#like Ling's idealism over being a good king and his recklessness are stuff i point to as to how/why i fell for Percival this quickly

[icharchivist]

Wait, of course

Avatar is made up of a thousand souls screaming in agony

Not unlike a Philosopher's Stone

And it is currently inside of Belial's body (providing him with increased healing)

So wouldn't it be funny if the mindless creature made with an endless thirst for destruction actually looked at what they were doing and turned to Belial and went "Aren't you tired of being batshit? Wouldn't it be kinda cool to chill?"

And Belial says "No, I need to do this for Cilius", so Avatar gives him 8 billion points lava damage (and then heals him again), because all of the souls currently stuck inside of it ended up there because of Lucilius, so they're obviously mad at him and also, Jesus Christ, dude, don't you realize how good you have it, having a body that's yours and such? Don't throw that away

Belial ends up stuck in group therapy

Which is worse, because he knew most of the primals that went into Avatar

But I like the idea that they're more mad at Lucilius than him, so they're trying to get him to see the light first and foremost

oh

OH

OHHHHHHHHHHHH????????????

ANON YOU'RE A GENIUS OH MY GOD

I was blind. I didn't consider just straight up Belial's situation with Avatar when talking about the Greed&Ling story. I was so thinking of Belial = sin = Greed that i didn't realize we can just swap Greed's and Ling's morality core and just keep the situation and it works. you're a genius.

Also there is something so funny about Belial, who spent his life keeping everyone at bay away from him, refusing to be vulnerable or opening up about his problems, taking in the world's most destructive power of all time, and instead he gets a thousands of buddy who all are forcing him through therapy. It's not like Belial can kill them!!! he's stuck with them!!!!

Though continuing on Avatar = Philosopher Stone idea, we know thanks to Hohenheim that it's possible for the souls to remember who they used to be, but it's the chaos not listening to them for centuries that made the souls coming from Father to be just chaotic beings with no connection to their past self anymore. For Avatar, with the thousand of years twisted into the Pandemonium, it will be more of a Greed situation yes-- but Belial can always have to face that he knew all of these souls personally, like Hoheinheim had to work through his own relationship with his souls.

Forcing Belial in a "either you get therapy from the souls, or you have to give therapy from the souls", without letting him know that it's not actually a choice and doing one will be doing the other too.

It is so perfect though. Please now i want that.

And i love love love Avatar "punishing" Belial for doing all of this for Lucilius because "hey what the fuck", both on their and on Belial's behalf.

it is so good. Thank you anon. you made me see the light. Now i want that for Belial, 100%.