#legato if my savior

[kh4ven]

Haven’t posted anything in a while but here’s legato ig

[lost-technology]

The saviors of Humanity...

During my binging of '98 (watching while painting), I had a thought about how the narrative (of all the Triguns) treats its biggest heroes. One is forgotten / unknown / remembered only by two people and kept in treasured memory in only one. The other is vilified. He legitimately saves countless lives, but time and again, bad luck happens around him, or deliberate hunting by his brother's henchmen and other enemies and somehow, despite things not being his fault and doing everything he can in any situation to save as many as he can - to great cost to both his body and soul, even - he gets blamed / mis-blamed for almost all of the planet's misfortunes. There is Rem, who will get no statues or songs in her honor because everyone was too busy scraping out survival to know or care about who might have saved a remnant. She'd probably be mis-blamed for the crash "that nav did not do her ONE JOB correctly and here we are!" or "It would have been better if we'd all died, now we have to live in this Hell!" So maybe it's better that her name goes unknown, kept only by Vash who treasures it. And of course Vash. Poor, poor, poor Vash. People you've known all your life and who saw you as their last line of defense ("Home" ship in '98 anime, I'm looking at you!) will just turn on you on a dime, won't they? And everyone loves the wild rumors more than the truth, and that's how you get Legato listed as one of your henchmen. Ooooh, Vash...

[needle-noggins]

clearly i'm in an analysis mood so i'll share my thoughts on the GHG scene in Trimax Volume 2, mostly Legato, that crazy son of a bitch.

First, there's something to be said about his wild Iron Lung set up. On my first read I thought it was more of a punishment from Knives for threatening Vash, but I guess it's also because his body is physically broken? And/or a way to curb his power? Either way, Legato is the definition of "jokes on you, I'm into that shit" because he's so extremely broken (in every sense of the word). There's a definite link between Legato's trauma and the fucked up little guy he is now but I don't know shit about shit so would not consider myself qualified to discuss it further. Please read madnessmadness's trigun bdsm post as a supplemental.

ok, this next panel made me gasp. It's not a needle-noggins analysis without religious symbolism, so here you go!

Vash is literally hanging upside down, arms splayed out on an upside down cross, when Legato talks about him. Like, okay pontius pilate!! I think Vash is upside down for two reasons, the obvious being that the reader can tell that Legato is talking about killing Vash (cool abstract blood splatter too, which kinda messes with the cross form and makes it less obvious) (but i see you nightow, you can't escape my catholic eyes). The second, is, well, the way that Peter was crucified - not right-side-up like good ol' Jesus. The story goes that Peter requested to be crucified upside down because he didn't deserve to die the same way as Jesus. Trigun muddles so many biblical references all at once that a direct correlation can't be made at any given time, but I think we can interpret this here as Vash being unworthy/not the savior in Legato's mind (to him that's Knives, ofc).

An upside-down crucifix now is also a satanic symbol, just like. Inverting Christianity. Obvious "these are the bad guys". But I think that's a much more common symbol in western culture than to Japanese so I'm not gonna read into that too much.

nothing to add here other than Midvalley is lowkey fine (like if Wolfwood got his shit together) and here we can see the internal conflict of the GHG. Nobody's doin' it like Legato's doin' it, and I wish Midvalley pulled that trigger (it's not his place though, but damn it sure would save Vash a lot of trouble).

Bring back Knives' bodycon bdsm dress, Stampede!!!

"engrave the futility of his cause into his every bone" jfc, Knives. I've said it earlier but Knives's attempt to show Vash "the true nature of [humanity]" backfires so hard because instead he just shows Vash the nature of his own being, the terrifying weapon that he is (cough fifth moon). Vash doesn't blame people at all for how they see him, because baby boy has absolutely zero self-esteem and far too much compassion. Meanwhile, Knives is still a proud, burnt out gifted kid who is terrified at his heart and he's going to make it everyone else's problem. Knives understands his brother so little that he doesn't see that his plan is just going to make Vash fight him harder. Knives is too blinded by his fear and disdain for humanity to even consider it. Zero compassion. Fantastic way to highlight the overarching themes of the story. (/hand-wavy "you get it, right?" motion)

Someone please get Legato a napkin and explain to him that Knives is not God. Something something horrible deeds being done in the name of God's "will"; Trimax is both showing us space Jesus as our beloved self-sacrificing protagonist while also warning us against blind faith in a vengeful God, etc etc. It's my Trigun book club analysis and I get to choose the biblical symbolism to fit the way I hate modern Christianity!

[multiverse-imagines]

Hiii, I love your writing and I finally came here with a request!👀✨ Could I have some relationship headcanons with reader and Legato please? (Sfw/nsfw is ok) How does reader get him to trust them enough to open up/get into a relationship? How about reader genuinely caring about him for once in his life, reassuring him etc.? THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ABOUT MY BOY OUT THERE, HE DESERVES BETTER!!😭😭

Thank you for listening to my ramblings :P

Have a good day✨ :D

A/N: omg of course!!!! Legato needs all the love! Feel free to request anything for Legato anytime! All of the Trigun characters are just so "My boy" to me, so I shall write for our boy! There will be some TriMax spoilers within, but I'll keep them as vague as possible. Because they're super heavy topics, and I want this to be digestible for readers!

Triggers: Slavery mention, and SA mention

Legato Bluesummers x Reader Headcanons

Sfw

Legato Bluesummers first love for the longest time was, of course, Knives Millions. His savior, his Master. The one who saved him from his miserable former life.

Which is why Legato is quite confused when he first meets you. You were the first being besides his beloved Master that he found… aesthetically pleasing (absolutely freakin' beautiful).

He saw you in a town that was near the base of operations for one of Knives' little side operations.

