Talk:Scar

Scars real name is Al...it was said only once in a flashback when his brother died and he got his arm.216.195.194.178 16:59, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

No, it isn't. Or if it is, absolutely nothing of his name has been confirmed yet. Personally, I'd love it if he and his brother had Ishvalan versions of Edward and Alphonse as names and it would be incredibly fitting...but until such time as this is confirmed, it can't be included as canon here. And the flashback didn't confirm that, it's just rumor. CorbeauKarasu 18:13, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Exactly what is it that suggests Scar can throw a man over fourteen feet? I don't remember anything from the anime (and certainly not from the manga) that implied or stated this... CorbeauKarasu 12:59, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

i am pretty sure that this is just an assumption on the part of the person who last edited this article, because it has never been mentioned in the anime nor the manga. 75.152.236.211 03:25, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Scars other arm
Okay i was able to partially translate some of scars creation arm. the word "ignis" was found, which means fire. but another word i saw, "celas", is esperanto meaning to aim, or with intent. while an arabic word similar to it caelas means, stop it/ break it up. anybody have any better picture of the tattoo. this page has the best pic of it ive seen. Vladashram 10:36, February 14, 2010 (UTC)

Parts of the arm are not translatable so far, but you should look at the images from the Ishval flashbacks of his brother's tattoo. the important parts, as I've understood them, are that the symbols are identical, but reversed on either arm, with the right arm indicating an outwrd flow and the left indicating an inward flow, creating a current or circle. on the right arm are the words "terra" and "aer" (earth and air) while the left arm is marked with "ignis" and "aqua" (fire and water). Each pair is contradictory and the four together represent the four classical elements. Your assertions about the word celas and caelas are interesting, though. Again, find a really clean version of the Ishval flashbacks involving Sar's brother. You'll be able to see the arms from several angles. CorbeauKarasu 12:36, February 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * Slightly unrelated, but you seem to have a knack for this. I've been studying Scar's tattoos for a while and I've deciphered Armstrong's gauntlets and Basque Gran's gauntlets, but I can't make heads or tails of the script around Kimblee's tattoos. I can't even tell what language it is. I think I caught the word "helmen", which is German for "helmets", but other parts of it almost look as though they use Greek letters, though I may be mistaken. CorbeauKarasu 12:46, February 14, 2010 (UTC)

I always thought there wasn't any real text at all - is there a picture in the manga on which it is seen more or less clearly? I don't recall any. It doesn't seem like Arakawa designed Kimblee's tattoos so thoughtfully, all we need to see are the sun and moon symbols and triangles (cause Ed explained that they are needed for Kimblee's alchemy to work). Kiadony 08:29, February 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * There is text there. Inscribed in a ring around each of the circles on his palms is a ring of text, I think they appear in just about eery shot of his palms. But unlike the text on Armstrong's gauntlets, I've yet to see the words close enough to decipher them. There is only one shot in the manga (i think it's during the Ishval flashbak) where Kimblee's script appears almost legible, but I've only been able to make out one word and maybe part of another and it's not good enough to find a match. Arakawa definitely think things like this through and if I could ask her only one question, it'd be what the text on Kimblee's hands say. CorbeauKarasu 13:14, February 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah Arakawa put a lot of work into FMA, every circle is based on existing symbols and scripts. The only mistake I've ever seen her do in her circles was the philosopher stone circles(instead of basing it on just 5, they should have been based on 7, too). I hope when the series is over she will release like an art book of circles with each circles and an explanation of them.


 * Ooookay, but what about Giolio/Joliot Comanche's palm tats then? There's so much text which is obviously text but it seems completely unreadable (I'd be glad to find a good hi-res scanlation of chapter 43 though). Are you sure it isn't just a pattern made to look like text? Kiadony 18:28, February 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * That's true. In most panels, small text like that is simply pattern designed to look like text because it'd be a serious pain to write it out all the time, or in Comanche's case, at all. But in a few panels, the text is legible or nearly legible. I don't believe Comanche's text is legible or even real text, but Arakawa probably knows what she means it to have said. Then again, it's possible that he wasn't important enough for that. But for Scar, Armstrong, Basque Gran and Kimblee, there are a few panels in which some or all of the text in their alchemy arrays can be made out. Gran's was right out in the open, Scar's is relatively clear and only requires translation, Armstrong's was sort of clear, but required a decent amount of research and Kimblee's is there, but still somewhat of a mystery. CorbeauKarasu 19:17, February 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Right, but it's not like Kimblee's going to reappear so we can only hope Arakawa really does write some sort of a guidebook with all that. In fact, manga pages are small, aren't they? So maybe Arakawa never meant Kimblee's palm texts to be read, even if they make sense. She didn't seem to care about him that much. I can't find a large scale good quality scanlations of the chapters in which his palms are shown close enough - can you? I'd look into it. Kiadony 19:28, February 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * Page 140 of the printed volume 15 contains the only panel I've noticed that depicts the text on his left hand as somewhat legible - the panel in the lower right corner. They're clearly words, but it's so small that I can't accurately make out any words besides the first one, plus they're clearly not english words, which makes it harder. I tried checking the scanlated version of the chapter, since it's bigger, but the image isn't as clear there, so the problem remains. If I could make out another word or two, I could make an attempt to cross-reference it like I did with Armstrong. Granted, since he won't be making any more appearances, it is unlikely that we'll know for sure what all the text says, but I'd be happy just to decipher his left hand. Then again, maybe future volumes will show the text more clearly. CorbeauKarasu 19:51, February 16, 2010 (UTC)

Is this it? I see 'Helmen' now too. The other words are tricky. Another page: here. (lower left panel). Again, doesn't look like a readable text. And I can't find any other pages where the text is seen like that, at least potentially. Kiadony 08:10, February 17, 2010 (UTC)