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This sex god aka Kimblee, a man of many titles. Whether it's the Mad Bomber or the Crimson Alchemist, his reputation is well deserved for his specialty.

Between the sounds of explosions, the act of creating said explosions and people screaming, Kimblee can be considered a conductor. He derives pleasure from hearing these sounds, saying they are practically a lullaby for him. Bear in mind, this is all information gathered within the first conversation we witness with him.

There's something completely intriguing about a character who's so passionate about something like causing destruction, who takes such pride with his craft, who wishes for nothing more than to make "beautiful" music. You can just look at his face and KNOW that this will be an interesting character even without knowing him.

He challenges the "good" characters in the series by dropping bombs of truth. Kimblee, a man who gets his kicks off of doing his civic duty in Ishval, confronts soldiers like Mustang & Hawkeye, even Hughes, by saying they were the ones who chose this path when they are feeling guilty for senselessly killing Ishvalans. Kimblee goes further to say that the least they can do is remember the faces of those they've killed, because those people will never forget them. And Kimblee ACTUALLY remembers each person he's killed or attempted to kill, as evidenced by the fact he remembers Scar ("his handiwork"), even years after the war.

Whether you prefer him in FMA or Brotherhood, the fact remains that this guy strictly follows his own code and favors those who stand by their convictions/beliefs. He doesn't put up with hypocrisy - in fact, he will call you out on it and make you rue the day you decided to be hypocritical - case in point, in Brotherhood, when he gives Ed the opportunity to defeat Pride, because Pride was attempting to use a human to save his life after Pride claimed to be a superior being.

And ever since Ashley mentioned it, I agree that Kimblee would have been the PERFECT Pride. Seriously. He does things for his own benefit and he does so with all this confidence in the world, because he KNOWS he can. He's so sadistic and twisted with a dark sense of humor. What's not to love? He's just such an interesting villain/antagonist, although I suppose in comparison to who the actual villains are, he's more like a sub-villain.

Even his death is satisfying, at least in FMA, where we come full circle and Scar gets the revenge he's been seeking the entire time and Kimblee's basically the reason why Al even becomes the Philosopher's Stone in the first place. Without Al's involvement in the fight, who knows how the series could have ended. But Kimblee's last and final moments were spent creating a bomb out of Al's armor that would be his most beautiful yet - he's saying as he's rubbing his face on Al's leg, but I digress.

And then in Brotherhood when he provides Ed a distraction so he could defeat Pride and the last we see of Kimblee is him tipping his hat like the badass he is.

You never know where you stand with him or where his true loyalties lie, but you're guaranteed for one hell of a show if he's anywhere in the vicinity, because he will make his presence known and he will have your attention.