acreaturecalledgreed:

this is the dumbest nitpick but i remember reading a fic that had Roy Mustang offhandedly think to himself that he needed to get new gloves (he’d lost his normal ones) and that it would be tricky b/c its not like he could just use wool

except….

no, no wool isnt (easily) flammable. its perfect for fire nonsense. you literally use wool gloves for fire tricks if you’re some sort of fire performer.

its Exactly the material the ignition gloves would have as a base

those gloves are almost definitely some form of alchemically modified wool; modified to make a spark but otherwise just wool so it doesnt catch easy when roy the wonder pony is doing his thing

this is such a nitpick but my entire being is nothing but a suit full of awful little nitpicking chickens out to overthink and spoil the fun of all