#Hohenheim of Light

[flamealchemist]

Fullmetal Alchemist 2003: Ed outfits

[mayhaps-a-blog]

I can't stop thinking about Hohenheim (2003). Man murders thousands of "witches and plague victims" to create the first philosopher's stone, nearly dies and has his soul bonded to another alchemist - effectively killing that guy, who was probably a colleague - by his assistant/girlfriend. Is apparently fine with this, and goes on to live for another 400 years with this woman, occasionally either killing thousands of people or inducing others to kill thousands of people to create more stones and keep body-hopping. He also has at least one child, who dies, which he then tries to bring back to life and creates a homunculus instead. Eventually decides/realizes that this can't last forever and, instead of trying to like, do something about it, promptly abandons his girlfriend and homunculus son, fucks off to the middle of nowhere, marries some random farmgirl, has 2 children, and promptly fucks off again before they can see his body start to literally decompose.

He then wanders around doing nothing for several years, apparently completely misses his wife's illness and death despite his sons sending letters to literally everyone he corresponded with, wanders back into town and starts flirting with the first cute girl he sees (Lieutenant Ross). Realizing his old girlfriend is up to their old tricks and is harassing his kids, he goes to tell her that he doesn't really care as long as she leaves his kids alone, gets distracted by the homunculus of his dead wife and immediately banished to another dimension, where he resumes just kind of wandering around until his son shows up and he has to help him find a way back.

None of this is ever addressed again. What are these man's morals? Does he care about the thousands of people he personally killed? Does he feel bad about abandoning not only his two biological kids but also his homunculus kid? When did he suddenly decide that murder is wrong, actually? Did he decide that murder is wrong, or is it only if his sons are threatened?

What is his deal?

[galaxybusterz]

; COLOGNE

I DON’T WANNA LIVE IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE NO MORE -

don’t forget 3 . OCT . 10

[owarinaki]

Fullmetal Alchemist 2003EP45 - A Rotted Heart

[memesmadefullmetal]

ROUND 1: Match 3 of 16

[emayuku]

SONGBOOK: The Big Band Singers II

The Big Band Singers: Tanjuro Kamado, Van Hohenheim and Minato Namikaze

Starring Elizabeth Mayuku and the American Standards Ensemble

This season’s lineup highlights the music and times of the greatest 20th century American composers and singers.

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@annakirk23

[animated-character-of-the-day]

Today’s character of the day is: Van Hohenhiem aka Hohenhiem Elric from Full Metal Alchemist

[amestrian-gay]

I watched 03 before BH so I couldn't fathom how people could even stand hohenheim. Like he was the bane of my existence, my mortal enemy. And then I watched BH and he started growing on me and I was like oh okay I get it now. He left to save the world also he's a dilf <3

BUT FR WHAT THE FUCK WAS HIS MOTIVE IN 03. THAT FUCKING JACKASS. If i remember correctly all he did was do human transmutation on innocent people with his wife so they could be immortal together, find another woman he loves, abandon his kid, start a new family and leave bc he starts rotting and he doesn't want his kids to see him like that??? LIKE BRO? BRO??? that was a weak ass excuse and he was a horrible man and I hate him so much. AND THEN IN COS WHEN HIM AND ED ARE STUCK IN THE OTHER WORLD HE JUST FUCKING LEAVES HIM AGAIN? WHAT THE FUCK. Envy and Ed had every right to resent him and I think they should've bonded over that instead of fighting and killing each other...

FMA 03 makes me so sad and upset, it's very dear to me <3

[the-cooler-king]

Edward: Your secrets up, Dante.

Dante: When did you find out, fair son of Hohenheim?

Edward: So, it's all true?

Dante: Indeed, every last word.

Edward: So, how many times have you jumped bodies?

Dante: Well, in four hundred years you can lose count. It's less than ten, after all I had to use the philospher's stone each time.

Edward: And that's what happened to this city? Lives for the stone?

Dante: Don't forget the fabled, lost civilization in the East - it was the same. But I'm not the one who made it happen.

Edward: No, it was Hohenheim of Light.

