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Originally Posted by zebra
As I see it, alchemy goes beyond generally understanding how it works.
You know, Mustang himself isn't stupid either and yet it wasn't him who came up with the flame alchemy to begin with. He had to decode the instructions to be able to use it. It's unique and so it can be assumed it's hard to pull off. It's not just the ignition, but force, range and vector too after all. My guess would be, that igniting could be easily done by Ed, but for using fire with such precision and control a manual and practice is needed.
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Mustang doesn't use alchemy for the ignition. That's why he has the gloves. He can't create flame, just manipulate it. Far as I've seen, no alchemist has been able to use alchemy directly to create temperature change, only chemical change that leads to combustion (Kimblee).
And yes, you'd need to train yourself for Flame alchemy, since you're basically manipulating the invisible (the oxygen in the air).
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Originally Posted by zebra
And Ed is amazing in his own right. Not specialized, but like it's already been said, he's very creative and uses whatever the situation equips him with.
Also Mustang never uses anything else but Ka-boom, he's extremely specialized. Normal Alchemists don't really have an option, they have to be specialists, since they can't carry dozens of alchemy arrays with them  |
Did you miss this episode? Mustang uses his alchemy for something other than "Ka-boom", when he transmutes the ice cream truck into a Central Meat truck. And previously he used it to create the fake Maria Ross that he torched. He's got no problem using other alchemy, and is quite skilled with it (he has more subtlety than Ed, at least), it's just with the speed and accuracy he has with his flame and predilection for being involved in fights, and with him generally being crafty enough to not need to throw alchemy around to solve his other problems, we don't see him whip out the chalk very often.