Nah he is definitely a dad, just a dad who is a bit too young to have a kid Ed's age, which brings out the immature side of him that makes him SEEM like a smug older brother.😂
Iirc in the manga, Al says that the reason why Ed and Roy are usually at each other's throats is that they're too similar. It's never explicitly stated, but one could argue that with the Colonel being an older male authority figure, Ed probably projects his feelings toward Hoheinheim onto him. Roy teases and annoys Ed a lot, but at the end of the day, he always watches out for the kids and tries to do right by them in his own way, and the boys know that. To Ed especially, Roy is a superior, a dad, and an annoying older brother all rolled into one. It's subtle but pretty cute.
Yeah, it’s sorta similar to the trope where a teacher sees something g in a student and realizes that they have something special and talk with them outside of class to see how they are doing. Roy knows Ed is very gifted and knows he’s an orphan, and understands he can’t come across as a parental character or else Ed will get mad.
The way I see it, Roy is Ed if he were given responsibility and forced to obey authority figures instead of giving into his natural disdain for them. So he indulges Ed and presents himself as an authority figure that Ed can actually act out and rebel against a little without consequence. Roy also knows what happens when children and military mix. So he's giving Ed and Al as much semblance of normality as they can get.
Yeah this is accurate. I’ve worked at summer camps that catered to kids who grew up without fathers (mostly incarcerated, if their fathers are in a certain reform program in the prison system). The boys were much more likely to be angry and all the kids, boys and girls, were unreceptive to the male staff of the camp. The younger boys with older brothers tended to be more receptive to male authority and not nearly as angry. Very similar to Ed vs. Al
1:13 In the manga, when Tucker mentioned Edward's level of focus, Mustang even puffed his chest out and was all like, "I know right, he even managed to become a State Alchemist at that age, he's amazing," and honestly, the man ain't even really all that subtle.
Yeah without context you would think Roy and Riza are eds and Al’s parents even if you don’t see Al’s face a weird family but eh every family has their quirks
Izumi and Sid are. Roy is Ed's older half-brother who moved out ten years ago and loves to give him guff while his wife (Riza) is nothing but nice to both of them.
9:03 his little voice and the shaking. oh. my. lord. he was so little and young and I just want to hold him and squeeze him and tell him it wasn't his fault. and Roy's "wait... are you?" broke my heart
When I first watched this show, I was probably too young to fully appriciate the gravity of two children working for the military. In the scene where Riza gives Ed the gun, and Al is like "That's a weapon... for killing people.", back then I was like "Yea, duh.." Now I realize how dark that actually is
Yeah, plus there's a lot of YA fiction that involves teens being child soldiers or struggling for survival in so post-apocalyptic future/dystopian world or something (Hunger Games, Divergent, etc.) I wouldn't be surprised if some of the dark implications of Ed and Al being child soldiers hadn't really set in since it's kinda been a trope in a lot of stories lately.
At 35:18, it touches me that Ed looks to Roy and Riza, the people who gave him his initial sense of determination. Idek where him and Al would even be if Roy didn't come looking for them.
I know, right. I didn't quite understand why the anime cut that part out, but to be fair, they sort of cropped a lot of it out. The 2003 version almost amplified it at times, Brotherhood showed it very few times before immediately getting into the plot, and the manga was in between the two.
The adult influences in the Elrics' lives---Pinako, Mustang, Hawkeye, the Curtises, and Armstrong---are the reason Edward and Alphonse were able to grow up loved, disciplined, and protected, with a strong sense of self and morality, in spite of their own parents' absence and their severe trauma. The fact that they have the Elrics' backs is the reason the narrative is able to stay optimistic even during the heaviest scenes. The Elrics were really blessed to have them.
That’s really one of the reasons my heart broke so hard when Hughes passes away. There was a brief moment where it looked like they were normal kids in a happy home, and that was when they went for dinner at the Hughes residence. I could almost picture the Sunday dinners, you know? I’m literally getting choked up just thinking about it. The writers really are amazing
FMA's honestly one of the few series where the adults make sure they don't fail the kids. "It takes a village to raise a child" is its core tenet. The Elrics' may have lost their mom but at no point in their lives were they without a guardian.
It's awesome too because it also ensures more of a finality to the ending than if the Elric's and Winry's traumas affected them into adulthood. Most other series would probably have a sequel series showing the MC's kids/successors having to confront any leftover issues that could still exist long after the previous series ended (whether it's the previous bad guy secretly having a continuum set up that the MC's kids/successors have to fight, and/or the MCs still carry issues/traumas that help create conflict later on). The Elrics looking happy and healthy with their SOs and kids helps end the series in a way that makes things seem like they won't have issues anymore, and probably just wholesome shenanigans.
