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He doesn't, actually. He simply appears sparkly because ''everyone in the world'', including the camera, is in love with him. This mysterious attractiveness has been [[CatchPhrase passed down the Armstrong line for generations]], which is why the rest of his family also appears to sparkle.

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He doesn't, actually. He simply appears sparkly because ''everyone in the world'', including the camera, is in love with him. This mysterious attractiveness has been [[CatchPhrase [[CharacterCatchphrase passed down the Armstrong line for generations]], which is why the rest of his family also appears to sparkle.
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[[WMG:The Gate is a facet of [[{{Main/Transformers}} Unicron]]]]

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[[WMG:Greed was a {{pirate}} in his human life.]]
The human Greed was based on died in the early 18th century, a time period where the seas were the hub of wealth and material goods. Pirates were notorious for being greedy, as well as seeking out fiercely devoted crews of outcasts and criminals, being rough and vulgar, heavy drinking, constantly thirsting for women, and holding ransoms.

Greed is somewhat tanner than other homunculi (though Lust should be too...) so it's unlikely he was Amestrian and could have originated from a country bordering the sea. Also this makes the Yock Island scene funnier.
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[[WMG: If Ling had been given a role beyond a cameo, he would have become the second Greed]]
Because {{Mythology Gag}}s are fun and it would've been a great way to explain Greedling's existence in a way that works for the 2003 series.
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moved from WMG.Fullmetal Alchemist Anime, discussed here [1]
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[[WMG: All of Hoenheim's bodys looked the same]]

People where wondering why [[spoiler:Envy's true form]] looks just like the Elric Brothers, when his father Hoenheim had a different body when he birthed him. The answer is that Hoenheim did not change bodies the same way [[spoiler:Dante]] did.

When Shou Tucker was trying to bring his daughter back, was only able to make a soulless doll. It's possible that Hoenheim did the same thing, only to possess the bodies to bring them to life.
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[[WMG: Pride's origins]]
King Bradley was once a real person, a normal military man who was assassinated by the homunculi at some point either because he was becoming a threat or for the sake of one of Dante's experiments. He was married, and depending on when exactly the real Bradley died and Pride was created, Selim might actually be his biological son in this continuity; alternately, if Dante gave him the ability to age like a human, his physiology might be close enough that Pride could actually impregnate his human wife with a HalfHumanHybrid, possibly explaining why Pride seemed to show Selim such genuine affection and regard at first -- Selim was ''his'' son, not Bradley's, and his parentage would make Selim the first of his kind, something Pride (and likely also his equally arrogant creator, Dante) would take, well, ''pride'' in.

It's never stated when Pride was made, so Bradley may or may not have already been Fuhrer at the time. [[DarkActionGirl Lust]] as we know her wasn't around back then, but Envy certainly was and is no stranger to assassinations, so likely his killer was Envy -- shapeshifting would be the power best-suited to sneaking into a highly-guarded space and murdering the leader of a country.

Bradley's death was covered up and his body smuggled to Dante, who realized how useful a loyal Fuhrer pawn would be acting in her interests, and used human transmutation to create the homunculus Pride based off King Bradley to help her directly control the military and through it the country. Pride has all of Bradley's memories and ages like a human, so he returns to the Bradley home with his wife and son none the wiser to the fact that their real husband and father was murdered in cold blood and a dangerous inhuman stranger has come home in his place, and will one day even murder Selim out of [[MythologyGag wrath]] and [[DownerEnding leave Mrs Bradley widowed, childless, and alone]].
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Think about it. Wrath went nuts after being given them by [[spoiler: Envy]], and he had memories of the Gate after eating them. You could also say that the older the homunculi, the crazier they are (which might be something of a giveaway as to who's the oldest). And then there's what the stones [[PoweredByAForsakenChild are made of]]. That means [[spoiler: all those human souls are screaming and twisting inside you all the time]], and [[CaptainObvious that can't be good for your mental stability]]. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And then there's ]] [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard Dante]]]]. No wonder they're crazy!

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Think about it. Wrath went nuts after being given them by [[spoiler: Envy]], and he had memories of the Gate after eating them. You could also say that the older the homunculi, the crazier they are (which might be something of a giveaway as to who's the oldest). And then there's what the stones [[PoweredByAForsakenChild are made of]]. That means [[spoiler: all those human souls are screaming and twisting inside you all the time]], and [[CaptainObvious that can't be good for your mental stability]].stability. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And then there's ]] [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard Dante]]]]. No wonder they're crazy!
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By using a gorilla/chimpanzee, a (or some) corvids, and ''maybe'' a dolphin and/or parrot/mynah bird. You would have to ''teach'' it how to talk, but it would still be capable of passing an auditory [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Turing Test]] after a couple of years. The problem is that Shou [[spoiler: [[strike: needed]] [[VillainBall wan]][[RidiculousProcrastinator ted]] ''immediate'' results, so he gave up any time he made something that couldn't spout out Amestrian as soon as it was "born"]].

