![]() Maes survives from Civil War and meets his future wife. As the two soldiers watched the senseless chaos and rampant atrocities of the front lines, Maes lost some of his idealism but kept his spirits up with thoughts of a brighter future. There, though fresh from his academy days, Hughes was quickly promoted to the rank of Captain due the frequent deaths of his commanding officers. Some fans have noticed the possible connection with the eye's appearance and some illustrations of the Ein Sof, something not far-fetched with the kabbalistic allegory in Fullmetal Alchemist and the role represented by the eye itself.Hughes enrolled in the military academy during his early adulthood, where he met and befriended fellow cadet Roy Mustang though it is presumed they were close, the two would be separated after graduation and would not meet again until both being sent out to the Daliha region of Ishval during the Ishval Civil War.It may also be a reference to the Gaea hypothesis, which suggests that the biosphere (the totality of life) of the Earth itself should be considered a life form ("Gaea" is the name of the personification of the earth in Greek Mythology). This seems to hint at the nature of this entity's function, as a metaphysical neurological system storing all information in the universe, which may further be implied by the eyes and synapse-like hands. The eye as seen in the cover art of Volume 13.Through Father's dialogue to his sacrifices before achieving his purpose, he asks them if they ever considered the possibility that "the world they live in is a massive organism", and goes further describing it as a "neural system". When Edward sacrifices his ability to use alchemy, Edward's Gate dissolves severing his connection with the Truth and the being within the Gate, (2009 series)The being, or the Gate itself, is presumably the source of all alchemy. The eye appearing to Edward Elric after he opened the gate. Due to that change in the 2009 anime, the eye color only matches the homunculi/father eye color in the manga and the 2003 series.In the 2003 anime the eye is a shade of purple, matching the eyes of the homunculi and the Gate Children.In the manga the eye is a light pinkish shade of red, probably to match the eyes of the homunculi.The color of the eye varies in the 3 adaptations:.This can be seen when the Elric brothers tried to transmutate Trisha, when Izumi Curtis try to transmutate her child and when Father made the philosopher's stone out of the people of Xerxes.A characteristic exclusive to the 2009 anime occurs when human transmutation is activated, where the eye opens in the ground on top of the transmutation circle. ![]() The eye as appearing to Izumi Curtis when she re-opens the gate.
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