no salt but it makes me kind of sad when people refer to non-armor Alphonse as “Human Alphonse” because like…that’s a key point of FMA…that Alphonse IS still human even when he’s a soul bound to a suit of armor and not in a normal human body
when your girlfriend knocks equivalent exchange flat on its ass because she loves you so much she wants to give a lot more than half of her life to you
when your boyfriend proposes(!!!!) to you with no warning whatsoever and you expose urself with how much you love him back and you gotta make some shit up to look less whipped
Maes Hughes was the one who advised Roy to take a handful of his subordinates with him to Central, those who were most loyal and understood him best. Which proved to be vital in saving his neck, advancing his career, and teaching him one or two life lessons. Before this point, several things were implied:
1) Roy, as a Colonel, has more than just five subordinates, all of which have regular jobs within the military beyond their direct responsibilities toward their superior.
2) Big fat chance that he would’ve never thought of this on his own. Once he got Hughes’ advice, he followed it without question.
3) Maes Hughes was way too fucking clever to be kept alive
This is all more strongly implied in the manga, when these subordinates are told to drop what they’re doing and go to the Colonel’s office ASAP. Before then, it’s safe to assume that there was simply no Team Mustang as we know it.
Anyway this is a roundabout way to give a well-deserved shout out to Maes Hughes for founding Team Mustang.
bullshit central 