Why exactly do people hate Winry Rockbell so much?

Well, please hear me out on why I and most people hate her. I am not a crazed Ed fan-girl, and I am not into yaoi. In fact, if I were obsessed with a character, it would be Greed/Ling.
She is Whinny. Ed and Winry both had their parents killed, yes. However, Winry did not get any body part or anything else taken from her. Also, they died when Winry was about 2, so she couldn't have remembered enough about it. Ed and Al, however, got their body parts removed from them, and also were old enough to realize what had happened. You have to agree that she is capricious, she goes from happy to angry in 1 second.

She treats Ed horribly. She shows that she loves him, and then tries to kill him with a wrench. In the first series, she makes Ed buy her things. Ed gets a load of money when he uses alchemy, and Winry steals it. She steals it because the automail that SHE created wasn't good enough to beat the guy in an arm wrestle. How is that Ed's fault?

She is a slut. I think that you misunderstand what a slut is. She either has a black bra on, or an extremely short skirt on. I did a comparison and the school uniform skirt is longer than her daily wear.

She cries too much. Yeah, if she cared about Ed so much, why did she do so many horrid things to him? She cries for no reason, its annoying. She obviously doesn't think that Ed can handle on his own.

Winry is a whore. At first she showed more of a liking towards Ed. When she realized that he didn't like her like that, she went straight to Alphonse.

She doesn't deserve him. Yes, I agree that Ed should be happy. But Winry did what? Screw up multiple times on fixing his arm? Yell at him? Throw metal objects at him? Yes

Riza and Izumi have a reason to hurt people. They hate them. Riza is in the military, when she kills people it isn't comical relief, its showing that she is strong. Izumi does beat up Ed, because she is his teacher, she wants to make him stronger. Winry simply hurts Ed because he has other things to do than to always hang out with Winry.

Does she not realize that Ed has to kill people, and things?
I mean, he is out killing sins of alchemy and Winry just wants him to hang out with her? Is she that stupid?


That's all I can think of right now. This is why I hate Winry Rockbell

Apparently,it's because she get's in the way of RoyEd. Even though,that pairing won't happen. Another reason is,she's Ed's love interest. Personally,I like Winry. She's a developed character,and you have to admit. It was very sad when her parents died,and I remember when she pointed that gun at Scar. *Sigh* I agree with you though,she can be a bit too much at times.

I think Winry's awesome. She's a well-developed character. I can't see any reason to hate her.
And yesssss, RoyEd makes no sense! EdWin for the win!!! ;D

I don't hate Winry. (I love it when she pulls out her trusty wrench) but I guess you're right she can be a bit too much. One of my pet peeves about anime is that it's always the girl who crys too much and have to get rescued or be saved or protected. And Winry tends to cry alot. I think more anime girls should be like Mira Olivier Armstrong or at least Haruhi.

I don't like her because she is useless, she gets in peoples way and annoys the heck out of me. Yes, I know she fixes Ed's arm, but there are so many people out there that can do that too! This is my opinion! :) I like her sometimes, cuz shes funny...

Personally, I loved Winry Rockbell's character and her quirks as one as she is my second favorite female character from both FMA and Brotherhood (First is Lan Fan).

I think some people dislike her because they find her to be annoying, stupid and useless. In my opinion, she's not at all. Others may dislike her because they only view her as a love interest for Ed as well as the fact that she gets in the way of other shippings with Ed. I find that to be a completely stupid reasoning to dislike a character to be honest.

I think the main reason why people hated winry is because how she was portrayed. You can't even say she became a better person through character development because really we weren't shown any. all we were basically shown is:
1. she cares for the brothers
2. she's an auto-mail prodigy
3. she can be really emotional...aka she cries alot.
4. she can be stubborn and selfish
5. she's abusive towards edward and hits him alot.
I can go on, but you see my point. you can argue and say 'she's lost her parents. thats why she's emotional' or 'because she's an automail prodigy. she's perfect for Edward'...no offence but Ed and Al also lost their parents and I know this sounds cold...they actually saw their parent die and was practically abandoned by the other. And for her being an automail prodigy...just because she's good at fixing metal limbs, doesn't make her perfect for edward...she still charges him each time it breaks and hits him each time it happens. he can easily go elsewhere for new limbs.
Because of how she acted. people started to hate her character. and PLEASE don't say her acting abusive is for comic relief. it wasn't even funny and if the rolls were reversed and he was hitting/beating her up, aka a man hitting a woman.
...I can bet you no one would be laughing. its wrong a character should be liked, just because they hurt others.

