<p>Gluttony was created for the sole purpose of being a portal of Truth. Father was attempting to create a way to access the so-called "non-reality" (beyond the Gate) without paying a toll; essentially, he wanted to entirely bypass Truth so that he could access <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/4938/274">all alchemical knowledge within the Gate</a>.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/pNwjA.png" alt="&quot;Gluttony is the result of Father&#39;s unsuccessful attempt at recreating the Gate of Truth.&quot;"></p>

<p>However, Father is not omnipotent; he was unable to create a portal which was able to do what he hoped for. Instead, what you see of Gluttony was the result: A portal, attached to a homunculus, that serves as a gateway to a different world, one that is neither reality nor non-reality (that is, it is somewhere between the universe and the realm of Truth).</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/640dl.png" alt="&quot;I guess it&#39;s safe to call this place the crevice between reality and the truth.&quot;"></p>

<p>It probably goes without saying at this point that the difference between this Gate and the real one is that, well, this one is useless. Basically, it's just <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/2336/274">its own dimension</a> that serves as nothing but a place for Gluttony's consumptions to go. It contains no alchemical knowledge, no God (which would be in the real Gate), and no way out.</p>

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<p>Gluttony is said to be a fake Gate of Truth, as shown by when he swallows Ed and Ling. They are transported to a place that is full of blood, which seems to be entirely different from the place where the real Gate of Truth takes someone. What does him being a fake Gate of Truth mean, as opposed to just being some sort of transportation device? What is the difference between his Gate of Truth and the real one?</p>

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What does it mean that Gluttony is a fake Gate of Truth?
# What does it mean that Gluttony is a fake Gate of Truth?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-08-24
Gluttony is said to be a fake Gate of Truth, as shown by when he swallows Ed and Ling. They are transported to a place that is full of blood, which seems to be entirely different from the place where the real Gate of Truth takes someone. What does him being a fake Gate of Truth mean, as opposed to just being some sort of transportation device? What is the difference between his Gate of Truth and the real one?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-08-24. Score: 12 | Accepted answer
Gluttony was created for the sole purpose of being a portal of Truth. Father was attempting to create a way to access the so-called "non-reality" (beyond the Gate) without paying a toll; essentially, he wanted to entirely bypass Truth so that he could access [all alchemical knowledge within the Gate](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/4938/274).

![](https://i.sstatic.net/pNwjA.png)

However, Father is not omnipotent; he was unable to create a portal which was able to do what he hoped for. Instead, what you see of Gluttony was the result: A portal, attached to a homunculus, that serves as a gateway to a different world, one that is neither reality nor non-reality (that is, it is somewhere between the universe and the realm of Truth).

![](https://i.sstatic.net/640dl.png)

It probably goes without saying at this point that the difference between this Gate and the real one is that, well, this one is useless. Basically, it's just [its own dimension](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/2336/274) that serves as nothing but a place for Gluttony's consumptions to go. It contains no alchemical knowledge, no God (which would be in the real Gate), and no way out.
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