He first interacted with you at the local bar. He had seated himself in a distant corner of the bar counter, and you walked up just a few seats down and ordered your drink from the bartender. He caught your eye as you vacantly stared around the bar, lost in thought.

He saw you glance over his features, a light rush of blood settling in your cheeks. He hoped you wouldn't interact with him. Receiving your drink, you meandered back to your friends across the bar. He thought that was the last he'd seen of you.

He was wrong, of course.

Your next meeting was on his way through town, just an overly dressed bystander, making his way towards a warehouse. He felt something collide into his chest. It was you. Your body tensed up and your face turned a bright red.

"Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry!" You apologized.

Legato could have killed you right then and there. Such a filthy human bumping into him and spoiling his clothes? Disgraceful! But he made the mistake of looking into your eyes as you calmed down, waiting for his response.

"It's… okay. Please watch where you're going next time." He said flatly before stepping around you, and walking off.

A few more chance interactions like this befell the two of you before you stopped him as he was about to walk off again.

"Hey, wait a minute!" You trotted along beside him, introducing yourself and asking his name. Legato was hesitant. Why did you need his name? He supposed it didn't hurt to indulge this Little One with the name of who would be their killer someday.

"Legato Bluesummers." He curtly responded before once again walking off.

Whenever you saw him around town, you would insist on saying hello and try to get him to talk to you more.

This aggravated Legato to no end. Why wouldn't you leave him alone?

"Oh, hey, they gave me an extra cake at the bakery today, would you like it? I don't really need it." You offered a small red velvet cake slice with a delicate white frosting.

"I'm sure I can find someone who wants it back at… the office." Legato fibbed. Why did he care if you knew he worked for Knives?

From then on it was little gifts here and there. A few bread rolls, a soda pop, a can of soup, stationery supplies. Eventually, the two of you sat in the central square chatting for hours at a time.

It was an odd thing for Legato. You didn't care about what he did for work; though he hadn't told you yet anyway. You enjoyed his fashion style, and you seemed to enjoy being around him in general.

"Legato, would you… like to join me for Dinner?" You sheepishly asked. Legato tensed up. Where was this going?

"I can't tonight, I have some work to finish." His reply caused your shoulders to dip and your face a frown, "but if we reschedule for tomorrow night, I'll… I'll make time for dinner with you." Your smile was wider than an ile, and Legato learned he liked something. Your smile. You nodded excitedly.

"What would you like to eat? Do you like.. curry? I make a really tasty curry!"

"S-sure." He hadn't had curry before. He preferred sweeter foods, typically.

"Do you like spicy or sweeter curry? I'd like to make it to your taste!" You said, mentally preparing to go off to the store to gather supplies.

There was a night the two of you sat on the roof of your home watching the stars. The two of you chatted about stars, space, and anything in between. It was there you told him that you loved him. You enjoyed spending time with him, sharing food with him, and the person he was around her. He frowned,

"I… I've enjoyed our time together as well, but… you don't know enough about me to tell me that you love me. You may know I enjoy the color blue, and like sweet food, but… you don't know what I really do for work, who my employer is… my past… I've kept you my little secret because you will get hurt. And I thought I buried the emotion of fear down so far it would never return."

He looked into your eyes. Your beautiful eyes that twinkled like the stars above, illuminated by the light of the moons, "You're only gonna get hurt."

"Legato. I don't care. Remember that time you kept my water glass from falling over? You caught it with.. some sort of telekinesis. That's an amazing ability!" You'd seen that? And you weren't scared?

"I know you could keep me safe. I don't care what you do. I don't have to go with you, either. Your home can be here, with me. Whenever you need a break from whatever plans this employer of yours has."

"You saw… my threads. I can use metal threads, thinner than the eye of a needle, to move anything as I wish. To cut anything I wish." He admitted to her.

He then proceeded to tell her about what he did, and what Knives' goals were. He was astonished to see you shruggingly agree with Knives, and the fact that humans had been pretty irresponsible with plants. You didn't think everyone needed to die for it, but some sort of balance had to be achieved, right?

That's when he knew he had truly found love. You weren't scared of him, you didn't completely disapprove of his deeds, his frequent evisceration of humans. You truly cared about his safety and his own well being. And in the end, that was acceptable to him.

Nsfw

Now Legato has a terrible past when it comes to physical intimacy. His childhood as a slave, and being used for sex still haunts him, and fuels his hatred for humanity as a whole.

He's created quite the barrier to keep people away, so sexy fun times are very rare.

He does however, make them nights you'll never forget.

You had to teach him about kind love, and not being so rough. You often let him top, since he is usually uncomfortable with feeling so vulnerable on his back.

Your first time you asked to be intimate with him, he shut down like Fort Knox. It took a good hour of coaxing him out of it, allowing him to tell you about his atrocious childhood.

"I… I want to be intimate with you. I just…" he'd forgotten what fear felt like.

"We can take things slowly. We'll do what feels okay to you, and I'll give a very gentle nudge sometimes. Is that okay?" He did eventually respond with a nod.

You couldn't touch Legato once your clothes are off. The skin contact triggers him, and he sobs uncontrollably. He hates it, but feels fortunate that it's only in your presence.

He holds you to the bed with his abilities as he presses kisses to your form, and loves to hear the noises you make while he makes love to you. They keep him in the moment, and allows him to continue just a little longer.

It's only super recently that he's allowed you to tangle your fingers into his hair while he kisses you in such a position.