I like her! She's an awesome character. She's definitely in my top 20 favorite anime girls. Not quite in my top 10, but still very high.

My guess is because people are very crazy and biased. Because she is Edward's love interest and they get married. All the nut RoyEd fans hate her because she 'gets in the way' of the pairing. But seriously, there is nothing to get in the way of.

People want RoyEd, even though that will never ever happen. To me, she's alright but I see her crying in almost every episode.

I'm sorry- I did not read through your whole list. I have my opinion and people do. I generally do not like overly emotional female characters because in real life they annoy me.

I see no need for meaness, for whininess, and when she got mad when there was all that commotion and drama in her room and Ed was eating a sandwich-lol. I would have thrown the dude on the bed and slammed the door! (Not literally maybe at that point), I would have been angry, maybe, and annoyed at so many people in my room but I don't explode like that. I saw nothing wrong with Ed's answer for her to get so mad. She should have been happy. So I don't like it.

I don't like any lead female char who I think I would be better in that role, lol - and that accounts for a lot I am afriad, so IF that answers your question. I don't ship. I want ME in the role with the guy I like -that only makes sense, why would I ever in a million years consider anyone else with someone I like? 'not happening in fangirl land (my head), and not someone who acts stupid sometimes in these characters. It makes them who they are- I understand, but sometimes I don't like that aspect/s of who they are.

She is to soft. She shouldn't be able to survive in Ed's and Al's world

I've heard people say she's too violent.

I personally don't like her because I think she's a boring character no offense.

i havent read the whole series but it might be because her character seems like the typical bossy annoying shonen girl who fights with the main character and then gets together with him. i never disliked her though, she's ok.

Personally, I think Winry is a great character. Unlike a lot of main girls in anime, Kana from Nura Rise of the Yokai Clan as an example, Winry doesn't really depend on Ed too much, only when she knows he is going to save her. She is normally too proud to ask for help, so when she does its not exactly 'Damsel In Distress', more like 'Oh My God I'm Going to Die. Please Help me Edward!!' Also, she's gorgeous. Me and my sister have agreed that Riza and Winry are beautiful. Enough Said.

I know that whatever I say, EdxWinry fans are going to object. I understand the feeling. Besides, I'm pretty sure my reasons have already been stated by other people. So I'll just say that I generally do not like 'weak' anime characters, especially girls. Winry might have had her strong moments, but I just get the feeling that she can't let go of her past. I realize that her parents died, but she had it way better than Ed and Al. Their dad abandoned their family, so they both felt a sense of abandonment and hatred towards their father. Their mother also died when Ed was 9 and Al was 8 (I believe), unlike how Winry's parents died when she was 2. At least she didn't know that her dad had abandoned her family and her mother had suffered for many years due to an illness and had just up and died. She also didn't attempt to bring her mother back and lose an arm and a leg (and for Al, an entire body) for her efforts, and end up having a very painful procedure done to acquire two fake, mechanical limbs (or in Al's case, a body made of armor). And yet, Winry still cries all the time. Now, I'm not saying there was no reason for her to cry. I'm just saying she couldn't have possibly suffered as much as Al and Ed, who had the strength to move on and help other people along their way. Winry can be kind at times, but who takes someone's mind off something by making them buy you a truckload of expensive equipment?

There are some things I bash a lot not because they're terrible but because they're the first thing that comes to mind when I think of mediocre such as Foreigner as a rock and roll group. Anyway I bash Winry a lot myself, but I wouldn't say she's a terrrible character. My issues with Winry are she gets way too much screen time for not being such a great character. Sure she's upbeat, tomboyish (a trait I absolutely love, however, with Winry this is not as much as some other characters in Full Metal Alchemist, I hate feminism, but I love that there are many women in this anime who can kick a**) and attractive. I actually said to my friend while we finished watching the series that one thing Winry had going for her was a very well done character design. However, all the time Winry had on screen could've been cut down and given to some better, more deserving characters who I would have loved to have seen better developed such as Maria Ross. She was a phenomenal character that I wish had been given much more screen time. Between her and Winry, I would definitely choose Maria. Other female characters that were better than Winry in my opinion were Riza Hawkeye, Olivier Armstrong (not many people liked her either because she was too aggressive, but I liked her) Izumi Curtis, Lan Fan (biggest piece of jailbait I've ever seen, d***...) Martel and Paninya. Now a couple of the characters I just listed were killed off or minor and needed no more development, but the first four all could have had more screen time and I would've loved to have seen it.