One of mustangs main plot points in 03 is that he wants to show he cared about Ed and Al, but fights himself to not. Despite that there are many moments in 03 that shows his care towards Ed is the his priority.
@@justsheska1718 "I didn't chase after you because I was ordered to, I'm doing it because I'm *pissed*. Now why the hell did you two run away without asking for my help first!?" Yeah, I know, right.
Really I found in the original Mustang treated Edward like shit compared to Botherhood. Especially in the scene where they find Nina corspe on the wall, Mustang literally throws Ed on the ground and tells him to grow up, vs in Brotherhood he gives them there space and protects them from scar. I know in the original he also does the same but it came across as he was doing it out of obligation.
One of the few times it becomes painfully clear that despite Ed and Al's cunning, genius, perseverance and bravery, at the end of the day? They're still two kids who shouldn't have had to experience hell like their encounters with the Truth, Shou Tucker's sins against nature itself for the sake of his title, or the revelation that the Philosipher's Stone they "need" to repair their bodies was made of countless human souls trapped with a confined space. Yeah, it sucks that there's never enough discussion about that scene. But it kinda helps preserve the impact of Izumi comforting the two as they repeatedly apologize for breaking the one main rule she warned them to never break. There's just something about moments like that in anime and manga that shouldn't be gossiped about, but just experienced personally. Edit: Wait, you were talking about when Roy first met them?! Shit, that moment should've lasted longer!
Honestly, I have a very robust stomach when it comes to horror and messed up stuff, but Nina scared me for life, I still get the creeps when I see long furred dogs with wigs....... I crie so hard at those points in the story, every time in every version We're sorry we're sorry hits very hard as well though...
My thoughts as well, and imo it's extra haunting because Al was around 10 or 11 at the time! I wouldn't be surprised that most people who think being soul-bound to a suit of armor would not realize it'd be extra hard on a kid, where his whole development could have been stunted and left in existential dread (like Al went through most of his late childhood/teens the equivalent of having his nerves cut off to ruin his sense of touch, and being able to not sleep longer than any human should be). It's not only amazing Al was able to be mentally sound for so long - but also able to still develop into a healthy adult!
@@Scarshadow666Al is underappreciated. He's stronger than Ed in a lot of ways, and his empathy is his best trait. The Elric brothers are some of the best characters in any media
I really love at 16:49 because it shows that even though he may act arrogant deep down mustang cares for the boys, he knows that they will blame themselves and so later on when given the decision to tell them that Hughes is dead he doesn't because while he knows they will find out he wants to put it off as long as possible so they don't have to face feeling of guilt
@abaddon5759 Tell that to all the Ishvalans killed by alchemists during the war. And guns do, in fact, save lives if used under the right circumstances.
Though Ed would never admit it, you can tell he does kinda consider Mustang a father figure of sorts, and though Mustang would never admit it, he cares about the boys so much, he may as well be their father
I love that Mustang is just... a really inattentive driver?? That's absolutely not a trait you'd see in a cool character, and for some reason, him burning rubber on the road makes so much sense? They're gonna have to invent seatbelts because of him.
I really enjoyed Ed and Roy's relationship in the manga. It was antagonistic but there was an underlying respect between the two. A recognition of each other's motivations.
This is why I don’t know how anyone can ship Roy and Ed. It’s clear that Roy saw Ed as a son, whether it was intentional or not. He may have vehemently denied it, but he unofficially adopted those two boys.
You forgot the scene where doctor Marco comes to the hospital and offer to heal Roy's eyesight and Roy agrees but is a little worried about how Ed and Al would feel about him using it
Cant believe this was in 2009. I remember desperately wanting them to redo the original anime since I started reading the manga after the 2004 anime. I kept posting wanting this every year, everywhere. When brotherhood was announced I was super excited. Its been 13 years since Brotherhood ended.... Time flies....
There's a book two in the light novel series that has some nice moments. Look up "the abducted alchemist". The line a lot of people mention was a made up story on Ed's part, but he does think the line after pretending Roy is his dad "for a moment he did have a father in the military, and he didn't know how to feel about that" and that hurt my heart, so it's a great read. He actually calls Roy dad out of spite too.
@@bluemilo7531Ed and Al were on a train, returning home from a mission, and bumped into Mustang on the train. Mustang was flirting with a few women while Ed tried to get his attention to talk about the mission. Mustang kept waving him away until Ed decided to say “hey, dad!” and ran to him like they were long lost family. The women left Roy because they heard Ed and thought Roy was married. All in all, it’s pretty funny. Then, the two teamed up in a fight and Roy called Ed “son” and Ed called Roy “dad” to rib at each other. Later, Ed got kidnapped (hence the title) and the kidnapper called Roy’s office for a ransom. Roy’s team heard the kidnapper say something along the lines of “we have your son” and started teasing him for supposedly having an illegitimate child.