[fatedstrands]

Dirty Little Secret \\@nothinglikegod\\ Legato Bluesummers is a lot of things to a lot of people. A tool for pleasure, a weapon for war, a tormentor and a nightmare. For others, he can be a savior, a pariah sent by God, a Vicar to the lost and for some, a beacon of hope in a loveless world. To himself, he was a mistake, a wretched stain of sin on the world that had too many reasons to live yet twice as many to die. Ever the pendulum to swing from one end of the spectrum to the other like a horrid beast that tried to play at man. His mirror in his abode had long since been shattered and replaced more times than he could count, opting to simply polish a metal plate to mirror perfection lets he punch it again. His own room modest, if only to prevent his deranged events from destroying what little he had, his personal alter the only other thing beyond his own bed. Today he'd failed to do as he'd been ordered. Finding life worth cherishing in a place meant for desolation. Theft of the lives meant for the God, sequestered away in his precious embrace, he'd found guilt and shame when his eyes had met his Lords. When he'd lied to him and claimed the whole city was dead, though the Plants had been retrieved as promised, so had the few shards of purity. He'd never tell the Plant, however. His Shards of Fate were his atonement, his small legacy of hope for both the Dependents' future, and his own blackened soul. But still the lie plagued him, long into the chilled evening. He'd forwent dinner with the Gun-Ho's and instead slipped away to his precious Church. Tucked away within the edges of the facility, where his own abode lay in the back, he'd found sanctuary many a time in this space. Today, however, was not for sanctum. He'd found himself kneeling on burning coals, jacket splayed on the ground behind him as if the wings of an angel stripped from their frame. His sweater had been folded before him, baring his scar riddled body to the world. Tan skin played the perfect canvas to silvery threads of age old torment. From lashings to cat-o-nines to cigarette burns, he'd had them. Most recent were the hot metal scars of Plant lines arching in perfect mirror to Divinity that it was clear he'd noted where every line and every dot rest upon Knives' form. A devoted testament to his willingness to burn in the name of their Lord. Now was simultaneously evidence and a contradiction to that. He'd found home on the heated alter before the hand forged statue of the Deities themselves, with Plants unfurled and reaching for their master, Lord Knives himself perched atop a throne, head back and arms out as if basking in the warmth of their desperate prayers. And prayers a plenty the apostle held for him. Fingers holding the metal of his punishment over a righteous flame before the image of the God.

"Forgive me, Divine, for I have sinned." he arched his fingers, letting the flames lick at fingertips a moment, letting them retreat to focus once more on the metal. "I looked God in the eye and spoke dishonestly. I laid upon my tongue serpentine lies with no intent to change come my end." He watched the metal turn orange, pulling it away to stare at it, the leather strop attached wrapped thrice over his palm. Eyes fell shut before he moved. Metal flashed in the crescendo of its arc before to struck down onto exposed flesh. The metal digs in deep where the heat burns the wound shut. He rips the item from his body, slipping fingers over the leather to snap it back into his grasp as he trembled in the aftershocks of pain. "I pray this is penance enough for my wretched sins. Amen." The words choke out from shaken lips, ragged breaths hardening as three more arcs descend upon his frame until he's forced to grip the cooling metal in his hand. Tears bloom upon his chin from beneath blued locks, soon bursting upon his thighs as he fights down the sounds of wretched agony. I deserve this. This is my penance for my sins. I deserve to suffer. I deserve- The sound of the great hall doors snap him from his wretched thoughts, his bloodied back on full display, cast in swathes of candle and moonlight like the damned sinner he was.

"I am busy." he dares not to look to see whom it was, dares not to face them so they could witness the agony upon his face or the undeserving tears lining his cheeks.

Internally, the male curses, for he can hear his vocals strain, arched with pain and damnation. For any whom knew humanity, they could hear the agony his body was within, the heated metal digging into his exposed palm until the acrid smell of burned flesh arced into the holy space.

[weirdcat1213]

TRIMAX VOL 2 YEEP YEEP YEEP

time for the thoughts :D

chap 1:

-YES HES HERE :D

-ok when you think about thats brutal af, this is the worst nightmare of anyone who takes public transport

-:c hes so soft

-the fucker with the balls scared me >:v get out and leave my son alone

chap 2:

-legato eating lmao :b but creepy at the same time

-"no guys we cant destroy him anymore, just traumatize him" what a metal thing to order knives, you sicko

-OH I LOVE THIS SCENE

-vash is doomed to be driven everywhere hes like me fr

-aw he looks tired :c

-nightow honey.....thank you so much for this dumb joke lmao

-yes vash ofc your bf is hiding something but this is not the time to think about that

-oh wait i remember this chapt-...oh fuck

-*insert 98 vash yelling get me out of here*

-"demon priest" nice nickname for your bf

-OH WAIT DO THEY STRAIGHT UP TOLD HIM "he so your brother wants us to traumatize you, yknow the classic stuff" TO HIS FACE I FORGOT

-also NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

-PLEASE HE JUST WANTS TO GO HOMEEEEEEEEEEE

chap 3:

-oh the title page of this one *chef kiss*

-OH MAN HES READY TO GET INVOLVED DID I MISS THAT THE 1ST TIME???

-ooooh the betrayal

-oh that line that tries to be a panel line is cool as hell

-...ok i yet dont get much from this battle but pretty cool nonetheless

-i got the final part tho

chap 4:

-ok i do respect samurai guy here tho, die with your principles ma man

-ah no its the timeeeee noooooooooooooo

-im gonna need a hug

-:c

-ok i need the hug now

-IM GONNA START CHEWING GLASS

-"im willing to die so you fucking realize you cant go around in life just running away" is raw af, but replying with "im not gonna shoot you cuz i want to fucking show you hope" is even worst

-NIGHTOW IM GOING TO YOUR FUCKING HOUSE AND after respectfully shaking your hand BITE IT

-the man who bears the role of savior with a smile while it hurts vs the man who bears the role of the murderer without an expression while it hurts...IT ALL JUST HURTS

-MY GIRLS ARE HERE

-AH NAHHHHH I FORGOT ABOUT THATTTTTT

chap 5:

-nooooo stoppppppp :c

-something something, parallel with vash in a escape pod something, something tears

-I HATE LIFE ACTUALLY (the hc of wolfwood having regular nightmares is not even a hc, it actually happens)

-"we need 2 rooms" cmon dont be shy :3

-oh wait i love this chapter :3 even if it has the most unhealthy implications ever like vash omfg cant you just take a fucking break :)

-nah hes not ignorant of anything...hes just really stupid with a big ass heart

-ok i feel like im insulting vash too much rn, its the wolfwood pov mb

-hes so dead

-awww :3 im sorry for calling him stupid, he's just really nice in a world where mercy is basically being stupid

-vash is making the smallest and most pathetic noises and the guy is like "oh wow you can help me come up with a plan? thanks :D"

-woop

-i agree with rob but i also agree with his dad. this ties back nicely with the thing about considering killing people just because of family.

