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FMA:B Episode 12 Reaction Early Access!

🕑 Added 2017-04-30 18:09:56 +0000 UTC

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Brendan Horn

Ed, Al, and Izumi's symbol is called the Flamel. It's associated with Nicholas Flamel, who was a real life Alchemist who reported searched for the Philosophers Stone. He was a character in Harry Potter, the one who created the sorcerors stone from the 1st book. The show will never address it or explain it's significance to the characters.

Kevin Echeverria

Only two more episodes until the recap episodes are finally over.

Lust and Gluttony have a slightly different tattoo, it will be explained. Ed, Al, and Teachers is just a symbol of their teachings. It represents them.

The snake and a cross is a common symbol that Flamel would use.

Episode Two stated that the mom died of a sudden sickness that was sweeping the country.

Jackie

Anyone can learn the science and theory behind alchemy, but you need to help that talent / special something to perform alchemy.

I think that is a symbol of Nicholas Flamel. Or that might just be a head canon I've had for so long that I have internalized it. Anyway its more a symbol of their "teaching" lineage.

Jill S.

I'm pretty sure the symbol of the country is the dragon-thing on the pocket watches. The teacher's symbol is something like a staff of Caduceus.

OTSojourner

The teacher's tattoo is of the symbol of the country they live in. not the ouroboros.

calaha717

Can't wait till next episode.

Jen A. Blue

Calvin's right that they're related, though. The Flamel cross is a serpent twining around a cross while the Ouroboros is a serpent eating its own tail, and IRL both are associated with death and rebirth and the philosopher's stone.

Gezno

The teacher's tattoo and the Ouroboros tattoo are two different things. The teacher's one is the symbol of her sort of school thing.

Arnold Kim

The teacher's tattoo is not the same as that of the sins. The sins have an Ouroboros tattoo, which is a circle of a serpent eating its own tail. The teacher has a flamel, which is the same design as on the back of Ed's coat.

Mentioned in the 2nd episode that an epidemic swept the country and their mom was an unfortunate fatality of that epidemic