// Since I'm not currently working on any of these analyses, I'd like to share a couple of things I noticed in the manga.
I have reason to believe that they often mingle with humans, as they spend a lot of time in Central Command and other places observing and gathering information, easily adopting human mannerisms to do so. Nonetheless, the way they treat Sheska is out of line with how I, and I expect most of the fandom, would expect them to act. A gesture like placing their hand on someone's shoulder, even in disguise, it seems uncharacteristic.
Official VIZ translations are similar: "Too bad. I really hate fighting."
I will be working on an analysis on the fandom's misconception of Envy's violent tendencies and love of violence, but I need to observe them right up to the end -- their cowardice; their fear of pain, likely; the way the more desperate they become, the more they taunt and goad their opponents on. They're not stupid.
I don't mean at all to say they aren't violent, and brutal, but they'll try to weasel their way out first. Think of their confrontation with Ed in the Fifth Lab. Even entirely disregarding my argument for their Lawful Evil alignment, there are always other motives. It isn't about the violence, and the aftermath doesn't matter; they don't care for blood or wounded bodies or fighting unless they have a vendetta. They do missions, and they put effort into those, for Father's approval; this doesn't mean that they enjoy fighting. They'll fight and they'll kill because humans deserve it, the way they see things; humans are contemptible and worthless; the idea that a human's life might matter has probably never crossed their mind. The gratification (and that is what it's all about) comes from inflicting pain, comes from taking their anger out on someone who deserves that, comes from acting on the envy that's central to their very being. It's that simple. Everything stems from that simple initial thing -- every action, every pattern of thought.
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