Rest in peace, Maes Hughes...
A good father, husband, and friend till the very end.

can anyone here bet that i'll be the only one voting for number 4

now honestly the Hughs was a kind mand no dought about it but he is just animated lol

goes to draw him back in like nothing ever happend , I was more like DAAAAMN lol it was shocking he died, but that also made the show more exiting really, if one of the good guys can die just like that, hmmm how many more suprises was I going to see

I cried. The funeral was really what got me, along with the Elrics not even knowing. I even knew it was going to happen, but it was so good. I love how Roy was going to see his friend because he knew he was getting into trouble, but they were just so big on protecting each other Huges wouldn't tell him.

I can't believe though they missed that line something like "What am I supposed to do now that you've gone higher than me?" (I hope I didn't imagine that line somewhere) I don't think I just missed it. But I loved that as much as the Sam/Frodo "Don't go where I can't follow you" because if you think he's just a jerk trying to rule the country then it seems like he's angry about only being a Colonel and letting Huges down that way, but then if you think about him like a friend in mourning it's like he's sending a message to heaven...

i started crying realy hard when winry said that Ed should thank Maes Hughes. He will never get the chance! and the thing that made me cry last night was Maes Hughes death and the fact that i was writing a letter to some one i might never see again. also the fact the my stupdi tape only recorded the first half of the show so i had to stop the piano and payattention.

sry its just a sketch. but yeah i just wanted to show this cause that was a sad episode.

I was very sad, but didn't cry, and I watched it again at 2:30 and realized what an awesome episode this was...

At least he went down fighting!!! He injured both Lust and Envy and he doesn't even have any alchemy to use.


That's an awesome drawing of Hughes guest ghost

I didn't bawl my eyes out but I got teary eyed. I couldn't believe that he actually died. I especially got teary when Alicia kept saying "Why are they burying Daddy? Why?" and all that stuff...;_;

I tear up every time I re-watch it.

I'm sad I didn't get to see it in english. Our cable got canceled.

What really kills me every time, is Ed's little glimpse of Hughes waving at the station.

;_;

I bawled my Eyes out when Elysia cried.WAHHHHHHH

I was sad but didn't cry. Now I hate Envy even more that little mother *censord* when I get my hands on him I will *censored for the descriptions of blood, gore, and cruel and unhuman torture*

Ya I hope Envy dies a painful and slow death. I chose "I was sad but didnt cry" option.

I didn't cry cause it hasn't sunk in yet. I will, doubtlessly. I cussed at the screen enough. My friend bawled her eyes out, thus I voted that. I was Mortified. x_X. Poor, dear Maes. *shall draw something commemorating him*

It's so sad, i started tearing up T.T and i recorded this episode on video tape, and i watched it at lease 3 times this morning, even armstrong was crying! T.T

I didn't cry but I was really suprised that Hughes died. I thought it would be Roy. I was eating Ramen and had my mouth haning open. Was it Envy that killed him? I was trying to web surf and watch at the same time. I was lucky to get Roy and Hughes talk together.

Yeah, Envy did it *little bastard*

I can agree there!!! He is a little bastard! But Lust is too. That is my opinion. Ireally dont like Gluttony eather. They all suck!!!!!!!

wow another person like me in the world

not only didn't he not cry at all on this or get teary eyed, he was eating Ramen at the same time, i eat Ramen alot watching this show, and yes I to was shocked, but i can't say I thought anyone else would die either

even thou I like Envy, Gluttony, and Greed

Holy Crap! My eyes were just tearing up, but I was bawling myself out on the inside!!! I mean, God, it looked like he had just about killed the humunculi, then an instant later they killed him!!! And in the form of his own wife too!!!!!!! I was thinking the whole time about his daughter, and when I saw her at the funeral, I almost lost it, mostly because I was thinking of my own 2 1/2 year old sister. That part at the end on the train really didn't help either...

I'm a chick.

Nah, they woudn't kill off Roy. If they did we would hear the cries of some 1000 Roy fangirls


Hughes died because he got too nosy in big affairs and idiotically when to the Humonculi by himself, probably knowing the consequences.

oopsy I have a feeling i'm going to make that mistake alot here

[COLOR=red]I can't believe they killed off basically the only comic relief already and we still have half a series to go! And I used to think Envy was cool because of how she acted, but now I hate her stupid shapeshifting guts! I mean, how cruel is it to kill someone after you take the form of their wife? I think one of the worst things would be to die at the hands of the one you loved. Another thing though, how could you kill someone with a wife and such a young daughter? Poor Alicia didn't even know he was dead. She thought he was sleeping...I can't imagine thinking that and then being told later in my life that my dad died and I was at his funereal but I didn't know he was dead. And I'm going to hit Katie when I get back to school. She said Roy wasn't there but he was too! I think Ed and Al are going go all depressed or something when they find out that he died. If you think about it, they're going to figure it out sometime. And who else thought it was kind of creepy that he saw Hughes when they passed that station on the train?

Also, if anyone knows, that time that Ed was talking to Hughes and Hughes told Ed that Mustang said not to die on him, what did Ed reply with? I know he said to tell Mustang something that ended with 'colonel with a god complex'...does anyone know what I'm talking about and can tell me that quote?

i can't really tell you what hughes said, but ed replied with:
Fine. Tell him that i don't plan on dying before you, you morally bankrupt colonel with a god complex.

I tried to hold back the tears, but when elecia started her 'why are they burying daddy?' lines, the tears came flowing down.

Yeah, it was pretty depressing. I mean kids really aren't that stupid. I wasn't. But still that made me wonder why her mom didn't just tell her straight out. He's dead. All my 10 familly members died when I was 5-9 and it helped to know straight out. I knew I wasn't goiing to cry. I dont cry easily.

and <<o~Gluttony~o>> I made that mistake twice already so I dont blame ya.

