Talk:James Ironwood/@comment-4197234-20140802173553/@comment-226878-20140807073006

Desist with the term "whiskey bottle". Of course a whiskey bottle is not a reference, it's a frickin bottle. Canteens while perhaps still common, are not nearly as common as a frickin' bottle. Canteens are personal, they're kept, reusable. A bottle is oblong thus harder to carry so is typically thrown away once the liquid is gone. Plus a canteen doesn't need to have alcohol in it and we only presume that that is what Ironwood is adding to his drink as his age implies such. A whiskey bottle will only ever contain whiskey. A canteen and a whiskey bottle are not the same. Not ever.

Furthermore, I argued that the circular keepsake and white glove lend to such a reference, not that there is inherently a reference in those items. Fullmetal Alchemist was simply the first to come to mind (and I wasn't the first to think of it). What was the first thing that came to your mind? Obviously, you must have something in mind since he isn't the only character to have "a whiskey bottle and a gloved hand".