Winry Rockbell (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
handsforhealing) wrote2008-08-15 12:25 pm
handsforhealing) wrote2008-08-15 12:25 pm
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Personality: Winry is Ed and Al's kind-hearted childhood friend, and many of her personality traits come from learning to put up with them. She's gotten used to the fact that her friends are secretive, and though it hurts her that they don't open up to her, she has learned [from Hughes] that she just needs to be there to support them when the time comes. And support them she does; Winry cares a whole lot for her best friends. When Ed decided to become a State Alchemist she decided to be his personal automail mechanic to help support the mission to get their bodies back. While she was waiting in Resembool she worried about them and the Lite Novels show that she thought about them a lot; she was learning to cook specifically to make Ed's favorite stew, for example, even though he rarely came home. She was orphaned at a young age so understands the pain of lose and was quick to "adopt" Ed and Al into her family-unit when Trisha died. "Waiting" is a big factor for Winry, and even though she is sad not to have her best friends, Winry lives her lonely days with a cheerful attitude.
Of course, that's not to say she's 100% supportive. Winry does have moments where she wants her friends to come home, and she does get angry at them. Particularly at Edward. She might be very kind, getting along with almost everyone she meets [providing they aren't obviously bad guys, because while she is a bit naive and overly trusting (ex.:Kimblee), it's not that bad], but she is short tempered. Good ways to trigger her anger are by acting like she's not normally nice, doing something stupid, tromping all over your older brother's insecure feelings and regrets [Which Al does to Ed], or by breaking your automail [She's looking at you, Ed]. And by "Short Temper" we also mean "Violent Temper"; Winry's trademark is using a wrench to clobber Ed, occasionally Al, but very rarely anyone else.
On the topic of her childish short temper, Winry is also childishly selfish on occasion. She sometimes shamelessly treats Ed as her walking piggybank, making him buy her automail tools when they cross paths in the Anime and forcing him to take her to Rush Valley because "who else would pay for the travel expenses?!". She can become very materialistic, though while other girls drool over diamonds, Winry is drooling over the latest automail design. Along with her material-loving side, Winry loves compliments, and she prizes the automail she makes. Automail is Winry's one true passion and she is a very work-focused girl. Winry wanted an apprenticeship in RushValley and once she got one she worked "like a busybee".
Her determination does not end with automail. Winry might be a countrygirl who has never seen adventure, but she's brave. While visiting Rush Valley, Winry helps to deliver a baby to a couple when they can't get to a doctor. Sure, she'd never done it before and only had stuff she'd read a long time ago to work with, and yes, she was scared out of her wits, but she got it together and did her best, and did a good job at it too. Much later in the series she decides to stop standing on the sidelines and go help Ed and Al, which means not staying in the safety of Fort Briggs but coming out to the battlefield because she is determined to support them. She wants to help at whatever cost. The Winry I am picking up has seen a bit of adventure; not much, but some.
It's also important to emphasis how friendly Winry is. Sure, she can be a sarcastic jerk to Ed, and yes, she beats him up quite nicely almost every time she sees him and she complains about how he breaks his automail and along with calling him short she will sometimes comment on him being stupid and reckless, but she is a nice girl. Winry's customers in RushValley notably prefer Winry's repair jobs because she's so nice, and she goes out of her way to help every last person reach a happier life with their automail, going as far as planning special arms and legs to suit their personal needs. She's got a healing nature, which Ed reminds her of. Winry's hands "aren't meant for taking lives, but to save them". Even when she had the man who murdered her parents at gunpoint, and even though he was putting Ed and Al in life-threatening danger, she couldn't pull the trigger. And when that same man was injured later she sucked up her personal hatred to help him... Though it's important to note that she never "forgave" him. While she can be a bit naive, Winry isn't able to forgive something like murder. She can, however, look passed it and move on. She is not the type to spread hate but to quietly suffer it without taking revenge.
Winry's also a crybaby. Ed calls her a crybaby, and he's got every reason to. In the manga profile book Winry wins second place in the "Crybaby Contest" for crying in the most panels, and she's only beaten by Armstrong because he cries comical tears of happiness. When Ed and Al won't cry Winry "cries for them". Ed burns down his house and it's Winry that's crying. Ed's pocket watch is opened and his deep dark secrets are revealed and Winry cries for him. Al upsets Ed and Winry cries for Ed, and beats up Al in his honor. She even says it herself; "Because you won't cry, I'll cry for you".