-i mean...yeah theres something deeply wrong with vash...those arent news i think

chap 6:

-wolfwood noooooooooooooooooooooo :c

-wolfwood dont *smack in the head* stop those thoughts rn

-i love wolfwood poking on the subject like "well at least i cant do that cuz IM HUMAN.....what about you vash hm?"

-AND WE LOVE A CHARACTER WHO DOESNT HAVE EVERY VALUE SET IN STONE :D vash ily and your search for an answer sm

-ah that looks pretty :D

-when i tell you THAT FUCKING SCENE HASNT LEFT MY MIND SINCE I READ IT THE 1ST FUCKING TIME. I FUCKING FREAKED OUT ABOUT IT CUZ I WAS SO FUCKING RELIEVED AND THATS ON MY TOP MEANEST THINGS NIGHTOW HAS DONE. AND THIS IS VOL 2 OF TRIMAX

-also lets go back to wolfwood "i don't have the right to hold you" vs vash embracing the hugs ONLY TO GET THIS. WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME NIGHTOW HUUHHHHHHH YOU MF-

(i dont think we'll get this or something similar in stampede but if we do...if we do i will bite people and that's a promise)

chap 7:

-SHUT UPPPP, WOLFWOOD KILL HIM

-YEAH CMON BABY

-im.....im so sad for him

-"the mind of a man is bleeding out".....yeah you can call him that ig

-oh shit thats how this volume ends??? fuck ig????

[magadauthan]

Ep 15: Demon's Eye

@trigun98watchparty Now, the fun starts.

Enter Dominique the Cyclops, the second Monster of the Week Gung-Ho Gun.

--LMAO Vash really screwed up this time if both Meryl and Milly are mad at him. 130-some years old and he can't drive.

--Midvalley just wants to groove, okay? Don't harsh his mellow.

--Especially don't harsh Legato's mellow when he's having his flan and cappuccino. Okay? Okay.

--The Roderick Gang dude thinks the slave girl is looking at Legato because she thinks he's good-looking. I would say she looks petrified.

--Legato is a bloodbender. Bitchin'.

--After the bloodbath and his creepy speech, Legato lets the women live. The simple explanation is that butchering the women might have been too much for the censors. However... given the events in the manga, it wouldn't be out of character for Legato to have spared the women because he himself was delivered from his life as a slave by a similar, psychopathic savior.

--...what have you been doing with that arm, Legato? never mind. don't answer that.

--Hey, look, EG Mine got to do something.

--"Hair Styling for Men." LOL.

--I think that's a yes on the man in the white coat, Vash.

--Meryl, for once. hush your fuss.

--Vash being a such a sexist jerk is out of character even for the '98 series. Threaten to slap a woman, undo her shirt, tell her to clean your house, then ask her to wear a dress next time? Fuck off.

--(I like her bustier, tho)

--*commercial break* BK, HAVE IT YOUR WAY, YOU RULE

--The famous arse-in-the-air pose! Are we gonna get that in Tristamp?

--Caught her monologuing, you sly dog.

--Meryl's bossing isn't going to work this time. Once again, Vash is not fucking around. "It's your job, or your life."

--You can see her heart breaking. She's ready to say, "You're more important than my job." It's not the first time Vash has had to hurt someone to protect them. He'd do it a thousand times before putting someone - anyone - in harm's way.

--Vash / Meryl fanciers: go listen to "No Ordinary Morning" and then come back when you get done crying.

You could give a million reasons, change the world and change the tides Could not give me the secrets of your heart and of your mind In the darkness that surrounds me now there is no peace of mind Your careless words undo me leave the thought of us behind

[fictionkinfessions]

2024, marking the (approx) second decade I've known to love my savior, Millions Knives in this new lifetime. Happy New Year, my Prince. My new year's resolution will be something related to you, I'm sure.

To the Gung-ho Guns, I wish you luck in your endeavors and a kind year. Be better people now. I try to be so you have no excuse.

Vash, have a good year. I still don't forgive you but I know it would make Knives happy to know you're well. Try to talk to him this year if you're kind.

And, I don't mention you often, Conrad, but I wish you a year of new experiences.

- Legato Bluesummers

📦

[succ-my-coke]

Trigun Stampede ep 4-7

-THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR ALL OF TRIGUN-

✨Character thoughts time✨

1. Wolfwood my boy, my lord, my baby girl is back and all is well.

2. He feels very loyal to his original character I like it

3. Him and Vash are back on their buuullllshit

5.LIVIO!!!! He made it in!!! He was never in the original anime!!!

