...So I'm tall?

[aquabean]

I have done my alloted amount of Saturday morning sleeping in and now I am going to clean up the house. The parents get home tonight and I'd like them to come home to something somewhat better than a total disaster. Actually, really all I need to do is vaccuum and do the dishes, but still. I hate doing the dishes. Shut up, being an adult means that do the dishes, not that you have like doing them.

But first I'm going to do a little bit of a squee. Or well, not really, actually. More of a "Umm...heh."

Because, I always knew Roy was short. I just didn't realize he was that short.

This means that if you do the conversion he's only 5'6-and-a-bit feet. It also means that Ed is only 4'9", but I'm more stuck on the Roy part.

Rana, we really have cast these characters too tall. Heh.

Though, if you look at the cast as a whole you'll see that they seem to run fairly short across the board. I mean, I'd always figured Hughes to be at least 6'-6'2" and here he is at something close to maybe 5'9" or so. This does show, though, that the height difference between Ed and Roy isn't as extreme as it sometimes feels. You look at the possibilities of growth for Ed and, sure, he'll always be shorter, but not necessarily that much shorter. Though, at this point I'm still amused to be taller than he is. What matters most, all things considered, are the proportions, not the actual feet and inches, and I'm wondering if for the purposes of my own fic I can't fudge things a little. Would that really throw off everything so terribly? I mean Runecanon already has some fairly strong if totally random points that I plan to stick to, so is messing with height that big a deal?

It's also interesting to note that of all Roy's men Havoc is the tallest (he seems to be just past 6'), though Armstrong is of a height with Al, at 7'2". The fact though that Fury is barely taller than Ed makes me wonder about height requirements for their military.

Because Trisha and Hohenhiem aren't included on this list either it leaves a fair number of possibilities open for the height of a restored!Al -- who one could reasonably assume would be taller than his brother -- though, I'd be willing to take a guess at Hohenheim's being well over 6'. Something closer in the neighborhood of Scar at 6'2"-6'3". This means that if Trisha is at least of a height with, say, Hawkeye or Ross, then Al stands a good chance of really towering over most of the men in his life.

...too many plot issues running around in my head to deal with this properly right now. Mm...so much to think about.

Comments

[anime-monster.livejournal.com]

Damn he's short.

[runefallstar.livejournal.com]

Heh. Which is still funny. ^____^

[anime-monster.livejournal.com]

I'm as tall as ROY!!!! ^_^ I measured and I'm around 5'6" which is so cool, I thought I was Ed's height.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Well, Hollywood's short, but not that short. *G*

Really, I suspect a lot of Western authors have done a different method of "converting" heights when they mention them. Namely, the equivalent height by US standards rather than simply conversion from centimeters to inches. Hence, you get an Ed who's around 5'3" and a Roy who's just under 6' (same with a Sanzo who's about 5'8" and a Gojyo who's 6', a Ken who's 5'9" and an Aya who's 6', and so on). I suspect this is because so many of us (like, say, me) view 5'6" as obscenely short for a man, yet Roy appears to be about average for his culture, so we just go with what's average for ours. Looks like we add a range of about three to five inches in most cases, with more in Ed's because...damn. He really is a shrimp. *G*

[elvaron.livejournal.com]

Actually, he's about 5'8". (The conversion gives you 5.6++ feet, but since feet are in base 12 not base 10, that translates into 5'8".)

*pause*

I nearly said 68 inches, then I realized how wrong that sounded. XD

[runefallstar.livejournal.com]

Dude, excellent.

Rune + math in any form = Not So Much.


...so how would that work out for the rest of them? I mean, I saw Ed as topping out at 4'9", so really he's....?

*looks hopefully at you for help*

[elvaron.livejournal.com]

The page says 150cm, and it also says that it's self declared ^~. Maybe he's somewhat shorter.
150 cm works out to 59 inches, which is 4'11".

[chaosd.livejournal.com]

*rolls eyes and grabs her black permanent marker* Yet another bishie under my height. Grrl, these Japanese people! XD *blacks out Roy's name in the list*

[runefallstar.livejournal.com]

Heheh...see, the whole "taller than the guy" thing is never a problem I've really had. Being able to reach stuff on the top shelf? Problem. Taller than most of the world? Not so much. *G*

[chaosd.livejournal.com]

And I prefer guys you have to look up to. And it just doesn't happen. (Or rather, I'm limited with someone from Hakkai onward upward.) Frustrating >.<#

[runefallstar.livejournal.com]

Heh. Really? I'm just shorter than everyone. Hence my joy at actually being taller than Ed *G*

[yukie1013.livejournal.com]

In the FMA character guide book I have, Ed's height is given s 165 centimetres XD

[runefallstar.livejournal.com]

Yeah? Which one is it for, the anime or the manga? Does the book list the heights of any of the others?

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

It also means that Ed is only 4'9"
Yay! Finally an anime boy shorter than me! ::does the happy dance::

..what, was there something else in this post? XD

[runefallstar.livejournal.com]

*points up* Did you see what El said? I fear that Ed may be taller than originally supposed....then again, as long as he's still under 5'1" I'm good to go. Heheh.

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

::snicker::