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Originally Posted by nak
At least she wouldve been restored though. But we all know Ed's personality. He will do anything to regain life. Look at him now. He chooses to stay with his auto-mail and his brother is forced to stay in the armor body. His brother is in the same circumstance as Nina was. He can roll over and die right now out of the misery of being in a body that does not represent him at all, not be able to taste, feel, or cry.
And yet he chooses to suffer through all this after all this time because there is a glimmer of hope that he will be restored to the way he was. It just takes time and patience and not to mention -- perserverence. Same concept goes for Nina, like you said, few years research and all those years will eventually result in regaining her old self. If Scar did not do the thing he did, maybe Nina wouldve been added on the list of reasons why Ed must endure harder in order to obtain the Phil. Stone. Which would add more fuel to the story and give Ed more drive.
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Alphonse can inhabit any organic construct that Edward can create once Edward perfects the craft of human alchemy. His soul is still available for transfer intact (
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But the Nina/Alexander chimera? Whose soul is in that creature? Nina? Alexander? Two seperate entitites or now one? That is the just the tip of the iceberg of problems the alchemist trying to restore them to their own bodies would face.
So is it better to leave them as a chimera wandering around with identity crisis and retardation for time unknown just to satisfy your personal belief that you are able to restore them?
The better question is would Nina/Alexander want to exist in that state for that time and accept the consequences of the restoration attempt?
Sometimes the kindest thing to do is distasteful which was what Scar did. He did not kill Nina/Alexander because they are a bastardization of Ishuva's will. But rather he sees it as a release for them from a torturous existence as he knows no way out for them.
Nina/Alexander chimera incident was sad. But it is a reminder that mankind has an innate evil to twist all tools for gruesome selfish purposes.