6. I’m glad that the full story of wolfwood is getting put out there and all but it is kind of making the series feel incredibly rushed

7. I like the character development that Meryl is getting so far and her move from bystander to involved

8. I was so absolutely not expecting Zazie the beast this early in, and he’s got a much longer, more involved role

9. Legato you blue bastard I hate you. But I’m untested to see if we’ll get him original backstory and motivators that didn’t make it into the old anime like we got wolf woods

10. This version of Vash isn’t nearly as goofy and the og and I kind of miss it. He has his moments and I like his character but it feels a little sad

11. They did not need to make Monev the gales backstory that fucking sad, I have yet to recover and suspect I never will

12. Vash communicating with the plant had me in tears, I don’t know why, but it was indescribably touching. Especially with the way he turned to the others and looked shell shocked

General thoughts about the episodes now

1. Making the sand worms a bigger thing and problems is really really cool tbh

2. The fact that the “spacefaring age” is more common knowledge and talked about really opens up so many possibilities. I hope we still get the old colony in the sky still

3. A whole sandsteamer episode and no Kite I’m upset

4. THEY HAVE THE BAD LADS GANG BUT NONE OF OUR LOTD AND SAVIOR BRILLIANT DYNAMITE NEON???? THE AUDACITY

5. The sandstorm was a minor(?) plot point in the original so I’m curious as to what they are going ti do with it in this

6. There’s a lot of characters I miss but I think they’re are doing a good job with this version tbh

[avitus-ostrander]

An offtopic fic question of sorts, if au Knives and Legato met canon (manga) Legato and Knives (or, perhaps, were able to witness each other via some mysterious means) how would they handle the reality of their alternate selves' circumstances and decisions?

Good morning!

I think I will split this up by character to make it easier for my brain to not get lost.

Legato:

I love canon (manga) Legato so much. He's such a wonderful character and has been a favorite of mine for many years. I don't know if AU Legato would feel the same way.

In my version of events, he was still injured, but managed to pull off killing everyone/freeing himself. Because of his injury, he wasn't able to do it all at once. It was this agonizing process of trying to handle just enough people to keep them away from him and sort of slowly working his way through everyone.

It was a horrible experience, but I think being able to pull that off really gave him a sense of self-worth that he just doesn't have in the manga. He wasn't forced to resign himself to failure, only to be saved completely unexpectedly.

So instead of seeing Knives as a savior, that's how he sees himself. Obviously, it's a less reverential sort of thing. He still suffers from a really bleak outlook on life and doesn't think particularly highly of himself as a person, but he sees himself as the monster he needs to be to survive and to help others.

I write him as still having a bit of a sadistic streak. He has a lot of anger that I haven't had as much of a chance to touch on, because he still has this soft spot for people who have come out of situations like the one he grew up in.

This is all a lot of extra info to explain why I don't know if he'd like his canon self.

Canon Legato is, in my own interpretation of things, more unhinged because he and Knives are in a negative feedback loop. Knives hates humanity and the circumstances under which he rescues Legato reinforce this negative view. Legato hates humanity because of how he was treated, and Knives - this person who rescued him from hell - is 'better than' human. He's this alien/angelic being who lashes out against humanity and Legato is, of course, going to be more than happy to accept this narrative that only someone who is not human could have the decency to save someone like him.

In both of their minds, all humans are bad. Neither of them is going to learn any different from the other.

So canon Legato does things because Knives wants him to or because just enjoys tormenting people or because he desperately wants to prove himself to Knives. Knives seems very inconsistent in his behavior toward Legato. He's calm. He lashes out. He's dismissive. He's disgusted. He's bored. We get hints that prior to July, he may have been at least somewhat kind. Legato probably has no idea where he stands at any given time. All he has is his absolute devotion.

And when people don't feel safe and secure in how someone feels about them, this can negatively impact their behavior.

Canon Legato is so obsessed with earning Knives' approval. He really acts out when he thinks this approval is on the line. We see this especially in the ways he interacts with Vash. And we see this obsession in the way he interacts with his 'co-workers'.

AU Legato has built this comfortable life for himself and he has people he thinks of as friends. He's rescued other people before Knives and has brought some of them back and helped them to get their lives back in order and then helped them start new lives. (The bartender we see in chapter 3 is one of these people, which is why Legato was so apologetic and why she was so comfortable teasing him)

So I think that AU Legato would be a little disturbed by how his canon iteration is so desperate and acts out in such vicious ways. I think he would sympathize, to a degree, because he has that in him. But he likes to think his behavior is completely justified.

There's the line in the manga (paraphrased/condensed) "The people who used me. The people who let it happen... They would learn that there is no mercy for their kind."

And that's kind of how AU Legato lives his life. That's his template for 'justice'. If you're a slaver. If you're someone who has slaves or abuses people. If you're someone who turns a blind eye to that sort of thing. He considers himself perfectly justified in killing those people.

Which isn't to say that he wouldn't kill someone outside of this template. If he needed to, he absolutely would. But he wouldn't do it as brutally as he does in canon. He wouldn't force a bunch of people to squash themselves to death in the back of an armored vehicle (unless they fit into one of the above criteria).

I think the way that canon Legato treats Vash and his cruelty to certain people would really not sit quite right with AU Legato. I don't think he'd ever do something like kill the shoemaker just to make a dramatic entrance/traumatize Vash. He'd kill someone he thought deserved it. And AU Legato would also realize that ruining Vash's life is not really in Knives' best interest.

I also think he would not approve of how much his canon self is willing to put up with. AU Legato cares deeply for Knives (and all of the people he's rescued) but he also values himself probably more than his canon iteration does. I don't think he'd stand for being treated that way by anyone. He can handle Knives' outbursts, but if Knives legitimately tried to harm him or to harm someone he didn't think deserved it, he wouldn't tolerate that.

That turned out much longer than I'd intended. Let's move on to Knives.

Knives:

AU Knives would be so deeply envious of his canon self. He feels so humiliated by the things he's gone through and has so much pent up rage.

He goes from this sort of realization that humans will just casually use up the last of a plant's energy in this agonizing burst at the end of their lives to being enslaved, and he has no time to process that grief. He doesn't get to hurt the people from the last run (aside from the one guy he managed to stab) and he doesn't get to ask Vash how he feels about it or redecorate his music room.