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By using a gorilla/chimpanzee, a (or some) corvids, and ''maybe'' a dolphin and/or parrot/mynah bird. You would have to ''teach'' it how to talk, but it would still be capable of passing an auditory [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Turing Test]] after a couple of years. The problem is that Shou [[spoiler: [[strike: needed]] [[VillainBall wan]][[RidiculousProcrastinator ted]] ''immediate'' results, so he gave up any time he made something that couldn't spout out Amestrian as soon as it was "born"]].
* Considering the weird parrot-like chimera used as [[spoiler:Rose's ex-boyfriend]] could talk (even if it was just one word), this seems likely.
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* That's what I always assumed, too. There's a kid who looks like Rick in the manga, too (can't remember off the top of my head if he was named there or not, though), who claims to be Ishballan but is considerably lighter than everyone else. It would also explain why the red eyes are constantly made a big deal of, since a paler person with red eyes would still have proof that they're at least part Ishballan.
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* Wouldn't it be the opposite? With Envy supposedly [[spoiler:being Hohenheim's ''son'']], Hohenheim would've had to body jump into [[spoiler:Envy's father]]? Though the latter part still makes sense in that he still could've done that--maybe it'd be easier for Hohenheim to possess one of the family's descendants that way.




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* Ed has the same hairstyle in the manga, though, and Hohenheim wears his hair that way, too. Also, [[spoiler:Envy's "original" form looks more masculine than his current one]]. Although, [[spoiler:Envy's [[AmbiguousGender preferred form]]]] could very well be an indicator that maybe [[spoiler:''he'' wished that he'd been a daughter]]?
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He had the same hair color and hair style so why not have a f1 driver be alternate version.

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He had the same hair color and hair style so why not have a f1 driver be alternate version.
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[[WMG: Another alternate version of Alphonse Elric was Mike hawthorn.]]
He had the same hair color and hair style so why not have a f1 driver be alternate version.
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[[DodgeBall Because he can't dodge wrenches.]]

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[[WMG: Dante is/was originally the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' world's version of Dante Alighieri]]
Simple enough. When she was originally born, she was the FMA world's Dante similar to how Bradley is implied to be their version of Fritz Lang in ''Conqueror of Shamballa''. The difference here is that, in this world, Dante was born a woman (lining up very nicely with Lang's suggestion of an AlternateUniverse where a given male person may have been a woman instead, on top of all other possibilities that could imply).
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Both Alchemy and Nuclear Energy are based on changing the atomic structure of matter itself through applying a lot of energy. The life-force of people on our side of the gate power alchemical reactions in the Amestris side. As a form of EquivalentExchange, the life-force of people on the Amestris side therefore power nuclear reactions on our side. Also, the story of Fullmetal Alchemist somewhat mirrors the rise of Quantum and Relativistic Physics: the firmly established belief of Equivalent Exchange is gradually overturned, in the same way that the ordered, comfortable world of Newtonian Physics is overturned by the more confusing and uncertain Quantum and Relativistic Theories. In Real Life, the law of Equivalent Exchange itself was formalized and popularized in the modern consciousness by IsaacNewton: "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."

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Both Alchemy and Nuclear Energy are based on changing the atomic structure of matter itself through applying a lot of energy. The life-force of people on our side of the gate power alchemical reactions in the Amestris side. As a form of EquivalentExchange, the life-force of people on the Amestris side therefore power nuclear reactions on our side. Also, the story of Fullmetal Alchemist somewhat mirrors the rise of Quantum and Relativistic Physics: the firmly established belief of Equivalent Exchange is gradually overturned, in the same way that the ordered, comfortable world of Newtonian Physics is overturned by the more confusing and uncertain Quantum and Relativistic Theories. In Real Life, the law of Equivalent Exchange itself was formalized and popularized in the modern consciousness by IsaacNewton: UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton: "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."
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[[WMG:The animeverse takes place in the same multiverse as HisDarkMaterials.]]

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[[WMG: Alternately, Hommunculi can gain souls rather than obtain them outright]]
It's a concept of cosmic equivalent exchange: in and of itself, an act of altruism isn't supposed to have a reward. But in Fullmetal Alchemist, where there is a balance to everything, a Hommunculus choosing to do something selfless can result in them gaining the souls they seek. Case and point, the way Lust's character development makes her more selfless and eventually leads to her HeelFaceTurn. We even see [[spoiler: Wrath enter the afterlife in some capacity after he is killed in ''Shamballa'']] but never see anything resembling that for the others. So, simply put, Homunculi don't have souls when they are created, but can obtain them through their actions.




