Childhood and adulthood in the FMA universe, huh? That sounds like my kind of topic. But I need to figure out my angle. It may actually take more than one post because one angle I see is the number of children, Al included, who are halted in their mental/emotional growth at some point, through the wreckless actions of another. Another thing to think about is the number of older brother/younger brother relationships, and the way that forces adulthood on the older brother. Hmm, this is going to take some thinking, but I should be able to come up with the post you're looking for.