@@khfan4life365That's a bit disturbing if you think about the age difference. Roy is 29/30 years old in the series and Edward is 15/16 years old. Ed is literally half Roy's age. So that's implying Roy would of been a teen dad if Ed really was his son.
@@TimberlakeTigerGirl it is, but since Roy acts more mature than he is and Ed is so short, it’s easy to assume that either Roy is older than he is or Ed is younger than he is.
We need my Roy as a dad content, We all live for this content. Deep down Edit: about two years later I still believe in Roy Mustang as an irresponsible father
There's a book two in the light novel series that has some nice moments. Look up "the abducted alchemist". The line a lot of people mention was a made up story on Ed's part, but he does think the line after pretending Roy is his dad "for a moment he did have a father in the military, and he didn't know how to feel about that" and that hurt my heart, so it's a great read. He actually calls Roy dad out of spite too.
@@amerelle Oh you're so welcome!!! If it makes you even happier I actually sent this to my best friend who also loves FMAB who had a bad day and it says it made her laugh!!!
this is the best fmab video i have watched in the 4 years of loving this show. God bless you for real For Real. so well edited and compiled and wholesome and My godDDDDDDDDDD
I remember Travis Willingham voiced Toga Yagari in Vampire Knight and he was Zeros vampire hunting teacher and Zero Kiryu was voiced by Edward Elric😅. He was also like a father to him too😅.
I honestly really love the elrics relationship with Roy and Hawkeye. Roy's basically the father figure they needed, and Hawkeye acts as a mother/older sister figure looking out for them and giving them advice when they need it.
Mustang always felt like an older brother to the Elrics in my eyes. He had a soft spot for them and certainly matched their bullshittery, and was more than eager to berate them just as much as praise them. It also helped that those under him felt the same way about the boys. To Ed he probably seemed to be only the "Dog of the Military" and had his goals set before those under him.
My favorite moment between these three is in the 2003 anime where Ed and Al become fugitives and Roy and his group have to track them down. Everyone thought roy was going to kill them. But when he found them he just punched ed and said they should have come to him for help
The 2003 version may not be my favourite, but god do i love that moment. Roy losing his shit because the kids didn't come to him for help is equal parts heartwarming and hilariously him.
Goddamn this single-handedly makes me want to watch FMA again. That scene where Roy loses his eyesight gave me straight chills. God I love this show, the dub was also equally as good as the sub. FMA and FMAB forever.
27:39 I love this scene where they hand ed the gun and how the guns presence is emphasized, the moment that even if he wasn’t ready to kill yet or not, Edward was heading into a war.
My headcanon is that Al sees Hughes as more of his father figure than Roy, but Ed sees Roy as his father figure because he knows him better because Ed is the only one actually in the military, and would've spent more time with him. Roy understands Ed way better than Hughes does. He's literally the one who 'lit the flame'(haha cus he's the flame alchemist) in Ed's eyes. He's the one who helps find leads for Ed and Al, he rushed to help Ed in first scar incident and the 5th lab.
anyone whos intrested might like to know that the english voice actor for roy is travis willingham who is the CEO of critical role (DND twitch thing) and is married to the voice of lust
Heres my honorable mention from the original Fullmetal Alchemist series, episode 43. "I'm not chasing you because I was commanded to. I'm doing it because I'm pissed. Now, why the hell did you two run away without asking for my help first!"
How Travis gets that voice out of his mouth still baffles me. Hearing his regular voice is beyond night and day. He absolutely matches the character perfectly, which truly speaks of his talent to me.
Just throwing this out there: a blind person doesn't "see" black. Think of it like how you can't see a hand behind your head. It's the absence of perception. I'm 32 and it really blew my mind when someone pointed this out to me. EDIT. Correction: SOME blind people. There are various types of blindness with their own unique perceptions, or lack thereof.
This is "No cones and rods in his eyeballs" blind. True Black is interpreted by the brain as the absence of input data, normally it's the lack of light bounce to receive, now there are cases where eyes were removed, damaged, or lost "incorrectly" according to the nervous system, leading to occular nerve ending shorts that are interpreted as colors, but that's not what happened in Mustang's case. In Mustang's case he saw black, the most absolute black possible, there were no nerve shorts to produce color patterns, nor rebound pattern from functional but incorrectly located cones, the cones and rods seemingly were evaporated from existence, leaving the ball itself intact if a little more structurally fragile.
(this would be set in the future) Ed: looks like you handle your kids pretty well mustang? Roy: actually its not that different then dealing with you back in the day
He ain't the step-dad he is the dad that stepped up
LOL. To think I forgot about that line.
