Consider the relativistic relationship between Father and Al. If you view Father as the Younger Brother of Hohenheim, as theyre sort of “of the same blood” since the dwarf was made from Hohenheim. Anyway, Ed spends his entire journey trying to find a way to get out of using human souls, and therefore the Philosophers Stone and actively ignores chances to use it. Meanwhile as soon as Al gets his hands on the stone he ends up using it in FMAB to fight pride. (Continue in next ask)

ruinsofxerxes:

I’m honestly…..speechless after reading this. This is incredible! Like, honestly there are some uncanny parallels between Hoho and Father and Ed and Al, that I can’t help but think this may be intentional as well. This made me think about the end of the manga/brotherhood, when Ed and Al go their separate ways, Ed to the West (like Father) and Al to the East (like Hohenheim), so adding on to that, it’s almost like Arakawa was breaking the parallels by making Al’s ending more like Hohenheim’s than Father’s. But really, these connections are amazing, because who would suspect Al of having so many similarities to the bad guy? I mean, obviously Al isn’t a bad guy in any sense, but really, even though he’s generally seen as the gentler and kinder of the brothers, he was the one out of the two of them to willingly use a philosopher’s stone (tho it was out of necessity and not for the benefit of himself) But still, this is incredible! Thanks for sending this in, I’m honestly in awe that five years later I’m still discovering the complexities of fma, whether they were intended or not, but yeah. God I love fma so much lol