Do we ever see a homunculus even attempt alchemy, other than Wrath (who can do it just fine)?
Lust draws a few arrays. She probably would have tried alchemy before, like Envy, because she knows a lot about it--enough to tutor Lewjon and (I think?) Scar, and be pretty involved in the stone business at the lab.
I vaguely remember something about his mercury poisoning being alchemically related.
Nope, it only said he died of mercury poisoning. No mention of how he came into contact with the mercury. Maybe he just ate too much tuna.
He blew up the church.
XD
Kimbley really does not resemble Hoho.
Eh, he could just tend toward his mother's build. My parents have fairly contrasting builds, and I tend very much toward Dad's, while my next two siblings tend very much toward Mom's. Both Mom and Dad have a strong resemblance to one of their parents (but not the other) for build.
I'm bad at picking out family resemblance in faces if the features aren't really distinctive. Noses are especially hard for me--after I read your comment, I pondered some screencaps, and decided that half the characters have the same nose. . . . I actually think Kimbley's nose looks a lot like Greed's. Which opens up even more cracky possibilities. (Whee!)
I also doubt alchemy is hereditary
The show gives us a couple cases of alchemy in families. There's Hoho and the boys, and Nash Trigham and his sons. I think Armstrong's family has other alchemists, though I don't think it's said explicitly--but he's always going on about shiny techniques handed down through the generations, and a lot of the shiny things he does involve alchemy. Izumi and Moofy are a far-from-perfect example, but I'd say they kind of set a precedent (Moofy's alchemy skills are there before he gets stoned). . . . I have nothing to suggest, however, that these are cases of talent being passed down, rather than kids being interested in their father's work.
although that might be from 400 years of hanging out doing diddly squat
I figure anybody would develop some kind of pathology after a few centuries. I get neurotic (though not as much as Envy--I hope) after being bored only a few days. o_0
(more common in predisposed families than non-predisposed, has to do with lifestyle habits and rearing)
Wait, what's more common in predisposed families? Marrying other predisposed people?
My point being that despite the long lapse of time between their generations, Envy's insanity might still be carried through his genes noticeably strong.
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Lust draws a few arrays. She probably would have tried alchemy before, like Envy, because she knows a lot about it--enough to tutor Lewjon and (I think?) Scar, and be pretty involved in the stone business at the lab.
I vaguely remember something about his mercury poisoning being alchemically related.
Nope, it only said he died of mercury poisoning. No mention of how he came into contact with the mercury. Maybe he just ate too much tuna.
He blew up the church.
XD
Kimbley really does not resemble Hoho.
Eh, he could just tend toward his mother's build. My parents have fairly contrasting builds, and I tend very much toward Dad's, while my next two siblings tend very much toward Mom's. Both Mom and Dad have a strong resemblance to one of their parents (but not the other) for build.
I'm bad at picking out family resemblance in faces if the features aren't really distinctive. Noses are especially hard for me--after I read your comment, I pondered some screencaps, and decided that half the characters have the same nose. . . . I actually think Kimbley's nose looks a lot like Greed's. Which opens up even more cracky possibilities. (Whee!)
I also doubt alchemy is hereditary
The show gives us a couple cases of alchemy in families. There's Hoho and the boys, and Nash Trigham and his sons. I think Armstrong's family has other alchemists, though I don't think it's said explicitly--but he's always going on about shiny techniques handed down through the generations, and a lot of the shiny things he does involve alchemy. Izumi and Moofy are a far-from-perfect example, but I'd say they kind of set a precedent (Moofy's alchemy skills are there before he gets stoned). . . . I have nothing to suggest, however, that these are cases of talent being passed down, rather than kids being interested in their father's work.
although that might be from 400 years of hanging out doing diddly squat
I figure anybody would develop some kind of pathology after a few centuries. I get neurotic (though not as much as Envy--I hope) after being bored only a few days. o_0
(more common in predisposed families than non-predisposed, has to do with lifestyle habits and rearing)
Wait, what's more common in predisposed families? Marrying other predisposed people?
My point being that despite the long lapse of time between their generations, Envy's insanity might still be carried through his genes noticeably strong.
Also, it would just make good poetic sense. ;)