n the absense of real parental figures, who is the only one taking care of the Elric brothers two?
Yes, precisely! I suppose you could make a case for Hughes, but somehow I can't really see it. They're friends, and Hughes seems to act like a brother or an uncle, but a father? Dunno. I picture Roy as their kind-of-parental-figure (although both he and Ed will deny it, of course) and Mustang's Merry Men as a kind of adopted family (Havoc is *so* the annoying older brother type. XD)
With you on the Roy bit, too. I also get the impression he doesn't like to let others close to him for fear of hurting them or losing them. Then there's the fact that he's been making enemies and will make more and openly showing any kind of affection will put them in danger. Finally, I get the impression his arrogance is a kind of security blanket, if you want, which he needs.
Do you know hated_guardian? It's a comm dedicated to platonic Roy, Ed and Al, especially fatherfigure!Roy :)
...dear god, I do this much with only 13 episodes, too many fanfics, and spoilers...? I'm obviously in on the deep end.
There there, it happens to us all. Only thirteen eps, though? I'll have to be careful not to spoil you :)
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Date: 2005-02-06 10:31 am (UTC)Yes, precisely! I suppose you could make a case for Hughes, but somehow I can't really see it. They're friends, and Hughes seems to act like a brother or an uncle, but a father? Dunno. I picture Roy as their kind-of-parental-figure (although both he and Ed will deny it, of course) and Mustang's Merry Men as a kind of adopted family (Havoc is *so* the annoying older brother type. XD)
With you on the Roy bit, too. I also get the impression he doesn't like to let others close to him for fear of hurting them or losing them. Then there's the fact that he's been making enemies and will make more and openly showing any kind of affection will put them in danger. Finally, I get the impression his arrogance is a kind of security blanket, if you want, which he needs.
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...dear god, I do this much with only 13 episodes, too many fanfics, and spoilers...? I'm obviously in on the deep end.
There there, it happens to us all. Only thirteen eps, though? I'll have to be careful not to spoil you :)