AU Knives was on the path to becoming canon Knives, but he was interrupted, and he really hates that. I think he really struggles to figure out what his priorities are because of it.

He can't focus all of his energy on making plans to free plants from human oppression or on trying to convince Vash to join his side. In his current state, all he can really focus on is trying to get emotionally and physically well enough to make the journey to July and hope that Conrad can help him get his collar off so he can access his power again and maybe find a way to get his life back on track.

Canon Knives is able to do everything that AU Knives wishes he could, so I think it's a very straight line for him. This is the person he thinks he's meant to be and the person he wishes he could be.

But I do think that canon Knives' treatment of Legato would upset AU Knives. A lot.

AU Knives was really changed by his experiences with Reilly. I really condensed it and left a lot of it vague and cut several scenes, because I didn't want it to be too much, but I also wanted to have enough there to make it clear that Knives wasn't going to come out of that the same person.

Reilly broke Knives down. He conditioned him. He very intentionally did what manga Knives does without meaning to. He was inconsistent in how he treated Knives (going from more affectionate to more violent to more dismissive) in order to make Knives feel insecure and to make him feel like he constantly needed to try harder to gain his approval/not be punished.

So when Knives meets Legato, it's similar to when canon Knives rescued canon Legato, but there is one very important difference. Legato is human. And I think that really changes everything.

Because no matter how much Legato dislikes humans and has this very negative overall view of them, there are humans he sympathizes with and he is one. And therefore Knives cannot come away with the idea that all humans are bad.

He initially just needs Legato, because he is so emotionally and physically vulnerable. But because Legato has this patience and sympathy for people who are in this position, he is able to show Knives that there is good in humanity. He can slowly break through that barrier that young Knives built up to protect himself.

And the negative feedback loop is broken.

Which is a lot of words to say that AU Knives would be absolutely horrified by canon Knives doing things like crushing Legato's spine. He doesn't view Legato with the same reverence that canon Legato views canon Knives, but he cares for him very deeply and feels safe with him.

My read on canon Knives was always that he needed to feel safe. And it was this lack of feeling safe that led him to try to kill everyone. Even if he had heard Rem's speech to Vash, I don't think it would have helped. Vash was okay with someone who would face the horrors of the world with him. I think Knives needed someone who would fight (and I mean this in the physical, violent sense) the horrors of the world with him. At least initially. I think he would have needed the sense of security that would provide until he got older and could try to process his trauma a little better from the vantage point of feeling safe.

AU Knives does feel safe. And I think he would be able to see how canon Legato should be able to make canon Knives feel safe.

Almost everything else, though, I think he would be okay with. He would be on board with manga Knives' plan with the ark. I think he'd be a bit excited about that, because he's so isolated from his sisters right now. The idea of being able to merge with them and experience their consciousness directly would be appealing.

I also think AU Knives would be thrilled by things like Legato showing up to rescue his canon self, or the last battle where they are fighting together on different fronts. He really wants to feel like he is Legato's equal and to be able to show him his power.

I'm sure there's probably more that I've forgotten to touch on, but this is already extremely long. I hope this helps to answer the question, though!

[knaivcs]

❗Are you glad that you let me live?

He sometimes wondered about that day.

He had feigned surprise upon the human's survival, but knew that it was no mere coincidence. There had been a dull spark of annoyance that flared to life over the creature presuming to tell him what he could and could not do with his own abilities. Knives removed his arm for that mistake, a price paid in blood.

And yet the smile that overtook those fine boned features had been pure, without pretense nor mockery. It had curiously affected him, made a connection to something in his mind he would normally not think to relate to such a sorry scene.

Being 'glad' and entertaining a thought were two different answers.

Legato had ever stumbled several paces behind him, but it seemed that the starveling pup was teething, chewing hard enough to find his fangs. Whether he could maintain an even keel alongside his God and savior, as desired, was still up to debate.

The Plant's perfectly symmetrical facial structure is uncanny as it is beautiful to behold, even more breathtaking when a sly smile twists his lips. The tip of his middle finger traces along the length of the index finger and ridge of a knuckle, sliding along the wrist and outer edge of the left arm, against the bony landmark of the elbow- Up, up to the join between shoulder and bicep.

"Legato," the name rolls off of his tongue like dew from the spade of a leaf.

"Unburdened by your duties as you are to be able to entertain such questions, is there something specific you wish to discuss? I know that you are above playing pointless games, because you've always been such a smart lad."

The blonde's eyes are positively glacial when his hand steels into a vise-like grip right along where the seam between Legato's flesh and Vash's connect.

The moment passes and the astriction to his muscles slowly fades, Knives brushing past Bluesummers with a whisper of fabric.

"There isn't a doubt in my mind that saving you was one of the better decisions I made."

[paceunknown]

high school musical, often abbreviated “hsm”,

is quite literally one of the best musicals ever released. it draws on old, often overused tropes that any audience would recognise and be able to identify with (chance meeting/running away at midnight - cinderella; main characters on opposite sides of the tracks - romeo and juliet; etc). said tropes tug on memories and expectations that make the movie interesting enough to want to see through to the end but aren’t boring and predictable enough to steer one away, as the plot itself can play out in a multitude of ways with the promise of a cute and happy ending still present. 