I do not hate Winry, she is awesome!!!
Other than Ed and Al, Winry is my fave character.
Yeah, she can be a little too rough sometimes, but that is what makes her Winry X3 Nobody should hate Winry, there is no reason at all to hate her. She is a very sweet girl, and she really cares for everybody.
Plus, I am a big EdxWin fan. I will always like Winry!

Winry is by far one of my favorite characters in Fullmetal. The reason being that she seems alive as if a real person. If a real girl wanted to shoot someone then didn't I am pretty sure that they would cry too.

winry's fucking amazing

I don't really hate her or love her. Well, I quite like her. Then again, I am in the PROCESS of watching FMA, I haven't finished it, yet... maybe there will be a reason for me to change my mind in the future... but for now, she seems okay. =^_^=

ok so winry isnt my favourite character but why hate her, she is a good character and shes allowed to cry about herr dead parents!! she does have her faults but she doesnt deserve to be hated.

I don't "hate her" hate is a very strong word, I just dislike her. She's shown as a typical damsel in distress girl when compared to ed and al can't really fend for herself. ed and her don't seem like a very good match. She cries alot, and is just... a baby. if she were shown stronger, i would like her more.

I've watched all the episodes of full metal alchemist and brotherhood. I've also watched both movies and I don't hate Winry at all. If you watch as much anime and read as much manga as I do (p.s. that doesn't make me a nerd, I actually do have a life) then you'd realize that certain characters act a certain way for a reason. In my opinion Winry played her part in FMA. This is what I believe: she was there to be the part of the 'pain' that most of the characters had, but not much of them expressed. And YES, she cares for others, is that so wrong? Does that really make her soft? In an anime/manga that already had so much strong characters she was a great placement. I mean I for one love an anime with all hard-asses, but it still needs a few characters to remind you that the people in the anime still generally have emotions. And for the love of god will you all stop calling her a slut or a whore just because you can't find the proper way to express yourselves. I swear reading some of the comments made me laugh because it sounded just like a bunch of high-school girls talking and bashing on another girl. Oh and about her constantly hitting Ed; I thought that was hilarious. If your still not convinced that its for comedy just look up Nami in One Piece, or Chi Chi in DBZ; case closed. And one more thing, stop trying to put logical situations in anime. Its anime, shit can happen that defies logic. Like for instance, Winry beats the shit out of Ed with a wrench and he survives, why, because its a fucking anime thats why.

This answer is prettyy long so I'm gonna divide it into parts. read comments for rest.

Winry isn't isn't one of those annoying as ****, irritating, super-tsundere or deredere girls that I loathe with all my being. Yeah, she does bonk Ed and Al on the head with her handy-dandy wrench (hey, they do deserve it sometime, when things get out of hand. And if that is annoying, you should see how Louise treats her "future-hubby" in Zero no Tsukamia. No. How MOST girls tend to treat their future husbands.) And besides, ever heard of comedic effect? Like in Soul Eater when Maka bashes Soul's head with a book, or in Clannad when Kyou throws dictionaries at Sunohara. I can go on and on! Its for comedy, and to make people laugh! Hiromu Arakawa even claims this in a Q & A blog I found not so long ago. She wanted FMA to focus a lot on comedy and the main story plot, not too much on sadness or tragedy.

I personally love Winry, so I don't really understand all the hate. I don't ship EdWin, but that doesn't mean I hate Winry. I actually ship her with other characters, so....XD
I always get annoyed when people hate a character because they ended up with a certain character. Why can't you just focus on their personality? Their character development? Why not any of that? When people bash her for crying, it really annoys me. What's wrong with Winry crying for Ed and Al? Like she said, those two don't, so she's crying for them. I would cry too if my best friends were going through what Ed and Al went through. And I hate when people call her useless. She's Ed's automail mechanic! She's the one constantly fixing his automail. Give her some credit. I also think she is really funny too, and is a really good friend to both Ed and Al. She's one of my favorite anime girls, so I don't like to see her hated on.