Dante: You say it so formally. Why don't you just call him 'Dad'?

Edward: Did he live this way, too? Stealing bodies, creating wars - and for what purpose?

Dante: Because we were worth it.

Edward: What the hell's that supposed to mean? You ruined thousands of lives to create each philosopher's stone - then you take it for yourself so you can live longer. And you actually think that's justified?

Dante: Humans can't handle the stone.

Edwars: Right. So you have the mercy to take it from them - the grace to kill anyone who was involved so only the legend remains.

Dante: I'm glad you understand so well. Humans are controlled by their sins - and the philosopher's stone has power far greater than any weapon ever forged before. So I've taken cities - humans would destroy the world. The lives lost have been necessary martyrs, saving mankind from itself. I am the guardian - the shepard of sins. I have to live on, to prevent you humans from doing something foolish with the stone.

Edward: Don't kid yourself - you're human just like us!

Dante: Not. Anymore.

[thefamilyeldritchabomination]

Short Story: Midsummer Pt. 3

 “Greed, when did you manage to get one of those portable televisions?” Envy asked, surprised that Greed was able to get his hands on something that nice before they could. “Got it last week, I got stupid lucky during my jog around the town and saw it right there in the packaging still.” Greed grinned widely as he showed off his stolen little pride and joy as the awful Lions enjoyed watching some gruesome cartoon.

 “Great so you stole it? I thought you turned a new leaf with the circus.” Freddy asked as he pieced the true meaning rather quickly. “Well yeah, it was out in the open at the warehouse. It was begging to come home with me and the troupe. It’s been a very well loved member ever since, we call ‘em ‘Scarlett’.” Greed puffed his chest out proudly at the theft and the name chosen for the stolen product. “You name your things now?” Freddy raised a wrinkled brow that Greed was copying the Mancer tradition. “What can I say? When you named that death trap car ‘Gherkin’, I sorta decided to try that myself with all my stuff. Gotta say, I really enjoy it.” Greed grinned widely upon bringing back the dreadful green truck from Freddy’s past.

 “I’ll have you know Gherkin was a very fine truck.” Freddy was still mad about the destruction of the rusted death trap called ‘Gherkin’.

 “Freddy no, that truck was horrifying to be on.” Dolly had a flashback moment of being on that horrific vehicle all those decades ago. “Face Fur, no it wasn’t, that thing nearly took off our heads when the roof flew off.” Envy wrinkled their nose in disgust over that hideous car and how horrible that ride was. “Envy, I'm like a hundred and one years old and I can proudly say my memories of that car are spotless.” Freddy grumped a bit, remembering that ‘beloved’ green truck that apparently brought joy.

 “Good for you, you’re no longer a little toddler bitch compared to my long existence, we all still remember that nightmare when it spontaneously exploded.” Envy snarkily responded as the train pulled over at the first stop in the journey.

 “It wouldn’t have exploded if you weren’t behind the wheels.” Freddy grumped and huffed at what Envy said, remembering Gherkin through rose tinted glasses. 

 “Excuse me? I’ll have you know that I’m THE best driver of this entire group. It was more or less you having an absolute lemon of a car that was a hazard from the start.” Envy narrowed their horrid little reptile eyes right at Freddy as they tore into him about the car and the audacity of being accused of being a bad driver.

 “Guys shut up, we’re reaching the first stop!” Greed raised his voice, grabbing his things, getting ready to transfer to the next train for the final destination.

 As the train came to its stop at the next station, the entire Mancer clan started to disembark for the next train to Resembool. Sure, back in the day it was just a nice single ride to the rural village, but as things changed over time, especially once Central was declared uninhabitable and the mainstation there was no longer an option, new rails were set in place amongst other things. Sure the planes have made things a breeze in recent times, but to Dolly and to an extent, Dorian, trains were the only things to trust to not implode thousands of feet up into the air. Envy grumbled a bit, finding the whole changing trains a nuisance as something caught their little eyes on the over looking television by the drinks stand. At first, it didn’t seem like anything at first, just some ‘oh no, some campers spotted bigfoot by the outhouse’ spiel on some garbage show, until he came into frame. The entire interview on the television was interrupted when the host of the program was grabbed up by some horrible, prehensile tail covered in scales as the host got shoved into the maul of what looked like Hohenheim's face grafted onto the chest of an abomination. At first, Envy smirked watching the broadcasted display of violence on the television, happily knowing the suffering Hohenheim was enduring before realizing one very important problem: Hohenheim was back and in Resembool now. 

