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Player Name: Jennifer Darknight E-mail: jenniferdarknight@gmail.com Preferred Contact: Plurk is fine! You'll find me at jenniferdarknight. Timezone: US Central Current Characters in Victory Road: None!
Character Name: Alfons Heiderich Series: FullMetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa (FMA 2003 Movie) Timeline: Post-Movie. Canon Resource Links: Movie Wikipedia Link Series Wikipedia Link
Personality:
(Due to his limited role in his own movie, some of these details have to pull from headcanon. I will attribute everything to canon to the best of my ability.)
Alfons is a bit of an odd duck, as far as characters ago. On the surface, we're meant to take a few things, as viewers:
As an alternative version of Al, he is expected to carry on several of his personality traits, including his patience, kind heart, and thoughtful nature. And as we see in canon, this is accurate: He is a self-sacrificing person who is willing to give to others who are less fortunate. He gives Ed, his roommate and friend, a place to stay after his father disappears to God-knows-where, and he takes in a beleaguered Roma girl after she was accosted by the very people who are hiring him to do rocket research. He's also pleasant to be around, easy to get along with, and tries not to rock the boat whenever possible.
On the other hand, he also stands out from Al in various ways: unlike his Amestris counterpart, Alfons is a very passive person. He does not take an active role in things, preferring instead to go with the flow and see what happens (unless it comes to his work, but I'll get to that). He also does not come off as particularly masculine, especially for a man of his time, where traditional rugged masculinity was held at a premium. Even in the worst situations, he keeps his calm, thinks things through (even has a dry sense of humor when he wants to, though that was ONE LINE in the entire movie) and isn't one to be aggressive, or quick to anger. In fact, one could almost call him 'boring' if they only knew that much about him.
In the roleplay biz, we call him a "cinnamon roll", too pure for this world.
And too pure is right, because at an undisclosed time, he was diagnosed with a lung condition that was slowly killing him from the inside. This drove him professionally, bringing other traits closer to the forefront: his stubborn drive to succeed, single-mindedness that bordered on selfishness, and a dedication to his work that...well, speaks for itself. Why else would someone keep doing something that is clearly killing them unless they're dedicated to it?
Well, that, and has an almost all-consuming fear of being forgotten. Why? Canon never says, so I'll have to dive into headcanon for this if it ever gets brought up. But it drives what he does, to where he doesn't mind getting asked by the Obviously Shady Organization (AKA "The Thule Society") to do rocket research for them and help them with their super secret projects. He carries no hint of agreeing with anything they believe in, or even buying into their actual rhetoric, he just didn't mind bending his principles at the time to fulfill a goal; that said, since he is post-CoS, he has a bit more of an issue with that now. He may not have seen the amount of carnage on the other side of the gate that his research wrought, but he'd seen enough to realize that doing what was right was more important.
That doesn't stop him from carrying baggage related to that ticking clock that he was living with: a strong sense of his own mortality, frustration at those he thinks is diminishing the importance of his existence (hi, Ed), and a sort of bitterness towards his own fate.
Not that he'd tell anyone. Even though Ed was closer to him than...well, anyone else in the movie (not that we find out anything about him. Does he have a mother? A father? Siblings? NOBODY KNOWS! Make your own headcanons about it! Which I will have to do for the sake of completeness), he never told him how sick he was. Alfons keeps everything negative to himself to the point of his own detriment, and suffers from having a desire not to rock the boat greater than his need to communicate his own feelings.
Clearly, communicating clearly and honestly is not his strong suit. At least, not when it comes to his feelings. Seeing as he is a part of a team of researchers, who he works closely with, one must surmise that he can not only communicate his feelings on his work (which is rocket science, a culmination of math, physics, and other disciplines into an explosive cocktail of complexity that few can master at a late age, much less at Alfons's age), but does it clearly and with enthusiasm. In fact, his happiest moments are when he's with his fellow researchers (when he's not moping after Ed, anyway). He clearly loves not only his work, but the science attached to them. Science, machines, and other mathematical subjects are strong draws for Alfons, and a good science problem will keep him occupied if you need something to shut him up for a while.
And yet, being from a tumultuous period in history, he carries a lot of the baggage that came along with that, too: a deep love of country, but a bitterness towards politics. He clearly keeps up with the state of things, as he reads the newspaper every night as a routine, but keeps himself out of the larger debate whenever possible, speaking in hypotheticals instead of truly voicing his own opinion unless pushed. His passive and logical personality kept him from getting engrossed in populist politics, but he's clearly frustrated with the direction his nation has taken.
Did he side with the Nazis, who were trying to usurp control? Did he side with the Kaiser?
NOBODY KNOWS! The anime never makes it clear, nor does any extra material. With context, one can argue that he didn't side with either, and was more frustrated with the suffering people than taking a particular political side outside of "Britain and France were dicks for sticking us with the Treaty of Versailles". For the sake of completeness, this is the side I'm taking with him in the game, though canon does lean towards him not wanting to side with Nazis.
Canon ALSO leans towards him having a bit of a racism problem. He's not the sort of racist who would lock their windows because a black person pulled up next to him, but rather the sort of racist who would ask black people about their fried chicken recipes, "because that's a cultural dish, isn't it?" Well-meaning, but ignorant. Thankfully, he has the sense to keep a lot of that to himself. In this front, he's straight up progressive for his time, but he is still a product of the 20's.
Thankfully, he's a fast learner, and adapts quickly.
After all, that's what made him a great scientist, right?
