Talk:Edward Elric

=2008=

Mixed
The part of the manga and anime are a little mixed up take a look-- 20:12, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * There was some bias against the relationship between Ed and Winry. In the manga in chapter 48 she states she is in love with him so the part in the article that said no romantic feelings are shared and they are considered brother and sister is not only wrong but biased. --Sakura22222 19:53, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

=2009=

Edward
I want to say that Ed rocks!--FunFun In The SunSun 01:24, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Trivia
I think Edward loses his leg while attempting to bring his mother back to life unlike what it says in the Trivia. Waterdrop95 17:38, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * you got it right when he tried to bring back trish the gate took his leg when al lost his body he used his leg to save his soul. --Ryan Pierce 16:56, September 9, 2009 (UTC)bioshock54

Trivia
I think Edward loses his leg while attempting to bring his mother back to life unlike what it says in the Trivia. Waterdrop95 17:40, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Birthdate
The anime gave Edward a date of birth, but Arakawa specified that she avoids giving birthdates to her characters because it limits what she can do with the story. She mentioned that she thought of Edward being born in the winter, but that her perception of winter was skewed because, in her birthplace, wintry weather would sometimes last nearly six months. additionally, edward's birthday of february third in the anime was to coincide with the birth of Elicia Hughes, when, in the manga, they don't necessarily have the same birthday.
 * I added your bit about the non-specific birthday. good day. 75.159.234.160 00:06, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Periodic Table
There is nothing to suggest that Edward has a photographic memory. As a genius alchemist, he has significant knowledge of chemical elements and remembers them by heart, not by sight. CorbeauKarasu 21:24, December 24, 2009 (UTC)

Father
That's actually a bit complicated, but I don't think we can say Edward has any family relations with Father, because the fact that Father was made out of Hohenheim's blood doesn't make him his 'child' in the true sense of the word.

Father is neither a son nor a clone to Hohenheim, but rather a being created through an alchemical process and, in my view, making that a family relation is going a bit too far into the meaning of Father's creation, since Father seems to simbolize more of a 'negative' side of Hohenheim, or a 'mirrored' version of him. Even though, I don't think we can say he's a clone, either, cause his original purpose was not to 'make another Hohenheim', but rather a different, new and improved being out of 'human blood', but with no family bonds gone beyond Creator and creature. --Turdaewen 04:56, December 28, 2009 (UTC)

=2010=

Pimp
Can we add some pix of the pimp ed memes here? Ty 13:45, April 16, 2010 (UTC)

CHAPTER INFORMATION
Regarding points in the story as well as ALL OF THE TRIVIA, I feel it would be highly helpful to include citation data like the actual wikipedia does. Often I come to fan-wikis and find curious information with absolutely no mention of which episode or chapter the information was cited from; something that fustrates me because I would like to revisit the chapter in which said information was dispersed.

For example, one the first points of trivia data mentions that Edward writes his alchemic notes in the form of travelogue, and that's it. No mentioning if that was from an omake or within a chapter of the story. As of today there are EXACTLY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN chapters out, both in Japan and scanlated in the U.S.A. To find that exact piece of information on my own with not even a hint of where it came from, would take hours of personal effort, something I do not desire to take just to find a single tidbit of information.

What I am suggesting is that EVERY MEMBER OF THIS WIKI take a personal initiative to cite key information whenever they can; something that will make this wiki stand far beyond the others. I mean some fan-wikis don't even bother to state the first appearance of a character! As for me I will act upon my advice and do my best to cite information, BUT ONLY IF you(the main staff) approve of my request and idea. Thank you for taking your time to read this

132.177.53.226 06:22, May 12, 2010 (UTC)

It's in Chapter 10. CorbeauKarasu 12:47, May 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * Kind of missing the point there. Thanks for the information though. 132.177.53.226 13:36, May 12, 2010 (UTC)

Height
How did he grow so tall?


