the most realistic thing about FMA is that ed, as a 15 year old, has an undeniable knowledge of what it means to be badass in its purest and most fundamental form and that ed, also as a 15 year old, is only capable of having a fucking hideous sense of style, and so combined we get things like this
which is undeniably incredibly badass, but also looks fucking awful
i love how edward elric dresses like the typical anime protag (all black, red cloak w/ huge emblem, tight leather pants, always puts skulls or spikes on everything, huge belt with a chain on it, etc. etc.) but literally everyone else dresses like normal fucking people so he just constantly gets berated for his Shit Awful Taste