Ed and Al needed Roy. Hard. Family is what you make of it; and love is what it is.
My mum's new husband fr (hes actually a good person)
REAL‼‼‼‼
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You're caught between proud older brother and dad, so I raise you: uncle
ur right, he's absolutely uncle-coded
Nah he is definitely a dad, just a dad who is a bit too young to have a kid Ed's age, which brings out the immature side of him that makes him SEEM like a smug older brother.😂
@@Sakachi18yeah a dad that skipped the infant and toddler stage of parenting so hasn’t matured with the kids yet
@@OctagonalSquare nah based uncle
Uncle mustang
“I’m their commanding officer not their father” bullshit you found two orphaned kids and became a dad
Crippled kids? Into the army with you!
@@thatguy8711 crippled orphans
@@thatguy8711 LOL
Especially when you get to the scene of when he recruited Ed. Hardcore Batman and Robin vibes
Iirc in the manga, Al says that the reason why Ed and Roy are usually at each other's throats is that they're too similar. It's never explicitly stated, but one could argue that with the Colonel being an older male authority figure, Ed probably projects his feelings toward Hoheinheim onto him. Roy teases and annoys Ed a lot, but at the end of the day, he always watches out for the kids and tries to do right by them in his own way, and the boys know that. To Ed especially, Roy is a superior, a dad, and an annoying older brother all rolled into one. It's subtle but pretty cute.
Yeah, it’s sorta similar to the trope where a teacher sees something g in a student and realizes that they have something special and talk with them outside of class to see how they are doing. Roy knows Ed is very gifted and knows he’s an orphan, and understands he can’t come across as a parental character or else Ed will get mad.
The way I see it, Roy is Ed if he were given responsibility and forced to obey authority figures instead of giving into his natural disdain for them.
So he indulges Ed and presents himself as an authority figure that Ed can actually act out and rebel against a little without consequence.
Roy also knows what happens when children and military mix. So he's giving Ed and Al as much semblance of normality as they can get.
Sounds like Kagura's relationship with Gintoki in Gintama
Yeah this is accurate. I’ve worked at summer camps that catered to kids who grew up without fathers (mostly incarcerated, if their fathers are in a certain reform program in the prison system). The boys were much more likely to be angry and all the kids, boys and girls, were unreceptive to the male staff of the camp. The younger boys with older brothers tended to be more receptive to male authority and not nearly as angry. Very similar to Ed vs. Al
@@justsomeguywithabeardx
Yeah, I think it's easy to forget that Ed and Al are technically child soliders!
1:13 In the manga, when Tucker mentioned Edward's level of focus, Mustang even puffed his chest out and was all like, "I know right, he even managed to become a State Alchemist at that age, he's amazing," and honestly, the man ain't even really all that subtle.
he’s such a dad i love him
THATS IT IM READING THE MANGA
@@zaytaz9331oh bro... It's absolutely incredible.
Roy and Riza are basically their parents i will accept no other explanation
They the parents who stepped up
So that's where they get their blonde hair from
Yeah without context you would think Roy and Riza are eds and Al’s parents even if you don’t see Al’s face a weird family but eh every family has their quirks
Izumi and Sid are. Roy is Ed's older half-brother who moved out ten years ago and loves to give him guff while his wife (Riza) is nothing but nice to both of them.
@@Clepto_and_CoHoenheim is blonde though? 😂😂😂
He's like an older brother that took custody, constantly switching being much older brother and dad
This sums it up perfectly
9:03 his little voice and the shaking. oh. my. lord. he was so little and young and I just want to hold him and squeeze him and tell him it wasn't his fault.
and Roy's "wait... are you?" broke my heart
I cry over this scene every single time
If I remember well, Al was something like 5 or 6 when he lost his body ... and Ed 8. It's damn too young to loose a mom and suffer that much
@@Ludep every time I remember just how tiny they were it genuinely makes me feel ill. they were just babies.
@@LudepI think they were a bit older than that, maybe about 11 and 10.
@@Lightfyre281 11 was the age they start training
that first line feels like mustangs' version of "are ya winnin son?"
When I first watched this show, I was probably too young to fully appriciate the gravity of two children working for the military. In the scene where Riza gives Ed the gun, and Al is like "That's a weapon... for killing people.", back then I was like "Yea, duh.." Now I realize how dark that actually is
Me too now I'm an adult and I still haven't ran through this anime. It might be time
Yeah, plus there's a lot of YA fiction that involves teens being child soldiers or struggling for survival in so post-apocalyptic future/dystopian world or something (Hunger Games, Divergent, etc.) I wouldn't be surprised if some of the dark implications of Ed and Al being child soldiers hadn't really set in since it's kinda been a trope in a lot of stories lately.
