Blond with epic angsty past: not the one you're thinking

[taotrooper]

Okay. So. I CALLED FLASKTHING. I should've trusted my instincts and not starting to believe it was Pride because all of you thought so. But I still saw it first, and I'm proud somehow. Or whatever.

Hoho is sexy. Men with books have that effect on me. Ask Scar's brother. Oh wait, you can't XPPP

Xerxes' destruction was all epic and creepy. I digged it, even if it felt rushed. Father is a bastard. And the Xerxes king wanted the same thing Ling and Mei's father does, which is an odd parallel. It's especially convenient for Father to have Greed infiltrated in the body he is now :/ If they don't save Amestris, Xing will so be next.

Some things I picked up:

- The alchemical ritual was done at the place Edward visited at the ruins. I find it interesting.

- Hohenheim is calling people out after the devastation. And they're the same names he muttered that time, saying "sorry for using you". Of course, they were part of the sacrifices that brought him to become a living Pstone. It was cool fore(back?)shadowing.

kirarakim was mentioning that perhaps Hohenheim got more Pstone than Father, and that's why the former won't age while the latter does. I'll copy-paste what I commented her:

I'm not sure that Father really 'ages' or that Hoho got more stone. Maybe it was all the homunculus-making what consumed him? Now, aren't the other homunculi made from him? The more he "shares" his Pstone around with his creations, the weaker and most senile he gets, or that's my theory.

And it makes even more sense the more I think about it. Why would Father repeat the mass sacrifice on a country? To restore himself with moar Pstone, perhaps.

By the way, there's this dude on Mangahelpers.com working on a text translation.

Comments

[kirarakim.livejournal.com]

And it makes even more sense the more I think about it. Why would Father repeat the mass sacrifice on a country? To restore himself with moar Pstone, perhaps.

Yes this does make the most sense with what we've seen so far.

I am also beginning to think that the old theory about Hohenheim teaching alchemy to Xing (while Father brought it to Amestris) is probably true.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

The only bad thing about that theory is that it sounds so simple. But it could fit anyway.

Considering he mentioned Xing while talking with Izumi, there's a bigger chance that's what happened, yeah. It would be hardcore if Hoho helped to figure out a way to fight against Father with Rentanjutsu.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

What I noticed the most about Young!Hoho is how much his facial expressions and even his gestures look like Ed's. Arakawa wins at detail, again.

And the Xerxes king wanted the same thing Ling and Mei's father does, which is an odd parallel.
I know. I wonder where she's going with the Xing storyline... I'm sure Ling wasn't thinking of *this* when he started looking for the Stone.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

More like the other way around, technically XDDD But that was to be expected since last month.

He so definitely wasn't D: Hopefully, if that ever happens, he'll fight Greed back with his will?

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

Hee, right. ;P Still, it surprised me because she could just have them *look* alike and that's it. But she really pays attention to everything. (And since Arakawa actually draws different people, we can tell when it's on purpose as opposed to "let's recycle character designs again LOL" ¬_¬)

if that ever happens, he'll fight Greed back with his will?
I hope so. D: I know, he was willing to kill a lot of people from the other clans to get his goal... but the whole country is a different story!

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

And besides, the previous Greed was the rebel homunculus. Perhaps Greedling wouldn't agree if Father wants to use him, especially for that? Being a king = awesome, destroying shit he wants to possess and messing with his deal with his host = not so much.

I don't know, any of those two would have to do something to stop it. But that'd be the worse case scenario anyway so it's not likely to happen.