putting up a front of obstinance and disdain just to hide it? Is he just distrustful of adults and the world in general now that he’s seen the very worst of humanity with his own two eyes? Who was responsible for that scene? For ruining my life with a two-second animation? Ed was eleven years old? Why did this happen to me?

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In Defense of the 2003 Body Crisis

I noticed a lot of people get upset over Al running off over his body crisis, but in 2003, Alphonse runs off a lot, this isn’t the first time. Even as a little child and into the present, When Alphonse got mad at Edward, he would run away, both for comic relief and for a more serious nature. Shown in episodes 13 over cats,

23-24 over his body crisis,

and in episode 38, he kind of does it when he and Ed get into a tiff about Sloth and Scar, revealing a flashback that when Alphonse got angry at Ed, he would run away and down to the river to calm down.

It’s just a childish aspect of 2003 Al’s character that carries out into the present, because Al is still only like 14. This serves as fair reminder that not only are 2003 Al and Brotherhood Al two different characters, but also that Al is still just a kid, susceptible and naive.

Secondly, people say it’s weird for Alphonse to believe Barry’s words. But even if Barry was just a serial killer, you still have to remember that he was sealed to a suit of armor just like Alphonse was and was in practically the same situation. The more I think about it, even if it seems a little extreme in hindsight for Al to take him seriously, the more I can understand why Alphonse, a child, would question his words, and all that aside. It wouldn’t be the first time Alphonse trusted somebody else over his own brother(like with Psiren, a criminal and thief, or even Shou Tucker because Ed could see what he couldn’t at first.)

Also, I still find it laughable that people take Al seriously when he said he would be okay with Ed dying. It’s just like when a child says “I HATE YOU” or “I WISH YOU WOULD DIE” to their parents when they’re angry. Al was angry and confused, of course he might say something like that, it wasn’t like he would have been okay with letting Ed die for real. So, in the long run, I think that this makes Ed’s relationship with Al flawed and human and realistic, because they’re gonna have their ups and downs. (It’s also key to note that Al and Scar had kind of been by each other’s side back in the fifth lab, so it’s not like Al still thinks Scar is completely cold-blooded or anything. Was it reckless of him? Yes, but it’s not too far out of the picture in my opinion, given how much a lose canon Alphonse is in 2003, at one point literally threatening to rip off somebody’s arm and leg.)

Thirdly, in 2003, there was also build up to Al’s identity crisis, because Alphonse was already actually having problems remembering parts of his past, as shown in episode 17 where there’s this interaction:

Well, it was more likely Al couldn’t remember more than just her face. And then Ed saying he had something to talk about but deciding not to in the end… Al had reason to question that.

On top of all this, in 2003, Al’s identity crisis has a lot of relevancy because of the homunculi and their own struggle with finding their true identity and memories just like Al does. Not to mention that Lust’s, Wrath’s and Sloth’s desire to become human also mirrors Alphonse’s.

And on a more interesting note, it also brings up the concept of artificial memories and if their memories are just created by the feelings of their creators.

It also poses a possible answer as to why Alphonse loses his memories for so long in the end of the series when they get Alphonse his body back, and why Alphonse is a young child again.

Oh did I mention how much I love that, with Winry’s encouragement, that Ed confronts Al himself?