troy bolton’s characterisation is the one of the driving forces behind why the franchise as a whole is so successful and you can fight me on it. he’s just… so nice, so thoughtful, his character breaks all the stereotypes and makes you love him and therefore the whole movie because you’re rooting for him to open his eyes and be himself. he’s the typical jock, yes, number one star player with narrow, one-track minded friends and a pushy dad, and that’s how he’s introduced in the exposition. but that’s quickly broken during the countdown to midnight scene where he’s honest with gabriella about having enjoyed singing and how he’s genuinely, earnestly interested in keeping in contact (and absolutely solidified when he does everything in his power to ask for gabriella’s forgiveness). completely off trope, he’s nervous and awkward with her instead of cocky as expected, and we immediately understand that troy is a lot nicer and conflicted than we’d originally thought; when we see him back at east high laughing at chad’s dig at sharpay it’s confusing, as it should be, since he’s been established as a Good Guy™, but it makes sense because we also know he has an image to uphold (see: “why are you whispering?”). further, though gabriella coerces his love for music out of him, troy ultimately comes to the conclusion for himself. she made the joke about auditioning, but it was him who lingered on the poster, let the idea of singing influence his basketball practice, hid at the back of the theater, and decided to do the callback. that’s something we don’t usually see in these kinds of love stories: the boy didn’t need the girl to be his end-all-be-all savior—all she did was give him that little push which he used to make his own decisions.

and while we’re on the topic, let’s talk about troy and gabriella’s relationship that has set my standards high since 2006. first of all, even though gabriella is sweet and soft spoken, she doesn’t take any shit (“nice penmanship” blew my eight year old mind; when she came for sharpay in hsm 2 I lost it). from the jump she’s interested in troy, clearly, but she doesn’t go all goo-goo over him like I’m sure he’s used to: running away to find her mom at the party, basically ignoring him to find her classes, not being so willing to accept it when taylor revealed the webcam thing was plotted. it’s not something that’s been unseen, but it’s definitely out the norm to see the nerdy girl not let the cute jock engulf her life. in fact, it’s pretty much the opposite way around: troy asks for her number, troy risks getting in trouble to call her in class, troy is the one off his game when gabriella stops speaking to him whereas gabriella’s sad but she keeps on keepin on. this role reversal is key in not only further establishing how much he’s unlike his stereotype but cementing hsm’s Groundbreaking Originality. on this as well, it ends up being troy who convinces gabriella to do the callback (both times, pretty much) which again breaks the stereotype. also, they’re just so fucking cute together it makes me wanna die?? it’s natural cuteness (probably because zac and vanessa had that real life chemistry but), not “these are our love interests and they’re supposed to be in love” cuteness. they’re goofy together (practice room with kelsi, detention when they’re humming breaking free, when they're on the court together), honest with each other (rooftop garden, scene after darbus’ class), genuinely care for one another (gabriella’s pushiness to get troy to do what he enjoys and not what’s expected of him, troy’s understanding of gabriella’s stage fright and taking the first verse of breaking free/telling her to just look at him). their entire existences don’t become all about each other, which is so incredibly refreshing, but we still get to see their relationship happen over the course of something longer than a three-minute song. and it’s apparent that they aren’t even technically dating/haven’t had That talk yet by the looks on their faces when troy kisses gabriella’s cheek after breaking free. that’s what really gets to me: we were supposed to assume they were together but ,, they weren’t! and that’s due to good world building and character progression! are y'all hearing me the ENTIRE MOVIE we #thought but they were still in the beginning stages of their relationship! when has any romcom ever! talk about slow burn I LOVE that their relationship actually grew and wasn’t just written to have happened spontaneously WHEW BOY okay.

let me also discuss the whole webcam incident. what troy said was dumb and inexcusable, definitely, but the fact that both sides realised what they did was wrong and conspired to fix it not even for their personal gain (the upcoming game, the decathlon) but because they genuinely cared about their friends’ happiness and even helped to devise this ridiculously complex plan to help get their friends to the callback!! everyone changed, it wasn’t just troy and gabriella. even though troy still struggled internally with his love for singing all the way up until the end of the last movie, it was never a thing where their friends continued to conspire against them or they had to keep proving their worthiness to be on stage. they realised their friends were more important and that was it, and that’s such a beautiful message and, again, one you don’t see too often: typically the leads have to be together in secret, or run off together, or only one or two of their close friends accept them. like I said! Groundbreaking Originality!

now onto the music. I was listening to the rent soundtrack a few weeks ago and recently bopped the hsm soundtrack, and I couldn’t help but be reminded of the former. not because of content, obviously, but the range of styles and a lot of the styles themselves were reminiscent. the hsm soundtrack wasn’t your typical disney musical, it wasn’t all bubblegum and legato and, just, old school disney. it’s like rent, it’s new and fast-paced and used fuckin guitars and one song literally made a beat using basketballs like bro. so many different influences went into the music. hsm was ahead of its time, at least where made-for-children musicals were concerned, and it’s success musically has been copied so many times but never to the same level, there can never be another musical like hsm. it’s just impossible. you had your typical musical theater-esque tunes, you had your modern tunes, you had your ballads, you had a little bit of everything, everyone can find at least one song they like because there wasn’t a strict motif being followed (like rent wow). not only that, but the songs are BOPS and I’m genuinely not being biased. there aren’t many songs that can hold the test of time, especially not songs from musicals, ESPECIALLY not when those songs were everywhere due to the massive commercial success of said musical (prime example: frozen) and the fact that hsm’s music can still be enjoyed with just as much fervor as it was 11 years ago speaks volumes. not to hate on 2 and 3 because I would die for those movies too, but out of all three soundtracks, the first is the one most would pick for replayability (that’s not a word I know but it works). there’s just something effortlessly timeless about it, catchy but not annoyingly so, nostalgic but not saddening, something that forces you not to hit skip and just belt out the lyrics. I’ll skip you are the music in me (reprise) all day but let what I’ve been looking for (reprise) come on. I just wanna be with you could catch that swift next but my finger will never come near that button when breaking free is on. it’s like the second two movies worked too hard to continue to capitalise off the commercial success (for example, hsm 2 made sure to have multiple easy-to-learn dances because of the reaction to we’re all in this together) whereas the first movie didn’t have anything it clung to or had ties to so it was free to just exist. please don’t get me wrong: the entire trilogy owns my ass, music and storyline alike, but the first one just has a special touch musically.