@@HollowNoFacethis is your sign to watch or read it
At 35:18, it touches me that Ed looks to Roy and Riza, the people who gave him his initial sense of determination. Idek where him and Al would even be if Roy didn't come looking for them.
Yeah.
17:36 in the manga after Ed yells, Roy just tells him to get out of the rain or he’ll catch a cold.
Nobody gives any fucks
I know, right. I didn't quite understand why the anime cut that part out, but to be fair, they sort of cropped a lot of it out. The 2003 version almost amplified it at times, Brotherhood showed it very few times before immediately getting into the plot, and the manga was in between the two.
@@varkrowt was unnecessary, that’s why
No he says that in Brotherhood as well they just cut it off in this video.
@@varkrow No he says in in Brotherhood they youtuber just cut it out of this video.
The adult influences in the Elrics' lives---Pinako, Mustang, Hawkeye, the Curtises, and Armstrong---are the reason Edward and Alphonse were able to grow up loved, disciplined, and protected, with a strong sense of self and morality, in spite of their own parents' absence and their severe trauma. The fact that they have the Elrics' backs is the reason the narrative is able to stay optimistic even during the heaviest scenes. The Elrics were really blessed to have them.
Just gonna leave Izumi out of it, huh?
@@hinata1ize I forgor
That’s really one of the reasons my heart broke so hard when Hughes passes away. There was a brief moment where it looked like they were normal kids in a happy home, and that was when they went for dinner at the Hughes residence. I could almost picture the Sunday dinners, you know? I’m literally getting choked up just thinking about it. The writers really are amazing
FMA's honestly one of the few series where the adults make sure they don't fail the kids. "It takes a village to raise a child" is its core tenet. The Elrics' may have lost their mom but at no point in their lives were they without a guardian.
It's awesome too because it also ensures more of a finality to the ending than if the Elric's and Winry's traumas affected them into adulthood. Most other series would probably have a sequel series showing the MC's kids/successors having to confront any leftover issues that could still exist long after the previous series ended (whether it's the previous bad guy secretly having a continuum set up that the MC's kids/successors have to fight, and/or the MCs still carry issues/traumas that help create conflict later on). The Elrics looking happy and healthy with their SOs and kids helps end the series in a way that makes things seem like they won't have issues anymore, and probably just wholesome shenanigans.
Ed had a much better relationship with Mustang than in the original anime
Yeah in the original he tried to arrest him and everything 😟
One of mustangs main plot points in 03 is that he wants to show he cared about Ed and Al, but fights himself to not. Despite that there are many moments in 03 that shows his care towards Ed is the his priority.
@@akirachaossuta I'd say that's true in Brotherhood too
@@justsheska1718 "I didn't chase after you because I was ordered to, I'm doing it because I'm *pissed*. Now why the hell did you two run away without asking for my help first!?"
Yeah, I know, right.
Really I found in the original Mustang treated Edward like shit compared to Botherhood. Especially in the scene where they find Nina corspe on the wall, Mustang literally throws Ed on the ground and tells him to grow up, vs in Brotherhood he gives them there space and protects them from scar.
I know in the original he also does the same but it came across as he was doing it out of obligation.
To be fair, the kids really needed a dad, like desperately with Hohenheim being absentee in every sense of the word...
We all talk about Nina, but nobody talks about “We’re sorry, We’re sorry, We’re sorry” like holy shit I almost cried
One of the few times it becomes painfully clear that despite Ed and Al's cunning, genius, perseverance and bravery, at the end of the day?
They're still two kids who shouldn't have had to experience hell like their encounters with the Truth, Shou Tucker's sins against nature itself for the sake of his title, or the revelation that the Philosipher's Stone they "need" to repair their bodies was made of countless human souls trapped with a confined space.
Yeah, it sucks that there's never enough discussion about that scene. But it kinda helps preserve the impact of Izumi comforting the two as they repeatedly apologize for breaking the one main rule she warned them to never break. There's just something about moments like that in anime and manga that shouldn't be gossiped about, but just experienced personally.
Edit: Wait, you were talking about when Roy first met them?! Shit, that moment should've lasted longer!
Honestly, I have a very robust stomach when it comes to horror and messed up stuff, but Nina scared me for life, I still get the creeps when I see long furred dogs with wigs....... I crie so hard at those points in the story, every time in every version
We're sorry we're sorry hits very hard as well though...
that scene has never failed to make my stomach turn and my eyes water. they were just babies.