 * Well, we did miss everything between Ed at 16 and Ed at 18, not to mention yet another multi-year timeskip to the family picture. Besides that, it was theorized that Ed's short stature was partially due to much of his nutritional intake being sent straight to Al's body inside the Gate instead of staying with Edward's body. With Al out of the Gate, that process would likely no longer occur. CorbeauKarasu 18:07, June 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * Wait... i added a bit about ed's original automail being heavy, weighing him down and possibly playing a part in his short stature, why was that deleted? It was an interesting bit of information and since it was actually theorized by one of the characters (dominic) i think we should include it. Fmaclones 21:25, August 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Wait... i added a bit about ed's original automail being heavy, weighing him down and possibly playing a part in his short stature, why was that deleted? It was an interesting bit of information and since it was actually theorized by one of the characters (dominic) i think we should include it. Fmaclones 21:25, August 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * I saw that, and considered changing it since it was just Dominic's opinion, not actual fact. I think it is more of what CorbeauKarasu said with respect to Al's body. You also have to consider that Ed was short even before he received his auto-mail, as seen in many flashbacks.--Full Metal Fan 21:06, August 27, 2010 (UTC)

And given al's decrepit state before he was rescued, i highly doubt that a significant portion of ed's nutrition was transfered to al's body, just barely enough to keep him alive and functioning, but certainly not enough to cripple ed's growth, as it was shown also that he ate alot. Fmaclones 21:25, August 27, 2010 (UTC)

Also, ed's growth patterns tend to be significantly influenced by his automail. His growth slowed significantly after the installation of his automail arm and leg, and he began a big growth spurt after the replacement of the old automail limbs with lighter ones. at that time al was still receiving nutrition from ed's body, so i think that it was a combination of three things: al receiving a portion of nutrition from ed's body, ed's heavy automail limbs as well as genetics, which apparently made him a late bloomer of sorts. Fmaclones 21:25, August 27, 2010 (UTC)

o.0 wait i have another theory. Since al's body still existed, it makes sense that it would still require sleep, even though al himself commented that he was unable to sleep. Which would mean that al's body received sleep from ed's body (e.g. ed's sleep was shared between the two) and ed's body only got half the time to grow his body. that would explain alot about ed's short stature o.0 Fmaclones 02:40, August 29, 2010 (UTC)

Well, that is the theory that Edward and Alphonse agreed upon, that the excesses of nutrients and sleep Ed was taking in were being transferred to Al's body. CorbeauKarasu 04:20, August 29, 2010 (UTC)

Pic of ed
Would it be better to have the picture of ed in the infobox to be one from the 2009 anime instead of from the promotional poster of the 2009 anime? It would seem more accurate that way since the promotional pic doesn't show his characteristic red coat. Waterdrop95 03:18, July 27, 2010 (UTC)

Well, actually,his red coat is in the picture, draped over his left arm. Pictures of Edward of high quality are hard to find, especially when trying to include both his red coat and his automail arm. Previously, we'd used images that didn't showcase his arm, but when I realized that the current picture includes both (while also being extraordinarily badass), I figured it was a pretty good fit.CorbeauKarasu 03:22, July 27, 2010 (UTC)

I guess you're right about that. But maybe you can show a pic of Ed with his automail arm in the automail section, because you don't really see Ed's arm most of the time, only when he's battling and when he's getting his automail checked.

Waterdrop95 21:21, July 28, 2010 (UTC)

About the 2003 anime series
I'm sorry. I'm getting tired of writing, please watch more about episodes 19-22 to get more information of what Ed did in the 5 Lab and I'll get more info on other stuff later.

24.189.186.173 11/14/10 at 4:29 p.m. (UTC)

Ed transmuting after timeskip?
In the trivia, it was written that in an omake and final ending credits, Ed was shown being able to transmute from a circle. As far as I know, Ed can no longer practice ANY alchemy as he no longer has a Gate of Truth. Also, I have read the manga and watched the 2009 anime and I haven't found any evidence of Ed being able to use alchemy after the series had ended. If I'm wrong, can someone please cite the source of the information?

No, you're not wrong. In fact, Arakawa already said that "FMA finishes with the end of the Fullmetal Alchemist". That is just wishful thinking of immature fans who wish FMA would go on forever and want to come up with excuses to say "it isn't over". It would make absolutely no sense to make a whole series about how "people would overcome the power of alchemy" to, at the end, make them depend on it again. Wishing Edward would make alchemy again is tantamount of not getting FMA at all (and the whole 'two years later' sequence is there exactly to make perfectly clear that FMA is over and Edward has ceased to be the Fullmetal Alchemist). Turdaewen 12:35, January 4, 2011 (UTC)

Trivia
I think it would be best try to separate whether a trivia is regard to the manga or the 2003 series. I have seen many trivias that mix the two up, relating something that is only stated in one of the two stories as if it was general to the whole of FMA, which may confuse people, especially when it comes to timeline and sequence/events that are present, but slightly different, in both series.

I also think it would be extremely helpful to make articles of both 2003 and 2009/manga series' timelines.Turdaewen 12:42, January 4, 2011 (UTC)