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** In ''Shamballa'', Hoenhiem says he was the one who attempted to resurrect Envy, and he blames himself for how monstrous he turned out. Still, Dante certainly couldn't have helped things.
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[[WMG:In-universe, "Brotherhood" is a CosmicRetcon of this series]]
Two points made me think this:
## The last opening to the first series was called "Rewrite" and it contained the lyrics "I'll erase it and rewrite it".
## The first opening to the second series was called "Again" and it contained the lyrics "I don't know if I want to change or return to how I was".
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* Here's one possible explanation: at some point, the Elric brothers (either Ed or Al) decide to let the world know of their experiences and alchemy [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis through fiction]]. At first however, they could only do this piecemeal, resulting in various ''IndianaJones''-style serials in TheThirties and TheForties that are loosely based on their exploits, which might in turn be followed by B-movies sometime in TheFifties or TheSixties. As the brothers age however, they find it increasingly important to convey at least as much of the truth as possible (despite knowing how "unbelievable" it would sound to a world without alchemy) without the distortions over the decades. So one day in the early 2000s, they turn to a certain Japanese mangaka in an attempt to start off without the aforementioned clutter. And the rest is history.

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* Here's one possible explanation: at some point, the Elric brothers (either Ed or Al) decide to let the world know of their experiences and alchemy [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis through fiction]]. At first however, they could only do this piecemeal, resulting in various ''IndianaJones''-style ''Franchise/IndianaJones''-style serials in TheThirties and TheForties that are loosely based on their exploits, which might in turn be followed by B-movies sometime in TheFifties or TheSixties. As the brothers age however, they find it increasingly important to convey at least as much of the truth as possible (despite knowing how "unbelievable" it would sound to a world without alchemy) without the distortions over the decades. So one day in the early 2000s, they turn to a certain Japanese mangaka in an attempt to start off without the aforementioned clutter. And the rest is history.
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[[WMG: Homunculi aren't necessarily [[spoiler: FAILED attempts to bring the dead back to life]]...]]

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[[WMG: The animeverse takes place in the same multiverse as HisDarkMaterials.]]

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[[WMG: Envy looked like Hohenheim because Envy had a family of his own before he become a Homunculus, and Hohenheim went on to possess one of his descendants.]]

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[[WMG: Envy wasn't showing Edward his "real" form.]]

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[[WMG: OTL's version of Roy Mustang is Stauffenberg (the man who tried to kill Hitler).]]

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[[WMG: The Armstrongs are [[spoiler: soul-switchers.]]]]

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[[WMG: Colonel Armstrong is Mr. Clean]]

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[[WMG: Hohenheim transfers his soul into bodies that he's created as opposed to stealing other peoples'.]]

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[[WMG: Alchemy is powered by the souls/deaths on ''both'' sides of the Gate, because the energy required for a transmutation is so immense. It just so happens that "our" world has a much more substantial population.]]

[[WMG: The Red Stones don't give alchemists the ability to override EquivalentExchange.]]Rather, it gives an alchemist the ability to fold time, instantaneously summoning whatever matter is required for his or her transmutation from random points in the universe.

[[WMG: The Red Stones don't give alchemists the ability to override EquivalentExchange.]]

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[[WMG: Alchemy [[WMG:Alchemy is powered by the souls/deaths on ''both'' sides of the Gate, because the energy required for a transmutation is so immense. It just so happens that "our" world has a much more substantial population.]]

[[WMG: The [[WMG:The Red Stones don't give alchemists the ability to override EquivalentExchange.]]Rather, it gives an alchemist the ability to fold time, instantaneously summoning whatever matter is required for his or her transmutation from random points in the universe.

[[WMG: The [[WMG:The Red Stones don't give alchemists the ability to override EquivalentExchange.]]



[[WMG: The Gate is a facet of [[{{Main/Transformers}} Unicron]]]]

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[[WMG: Greed's (age when he was a human): 35.]]

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[[WMG: Armstrong can deflect attacks by flexing.]]

[[WMG: Armstrong sparkles because...]]

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[[WMG: It's possible to make a chimera capable of human language (not just speech, but conversation) without [[spoiler: using a human as one of the components]].]]

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[[WMG: The world of Pokemon is on the far side of the Amestris of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime from [[spoiler: our world.]]]]

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[[WMG: Dante was originally a man.]]

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[[WMG: Riza has some sort of link to what happened in Ishbal, other then just being one of the soldiers who fought during the war.]]

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[[WMG: After Ed and Al left Amestris forever, Winry got together with Sheska.]]

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[[WMG: Envy was originally Wrath.]]

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[[WMG: King Bradley isn't an Alternate Universe version of Fritz Lang; he's an alternate version of Fritz Lang's father.]]

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[[WMG: Soon after TheMovie Winry died somehow]]

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[[WMG: Frank Archer had dextrocardia.]]

