Seriously you guys. I can’t describe in words how much I love this moment, and how DAMN IMPORTANT it is for Ed and Hohenheim’s relationship. There were so many things they didn’t fix, but Ed’s expression in that second to last panel is undeniable. Pure surprise and realization. He realizes his father truly did love his mother in this moment. There’s so much damage his absence caused that couldn’t be undone, but for Ed to know that his father truly loved Trisha is so important. In my humble opinion, that’s probably one of the driving factors behind his decision to not use Hohenheim’s last life to bring Al back. Even though he didn’t have many opportunities to show it openly, Hohenheim did love his family. This moment of vulnerability is just… PERFECT. Ed tried to teach his father a lesson, but ended up learning something himself.
this poor man got cursed with immortality in a way that was highly traumatizing, and yet he refused to get angry at the souls making him immortal, because he recognized they had no say in this situation either. so instead he talks to them, even though the number in the hundreds of thousands, and treats them like people, and keeps their memory going.
Van Hohenheim is too damn pure and good and i’m extremely emotional
speaking of fma 03 and brohood differences hohenheim is also…. really different looking you got like a shady old man giving off creepy and sorta icky vibes in 03 and in brohood you just have senior dork buddy
#03 hoho is a weird alcoholic who crawled out of a dumpster to kill himself in The Most Extravagant Way Ever #BH hoho is a mild-mannered college professor who keeps losing his glasses in weird places and grades really gently
The relationship between Van Hohenheim and Trisha Elric is so important, guys. You know why?
Van Hohenheim has lived for hundreds of years. He’s seen thousands of people come and go, he’s probably never really allowed himself to fall in love, but he sees Trisha and is like, “YES. This is the one. She’s the one. “
What a nerd, right? I bet you my computer it was love at first sight. Also, Hohenheim probably though she was way out of his league and pined for a while. Which is adorable.
But, guys, he probably tells Trisha the whole story. About his body, about his past, about the Dwarf in the Flask, about Xerxes, about his mistakes, about the hundreds of innocents who died because of his mistakes. And she’s just like, ‘Nice, I still love you.’
He decided SHE was the woman he wanted to grow old with, the one he wanted to raise children with, the one he wanted to spend his life with. This young, small-town girl.
They made a promise to die together…. But Trisha got sick. And Hohenheim didn’t know. He was probably on the other side of the country. He thought she was fine, taking care of their boys, that he would return to them soon, and be the father he never deserved.
But Trisha dies. And he finally, finally returns home, but it’s so different. The love of his life is dead, his house his burnt to the ground, his little boys committed the taboo. Al’s an unfeeling suit of armor, Ed’s a child soldier. He blames himself.Maybe, if he had stayed, Trisha would be alive… Ed and Al would definitely have their bodies…
And when Ed tells Hohenheim Trisha’s last words… Hohenheim completely breaks down.
Hohenheim probably didn’t cry until this point. He’s seen hundreds of people die, and he’s loved all of them. But hearing his wife’s last words, his straight out SOBS. This isn’t the classic, single man-tear that most characters display. This is real sorrow: face-crumpling, sobs that tear themselves out of you, tears that burn… the kind of crying that hurts.
A lot of sad things happen in Fullmetal Alchemist, and this is probably one of the saddest, right up there with both Nina’s and Hughes’ deaths….
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