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fmab episode 40 [early access]

🕑 Added 2025-07-28 13:00:10 +0000 UTC

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D Scott Howard

In Classic Doctor Who, the 4th Doctor (who you met as The Curator) once encountered "The Peking Homunculus" Mr. Sin in a story called "The Talons of Weng-Chiang".

Emme

oh interesting!!! i didnt know that

Eric Lusby

Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim a.k.a. Paracelsus was a real life alchemist and physician who wrote about homunculi and the philosopher's stone.

Emme

ohhhh ok that makes sense about pride, and about hohenheim, thank you!

Jeffery Sit

Pride called himself the first homunculus because he took pride in being the first creation of Father, who was the first homunculus created by humans. Van Hohenheim only adjusted Izumi's blood flow, he didn't restore her organs. That wouldn't require many Philosopher's Stones. But if he were to restore her organs, it would involve opening the Gate of Truth and would cost significantly more Philosopher's Stones. Technically, he could do it, but from his point of view, losing a part of their bodies is a testament to the sin they committed: performing human transmutation.