This fucking coat survives longer than most characters in the show. Clearly it’s not part of the uniform since no one else has one. And I really don’t think Central’s that cold all the time. Which leads me to believe Mustang constantly wears this coat strictly because he thinks it makes him look cool. About to go overthrow the government but nope, wait, first gotta get the coat. Badass coat. Overthrow the Fuhrer in style.
That thing Ed did with the whole “transmute red cloth into his flamel coat so he could face the Promised Day in style”? Roy did exactly that too, but we don’t see it, and no one comments on it, because literally everyone working under Mustang has seen way too much of that stupid fucking coat.
I’m going to go through and document every instance of Mustang’s stupid badass coat because it’s pretty much more of a main character than he is
If you don’t know what I mean. Here’s “Mustang’s stupid badass coat, episodes 1-10″
Episode 1
Episode 2
(Mustang doesn’t appear in episode 3. Loser)
Episode 4
Episode 5 (two entirely separate scenes. he appears in the middle without his coat. like he took it off and then put it back on at some point)
(Mustang doesn’t appear in episode 6. Loser)
Episode 7
Bonus points for not even wearing it properly. Clearly it is too hot for that coat but Mustang refuses to take it the fuck off.
(Mustang appears once, only indoors, in episode 8. Doesn’t appear in 9. Loser)
Episode 10
There you are. Mustang’s stupid coat. This is just 1-10. Series is 64 episodes long. The coat does not go away. Asshole’s wearing this coat when he helps take down Father I’m about 96% certain. He loves this coat. He really just loves this coat so much.
Also, I would like to toss in an amendment to the original post. There is one person besides Mustang who sometimes wears that exact same coat.
And that’s Hawkeye
“Asshole’s wearing this coat when he helps take down Father I’m about 96% certain.“
I checked
He fucking
is.
Guys
the epilogue
he’s wearing the stupid badass coat in the epilogue.
This epilogue exists to let us know the stupid badass coat is safe and okay.
Ft. Riza in the same type of coat too.
I want to remind you that Mustang’s wearing this coat when he finds 11-year-old Ed in Resembool. He’s wearing it now, in the epilogue, which also features Ed with two kids, the older of which looks to be about 2 or so.
This coat’s almost an entire generation old. This coat’s old enough to have baby coats. This coat followed Mustang literally everywhere for decades and somehow never got destroyed once. Despite being attached to Roy “walking target practice” Mustang. Houses and cars belonging to Mustang were destroyed but not this fucking coat. Roy is a responsible and loving coat owner, beyond responsible.
This is the thing that survives.
This fucking coat
This fucking coat you guys.
I would also like to present my personal favorite commentary on this topic:
“How come you wear your coat like a cape, anyway?” said Ed. “Didn’t you grow out of the magician phase?”
“It’s a perfectly acceptable way to wear it,” said Roy. “It’s midway between wearing a coat and not. You know, if it’s too cold to go without a coat, but a bit too hot to wear it closed?”
“So wear it open.”
“It’s a perfectly acceptable way to wear a coat!” They weaved their way through the crowd towards a clear space to stand. “That I get my personal style satirised in a stage show only goes to show that I have style in the first place.”
“I stopped wearing my coat like a cape when I was six,” Ed said.
(from The Phoney War by @bob-fish, in one of the most hilarious scenes ever committed to fanfic, I fucking mean it)
familiar au: in which Nina gets to grow up, too, and Ed searches diligently for a way to fix everything. you deserved better, and this time Ed makes sure you get it.
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