Drawing some art took me to think about that scene when Roy wanted to kill Envy and i decided to push out my thoughts about it and Royai in this scene because my feelings are very complicated.
I think about her words, "I'll follow you even to hell," and compare this relationship to Haruka and Michiru's. There's a difference there. H and M chose each other over the world, and when one of them decided to become evil (with a specific purpose, but still), the other said, "Of course I'm with you, where you go, I go."
And Riza decided to stand in Roy's way (with a specific purpose, but still) and go against his will. I understand everything, everything that was meant to be in that scene, but still, part of me regrets that he wasn't allowed to fully get his revenge. His psyche was healthy enough to survive the war; it would have survived this experience, too. I'm old enough to understand the reasons, but not perceptive enough to be happy with how it all turned out.
Yes, H and M didn't intend to become a power; they've always been isolated, and therefore more independent and free. Roy bears a great responsibility, which weighs on him and shapes his actions as a character, and in this case, the author uses Riza as the only lever that can influence him and prevent him from straying out of the right side (which, given his past, he's never fully been on). Which is certainly very romantic, but Roy isn't an innocent man, not a little boy, and the moralizing in this scene seems odd. No one seemed to mind how he burned Lust, but here he just happened to have a more resilient guy, and one with a twist, so the burning took longer. I think if they hadn't emphasized so much that the worm wasn't an equal opponent, he would have burned him quickly, let go of his grief for his friend, and moved on with his business. But they just started messing around with it.
So, I can't agree with this scene, and I'm not pleased that Riza took part in it. It feels a bit like a betrayal. So, she'll "follow him into hell" only for a good cause, only if it's morally justified. Which is a healthy attitude. Maybe I just mean something different by that phrase. By saying "I'll follow you to hell," she's saying she trusts him enough to follow him anywhere. But this little scene casts a shadow on her own words, because it turns out she doesn't trust him enough. To be clear, I don't mean that she should agree to everything he does, but I think this particular incident with Envy isn't worth making such a moralizing scene.
It's such a romantic moment, the heroine bringing her lover back from the depths of an evil spell with the power of her love! But I don't see Roy as enchanted here.
Mehhhh, i just needed to put this into words to better understand my feelings. I’m in no way saying that this is right and you should agree. Moreover i think you should disagree))) Moreover i think if the situation with him going wild was well… truly wild I would love such royai scene to the bottom of my heart (which i do with canon scene but just partly)