#I assume trimax

[vastampede]

saw a sad quote from vash saying “this man…just like myself…sees no value for himself in this world.” And when I tell you I started sobbing.

[ruporas]

invisible scars (referenced previous talk here)

[ID: A colourless, digital Trigun comic of Vash and Wolfwood talking about Wolfwood's scars. They're both laying in bed and topless. Vash lays on top of Wolfwood, playing with the rosary around his neck. Then, Vash kisses a spot on Wolfwood's chest. Wolfwood asks, "What are you doing?" Vash smiles sadly, "You got shot here. In the last town we visited. You didn't even bother moving."

Vash props himself up over Wolfwood, who frowns slightly. Wolfwood is quiet for a moment before he says, "You remember that, huh?" Vash grabs Wolfwood's left wrist and brings it to his face. "And here." He kisses another spot there. "When you helped free the hostages from that robber..." Wolfwood dismissively says, looking away, "Was a lucky shot." Vash huffs, “Don’t brag. Jeez.”

Half of Wolfwood's expression is shown, eyes returning to Vash who is now sitting up, continuing to say, "And..." Vash goes on and kiss Wolfwood's right palm. "You got cut here, even though that girl was aiming at me." A moment from the past flashes, of Wolfwood grabbing a knife aimed at Vash, his hand bleeding.

At present, Vash moves down and puts another kiss on Wolfwood's right shoulder. "And here, from watching my back." Another memory flashes of Wolfwood and Vash back to back. Vash looks back as Wolfwood grins while holding Punisher, bleeding from multiple gunshots in his shoulder.

"And," Vash combs up Wolfwood's hair to reveal his forehead, "Here." A final memory shows Wolfwood with a regeneration vial in his mouth while getting shot on his temple. The next panel is framed in blood with Vash at the center, eyes wide and stunned in horror. The next panel is a closed up shot of Wolfwood's eye, locked on Vash's face.

Back to present, Vash’s head is bowed down as Wolfwood raises a hand to his nape and says, “Spikey.”

Wolfwood looks serious and frowns as he says, "We talked about this. Those were my decisions. They're not there anymore. Forget about them." Vash looks very sad before he smiles ruefully and says, "I still see them. All the time." He leans down so they touch foreheads. Wolfwood’s sorrowful expression can be seen as Vash says, "You protect so much. I could never forget what you've done to me. And many others..."

In the last image, they're drawn more cartoonishly. Wolfwood sweats and asks, "You don't actually remember every wound, right?" Vash points at a spot on his chest. "Kuroneko left a scratch here 7 times." Wolfwood, startled, says, "Why the hell are you keeping count—" End ID]

Credits for ID here and here

[ryanthel0ser]

[pin-yao]

[shmothman]

Panels That Make Me Lose My Mind ft. 5th moon arc & slutty bdsm fit

And of course:

[zincfingermotif]

i really loved the art on the left here, but i could never find any nice clear images of it. turns out it was from a trigun 25th anniversary exhibition clearfile which i happened to find while browsing merch, so i got it and scanned it. (full size images: front, back)

[annaofaza]

Does anyone know how Wolfwood's backstory (killing his abusive dad and then presumably getting adopted by Chapel right after) from the 98 anime came about? It's not in the manga, but I was wondering if Nightow had any input, if it was an old idea of his that got dropped, if it was completely made up by the 98 writers, etc.

[orcelito]

OK MORE ANALYSIS

towards the start of trimax, we get this little bit here. aka Meryl's birthday, & ALSO when there are official sightings of Vash reappearing. so we can assume that Wolfwood finds Vash again in February (ish) of 0113

this. the beginning of the end. happens on July 21st of 0114, the exact ten year anniversary of the July Incident (July 21st of 0104)

and Vash & Knives' birthday.

which that's a whole big can of worms that's gonna have me needing to run through my fic again for dates bc i didnt realize it was Literally exactly 10 years passed between then and now.

but MORE IMPORTANTLY...

when you think about the dates. between february 0113 and july 0114, that's 17 months. Vash spent 7 ish months on the arc (maybe 8, sometimes they say 8)

this means that Vash and Wolfwood traveled together for a total of about 10 months, give or take.

ten months, largely just the two of them.

i think i need to sit down lmao

[threegunbrainrot]

yall isnt it kinda fucked up that in trimax eriks arc—even when vash has scraped together the most fragile, bare-bones version of a peaceful life—he still ends up tormented by himself in the most literal sense

literally someone who took up his own name and decided to torment his new precious home. i feel like nightow just grabbed me by the shoulders and screamed "look it's a metaphor!!"

because of who he is, vash will never be able to leave his past behind. it's too great and too bloody. it follows him into a domestic life in the form of a REAL, PHYSICAL MURDERER.

like holy shit. the things that guilt does to this man. the way he's eternally crushed by the weight of his own expectations and fears. man.

(edit: idk why i specified trimax but u get the idea)

[franeridan]

thinking again about how in trigun 98 they had nick kill someone with the face of a child posing as an orphan for vash, and how in tristamp they had him kill a child in the body of a monster who had no choice in what had been done to him, and how instead in trimax nick for vash kills a man who'd approached vash for a death match, who'd demanded to either kill or be killed, a man nick had given vash a fair chance to fight and win against and who nick would have left alone hadn't said man attacked vash when his back was turned after the duel was over and done with, a man who'd been one step from possibly seriously harming vash hadn't nick stepped in. and about how after in all three versions vash yells at nick for it, but only in trimax nick tells vash that he's lucky he's there to play the devil for him so that he can stay a saint, and only in trimax in the arc right after vash ends up thanking nick for killing for him and protecting his home when vash couldn't because of his own morals, and only in trimax in the end when nick isn't there to play the bad guy for vash he ends up being right, and vash ends up having to dirty his hands himself to protect what he loves - while both in 98 and for now tristamp vash stays a saint until the end, and that fight they have ends in itself, and the only lesson it leaves you as a viewer is that nick is jaded enough to kill a child

[hypermoyashi]

Is anyone planning a Trigun Ladies Week or maybe a Trigun femslash week? I was thinking about it... And one would be nice...

If there's not one... I was kind of leaning towards a Ladies Week over a femslash week (femslash still being amazing to submit though) just to open it up to more kinds of content...

But let me know if this is something people would be interested in!

[breezy-cheezy]

Febuwhump Day 25: Assumed Dead

When all the darkness fades away We had to steal him from his fate So he could see another day

(AKA Trimax AU where Wolfwood got infused with Plant energy when Vash used so much of his power next to his dead body. Took a couple days but he wakes up very confused and very small, because the healing was a bit too potent. Something something giving you the childhood you were robbed of, etc. but being traumatic about it. Good luck getting out of the grave bro.)

[hjemne]

Very funny to me that none of the Gung Ho Guns ever bothered to check Chapel's identity. This dude with a big cross and endless cunt turns up and they all just assume it's him. Like yeah this is vaguely who they expected and they don't share contact info with the Eye of Michael so they'll just go along with it. This dude is getting suspiciously close to Vash while they're all trying to kill him, and instead of double checking who he is they're all just like wow that Chapel sure is a traitorous bitch. Oh well, nothing more to look into there

[triguuuun]

Imagine if the artificial impregnating worked and vash became a dad to like 50+ lil baby independents and they all went to wolfwood’s orphanage and the rest of the series is the wacky shenanigans the gang gets into trying to raise human/plant babies and funding the orphanage

[neganium]

What the hell is Vash??

[charhounds]

trimax has so many unreadable fight scenes that now i feel spoiled reading something where the action sequences make sense and i can see whats happening