#HOMUNCULUS METAL ALCHEMIST WRATH TORRENT#
Mustang is the Flame Alchemist, capable of setting the air itself on fire, and so he repeatedly encompasses Lust in a torrent of flames.Īgain and again, Lust tries to rise and counterattack, endeavoring to pierce Mustang with her “Ultimate Spear”-basically, her finger nails, which are extremely strong and able to extend and retract back into her fingers at will. In a chamber beneath an alchemical laboratory in Central City, a fiery battle ensues.
Havoc is always looking for a girlfriend, and Lust takes advantage of him in order to gain intelligence concerning Mustang’s plans.Įventually, Lust and the other Homunculi move in to assassinate Mustang. The Homunculus Lust uses her attractive nature to woo the heart of Jean Havoc, a lieutenant working under Colonel Mustang. Lust is something deceptive that plays on the naturally good desires of a man, and turns them into something selfish. The sin of lust, by nature, tempts, and often succeeds in forcing men to bow to their desires, making them slaves to their own sensual wants. Depicted as a beautiful woman with long, wavy black hair, too much cleavage showing, and a deep, tempting voice, she embodies the guilty desires that a man might have. However, it’s clear that Lust’s character is a reflection of that definition, whether intended or not. Whether or not Arakawa based Lust’s character off of that definition, I don’t know. The sin of lust is defined as “An inordinate or disordered desire for sexual pleasure”. LustĪlthough the first Homunculus to die is technically the “old” Greed, I think it’s reasonable to say that Lust is actually the first (…because she doesn’t come back!).
Let’s look at the death of each Homunculus in turn. However, if we take a step back and contemplate the manner in which we see the seven Homunculi die, we are able to realize the mastery with which Hiromu Arakawa tells a story, and the symbolism and irony she places therein. It’s easy to get lost in the excitement and violence as you watch Alexander Louis Armstrong hammer away at Sloth, or watch Colonel Mustang completely annihilate Lust or Envy. The creator of Fullmetal Alchemist, Hiromu Arakawa, has the heroes of the story defeat the Homunculi in ways that are epic, clever, and sometimes very violent. Thus, they never age, and they can withstand the most devastating of physical injuries. Not only is each Homunculus the embodiment of a particular sin, but they are also virtually immortal, their bodies being powered by the energy of the mystical Philosopher’s Stone. They are each named for the sin that embodies them. Thus, one Homunculus is the personification of pride, another lust, another greed, another sloth, another wrath, another gluttony, and another envy. The Homunculi are unique antagonists in that each of them is the living personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Simply put, a Homunculus (singular of Homunculi) is an artificially created human being, brought to life by the power of alchemy. Probably the most well-known antagonists of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood are the seven Homunculi. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: The Symbolic and Ironic Deaths of the Homunculi
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