#technically we can also talk about how greed was defeated by satisfaction

[lemonduckisnowawake]

Everyone talks about how Roy killed Lust as a symbolic proof that he is devoted to actual love but no one talks about how Envy was outed by Riza almost immediately as a symbol of her always accepting what she has and even being content with it. Maybe love IS a narrative force and theme to be reckoned with (and rightly so!), but content when you have so many reasons not to be and when others sometimes have what you don't? That's super cool, too

[kindlythevoid]

@lemonduckisnowawake you can't leave the whole post in the tags??

#technically we can also talk about how greed was defeated by satisfaction#which was via the power of friend *mlp theme song starts playing*#and how pride was defeated when edward did not consider anything above the philosophy of don't take human lives#even if that soul was stolen....it was a life to edward enough. that IS humility actually#(humility. btw. does not exclude being glorified and raised above)#AND i will not forget to say that lan fan killed bradley as an example of how virtue does not exclude anger#but my hissiness about revenge narratives keep me from really tackling that. sorry lan fan#ANYWAY the point is riza has found contentment and acceptance despite everything

Everyone talks about how Roy killed Lust as a symbolic proof that he is devoted to actual love but no one talks about how Envy was outed by Riza almost immediately as a symbol of her always accepting what she has and even being content with it. Maybe love IS a narrative force and theme to be reckoned with (and rightly so!), but content when you have so many reasons not to be and when others sometimes have what you don't? That's super cool, too