I Love That Scary Describes Herself As A Seeker Of Darkness Every Episode Because Every Other Main Character

I love that Scary describes herself as a seeker of darkness every episode because every other main character is born with or from horrible darkness. Taylor is straight-up part demon, Normal’s family lineage is cursed with the presence of an eldritch chaos diety, and Link was raised by a man overtaken with apathy except when exacting violence, and he is slipping into a worryingly similar apathy. Scary sought out darkness and found it in her friends, but it is her lot in life that she functions best as their source of light.

“You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become” - Hogfather, Terry Pratchett

Hiromu Arakawa’s genius is obvious throughout all of FMA but her first and biggest leap of genius was in how she crafted her protagonist. 

Arakawa realized the burgeoning youth of the early 2000s wasnt interested in another plucky spry optimistic young shonen protag. Instead she gave us a short ugly egotistical asshole smarter-than-you atheist with so much money and power that people could no longer best him in arguments by telling him “dude shut up ur literally like 12″ 

Five pages in we’re told Edward’s famous and rich and powerful. Five more pages and he’s calling some girl stupid for thinking God exists. Five more pages and he’s proven right. Five more and he’s kicked an evil priest’s teeth in. And no one can tell his mom on him.

Hiromu Arakawa figured out the dream of every edgy young weeb discovering internet arguments for the first time and she cast them an idol made of gold.

I could fix him. I could make him worse. Good for you. I could gently take the weapon out of his shaking, blood-soaked hand and hold him until he finally believes that he doesn't have to be defined by all the ways the world has hurt him. Then we could ruin the lives of everyone who has ever treated him like he's a monster who doesn't deserve love.

I have waited ALL FUCKING YEAR TO POST THIS

Santa is coming tonight.