My thoughts as well, and imo it's extra haunting because Al was around 10 or 11 at the time! I wouldn't be surprised that most people who think being soul-bound to a suit of armor would not realize it'd be extra hard on a kid, where his whole development could have been stunted and left in existential dread (like Al went through most of his late childhood/teens the equivalent of having his nerves cut off to ruin his sense of touch, and being able to not sleep longer than any human should be). It's not only amazing Al was able to be mentally sound for so long - but also able to still develop into a healthy adult!
@@Scarshadow666Al is underappreciated. He's stronger than Ed in a lot of ways, and his empathy is his best trait. The Elric brothers are some of the best characters in any media
I really love at 16:49 because it shows that even though he may act arrogant deep down mustang cares for the boys, he knows that they will blame themselves and so later on when given the decision to tell them that Hughes is dead he doesn't because while he knows they will find out he wants to put it off as long as possible so they don't have to face feeling of guilt
“I never said he’s a good older brother” I’m fucking wezing 😭😭
I like to think that the money promise between the two is Ed's way of saying he plans to stand by and support Roy.
11:46 I never noticed Riza just smiling cutely as Roy comes around.
Awwww
He really adopted them with no hesitation
3:55 The way in which the dynamic shifts between these two is unreal LoL - He totally slammed the door.
23:26 almost fell sad for envy only to remember he's the real asshole
There’s a written novel for FMA someone wrote with help from the creator where Ed literally says he has a father in the military referring to Roy.
Really???? Where can I order it?
I second the above comment. What’s the name of the novel?!?! I gotta get my hands on that thing
Okay we NEED to know what that book is called.
@@janusnightshade9848 must be the abducted alchemist
You sure it’s not just a fanfic.
No wonder in one of Arakawa's side-novels a group of criminals kidnap Ed thinking he's Roy's kid XD
Wait, seriously?
Update: I read it. Love it
@@plasmasnow22 wait what’s the name i need to read this so bad
What's the name of the novel, bro?
I mean, we’re they really wrong?
This just reiforced my belief that he should be the father of my children.
ayo
You mean our children?
I'm willing to share
@@arrielradja5522 Jokes on you. Riza wont share
So real for that
Yes, Lt. Riza, these posts over here.
"That's a weapon... for killing people..."
Brilliant, Al
💀💀💀
Forgive him, he is only 14 😅
That's mighty rich of him to say that considering what Alchemy is capable of in warfare.
@@TimberlakeTigerGirla gun is only meant to harm and destroy. Alchemy can by used create
@abaddon5759 Tell that to all the Ishvalans killed by alchemists during the war. And guns do, in fact, save lives if used under the right circumstances.
Though Ed would never admit it, you can tell he does kinda consider Mustang a father figure of sorts, and though Mustang would never admit it, he cares about the boys so much, he may as well be their father
“Why’d you decide to make Ed a state alchemist?”
“He’s my son, my sweet cheese, my rotten soldier, my good time boy”
I love that Mustang is just... a really inattentive driver?? That's absolutely not a trait you'd see in a cool character, and for some reason, him burning rubber on the road makes so much sense?
They're gonna have to invent seatbelts because of him.
they are called roybelts
I really enjoyed Ed and Roy's relationship in the manga. It was antagonistic but there was an underlying respect between the two. A recognition of each other's motivations.
This is why I don’t know how anyone can ship Roy and Ed. It’s clear that Roy saw Ed as a son, whether it was intentional or not. He may have vehemently denied it, but he unofficially adopted those two boys.
Plus Ed is a minor 😭
@@hellom3laniehereeven Travis Willingham (Roy’s English VA) said it was just wrong since Ed was 15.
@@khfan4life365Exactly
Well tbh if they ship the brothers, shipping them is nothing 😅😅😅
Yesh I never understood the ship. Like you said ed is a miner and roy is like 30.
Why does this not have more views, great work
You’re giving us the content we need
Literally ahaha
You forgot the scene where doctor Marco comes to the hospital and offer to heal Roy's eyesight and Roy agrees but is a little worried about how Ed and Al would feel about him using it
Cant believe this was in 2009. I remember desperately wanting them to redo the original anime since I started reading the manga after the 2004 anime. I kept posting wanting this every year, everywhere. When brotherhood was announced I was super excited. Its been 13 years since Brotherhood ended.... Time flies....
Just a father and his teenage sons, Ed reminds him too much of himself
i need more of them and their dynamic i cant i need to rewatch the show
There's a book two in the light novel series that has some nice moments. Look up "the abducted alchemist". The line a lot of people mention was a made up story on Ed's part, but he does think the line after pretending Roy is his dad "for a moment he did have a father in the military, and he didn't know how to feel about that" and that hurt my heart, so it's a great read. He actually calls Roy dad out of spite too.
