As Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood moves through the middle period
of the series, it's covering some very interesting ground. Ground that
does slow the show down a bit but is important for establishing more of
what the larger picture is. The show opens with a look at the first
encounter that Ed and Al along with Ling have with Father hidden deep
under Central Command. Father is an interesting character at this point
because he's gathering his sacrifices, his pawns, who are only just
becoming aware of what their role is in things or that they even have a
role. So much of what has come up until now has been reaction rather
than being proactive as the brothers seek out a way to return to their
bodies but ended up caught up in something far more. The
encounter with Father has one very fascinating event that dramatically
changed one of them though. While Ed and Al can't be dealt with all that
harshly because of their position as sacrifices, Ling has no such luck
and Father has Envy all set to brutally shred him. But there's always
been that something about Ling that lets him get away with things and
seeing him convince Father that he wants something more, enough to have
Father imbue him with some of the material that makes homunculus, is
positively creepy. That he becomes the new Greed, with Lings personality
being consumed by it, makes watching the body of Ling move about even
creepier. He has this air of confidence combined with the smoldering
brutality just below the surface that's positively disturbing.
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