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Alfons Heiderich | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa
Name: Jennifer Darknight
E-mail: jenniferdarknight@gmail.com
Preferred Contact: Plurk is fine! You'll find me at jenniferdarknight.
Timezone: US Central
Current Characters in Victory Road: None!
Character
Name: Alfons Heiderich
Series: FullMetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa (FMA 2003 Movie)
Timeline: Post-Movie.
Canon Resource Links:
Movie Wikipedia Link
Series Wikipedia Link
Personality:
(Due to his limited role in his own movie, some of these details have to pull from headcanon. I will attribute everything to canon to the best of my ability.)
Alfons is a bit of an odd duck, as far as characters ago. On the surface, we're meant to take a few things, as viewers:
As an alternative version of Al, he is expected to carry on several of his personality traits, including his patience, kind heart, and thoughtful nature. And as we see in canon, this is accurate: He is a self-sacrificing person who is willing to give to others who are less fortunate. He gives Ed, his roommate and friend, a place to stay after his father disappears to God-knows-where, and he takes in a beleaguered Roma girl after she was accosted by the very people who are hiring him to do rocket research. He's also pleasant to be around, easy to get along with, and tries not to rock the boat whenever possible.
On the other hand, he also stands out from Al in various ways: unlike his Amestris counterpart, Alfons is a very passive person. He does not take an active role in things, preferring instead to go with the flow and see what happens (unless it comes to his work, but I'll get to that). He also does not come off as particularly masculine, especially for a man of his time, where traditional rugged masculinity was held at a premium. Even in the worst situations, he keeps his calm, thinks things through (even has a dry sense of humor when he wants to, though that was ONE LINE in the entire movie) and isn't one to be aggressive, or quick to anger. In fact, one could almost call him 'boring' if they only knew that much about him.
In the roleplay biz, we call him a "cinnamon roll", too pure for this world.
And too pure is right, because at an undisclosed time, he was diagnosed with a lung condition that was slowly killing him from the inside. This drove him professionally, bringing other traits closer to the forefront: his stubborn drive to succeed, single-mindedness that bordered on selfishness, and a dedication to his work that...well, speaks for itself. Why else would someone keep doing something that is clearly killing them unless they're dedicated to it?
Well, that, and has an almost all-consuming fear of being forgotten. Why? Canon never says, so I'll have to dive into headcanon for this if it ever gets brought up. But it drives what he does, to where he doesn't mind getting asked by the Obviously Shady Organization (AKA "The Thule Society") to do rocket research for them and help them with their super secret projects. He carries no hint of agreeing with anything they believe in, or even buying into their actual rhetoric, he just didn't mind bending his principles at the time to fulfill a goal; that said, since he is post-CoS, he has a bit more of an issue with that now. He may not have seen the amount of carnage on the other side of the gate that his research wrought, but he'd seen enough to realize that doing what was right was more important.
That doesn't stop him from carrying baggage related to that ticking clock that he was living with: a strong sense of his own mortality, frustration at those he thinks is diminishing the importance of his existence (hi, Ed), and a sort of bitterness towards his own fate.
Not that he'd tell anyone. Even though Ed was closer to him than...well, anyone else in the movie (not that we find out anything about him. Does he have a mother? A father? Siblings? NOBODY KNOWS! Make your own headcanons about it! Which I will have to do for the sake of completeness), he never told him how sick he was. Alfons keeps everything negative to himself to the point of his own detriment, and suffers from having a desire not to rock the boat greater than his need to communicate his own feelings.
Clearly, communicating clearly and honestly is not his strong suit. At least, not when it comes to his feelings. Seeing as he is a part of a team of researchers, who he works closely with, one must surmise that he can not only communicate his feelings on his work (which is rocket science, a culmination of math, physics, and other disciplines into an explosive cocktail of complexity that few can master at a late age, much less at Alfons's age), but does it clearly and with enthusiasm. In fact, his happiest moments are when he's with his fellow researchers (when he's not moping after Ed, anyway). He clearly loves not only his work, but the science attached to them. Science, machines, and other mathematical subjects are strong draws for Alfons, and a good science problem will keep him occupied if you need something to shut him up for a while.
And yet, being from a tumultuous period in history, he carries a lot of the baggage that came along with that, too: a deep love of country, but a bitterness towards politics. He clearly keeps up with the state of things, as he reads the newspaper every night as a routine, but keeps himself out of the larger debate whenever possible, speaking in hypotheticals instead of truly voicing his own opinion unless pushed. His passive and logical personality kept him from getting engrossed in populist politics, but he's clearly frustrated with the direction his nation has taken.
Did he side with the Nazis, who were trying to usurp control? Did he side with the Kaiser?
NOBODY KNOWS! The anime never makes it clear, nor does any extra material. With context, one can argue that he didn't side with either, and was more frustrated with the suffering people than taking a particular political side outside of "Britain and France were dicks for sticking us with the Treaty of Versailles". For the sake of completeness, this is the side I'm taking with him in the game, though canon does lean towards him not wanting to side with Nazis.
Canon ALSO leans towards him having a bit of a racism problem. He's not the sort of racist who would lock their windows because a black person pulled up next to him, but rather the sort of racist who would ask black people about their fried chicken recipes, "because that's a cultural dish, isn't it?" Well-meaning, but ignorant. Thankfully, he has the sense to keep a lot of that to himself. In this front, he's straight up progressive for his time, but he is still a product of the 20's.
Thankfully, he's a fast learner, and adapts quickly.
After all, that's what made him a great scientist, right?
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Starter: Skarmory -- F
Password: Atomic Fireball
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