I know that was so sad.
She said " why are they buring daddy. Daddy has to do his work. That got me in tears.

Poor you. I feel so bad for those who have easy crying ability. I'v barely ever cried my whole life. It still was pretty sad. I've been there. It's not the best situation. My grandma my grandpa. Most of my family members have died. So yeah. Poor Alecia. Her dad loved her sooooo much too.

i can't really tell you what hughes said, but ed replied with:
Fine. Tell him that i don't plan on dying before you, you morally bankrupt colonel with a god complex.

I tried to hold back the tears, but when elecia started her 'why are they burying daddy?' lines, the tears came flowing down.

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Thanks that was all I needed for the quote...yeah that's when I really started crying too...it's hard not to cry for those who don't know what's going on in such a tragic situation...

I guess so. It was still sad the second time I watched it at 1:30A.M. I just dont know why Alecia wasn't crying. Thats what I'm puzzled on.

Feh...they screwed up Hughes's daughter's voice in the dub. Really took away from the effect.
Now the Japanese version, THAT was something.
Too bad too, most of the dub is actually going quite well, and the whole episode was perfectly done till then.

Yeah. It was ok. I really dontl like watching the Japanese version. If I watch it in Japanese I have to translate it for my siblings. It isn't fun. Because sometimes They ask me ?'s while I'm trying to translate and it is just so confusing.

I didn't cry at the time, but I went to bed and had a dream that -I- was the one who shot him, and I woke up with tear tracks on my cheeks and snot dribbling down my nose... >.< I get too into these animes, but, in all fairness, it was a moving episode. Very well done, I thought.

lol. When I have dreams like that I'm usually the one getting hurt and then Ed comes to my rescue. This just makes my day.lol.

It was still a good episode.
Anyway I like her cute dub voice

I got teary eyed lastnight, and i screamed when envy shot him, and when the ep was over i went and called my best friend and we talked about the episode for like 2 hours, and when i woke up this morning i was thinking about it and my heart started to hurt. When i went to church, i saw my pastor an it was HUGHES *my pastor looks almost like hughes*, and at wal-mart i was in the teddy bear section, and it made me remember when hughes stole winry and was going to buy his daughter a teddy bear bigger then her *and these were big bears* I need a moment to myself now *runs away crying*

Yeah. I guess I cant beat you there.

I cry whenever I hear an animal getting tortured or when I see a chilld with no home and I see it suffering. That is about it. Now that I think of it when Envy shot Hughes I call ed my moms friend who is obsessed with anime(we have so much in common) and she wasn't there so I call the 911 dispatch center and asked for her and we talked for about a half an hour.(my mom and her work at the dispatch center). so I cant get away with anything and she told me to go to bed. Of course I didn't listen. So I had the police knocking on my door. It sucked.

I cried myself to sleep...i feel pathetic, lol 14 years old and a guy :/

Wow. Hughes dies and that happens all in one night. That does suck lol.

Dont feel pathetic. You would be suprised. I have done some really stupid things. Worse than that. Plus you cant blame yourself it is really depressing. He was really funny. And loyal to his comrades.

I totally agree. You shouldn't feel pathetic or anything. I don't cry very often. I've been to several funereals in my life (my great uncle, my grandma, and my great grandma) and I never cried at one of them. But last night, I cried for a non-existent person, and I don't feel pathetic. I just feel sad because Maes Hughes died and he was one of the best characters in my opinion. He was a good person and he was willing to help Ed and Al find out things about the Philosopher's Stone. He was a great father and loved Alicia and Gracia very much and would have done anything for them. I hate Envy now... *goes off somewhere to brood quietly*

I couldn't have said it better myself. Envy has always been the least favorite in my opinion. hate.

No matter how many times I see this episode, I always choke when Elysia starts talking about how her daddy has work to do. I don't cry because it is an animated character, but they did a good job of capturing emotion in this episode. Even Armstrong cried!

That was unexpected. I thought Roy would cry not Armstrong I also thought Alecia would cry. Oh well. Were all wrong at some point.

I didn't outright cry but I did get teary eyed. Of course a lot of stuff in FMA made me teary eyed which is strange because I'm a cold, hard bitch and usually don't cry during most movies/anime. I guess that's why it's so good.

Even so, I still love Envy. He just really needs an ass-whoopin'.

oooooooooookkkkkkkkk. I think he needs more than that. Hes a bastard. An ass. It was a little too cruel to kill Hughes as his wife.

ummmmm...isn't Envy a girl right now? I mean...she's kind of wearing a sports bra for a top so...yeah...hold on I'm gonna ask someone...*talks on MSN* Shane says that she thinks Envy is a girl right now too. I mean, she said in one of the episodes that she couldn't remember her original form and she rather liked that one...I mean she acts like a girl I think...I don't know

Paden says he's stealthy like a ninja...I think he's about as stealthy as a sumo wrestler but he's not fat or anything, he's just about as stealthy...

Oh, and I think I just choked my dad out because he sniffed a box that had mints in it that I colored with a permanent marker. I can smell it over here but I color with permanent markers all the time so it doesn't bother me...

Okay now I'm just babbling...

Envy is androgynus... Sexless, incase I spelled that word beyoung recognition... ;;

One more time with feeling. Envy's a guy...............really. I'm pretty sure he adopted the androgynous look because he's a shape shifter.

Really now. She is a humacule. Or however you spell the damn word. Some people call her a girl yet she has no rack. Some people call her a guy yet she wears girl clothes. I'll stick with a guy.

After 300 some odd years of being a shape shifter I think he might be a little confused. Either that or he just made up his own look.

I'll stick with the latter.