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Truth is a god in the way that gravity or magnetism is a god. He's just a manifested force of nature. He's sapient on some level, sure, which is a neat trick, but we managed to make meat think and we're not extraordinarily special about it either. He didn't invent humans and he didn't spawn the universe the way that Rose would have expected the god of her religion to have done; he has minimal to no interest in the day to day lives of any creature and only intervenes when someone actively wanders into his grip of influence. He's not a Capital-G God. Truth is to matter what fire is to flammable objects. He's a metaphorical (and perhaps even allegorical) chemical reaction.

Ed isn't an atheist because he saw god and cussed him out irl; Ed's an atheist because he doesn't believe that the brute force of Truth qualifies as a god. Quite frankly, I think that's a hell of a lot ballsier and a much more complete understanding of the situation. This perspective insulates him against idolizing the Truth as an ultimate divine force and makes Truth something that can be reasoned around or through, rather than with, which would never have worked.

It’s the last phase. Vanished into havoc. Unfathomable mind. Now beacon, now sea.

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Inspired by this meme on X:

The scene where Bradley and Hawkeye talk while drinking tea often gets interpreted by fandom as Bradley subtly bullying Hawkeye for not being able to be together with the person she loves, while he can. I disagree.

And it is not even the case that she is not able to marry. She can. With just one simple trick she can have that: quit her job. She chooses not to for obvious reasons.

I think the scene is way more about Bradley and his humanity than it is about Hawkeye’s shitty love life. And about choices. Bradley asks Riza’s opinion on her head of state and son being homunculi. She tells him that she thinks it is sad that his family is a lie when his family is something that the people of Amestris deeply believe in. It’s sad to her that he is playing pretend at being human. 

He agrees he plays pretend. None of his position and achievements he earned on his merit. He plays pretend at being a dictator too. He gives the orders but does not come up with them. His whole life has been pre-planned for him. Bradley publically having a son was planned for him. 

But he chooses his wife. He does not pretend that. He loves her. It’s his human side shining through. Hawkeye is upset about the state of her country and that its leader is a monster. But here Bradley displays something so human to her, in loving his wife. And yeah that is shocking to her. Up until now, the protagonists have only thought of the homunculi as evil monsters that are nothing like themselves that need to be destroyed. But they are similar. Both of them have feelings, desires and families.

To Hawkeye, Bradley was on top of the country in the ultimate position of power making the decisions. But it turns out he was not in control at all and did not choose this life. Hawkeye did choose her life’s path and all the murders she committed are a result of that. So who is the real monster now?

This is the new flag, the old one was more vivid and in a z shape, but it's been made more neutral to be inclusive of people with seizures or sensory issues.

Each stripe represents a different aspect of disability:

Red: Physical disabilities

Yellow: Cognitive & intellectual disabilities

White: (And this is the key one I think) Invisible AND undiagnosed disabilities

Blue: Mental illnesses

Green: Sensory disabilities