Full Metal Alchemist General

When you have the element of surprise and a firearm, killing someone doesn't need to be that complicated.

Envy's not very smart, in any continuity.

And Envy is also a sadistic shit. He'd totally pretend to save Hughes and give the latter hope, just to yank it away later on.

I bet Hughes managing to slash his neck in the anime was part of that as well.

And lets be fair, he didn't need to transform into the latter's wife. He could have shot him without having to get back up.

Envy is an asshole who loves screwing with others.

He's smarter than a 12-year-old!

...

That was not as encouraging as I meant it to be.

But not inaccurate either.

Seriously though. Envy is an asshole.

"Yes! Transform into giant monster! That'll work!" *Gets incinerated by Roy* "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Pretty much his thought process.

He's a master manipulator!

By which I mean, his idea of manipulation is, "You guys are totes enemies. Shouldn't you drop what you're doing and kill each other right now? Isn't that a great idea?! Huh? HUH?!" That's how manipulation is done, isn't it?

Or taunt the fire alchemist, who already messily immolated one of his own because he saw her as the culprit (as far as Envy knew). The best part? He only remembers later that Mustang was the one that killed Lust.

edited 27th May '15 8:55:36 AM by arahman56

And then he gets immolated and nearly killed.

Only then for Ed to point out his flaws and Envy commits suicide.

Envy learned some martial arts, possessed super strength and he had some daddy issues in the anime but he is still kind of a moron.

That's a good observation on their fighting styles.

Anime Envy was a breakdance fighter.

Mangahood Envy was a tank. His small stature betrayed the fact that he preferred to juggernaut his way through combat.

Note that Anime Envy was also terrifyingly strong.

He just had actual fighting ability as well, which made him a lot more terrifying.

Anime Envy was also probably the first Homunculi and thus the strongest. Him or Greed.

Although Wrath was crazy strong in the movie. Same for "Monster" Gluttony. Shame the movie sucks....

Manga Envy is a bit of a moron but he was right sometimes.

Broken clock right twice a day?

Manga Envy was a bit more creative with his power, mind. Swords and snakes and tentacles and all that.

Mustang didn't kill Lust...Wrath did, stabbed her actually, it was sad...very very sad.

And anyway, the point I made earlier was about the fast-paced scenes in 2003, which is known for usually being more dramatic and philosophical.

And the slower, more meditated parts of Mangahood, which is known for being very fast-paced and plot-jumpy.

And I found it curious and appropriately jarring that one of the pinnacle moments, the death of Hughes, is out of tone.

The only other notable exception to the old "2003 is slow/ Mangahood is fast rule" is the last moments of the Big Bad. Dante is just offed by Gluttony, but Father gets a bit of a rant at Truth.

edited 27th May '15 11:00:12 PM by terlwyth

Dante was going to rot away anyway sad that Lyra's body went to waste

edited 27th May '15 11:22:47 PM by Mizerous

I know there's two versions of each character, but we can all work out which ones are being referred to by context.

Actually, most of the Homunculi get something before they die - Envy and Wrath both had a dying speech, as far as I can recall, and the others at least get last words.

edited 28th May '15 7:51:12 AM by KarkatTheDalek

Each and every Homunculi died in a way ironic to their name.

A powerful and dominant man blew his load all over Lust. I'm not sure how that's ironic.

Har har.

But I don't think its quite accurate to say Lust's death was "ironic", it was a straight up reference to Purgatorio.

edited 28th May '15 8:34:20 AM by TheAirman

Of all the ways you could have put it......

edited 28th May '15 9:15:31 AM by HandsomeRob

In Dante's Purgatorio, the trial the lustful must endure in Purgatory consists of passing through a wall of fire.