I personally ship Roy/Ed. I realize it is implausible but I still do it but I hate Roy/Ed fics that demonize Winry when all she's tried to do is help. She's not perfect but she's a great character.

im probably really late to this debate also but this really frustrated me
yes i understand all the fangirls opinions and i respect that but just please
the fact that she was called a whore is unacceptable please just cuz she wears revealing clothing is mostly because of her work and a lot of people wear revealing clothing but dont get called sluts or whores even sometimes i wear croptops and revealing clothing but that doesnt mean im a slut ive never even had my first kiss yet people dont judge by her appearance and judge by all shes done for the elrics
she gave ed a leg and arm so he could survive she gave him life imagine if he didnt have that arm what wouldve happened oh yea nothing he wouldnt even be able to use alchemy and by the way the fact that she cries is just showing shes a human being with feelings so shes more emotional than others. its not like shes crying for no reason im pretty sure i would cry in those situations come on at least ed and als parents werent murdered during a war like seriously im not saying ed and al dont have it hard too believe me they do but so does she while it may not be as bad as the brothers its still hard on her imagine losing your own parents how sad would you be? exactly dont call her whiny either shes a girl deal with it everyone gets whiny so does ed so shut it and deal with it.
also about the wrench get over it come on its there to be funny also you gotta admit ed and al kinda need that im pretty sure i would do the same as winry if i could but i dont wanna kill anybody so oh well. but seriously they need some sense to be knocked into their brains come on they have people to live for might as well remind them of that since they so recklessly risk their lives almost every day dont you think so
also the fact that she doesnt deserve him oh my god they were obviously meant to be ed and winry are both headstrong and are too dense to realise their feelings although winry figured out before theyre still oblivious about their feelings kinda. just let them be happy together and dont judge them come on if you love them let them be happy. you dont have to share your hate for them so publicly how do you think the author would feel if they saw your responses of you hating his characters and his story. im oretty sure hed kinda feel shitty so just be happy you dont have to share the hate so publicly why dont you rant about it to your friends or write it down or something but theres no need for you to be so rude about it like that.
and everyone that reads this if you really dont like her and disagree with me please no im not trying to offend you or br rude in any way. and btw i get how you feel the need to just rant about your least favorite characters and everything but just think about what you write too ok? and anyone who doesnt like my punctuation and spelling and grammer please forgive me its 3:35 am over here so im a bit out of it. i love everyone but please mind the judging a bit alright?

Lol, I know I'm late for this debate but better late then never! xD.
As for what you said, I couldn't have said it any better, ALL of the reasons to hate Winry are terrible and make no real sense.
To me, Winry is an awesome characters, she's strong, beautiful, funny and she's always been there for Edward and Alphonse, supporting them, worrying for them, loving them and she turned out to be very useful to them especially to Ed.

I wish I had a friend like her, like for real!

She's not perfect and, yes, she has feelings because well, SHE IS HUMAN!
It's okay to cry OMG! Ed cries alot too, and so did most of the characters through the show. + As an orphan she remains a very good and evolving character....Like seriously, do you people know what real orphans are like? Cuz I do, (not bashing them but) orphans can be very depressed, scared and even revengeful, but Winry is strong and through out the show, she is always ready to help!

And seriously...yaoi between Edward and Roy? Really?
I love yaoi, but I never saw this one coming, I had no idea people actually invented stuff between Ed and Roy,they don't see each other in that way. If people are ready to hate Winry because they ship Edward and Roy...the world is doomed.
And those who hate Winry because they love Ed (the crazy Ed fangirls)... It's sad but Ed is a fictional character, he doesn't exist in real life, you can't be with him, so let him enjoy his happiness with the awesome Winry. Jeez

And lastly...Winry, a whore? WHAT THE HECK?! Seriously.
She is a sweet girl that is only involved romantically with Edward + People have the right to be sexy! Envy wears revealing cloths, Lust wears...well hum *cough cough*, she's very erotic looking hum...etc.... Even Gluttony wears tight cloths (it's horrible but true)
So yeah, what Winry wears is fine too even though it's showy+ there is nothing more beautiful then a confident woman in her body!