 “Wayfarer, what’s wrong?” Dolly asked as her eyes followed towards the screen Envy was watching before looking disgusted.

 “Damn….Hohenheim has seen better days..maybe a bee makeover is in order.” Dorian commented as he peaked his little green lion head out of the cat carrier.

 “Worse…the bastard is in Resembool too.” Envy stated as they just watched the television in morbid amusement at the suffering Hohenheim was going through. “I’m gonna call up one of the Elrics then to give the heads up..” Freddy wrinkled his eyebrowless forehead, starting to make that trip to the pay phone.

 “Good call Facefur, good call.” Ernest muttered watching the television now too in shock. “Dude, you made a pun!” Dorian pointed on as he poked the absolutely horrifying weapon of mass destruction known as Big Brother Ernest. “Oh gods I did! I’m weirded out from this! That fucker should’ve died from exposure!” Ernest covered his face in embarrassment, the clicking of the bottle cap chain vest rattling as he moved. 

 “What’s going on now?” Greed asked, annoyed that he had to stop on the progress of reaching the next train.

 “Hohenheim evolved into that ugly thing on the television.” Envy simply answers as blurred images of Hohenheim are being shown on screen, clearly the camera person is fleeing for dear life from the horror that is draconic Hohenheim.

 “...Damn…though this is an improvement from the flesh stealing rotted skeleton he was earlier.” Greed was impressed with the huge design shift on Hohenheim, debating if he could capture that thing for the circus. 

 “Guys, I’m going to be taking Carmilla to the restroom, is there a place we’re meeting back up at?” Lust had arrived with Carmilla on the toddler lead and Gluttony closeby as she noticed the group looking on in horror and awe on the television, “Is that Hohenheim? I thought he died during Yule.”

 “I know, apparently the man offended the gods or something cause he just won’t stay dead.” Dolly said as Hohenheim unfortunately caught the fleeing camera person finally for a chow down.

 “Do we even continue on with Resembool at this point? I mean Hohenheim is clearly loose and they’ll likely close off the location until something is done.” Lust asked as she pretty much knew just how bad this was turning out for the group. 

 “We continue on with the Resembool vacation, train or no train.” Envy made the unilateral decision for the entire family group without anyone elses’ objections.

 “Envy, you know I can’t teleport the entire family like that without basically getting a ticket to the lemon filled void like before.” Dolly gave Envy that very pleading look of not having to do a massive group teleportation.

 “No need for it, I got the perfect solution!” Greed butted in, his eyes full of dollar signs at the idea of capturing Hohenheim for the circus.

 “What’s the solution?” Gluttony asked before Lust had to grill into Greed, the years of being around them had conditioned Gluttony to intervene before a fight broke out.

 “I know a guy here in town that can fix us up a nice rental deal on vans on short notice.” Greed grinned widely as the words leaked from his mouth like an overflowing faucet. “Otherwise known as blackmailing. Also back from the payphone, Edward said that the town is going into lock down until further notice.” Freddy interjected, annoyed with how this vacation was turning out to be.

 “Okay, this is fine, we can work something out in the meantime with the family. The town is known for its circus museum, right? We can take a detour there until the vans are ready.” Dolly planned, needing to keep things from boiling over from the sudden change as well as the fact Hohenheim was now a man eating monstrosity. 

 “That is true and I’ve heard some pretty good things about that museum too, but be wary of Greed, Dolly. He’s up to something and I don’t want the entire family in Resembool right now.” Lust advised since Envy wouldn’t be much help in the situation as they only had murder in their brain. 

