Gah, she had the amazing idea of Al braiding Ed’s hair and slowly he starts using more and more obnoxious scrunchies without Ed knowing. We decided a cat elastic would be very fitting ;3 I loved drawing it and got so excited I even put in the surprise cat background hehe.
I bet while Al’s in the hospital post promised day there’s a pretty strict limit on how many people can visit him and there’s a fight about who gets to go in the first group because everyone’s dying to see him
Team Mustang gets in an argument amongst themselves about it
Havoc: I should go first. I wasn’t even at the battle when he came back.
Falman & Fuery: Neither were we!
Breda: None of us were except the Lieutenant and the Colonel.
Roy: Well I was blind! And I outrank you! I’m going in the first group.
Riza: We’re drawing straws.
Ed: omg literally none of you are going in the first group, Teacher and Sig are.
Which starts the new argument of who’s going in the second group. And it’s not just Team Mustang – it’s also Major Armstrong, Dr. Marcoh, Maria Ross, Denny Brosh, Zampano, Jerso, Heinkel, Darius – literally everyone wants to go see Al. The doctors are losing it because half those people are also injured and should be laying down and resting still, dammit – the boy’s brother was bad enough and now they have to deal with an entire room full of people ignoring doctors orders to go see the Elric boy
Ed complains to Al about everyone being idiots about it (even tho he’s thrilled – of course everyone loves Al, his brother is the Best) and Al’s so touched he starts crying
considering one of my favorite things about Alphonse is that he’s a snarky asshole, I am so delighted I could remind you of the truth
there’s no denying Al is a sweet, sweet boy who is very polite and well-mannered and MUCH more considerate than his brother, but he’s still an ass
he spends most of the manga (lovingly) insulting/teasing his brother
“a fighting idiot” omg al
ok but real talk how often does he describe ed as the “little/small alchemist” when he isn’t there to yell about it?
other top-tier Asshole Alphonse moments include:
that time when the chimeras tried to kidnap him and he was like “you’re right, I should think for myself!” all innocently and then just punched Dolcetto in the face
that time he found out Ling was a prince and literally fell over laughing
that time he completely tore apart Ed’s dumb plan about luring the homunculi out by having Scar attack him
that one time Mei said he looked like his brother and he got SO OFFENDED and started listing off ways he was sO MUCH BETTER AND HANDSOMER than Ed
that time he tricked Pride and was sO DAMN SMUG ABOUT it and sat there insulting him (Pride! The oldest and most dangerous homunculi!) for falling for it
that time he tricked Pride AGAIN and was really smug about it A SECOND TIME
and then a third time
bitch, you tHOUGHT
when he throws Yoki under the bus twice in like two minutes
after Hohenheim told him his life story and asked if Al believed him, Al was like “I haven’t seen you in like 10 years and that whole story was ridiculous”
that one time he straight up yelled at Izumi, which just amuses me because it’s IZUMI and it’s Al screaming, not Ed
and lastly, of course, this utterly iconic moment
alphonse is a very good, kind boy who is also incredibly like his brother, no matter how much he tries to act like he isn’t
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