#no one he's killed is innocent. most State Alchemists are complicit in genocide.

[fitia]

Honestly in reading FMA, I'm still deciding whether or not I like the way the narrative is treating Scar

#fitiaposting #Literally every State Alchemist aside from Ed that we've seen so far has been complicit in the genocide of his people. they all have blood #on their hands. I really can't blame him for wanting them dead. #None of them are innocent like they CHOSE that line of work no one was forced into it #and some of them even fucking enjoyed it as shown by the Tophat dude and Kimblee #The Homunculi might have been the catalyst for the Ishval civil war but it managed to get as bad as it did bc the military complied. #bc every soldier on that field decided to prioritize orders from the State instead of innocent human lives. #Scar's not RIGHT in what he's doing but..... he's not wrong????? #I don't think he should be off serial killing but aside from Ninaxander fusion and Winry's parents #no one he's killed is innocent. most State Alchemists are complicit in genocide. #I'm only halfways through so I might see change but like I'm seeing WAY too much #''Ew revenge bad'' and ''It was the HOMUNCULI not the PRECIOUS STATE ALCHEMISTS'' rn and I just. :/

[marinsawakening]

Also here's a longer version with good comments on the same blog (excuse the terrible formating to pass tumblr linkblocking) they-call-me hippie. /post/636693128834875393/but-like-in-all-seriousnessfma-scar-is-genuinely#notes

I’m assuming there was an earlier ask here that Tumblr decided to throw into the void (bc of the word ‘also’) but thank you for sending me that post! I’m a bit hesitant to apply stuff like toxic masculinity to media created in Japan because I don’t know how that concept applies to Japan vs. how it applies to many Western countries but Scar is definitely the antithesis to the concept of toxic masculinity as it applies to most Western countries. Even as a serial killer he is kind and compassionate; he is naturally disinclined to violence and that’s why being pushed into killing hurts his mental health so much. it’s so nice and refreshing to see a character like Scar (antagonist for most of the story, serial killer, big, buff, and with brown skin) be so kind, introspective, humble, and aware of his flaws and capable of apologizing. Scar is just SUCH a good person!!

also the comments on that post are fucking on POINT. it’s SO annoying that most of the fandom, most critical analysis of FMA, and even to an extent canon itself seems to write Scar killing state alchemists off as some ‘revenge quest’ that he’s ‘blinded’ by when in reality it was practically the only option he had left. how else was he going to get justice for his people? go to The Hague and demand a trial? come on. killing war criminals is 100% ethical as far as I’m concerned, especially when canon literally has those war criminals say they deserve to die and has them actively work towards getting themselves the death penalty. it’s so confusing to me that fandom and to an extent canon frame Scar as being in the wrong for killing war criminals while simultaneous saying those war criminals should be held accountable for their actions by dying. is it wrong just because Scar didn’t file a formal complaint after first hand witnessing his entire culture and his whole family be slaughtered? lmao.

and I hate it when people pull the ‘Ed didn’t participate in genocide!’ card to show that he did wrong and was ‘blinded by revenge’ bc like. first of all that still puts the maximum number of innocent people he went after at one (three if we count Alphonse and Winry who got into the line of fire). second of all Ed is a state alchemist, and not only that, he is a prodigy with terrifying power levels. He can do alchemy without a transmutation circle! sure, we the audience know that Ed would never in a million years be complicit in genocide, but Scar doesn’t know that. He sees someone who willingly signed up to be a human weapon and is terrifyingly good at it. like??? can you blame him for not wanting to take any chances???

If anything, the fact that Scar targeted Ed shows that he wasn’t simply going after state alchemists out of some mindless desire for revenge. he was doing it as a calculated attempt at kneecapping the military in case they decided to do another genocide. sure, a desire for vengeance absolutely played a part in it, but like? I’m not gonna blame the guy for wanting war criminals who killed everyone he ever knew and loved to be held accountable for their actions lmao.

anyway tl;dr Scar was right and also he’s a brilliantly kind and compassionate person with not a toxic bone in his body.

#my posts #asks #scar #fma #Anonymous #sadly op is an aspec exclusionist so i will not be reblogging the post tho