 “Okay, let’s gather the family right away to discuss the plan changes.” Dolly compromised as she agreed on that sentiment, the entire Mancer family shouldn’t be dragged into a dangerzone. 

 “But Hohenheim is loose!” Envy started to protest, wanting to watch more of the destruction on television being replayed.

 “Envy, this town has an alchemy store I can go to to make that clay construct. You want that, don’t you?” Freddy had no more fucks to give as he drew out the key compromise to get Envy on board to stay a bit in the town until a plan can be formed.

 Envy puttered and hummed before finally agreeing to the arrangement Face Fur Fred had offered to them. Never in Envy’s long existence had they ever agreed to what some flesh bag human offered, let alone something that’s been a thorn on Envy’s side. Times truly had changed Envy, much to their disapproval. Oh well, Envy had won, they’re getting that awful clay construct they’ve wanted and that was all that mattered. Freddy could only mentally smirk at himself since he did have that awful plan of making a living embodiment of a glitter bomb as a form of revenge for Gherkin. With that settled, the massive Mancer family that would put rabbits to shame, gathered at the lobby to go over the change of plan and started calling about booking a hotel on short notice. While the entire family was distracted with last minute bookings, concerns for the elderly Elric family, and gods forbid, a bored Envy, Freddy slipped away to do the shopping for that horrible, awful clay construct to piss Envy off with. The town was busy as old man Freddy wandered about on the old cobblestone sidewalks, his eyes soon catching a sign for an alchemy supply store. What an excellent encounter that Freddy thought to himself as he entered the shop, looking for what could be the most obnoxiously sparkling materials he could use.

=======================================================================

 Deep in the woods of Resembool, Hohenheim roamed sluggishly after gorging himself on the flesh of the film crew and host. It had been a long trip down to the rural village, but it had been worth it. Warmth, food, and now a shelter as Hohenheim entered the cavern to sleep off the feast he had moments ago. Resembool truly was the best pick for the unholy abomination and mockery against alchemy to live in, truly a superb choice in location as the cold cavern floor rested up against the scaly hide of Hohenheim. As Hohenheim rested beneath the earth, troops started to roll in by the droves to hunt down the amalgamated flesh of horror lead by Major Reese Mustang, his cold brown eyes gazing about the landscape. Reese had inherited a lot of his grandmother Riza’s disposition and his grandfather Roy’s determination as he ordered a proper sweep of the location for any signs of the wretched creature with a taste for human flesh. 

[eldritch-edward]

Does the connection between Hohenheim and Roy ever get explained? Roy finds the brothers because they started sending letters to every address Hohenheim had sent from— was Roy just trying to track down a talented alchemist (Hohenheim)? Did they know each other?

[wordsandrobots]

The Last Piece

Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)

Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43655281

Rating: T

Summary:

There once was a man who tried to surpass God.

But nothing lasts forever.

Notes:

Originally intended as part of a longer fic that is likely going to go unfinished, I think this stands well enough on its own. It’s Hohenheim of Light backstory, riffing wildly on the snatches of canon we have, with a bonus Madame Christmas appearance because why the hell not?

[evilkitten3]

yeah there was at least one other where dante and hohenheim try eating stinky things to cover up the smell of their bodies rotting but i couldn't find it. it was funny tho from what i remember

dsjlhlsdk this doodle of CoS Al terrorizing Mustang was in the 20th anniversary FMA book. did Arakawa do any other doodles of the 2003/Conqueror of Shamballa universe? please tell me she did some omake or something

[royaigarbage]

Can a slave preach freedom?

Can a captive take hold…

… of what they believe in?

x

[shocotate]

Here is the Fairy Godmother’s Song from Shrek 2’s Japanese dub. She is voiced by Mrs Bradley’s seiyuu, Ai Satou (さとう あい).

I’m posting it today on Light Yagami’s birthday (Feb 28) since Ai Satou voiced his mother. Light was voiced by Mamoru Miyano (宮野 真守), Ling Yao’s seiyuu. Here Ai Satou is playing the mother of Prince Charming, voiced by Unshou Ishizuka (石塚 運昇), Hoheheim’s seiyuu.