Oh, and if you noticed that Ed's name just came up a lot, there's a reason for that. Winry is in love with him, though she hasn't gotten around to admitting it to him. She does question why she's in love with such a weirdo, and who can blame her? The guy rolls around reciting the Table of Elements.
All in all, Winry's a pretty nice girl. Sure, she's excitable [especially over automail], and she be a childish money-leeching brat with an ego... and yes, there are wrenches and she's quite violent at times, but she's friendly and wants to help people. But don't get on her badside... and please, don't break her automail..
Of course, that's not to say she's 100% supportive. Winry does have moments where she wants her friends to come home, and she does get angry at them. Particularly at Edward. She might be very kind, getting along with almost everyone she meets [providing they aren't obviously bad guys, because while she is a bit naive and overly trusting (ex.:Kimblee), it's not that bad], but she is short tempered. Good ways to trigger her anger are by acting like she's not normally nice, doing something stupid, tromping all over your older brother's insecure feelings and regrets [Which Al does to Ed], or by breaking your automail [She's looking at you, Ed]. And by "Short Temper" we also mean "Violent Temper"; Winry's trademark is using a wrench to clobber Ed, occasionally Al, but very rarely anyone else.
On the topic of her childish short temper, Winry is also childishly selfish on occasion. She sometimes shamelessly treats Ed as her walking piggybank, making him buy her automail tools when they cross paths in the Anime and forcing him to take her to Rush Valley because "who else would pay for the travel expenses?!". She can become very materialistic, though while other girls drool over diamonds, Winry is drooling over the latest automail design. Along with her material-loving side, Winry loves compliments, and she prizes the automail she makes. Automail is Winry's one true passion and she is a very work-focused girl. Winry wanted an apprenticeship in RushValley and once she got one she worked "like a busybee".
Her determination does not end with automail. Winry might be a countrygirl who has never seen adventure, but she's brave. While visiting Rush Valley, Winry helps to deliver a baby to a couple when they can't get to a doctor. Sure, she'd never done it before and only had stuff she'd read a long time ago to work with, and yes, she was scared out of her wits, but she got it together and did her best, and did a good job at it too. Much later in the series she decides to stop standing on the sidelines and go help Ed and Al, which means not staying in the safety of Fort Briggs but coming out to the battlefield because she is determined to support them. She wants to help at whatever cost. The Winry I am picking up has seen a bit of adventure; not much, but some.
It's also important to emphasis how friendly Winry is. Sure, she can be a sarcastic jerk to Ed, and yes, she beats him up quite nicely almost every time she sees him and she complains about how he breaks his automail and along with calling him short she will sometimes comment on him being stupid and reckless, but she is a nice girl. Winry's customers in RushValley notably prefer Winry's repair jobs because she's so nice, and she goes out of her way to help every last person reach a happier life with their automail, going as far as planning special arms and legs to suit their personal needs. She's got a healing nature, which Ed reminds her of. Winry's hands "aren't meant for taking lives, but to save them". Even when she had the man who murdered her parents at gunpoint, and even though he was putting Ed and Al in life-threatening danger, she couldn't pull the trigger. And when that same man was injured later she sucked up her personal hatred to help him... Though it's important to note that she never "forgave" him. While she can be a bit naive, Winry isn't able to forgive something like murder. She can, however, look passed it and move on. She is not the type to spread hate but to quietly suffer it without taking revenge.
Winry's also a crybaby. Ed calls her a crybaby, and he's got every reason to. In the manga profile book Winry wins second place in the "Crybaby Contest" for crying in the most panels, and she's only beaten by Armstrong because he cries comical tears of happiness. When Ed and Al won't cry Winry "cries for them". Ed burns down his house and it's Winry that's crying. Ed's pocket watch is opened and his deep dark secrets are revealed and Winry cries for him. Al upsets Ed and Winry cries for Ed, and beats up Al in his honor. She even says it herself; "Because you won't cry, I'll cry for you".
Oh, and if you noticed that Ed's name just came up a lot, there's a reason for that. Winry is in love with him, though she hasn't gotten around to admitting it to him. She does question why she's in love with such a weirdo, and who can blame her? The guy rolls around reciting the Table of Elements.
All in all, Winry's a pretty nice girl. Sure, she's excitable [especially over automail], and she be a childish money-leeching brat with an ego... and yes, there are wrenches and she's quite violent at times, but she's friendly and wants to help people. But don't get on her badside... and please, don't break her automail..