yeah, let's just skip the whole showing the Elrics' trauma of losing their mother as our fans don't appreciate good character development/interactment. I mean, showing it to them is practically the same as bludgeoning them around the head with it, right? We don't want to do that, we want to show new stuff! I know, let's throw jokes in! Every idiot loves to see children joking around! Around their mothers' grave you say? On the day she is buried? Sure, it never happened in canon, but screw that! You're a genius!
Enjoy your horrible idea of emotional impact.