#I also wanted to mention how winry slowly takes priority in ed’s head once he’s confident al will be okay

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I just finished my rewatch so forgive me if I don’t make sense, but something I hold onto every time I watch this show is how winry is so integral to the elric brothers

like. god. the scene where she learns scar killed her parents and she’s holding the gun, about to pull the trigger? and ed stops her and tells her that her hands aren’t meant to kill? that her hands brought life in the form of helping a mother give birth? and that she made his automail? the scene where ed admits she’s the reason he’s still standing?????

the first conflict we see in fma:b is the liore conflict which ends with rose on her knees, begging ed to tell her what she needs to do with all of this grief and turmoil she’s faced with, and ed responding that she gets up. she has two perfectly good legs to walk with, so stand up and walk. adding onto this, winry and pinako immediately began working on ed’s automail once he found a purpose from roy, and then much later in the series, pinako says she no longer feels comfortable working on ed’s automail because it’s all winry.

al was ed’s purpose, but winry gave ed the legs to stand on. winry is the reason ed can still keep walking to bring al’s body back. winry is somebody he can depend on, somebody he can come home to, somebody that is home because she’s been there for him every time he’s needed her. no matter how you like to interpret their relationship, winry is so integral to the brothers’ ability to keep moving through their grief. she is their home. their legs. their reason to live.