Definitely step dad. Not biological father but he was there and cared. Edward is peak “you’re not my dad, ugly ass stupid”
Wow I didn’t expect this to be 36 minutes, it just show us how Mustang is the dad of the group
Oh You're going to LOVE The Abducted Alchemist light novel. Edward even called Mustang daddy when he was flirting with ladies XD.
Wait. W h a t
@@bluemilo7531Ed and Al were on a train, returning home from a mission, and bumped into Mustang on the train. Mustang was flirting with a few women while Ed tried to get his attention to talk about the mission. Mustang kept waving him away until Ed decided to say “hey, dad!” and ran to him like they were long lost family. The women left Roy because they heard Ed and thought Roy was married. All in all, it’s pretty funny. Then, the two teamed up in a fight and Roy called Ed “son” and Ed called Roy “dad” to rib at each other. Later, Ed got kidnapped (hence the title) and the kidnapper called Roy’s office for a ransom. Roy’s team heard the kidnapper say something along the lines of “we have your son” and started teasing him for supposedly having an illegitimate child.
@@khfan4life365 thank you sm- i needed more son and father moments between them.
@@khfan4life365That's a bit disturbing if you think about the age difference. Roy is 29/30 years old in the series and Edward is 15/16 years old. Ed is literally half Roy's age. So that's implying Roy would of been a teen dad if Ed really was his son.
@@TimberlakeTigerGirl it is, but since Roy acts more mature than he is and Ed is so short, it’s easy to assume that either Roy is older than he is or Ed is younger than he is.
We need my Roy as a dad content, We all live for this content. Deep down
Edit: about two years later I still believe in Roy Mustang as an irresponsible father
but an irreplaceable one nonetheless
There's a book two in the light novel series that has some nice moments. Look up "the abducted alchemist". The line a lot of people mention was a made up story on Ed's part, but he does think the line after pretending Roy is his dad "for a moment he did have a father in the military, and he didn't know how to feel about that" and that hurt my heart, so it's a great read. He actually calls Roy dad out of spite too.
Roy: fullmetal
Edward: yes
Roy: your a good kid
Edward: oh um thanks?
Teamfourstar reference ? Lol
@@superdrifter-1773 yes
If Roy is like a father, Riza is like a mother.
scratch that, reverse it
fr, down to sharing personal traumas of their past
Wait but these little comments have me rolling!!!! The cupcake made out of toothpaste killed me. This is the Roy content I signed up for thank you!!
that's so sweet omg you actually made my day
@@amerelle Oh you're so welcome!!! If it makes you even happier I actually sent this to my best friend who also loves FMAB who had a bad day and it says it made her laugh!!!
@@amerelle did you really try to give your brother a cupcake made of toothpaste?
this is the best fmab video i have watched in the 4 years of loving this show. God bless you for real For Real. so well edited and compiled and wholesome and My godDDDDDDDDDD
Roy Mustang being Edward and Alphonse’s dad while Riza Hawkeye being their dads girlfriend/new mom.
I love that Travis Willingham voices both Mustang from FMA and Ace from One Piece both fire users
I thought Ace was voiced by Johnny Young Bosch (Ichigo's VA)
@@detectivemememachin5011 look it up on the "One Piece" Wikipedia page
@@detectivemememachin5011no that’s Sabo
I remember Travis Willingham voiced Toga Yagari in Vampire Knight and he was Zeros vampire hunting teacher and Zero Kiryu was voiced by Edward Elric😅. He was also like a father to him too😅.
gotta love this duo!
I honestly really love the elrics relationship with Roy and Hawkeye. Roy's basically the father figure they needed, and Hawkeye acts as a mother/older sister figure looking out for them and giving them advice when they need it.
Personally, I am still grieving Maes Hughes. Could you imagine all of the family dinners they would’ve had together? 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Making me want to rewatch this it’s been awhile and such a good story
THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWS OML 💀💀
Man I love the writing & voice actors in this show.
Mustang always felt like an older brother to the Elrics in my eyes. He had a soft spot for them and certainly matched their bullshittery, and was more than eager to berate them just as much as praise them. It also helped that those under him felt the same way about the boys. To Ed he probably seemed to be only the "Dog of the Military" and had his goals set before those under him.
This is Gold, pure gold, thanks!
If roy mustang is their dad then armstrong is definitely their doting uncle
Absolutely love all the little quips tossed in with the subtitles. 🤣
When you realize that the voice of Shou Tucker is the same voice actor of Android 17 of DBZ.
Hilarious with 17's Hero's Frontier Step...
My favorite moment between these three is in the 2003 anime where Ed and Al become fugitives and Roy and his group have to track them down. Everyone thought roy was going to kill them. But when he found them he just punched ed and said they should have come to him for help
The 2003 version may not be my favourite, but god do i love that moment. Roy losing his shit because the kids didn't come to him for help is equal parts heartwarming and hilariously him.
