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this show is driving me crazy. it's religious. it's sci fi. it's a western. it contains the wettest little meow meow to ever exist, almost down to a science. the main character is an outlaw. yes, he did all those things. yes, he's 100% innocent. the driving plot for the first few episodes is about disaster insurance. there's a priest whose whole shtick is a Giant Fucking Gun Shaped Like a Cross. there is a dude called Millions Knives. it's deeply depressing. it's incredibly uplifting. there is a villain named Midvalley the Hornfreak and hes played 100% seriously.

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four of a kind ♥️

I think Vash, Wolfwood, Milly, and Meryl deserve some lovely nights relishing in their little found family between the chaos of their lives. I did this piece for the Eggshells Trigun zine��� I really enjoyed depicting trans joy and the comfort of finding people who love you and know you for exactly who you are. Even if you cheat at cards.

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he can't keep getting away with this

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98 lovemail doodles >_<

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drunk vashwood my beloved

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Yeehaw-verse

: let's get this already western themed media more western

Showdown at Gunsmoke

Ruby Ryder

(I know this rifle isn't going to work but I had to incorporate a cross somehow... I lack imagination )

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Trigun is a very autism media to me. The twins themselves are full of amazing metaphors for autism!!

The plants wings are a physical metaphor for autism! To me Rem’s and other humans fear of seeing Vash’s overtly autistic traits is shown in their reactions to his wings. We see Knives isn’t afraid of showing off his plant powers ever. The twins have a very cool dichotomy about masking-Vash was favored because he masked, while Knives never cared to.

When Vash and Knives see Tesla Rem goes to comfort Vash first. This seems to be slightly on favoritism, but also because she’s shocked that Vash is having a large emotional reaction. I think the fandom sees Vash as hyper-emotinal and Knives as hypo-emotional, but to me it’s switched.

Knives does not hide his emotions. And absolutely does not hide his outbursts! He has meltdowns all the time and is not ashamed of his autistic traits. He doesn’t care about being unsettling or being accepted by humans/neurotypical society. (Even more interesting to consider that all of the Gung-Ho Guns are disabled/neurodiverse in some way). Knives allows his emotions to control him, where Vash is guided by his obligations. He does what he wants, based on his wants. And what he wants is to be with the only other autistic person he knows-his brother. He also desperately wants his brother to be free from his internalized ableism and the pain of masking.

Vash on the otherhand spends all his time masking and denying his autistic traits so he can fit in with “normal“ humans. He also again, in contrast to Knives, acts based on how his mother told him to behave. He hates acting out/standing out. He still operates on Rem’s instructions to be “normal“ and unnoticeable. He does occasionally show strong emotions but they’re not his positive emotions. To be these are less examples of Vash being over emotional, but instead are examples of outbursts. The overflow of negative emotions reminds me of my meltdowns! As well most of the emotions we do see Vash show are also parts of his masking. They are deeply constructed displays of emotion. All set to Vash‘s derived sense of what’s normal. It’s what he thinks positive emotions look like. His mask is baked into everything he does. And only one person sees through it-Wolfwood!!

Wolfwood is also set apart by the narrative. He has been modified. In my view this is the story portraying that Wolfwood is also neurodivergent in some way. He is capable of seeing through Vash‘s mask, and from Vash‘s reaction is the first one to call him out on it. He also goes from being afraid of Vash‘s autistic traits-his wings-to supporting him. His last words are him encouraging Vash to express his emotions genuinely(to not worry about his “unsettling“ autism smile).

Trigun as a media deals to deeply with disability and autism(if someone remind me I’ll make another little essay thing about Meryl and Milly‘s autism). I hope this is coherent!!

Anyways! Happy Autism Month!!

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that one mitski trend but trigun

“just don’t leave me alone wondering where you are”

“i am stronger than you give me credit for”

-mitski, i don’t smoke

(P.S. everyone on my page who likes asl trio should go watch/read trigun, it’s like asl brothers but extremely toxic 😁👍)

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Commission for @aquaberri ! Included the draft for an alt version that I might finish at a later date! It's Knives from Aqua's Trigun Visual Novel!

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sorry, i got blood on him

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Meet up Legit wondering if these two hung out at all during the 2 year timeskip. I think they would make fantastic besties/worsties xD -NO ROMANCE INCLUDED-

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bless this marker brush it is so good

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vash the stampede’s eyes in TRIGUN MAXIMUM

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my girlfriend

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@shelternmberone's roleswap au Millyy

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hes vashing that stampede