Yeppies, so, yeah, everything @AlchemistLover says is true! And there's really no legit reason to actually hate Winry, she's awesome to the show, and a great person, useful, beautiful, funny and perfect for Ed. Sh's my fav female of the show, and Ed, being my fav male (duh); they go together perfect! Voila!

I think she's a great character, super cute. Not sure about this "slut" thing, but I know one thing, I LOVE when she is in that short black miniskirt, get a chubby every time...and I don't always when I see drawings.

I hate Winry, Edwin I always thought they had like a bro sis relationship but you know they're fictional and if that's who the writers paired him with you know like whatever. But the reason's I hate winry

1 I love female characters but she's a little to strong. She's always beating up someone with a wrench. I get it's comic relief and sometimes Ed and Al do deserve it but a book, smack em in the head but a wrench is a little over the top as in bordering on abuse. Maria Ross slapped Ed, Riza's shot at him but they never hit him with a heavy metal object in the head.

2 She's always either crying or angry. She's human people have emotions but she can't control hers and it makes her seem whiny and bratty.

3 I get she cares about Ed and Al but to me she just seems kinda bossy and doesn't give them their space and their privacy like when she opened the pocket watch or when she blew up cause they kept secrets from her. Everybody has secrets.

So yeah please no hate, I respect everybody's opinion so respect mine you can say what you gotta say just don't go cursing me or being rude cause I don't like a fictional character.

Alright so i don't hate Winry. She's cool, but she was a little annoying at times. Overall she was interesting but she was a little cruel, too. My main complaints are: 1) she went straight from whining she was bored and telling the Al and Ed their present sucked (which was kind of mean) to crying about how scary it was. (And making them feel bad)I guess that ain't much of an argument caz alchemy is some pretty freaky stuff. 2) when her parents died she basically told Ed and al that they were lucky their father left them caz at least he "could come back." Obviously she didn't understand that when people choose to leave and make their family suffer for it they don't USUALLY INTEND TO COME BACK. The point was all three of them had lost parents and it hurt equally. It was an uncalled for comment, especially when al was trying to comfort her. And I could be wrong, but I don't think she ever apologized for it. Finally 3) her voice annoyed me when she freaked out over the engineering stuff when she made Ed buy all that stuff for her when she first came to visit them after Ed became a state alchemist. (Excuse my bad grammar) And she was oblivious when he (subtly) wanted her to stop buying things with his money. (But I think he did offer, so it was mostly his fault) anyways it bothered me that she didn't notice/care. Also, she absolutely SQUEALED over a micrometer. Don't get me wrong, I'm a girl and i take engineering courses at school- so I'm into it too, but I don't think being able to accurately measure parts deserved that amount of excitement. Personally, I find dimensioning to be the most boring thing I've ever done... But to each his (her) own, no? If you bothered to read this far, thanks haha. I'm probably over analyzing this considering it's just one story, but that's just my engineer side isn't it? So basically; if winry and Ed are happy together: more power to them. I'm glad they're a good match. I honestly didn't love Winry, but overall she's pretty awesome when you get past the mean/ annoying things she's done. Nobody's perfect right?

I like her because to me she's entertaining and the other reason is she is pretty so everyone of you haters that just come up with these lame excuses and reasons why you hate her you can just SHUT UP AND DEAL WITH IT did you really waste all your time coming up with lame excuses?

I still ship WinrAl (Winry x Al :P ) and so the reason I hate her is because she is with mah boi Ed and not her soul mate.

Because they're jealous that shes with Ed

I can't bring myself to like her honestly. I don't know what it is yet, but I just find her so annoying - I see why people like her and I wish I did too, but I just can't force myself to.

Ima preference this with the fact that im literally a winry
Stan, I legit worship the ground she walks on. BUT the fact that she's violent, has an obvious disregard for privacy, extremely emotional, and is borderline a Mary Sue are all valid reasons to dislike her. You don't get to decide someone's dislike for a fictional character isn't valid because you don't think their reasoning is real, thats very ignorant of you. I love her but seriously the only reasoning you stated that wasn't valid was the whore statement. And thats only because it perpetuates a discriminatory message against women. Im sorry if this isn't the answer you want but you aren't going to get that when you ask for opinions.