User blog:JakeTheSnake0451/Pathetic Pinhead proposal - Shou Tucker

Meet the single most hated anime character of all time.

What's the work?
Fullmetal Alchemist is an anime/manga franchise. When a failed alchemical ritual leaves brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric with severely damaged bodies, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's stone.

For this proposal, I will only be talking about the manga and the 2009 Brotherhood series, because he shows remorse for his actions in the 2003 series while also trying to redeem himself.

Who's Tucker and what does he do?
Shou Tucker is the Sewing-Life Alchemist, appearing in the episode "An Alchemist's Anguish". He earned his state alchemy license two years ago by turning his own wife into a talking chimera that willingly starved herself to death just to end her misery.

Two years later in the present day, the Elric brothers go to Tucker's house and look through his library in hopes of finding out how to fix their bodies, while also forming a strong brotherly friendship with Tucker's 4-year-old daughter Nina and her pet dog Alexander.

In order to save his own career, Tucker decides to make another chimera by combining Nina and Alexander together as one, for which Ed certainly would've beat him to death upon discovering if it wasn't for Al. Because of his actions, however, both of the Tuckers are put under arrest until being invaded and killed by Scar.

Immorality
He's Pure Evil for remorselessly turning his own wife and daughter into chimeras in the name of science while also having less resources than other villains. So yeah, it goes without saying that he's a textbook sociopath.

Lack of Charisma
His "charisma" doesn't really hold up too well, in my opinion. Everyone hates him after finding out what he did to his family, and even before then he was on the brink of getting fired due to his incompetence as a state alchemist.

Cowardice
He turns his own daughter into a chimera just to keep some dumbass job, that's like cowardice 101.

Stupidity
Honestly, his actions were nearly as consequential for him as it was for his family because they got him found out, beaten near death, put under house arrest and finally murdered by Scar. He genuinely thought transmuting his daughter would make things better for him when all it really did was make them worse. You can really tell from his "damn brat figuring it out so quickly" line that he really didn't want anyone to find out what he did, even though someone would suspect Nina missing eventually even if Ed didn't first. His overall alchemy skills are so subpar that I'm surprised he didn't get found out earlier when he transmuted his wife.

Hateability
Easy one. Shou Tucker is a firm Hate Sink not just because of his actions, but also the fact that the manga's creator Hiromu Arakawa showcases him to be the only character (alongside Father) to end up in Hell, while everyone else goes to Heaven.

Also, I just wanna point out one thing: Tucker and Ed are not the same at all. While it's true that they both committed human transmutation, it happened under completely different circumstances. Ed was an 11-year-old child trying to resurrect his mother, suffered the consequences and fully regretted them on both his and Al's ends, while Tucker is a grown-ass man who simply didn't wanna lose his job and be poor again, only his family suffered, and meanwhile he keeps insisting that what he's doing is right!

Final verdict?
Your call, but I think he's a keeper.