Fairy Godmother’s Song | Holding Out for a Hero

Translation and Lyrics:

English translation

By your tears I've been called to you Make a wish, princess I'll make it come true One, two, three With a wave of my magic wand Suddenly, a rich prince appears before your eyes If you put on a dress and glass shoes, before you know it You’ll say goodbye to stress And the mirrors will help you stay on-trend I’ll make you cool, fitting for a prince Everyone’s on your side That's right, you gotta live with the happy ending Get kitted out in a sports car Sexy Driver Kyle Dirty cavities removed, fat thighs too And when you’re refreshed, I’ll give you a dog Cosmetic surgery and perfect makeup To get a prince with silky hair Lucky you. Dinner Then it's just you and the prince You're going to spend a fun night together Everything is nice, everything is fine You are fabulous! Let's eat cheese soufflé Chicken fricassee Cosmetic surgery and perfect makeup To get…

Lyrics

あなたの涙に 呼ばれてきたわ お姫様の願いを 私がかなえてあげる ワンツースリー 魔法の杖を一振りすれば 目の前に突然 リッチな王子が現われ いつの間にかドレス着て ガラスの靴はいたら ストレスともお別れ 鏡たちも手伝うわ トレンドを取り入れて クールに決めてあげる 王子さまにふさわしく みんなあなたの味方 そうさハッピーエンドに生きなきゃ スポーツカーでキメる セクシー・ドライバーカイル 汚い虫歯抜いて 脂肪のついた太股も スッキリしたら犬あげるわ 美容整形して化粧もバッチリ さらさらヘアーの王子様をゲットするの ラッキーよ ディナーの あとは王子と二人 楽しい一夜を一緒に過ごすの すべてがナイス  大丈夫 あなたはファービュラス 食べましょうチーズスフレ チキン・フリカッセ 美容整形して化粧もバッチリ さらさら・・・

[fullmetal-scar-simping]

Handing out a pamphlet to any mangahood fans giving the 2003 anime a shot:

Ed and Al (and Hohenheim) are not Xerxian. In fact there is no Xerxes. Don't interpret these characters through that lens. Similarly, Xing has no relevance here (it's a single line in a discussion of Amestrian geopolitics, and that's it)

Ed does not metaphysically supply Al's body with energy and nutrients. That's not how the Gate works here

Alchemy itself is handled differently from the manga and Brotherhood

This version of the story will not coddle or spoonfeed you. You will have to deal with complex themes and upsetting scenes, and you will have to pay attention to what's going on in order to understand and interpret the story and characters

In fact, if you're so inclined, repeat watches will absolutely reveal new layers to the pathos, mysteries, and themes presented, and answer questions you will still have after your first watch

I am begging you not to take everything at face value. The characters are not treated as infallible encyclopedias nor are they dispensers of morality lessons. They are treated like people. In that they are flawed, they are not omniscient therefore they do not have Complete Objective Knowledge over their own lives and the world, and the world/other characters will contradict and challenge them regularly

To put a finer point on the above: Don't take Ed and Al's perspectives as gospel. They are not the arbiters of righteousness who shine the light of Goodness and Reason onto the rest of the cast, they are orphaned teens scraping by in world that, by its nature, looms larger than themselves

Romance is not a big element here. You will not be eating well from the Edwin and Royai troughs this go-around

In mangahood Scar was right in killing state alchemists, but prepare yourself for: Scar was right in killing state alchemists, AND he never relents in being anti-military, AND he escalates that fight to magnificent proportions. Your fears about the "scary racialized radical who doesn't reform to your side nor assuages your guilt for the gains of imperialism you enjoy" are made real in 03

No doubt you've already heard that homunculi work differently in the 2003 anime. But to emphasize one of those major differences: the homunculi are not split aspects of one guy. They are all separate, unrelated, individuals

The characters shared between mangahood and the 2003 anime are, ultimately, not the same characters. Character design and some basal core traits link them to the manga, but their backstories, choices, character growth, and even their perspectives end up completely different from the source material