It Is Common Knowledge That Edward Elric, The Fullmetal Alchemist, Isn’t Completely Right In The Head.

It is common knowledge that Edward Elric, the fullmetal alchemist, isn’t completely right in the head.

’ eccentric ’ the kinder ones call him, ‘downright bonkers ’ whisper the not so nice ones.

It doesn’t matter though. Even if edward elric is crazy, even if he sometimes stares at you with his unnerving gold eyes and you can swear he’s going through the ingredients that make up your body in his head, figuring out the best way to break you down and make something entirely new; even if his military file contains a psychological report labeling him as “unstable and highly dangerous”, he’s still edward elric. The child prodigy that passed the state alchemist exam when he was only twelve, the kid that can just clap and use any kind of alchemy he wants, and the military isn’t just going to let him go.

So everyone play it off as more of a joke that an actual issue. “The price of being a genius among prodigies” some say with admiration, “don’t worry about it fullmetal,” the bastard says with a smirk that looks actually a little bit forced, “it could happen to anyone. It’s probably very hard to fit both so much knowledge and common sense inside your small frame.”. “Maybe it’s just too many wrenches to the head,” Al jokes sometimes.

But Ed. Ed knows better. It’s the gate. The thing that cracked him open and shoved the knowledge of the world inside his head not once but twice. The thing that stole both his arm and leg and robbed him of his innocence. It’s the truth and the law of equivalence exchange. All of Al’s body and Ed’s leg to pay for their mother; his arm and sanity for Al’s soul.

It might be for the best anyway. Amestis is on the edge of war, and they could use a fullmetal alchemist that hasn’t got a simple and petty thing as logic to hold him back from doing the impossible.