The dad who stepped up
Travis killed it
This, like, made my week. Thank you.
Goddamn this single-handedly makes me want to watch FMA again. That scene where Roy loses his eyesight gave me straight chills. God I love this show, the dub was also equally as good as the sub. FMA and FMAB forever.
Now that I’ve seen Roy being a dad, I kinda want to see if there is one for Hawkeye being a mom.
He had to pull double duty when Hughes wasn't available.
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...I'm still not over it. We all miss you, Hughes...
27:39 I love this scene where they hand ed the gun and how the guns presence is emphasized, the moment that even if he wasn’t ready to kill yet or not, Edward was heading into a war.
Forget mommy misato daddy mustang is what we REALLY need!
My headcanon is that Al sees Hughes as more of his father figure than Roy, but Ed sees Roy as his father figure because he knows him better because Ed is the only one actually in the military, and would've spent more time with him. Roy understands Ed way better than Hughes does. He's literally the one who 'lit the flame'(haha cus he's the flame alchemist) in Ed's eyes. He's the one who helps find leads for Ed and Al, he rushed to help Ed in first scar incident and the 5th lab.
To the person who made this, Thank you, thank you very much fellow alchemist
anyone whos intrested might like to know that the english voice actor for roy is travis willingham who is the CEO of critical role (DND twitch thing) and is married to the voice of lust
I had watched the series in sub, I actually really like Roy's voice in dub😭
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Scar: ...one of whom had me see the error of my ways with the way he protected that girl he claims isn't his girlfriend, but whatever.
3:47 in my head Ed goes: But when that day comes I'm gonna ask to borrow even more money from you...and pay that back once you marry the Lieutenant.
I'm getting loads of FMAB videos on my recommended now. Couldn't be happier
Mustang to Ed and Al: He (Van Hohenheim) may have been your father boy, but he wasn't your daddy.
I can’t see Ed as anyone but Tamaki from Ouran Host Club, especially when he yells (I know, they’re voiced by the same person)
Heres my honorable mention from the original Fullmetal Alchemist series, episode 43.
"I'm not chasing you because I was commanded to. I'm doing it because I'm pissed. Now, why the hell did you two run away without asking for my help first!"
4:07 I think he’s more like an uncle
How Travis gets that voice out of his mouth still baffles me. Hearing his regular voice is beyond night and day.
He absolutely matches the character perfectly, which truly speaks of his talent to me.
This video is why we love Roy Mustang: So fatherly! 🤗😁
*shou tucker shows up
Me: F*ck this guy!! lol
7:50 Reading that text made me laugh 😂
Dead ahh 😂
Roy to a child who just lost a leg: WILL YOU STAND UP
This is wonderful-
Hawkeye would be the mom
Just throwing this out there: a blind person doesn't "see" black. Think of it like how you can't see a hand behind your head. It's the absence of perception. I'm 32 and it really blew my mind when someone pointed this out to me.
EDIT. Correction: SOME blind people. There are various types of blindness with their own unique perceptions, or lack thereof.
Depends on which kind of blind you have. Certainly with Glaucoma, you see black.
@@MaryLuCrafts Black is absence.
This is "No cones and rods in his eyeballs" blind. True Black is interpreted by the brain as the absence of input data, normally it's the lack of light bounce to receive, now there are cases where eyes were removed, damaged, or lost "incorrectly" according to the nervous system, leading to occular nerve ending shorts that are interpreted as colors, but that's not what happened in Mustang's case. In Mustang's case he saw black, the most absolute black possible, there were no nerve shorts to produce color patterns, nor rebound pattern from functional but incorrectly located cones, the cones and rods seemingly were evaporated from existence, leaving the ball itself intact if a little more structurally fragile.
@@KiraSlith Thank you for the reply! I stand corrected. :)
This is making me want to rewatch again haha
Love this
The way this video would've been even longer with 2003 😭 Big bro Mustang is so real
(this would be set in the future)
Ed: looks like you handle your kids pretty well mustang?
Roy: actually its not that different then dealing with you back in the day
26:07 Love how Ed and Al both got mad at Roy. 😂
I can’t unhear tamaki suoh
This was such a fantastic anime I wish I could watch it from beginning to end again
I see Roy as the Elrics older brother
Like the older brother that's like a decade older than their siblings
Riza is like their sister in law
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1:30 HOW DARE THIS ABHORRENT CREATURE HAVE THE SAME VOICE ACTOR AS MY KING ANDROID 17
10:03 this part is so funny to me 💀💀💀
Roy gives me older brother that takes up the father role
Man, I haven’t rewatched FMA in a long time.
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