A BIG congrats to Winry Rockbell!
And to SenSen, who nominated this brave sweetheart. As a treat to SenSen, I will draw one picture of her choice. Drop by her page and show her some love.
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and now, on to the Spotlight! heart
Name: Winry Rockbell
Gender: Female
Age: 15 years
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Height: About 5'4" (About 163 cm)
Weight: About 125 lbs. (About 56.7 kg)
Status: Automail mechanic
Quote: "Who needs natural when you've got automail?"
Voice: [English] Caitlin Glass; [Japanese] Megumi Toyoguchi
Debut:
Anime Fullmetal Alchemist Hagane no Renkin Jutsushi
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala (Gekijyouban Hagane no Renkinjutsushi - Shanbara wo Yuku Mono)
The Character:
Winry Rockbell is perhaps the closest thing the two Elric brothers have to family back in their hometown of Risembool. She's grown up in and now lives for the family business: automail. She learned the business from her grandmother. Tragically, she's the only family left. Both her parents were killed when they went to Ishbahl to care for people during the rebellion there.
She's developed the personality of this world's equivalent of a gearhead--a machine junkie. She simply can't resist anything mechanical: be it a State Alchemist watch or the latest tools or automail parts. She can literally go as gaga for a shiny new tool as a normal woman would for the latest jewelry, but deep down, she's genuinely sympathetic and concerned for Ed and Al's headstrong quest for the Philosopher's Stone. Still, she won't stop them and will even do what she can to help. Winry has designed all of Ed's automail limbs to this point, and she continues to repair and upgrade them when necessary. But in kind, Ed never criticizes the quality of Winry's work (except perhaps in jest).
Originally staying in Risembool, even when Ed returned home for repairs, she ends up going to Central because she forgot a critical part for Ed's new arm. A series of circumstances then causes Winry to travel together with the Elrics from episode 25 onward.
Winry loves mechanics, especially automail. She is Ed's automail mechanic and a close childhood friend of the brothers. Winry cares deeply about both of them, but has a tough side that is usually unleashed on Ed and sometimes Alphonse. The mechanic is rather prone to throwing and hitting people she is angry at with wrenches. She is a prodigy in her way, being a talented automail mechanic at only 15 years old. Winry is learning the trade from her grandmother, another gifted mechanic, Pinako Rockbell. Winry also loves to take things apart and put them back together.
In the Manga she also learns her trade from the great Mr. Garfiel. While in the anime this tough babe tours with the boys now and again after episode 25, she is a near constant throughout the manga. Her attitude is slightly more tame within the manga, and her past far more in depth. The events of her parents death are explained at length, and make far more sense than in the anime.
Cherub's View:
All in all, Winry is a strong young woman who strives for independence. She has a drive to protect those she loves (such as Ed and Al) and the passion to do it. Winry Rockbell is a character many young girls can look up to and strive to be.
Wrench action not included.
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