Headcanon Meme: Post-Brotherhood/Human Al

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a-musical-being said: Hey! For your headcanons, have anything on Post Brotherhood/ Human Al?

Headcanon A:  realistic

 

Although his muscle tone returns to normal with time and physical therapy, one more permanent souvenir of Al’s time in the Gate is his somewhat lacking immune system. It’s able to fight off infection, but it takes longer about it than a normal person in his state of health, for the simple reason that it spent years without being exposed to a single virus or bacteria. So Al catches every single cold that passes through whatever location he’s in, and makes Ed panic repeatedly.

 

Headcanon B: while it may not be realistic it is hilarious

 

Al really enjoys having physical sensation back–perhaps sometimes to excess. Specifically, he really likes the feeling of rain on his skin and so he will deliberately “forget” his umbrella and raincoat, even when it’s seriously pouring.  Of course, his traveling companions worry, so it’s just two hulking men with somewhat animalistic features chasing after a laughing, fresh-faced young man with umbrellas. It’s even worse if he’s with Ed, since Ed’s old injuries mean he hates rain and gets progressively grumpier as the weather gets worse, so Al’s antics just end in him screaming at his brother to “Put a f***ing raincoat on, idiot!”

Headcanon C: heart-crushing and awful, but fun to inflict on friends

 

Sometimes Al wonders if Ed resents him. He knows how much his brother loved alchemy.  And yes, he always says that Al is more important to him, but how can Al know for sure that’s true? Ed’s a master of self-deception, he has been all his life. He might not even be lying to Al on purpose. These moments of doubt don’t last long, but they always cut deep.

 

Headcanon D: unrealistic, but I will disregard canon about it because I reject canon reality and substitute my own.

 

Al gets a cat.  Also, at some point in his travels with the ex-military chimera, he also meets a lovely old lady with roughly 26 cats and takes a picture with them in order to convince Ed that he’s adopted all of them.  He keeps up the charade for months.

Originally posted 3/8/2018 with 285 notes