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You're jealous, aren't you, Envy?

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Don't read on if you don't want to spoil FMA the manga and FMAB for yourself

Entry one of THREE for :iconthe-da-ranger-group: contest for Meaningful Moments. Second contest at this group :D
Moment from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

This is number one out of the three for most meaningful. The contest states that you draw three moments in anime that was meaningful and/or moved you. This was honestly, one of the most moving moments ever. This...might be a weird one. It's not even the saddest death (Greed's second death had me crying more than when I watched Les Miserables), or saddest moments of either FMA anime, so why did I choose this as a moving moment?

Not because it's sad, that's not always what moving means, it just means stirring the emotions. Sometimes, sadness isn't what moves me the most, and this is an example.


Well, Envy's death got me crying buckets, to be honest, but it wasn't his suicide that was sad. Really, his death was so pathetic (not in the stupid way, just  the "arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness" way xD). You'd think he'd go down laughing, unrepentant like Greed, but he was just reduced to this pathetic form, lower than even the humans he laughed at. I don't know why, but that was just sad. But his death WASN'T the moving part

It was what Ed said right here: "You're jealous, aren't you Envy? We humans are supposed to be so much weaker than you homunculi. But battered, confused, beaten...even if we know it's pointless, we always get back up. If we can't, our friends will help us. And you'll never have that. That's why you're jealous of us" (Or something along those lines)

After all this time. Envy, the most cruel and sadistic homunculus, behaved the way he did, started a genocide and killed cruelly, because he was jealous of something so simple. Something we all take for granted: the love we share for each other. Let's think: Do we even realize the capacity and preciousness of friendship and love from the people around us?

No, we don't, and this scene made me realizing it was probably the hardest hitting scene in the whole anime.

Envy, you bastard, in the end, I felt sorry for you, even though I never did through the whole thing. Ms. Arakawa, you indeed are a genius for doing this, making us all feel sorry for the one who deserved to die the most (even though I loved Envy). It truly was a humbling experience to watch this
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All of that aside, this was a great opportunity for me to practice pencil crayon art! It was different since there was no dark outlining with pen, just me and my trusty pencil crayons.

Reference used as a screenshot in the anime, as well as some manga panels.
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Canon MF4100 Series
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Erenea2011's avatar
Me senti mal por Envy,ojala Ed lo hubiera detenido.