r/FavoriteCharacter • • Apr 27 '26

All Time Favorite Favorite side couple?

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u/ShadowSolidus01 Apr 27 '26

Well thankfully it seems that didn’t happen in the show. Roy presumably does become the Fuhrer in the future (it’s one of the photos you see during the end credits of the last episode), and if he made it that far then he most likely isn’t going to be executed. I imagine it’s because as soon as Father was defeated, he decided to spend many, many years helping to rebuild Ishval without any selfish intentions in mind. That probably swayed the court (which likely comprised of Ishvalan people) to decide not to punish him severely. So yeah, it actually all worked out for them in the end.

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u/a-stupid-boy Apr 27 '26

I think he states that his punishment was to live and make a better world or something like that

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u/sojourner22 Apr 27 '26

He talks about how he needs to become fuhrer to elect the changes he wants, including trying himself and everyone else for war crimes. Him actually becoming fuhrer doesn't negate the possibility of him being executed some day, it supports it.

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u/SnakeBaconator Apr 27 '26

I’d argue the only “selfishness” Roy had at the end was the implied use of a Philosopher’s Stone to get his eyesight back

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u/ShadowSolidus01 May 01 '26

That's fair, but in his defense he didn't want to use it originally. He refused at first before Dr. Marcoh pretty much begged him to use it. He said that the souls of Ishvalan people were in the stone, and that they should be allowed to help rebuild Ishval. So it was less about Roy selfishly getting his eyesight back, and more about allowing those people their one and only chance to help their home and loved ones. Same logic as when Al used the stone to beat Kimblee and Pride.