Hoenheim seeing straight through Ed and shaking him to his core in front of the grave is one of my favorite scenes in the series. It really emphasizes that Ed and Al are still children and just how young they are.
Oh, the never sleeping thing/being trapped in that body does drive Al mad. It's never brought up in the main series but there's a, one shot comic set not long after getting the metal body and it reveals that Al canonically suffers from intrusive thoughts. Basically, all they did was create a body. For all this time they've been thinking they had pulled a person, body and soul, back and then caused it to die again. But they DIDN'T, cause you can't create a soul. They made a body, but it was just that, a body (like when Mustang made the body double for Maria Ross). They didn't kill anyone else, least of all the loved one they were trying to bring back. It's such a weight lifted from their shoulder.
Always have to point out the most important detail which is Hohenheim's expression when he first saw Ed at the end of episode 19, and now his expression once Ed got close enough for them to talk a moment later. Sad from a distance, emotionless when close.
Yeah this episode is amazing! It doesn't have any epic battle yet it's so dramatic and suspenseful and kind of feels like a victory when they come to their realization near the end of the episode.
Hoenheim seeing straight through Ed and shaking him to his core in front of the grave is one of my favorite scenes in the series. It really emphasizes that Ed and Al are still children and just how young they are.
Oh, the never sleeping thing/being trapped in that body does drive Al mad. It's never brought up in the main series but there's a, one shot comic set not long after getting the metal body and it reveals that Al canonically suffers from intrusive thoughts.
Basically, all they did was create a body. For all this time they've been thinking they had pulled a person, body and soul, back and then caused it to die again. But they DIDN'T, cause you can't create a soul. They made a body, but it was just that, a body (like when Mustang made the body double for Maria Ross). They didn't kill anyone else, least of all the loved one they were trying to bring back. It's such a weight lifted from their shoulder.
They found a way to make Al cry visually.
Always have to point out the most important detail which is Hohenheim's expression when he first saw Ed at the end of episode 19, and now his expression once Ed got close enough for them to talk a moment later.
Sad from a distance, emotionless when close.
Man I always forget how soon some of these things get brought up!
Yeah this episode is amazing! It doesn't have any epic battle yet it's so dramatic and suspenseful and kind of feels like a victory when they come to their realization near the end of the episode.
hot episode!