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[[WMG: Noah was falling for Ed, and by mid-movie she was in love with him]]

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[[WMG: Hohenheim is Nicholas Flamel]]

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[[WMG: Envy's FreudianExcuse was a good justification for his issues. (Warning: spoilers ahoy!)]]

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[[WMG: The Red Stones [[PsychoSerum wear at your sanity]]]]

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[[WMG: Wrath is autistic]]

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[[WMG: ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' in this adaptation is actually a 'What If?' scenario! (Spoilers galore)]]

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[[WMG: Envy in the first anime is Father]]

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[[WMG: The First Anime is actually based off of rumors all around in the Brotherhood world.]]

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[[WMG: Barry the Chopper was telling the truth.]]

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[[WMG: After the movie, Edward becomes a scientist, but retains his interest in alchemy, never giving up hope of one day returning to Amestris.]]

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[[WMG: The Homunculi we see in the series aren't the only ones created, just the only ones who survived long enough to be given their first red stones.]]

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[[WMG: Rick and Leo aren't fully Ishballan.]]

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[[WMG: Alchemy is the magical equivalent of Atomic Energy.]]

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[[WMG: The reason Wrath and Pride can age.]]

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[[WMG: Hohenheim is Winry's father.]]

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[[WMG: The Gate is the [[Series/DoctorWho Time Vortex]] ]]

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[[WMG: The 2003 anime series is set in the same universe as {{Minecraft}}]]

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** Either that or {{Minecraft}} takes place in a PocketDimension of Amestris created by either Dante or Hoenheim.

[[WMG: Edward was going to be Hohenheims next body]]

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** Either that or {{Minecraft}} ''Minecraft'' takes place in a PocketDimension of Amestris created by either Dante or Hoenheim.

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[[WMG: The series is an alternate timeline.]]

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[[WMG: Amestris has a number of residents who are descended from a Xing-type nation]]

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[[WMG: Ed and Al told stories of their adventures, it became popular, and they made a movie on it]]

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[[WMG: Hohenheim's "new" body is actually a recreation of an earlier body.]]

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[[WMG: Ed sucks at dodgeball.]]

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[[WMG: The Elric brothers in this version represent Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov]]

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[[WMG: It's possible for the Elric brothers [[spoiler: to return home to their world]]]]

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[[WMG: Dominic is Winry's grandpa]]

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[[WMG: Envy's hatred of his father is totally justified]]

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[[CSi Like]] Film/DrNo. That's how he survived the side his heart should have been on getting vaped.

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* This also might tie in nicely with the whole rotting thing. Changing the appearance of the body is bound to have side effects. Also the body might try to reject the soul that has invaded it. Now with a mostly intact soul you will need less energy to cling to that body, thus the rotting will set in a lot slower and it may die of old age before anything happens. If anything happens at all. Also you can put a lot more energy into changing your features AND fend off any rotting side effects of this change at the same time. In short, an intact soul is critical to prevent rotting on several levels. As established body hopping wears off on your soul. A new body might not be able to recognize it as a soul and will fight harder to get rid of it. So either the rotting is (in part) a side effect of this rejection or of the soul clinging to the body (and since the soul will need way more energy to do so the rotting will happen a lot faster). Same goes with the change of features. It might be something that you can't control and that's simply bound to happen, but it still is a ton of energy input on your body that will speed up the rotting too. And with so little soul left as Dante has she has no energy left of fend off the rotting while changing her features AND cling to that body all the same time. (Hohenheim probably caught on on this very early, hence him trying to get bodies that resemble him (whether by GrandTheftMe or by artificially creating clones of his original body to posess). It would mean that the feature-change would require less energy.
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* Adding to this, this is the real reason King Bradley killed Selim; as far as he was concerned, Roy was about to kill him. So, rather than let himself get horribly killed and leave Dante hanging, he decided to kill Selim ([[BatmanGambit disguising it as a petty act of revenge to give Roy all the more reason to want him dead]]) and then hope that his wife would be alchemically talented enough (or rich enough) to try and bring him back (or pay someone to do it for her).
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[[WMG: Envy's hatred of [[spoiler:Hoenheim]] is totally justified]]

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[[WMG: Envy's hatred of [[spoiler:Hoenheim]] is totally justified]]
Think about it from his perspective: You died and came back to life, but immediately after your father worked so hard to revive you, he became repulsed by you. You never see him again afterward. You're left there with your mentally unstable and emotionally manipulative mother who treats you like a tool and, being the liar she is, probably told you all kinds of lies about how awful your father was to make you hate him even more[[note]]Basically, it's all Dante's fault[[/note]]. And the more you hear, the more you begin to believe.

In short, there's little wonder that Envy hates [[spoiler:Hoenheim]] so much; for much of his life, he was convinced the man was a heartless jerk who abandoned him and his aging mother when they needed him most [[note]]Of course, WE know that the real reason he left was because Dante is a bucket of nuts[[/note]]

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