I could quite possibly go on forever but moral of the story: high school musical is a masterpiece, deserved a grammy, deserved an oscar, deserved a golden globe, deserved a vma, deserved a brit award, deserved a people’s choice, deserved an AMA, deserved a much music award, deserved an ARIA, deserved a SAG award, deserved a critics’ choice, deserved an emmy, deserved five stars on imdb and a 100% on rotten tomatoes,

[melodycrystel]

Yeah, I couldn't resist to join a second RP-Group on Deviantart. But since PMDStarfall isn't as strict as Harvest Lunatone in terms of submitting something, I can simply come and go as I please, hence this made the group ultimately too hard to resist for me. =U.U=

Also, 'sorry' that the first thing I upload after being accepted is – just as I had asked for – a remix-file, MonsterMonsoon. x'3 Hope you don't mind this 13:18 minutes long thing; I promise I won't throw only music at the group. But my nerves were tickled, so I needed to let the inspiration flow. =^_^=”

Back to the medley itself... The music tells in some way the story of my two characters here. Starting from the point when Madlaine loses her way in a Mystery Dungeon right before she comes close to the Town of Lakeside. Funfact: When she stumbles over Serenus, maybe PMD's Ninetale's theme would have been a better choice for my Vulpix-sourpuss, but I found the soothing/encouraging tune of that other track much more fitting. After all, he gives her unknowingly lots of courage and determination despite his unfriendliness, which is in the end the reason why she suggested to form a team together.

♪ Original Track -- Appellation of the remix ♪

Escape Through the Snow -- Lost in a Snowstorm

Benevolent Spirit -- The Fox-Savior

World Calamity -- Let's be a Team!

Friend Area Forest -- Forest's safe Path

Intro -- Reaching our Destination

Title -- Welcome to the Town of Lakeside!

Pokemon Plaza -- Lakeside

FA Field -- The Partisans

FA Steppe -- The Solacers

FA Swamp -- The Moonlighters

Thunderwave Cave -- Flint the Alolan Marowak

FA Oceanic -- Lily the Milotic

Buried Relic -- How Things work in a Guild

File Select -- Wonderful Evening

Details:

-Midis ripped from PMD Blue Rescue Team

-VST:

Escape Through the Snow:

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (E. Piano2 ; Piano 2 ; Bandoneon ; Bottle Blow ; Star Theme) - Laustärke 2

-Edirol Orchestral (Glocken 1 ; Flute&Piccolo ; Clarinet 2 ; Bassoon ; French Horn Section ; Trumpet Section 2)

-Magnus Choir (Celestial Choir - The Garden of Eden)

Benevolent Spirit:

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (Tubular Bells ; Accordion ; Recorder ; Sweep Pad ; Harp ; Gun Shot ; Choir Aahs) - Laustärke 2

-Edirol Orchestral (Tubular-bell2 ; Orchestral Ensemble ; Cello ; Slow Strings ; Harp 1 ; Marching Kit)

-Magnus Choir (Magnus 1 - Sustained Vowels)

World Calamity

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (E. Piano2 ; Star Theme ; Tubular Bells ; Charang ; Choir Aahs ; Gun Shot)

-Edirol Orchestral (Glocken 1 ; French Horn ; Tubular-bell2 ; Slow Strings ; Orchestral Ensemble ; Euphorium ; Marching Kit)

-Magnus Choir (Default)

Friend Area - Forest

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (Gun Shot ; Choir Aahs ; Overdriven Guitar ; Melodic Tom ; Harpsichord ; Piano 3 ; Taiko ; Shamisen ; Recorder ; Square Wave)

-Edirol Orchestral (Timpani ; Slow Strings ; Flute&Piccolo ; Bassoon ; Xylophone ; Trumpet Section1 ; Tuba ; Violin Section Vsw)

-Magnus Choir (Celestial Choir - The Garden of Eden)

Intro

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (Bottle Blow ; Pizzicato Strings ; Harpsichord ; Star Theme ; Sweep Pad ; Glockenspiel ; Piccolo ; Synth Drum ; Synth Vox ; Pan Flute ; Gun Shot)

-Edirol Orchestral (Piccolo Vibrato ; FullStringsPizzcato ; Bass Marimba ; Concert Piano ; Orchestral Ensemble ; Glocken 1 ; Cello Warm Section ; Violin Section Vsw ; Violin Warm Section)

Title

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (Bottle Blow ; Clav. ; Glockenspiel ; Harpsichord ; Pizzicato Strings ; Recorder ; Pan Flute ; Sweep Pad ; Choir Aahs ; Gun Shot ; Fiddle)

-Edirol Orchestral (Piccolo Vibrato ; Orchestral Ensemble ; FullStrings Pizzcato ; Bassoon ; Flute ; Frnech Horn ; Viola ; ContraBass Section ; Marching Kit ; Harp)

-Magnus Choir (Magnus 1 - Sustained Vowels)

Pokemon Plaza

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (Bottle Blow ; Pizzicato Strings ; Shakuhachi ; Fiddle ; Harpsichord ; Star Theme ; Bird ; E.Piano 1 ; Gun Shot ; Clav. ; Harp ; Trumpet ; Recorder ; Pan Flute)

-Edirol Orchestral (Violin ; French Horn Section ; Timpani ; Trumpet Section3 ; Classical Trumpet ; Bass Clarinet ; Clarinet 1 ; Marching Kit)

Friend Area - Field

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (E.Piano2 ; Gun Shot ; Choir Aahs ; Synth Strings 2 ; Goblin ; French Horns ; Marimba ; Organ 1 ; Recorder ; Bottle Blow ; Fantasia ; Polysynth ; Tinkle Bell)

-Edirol Orchestral (Concert Piano ; Marching Kit ; Xylophone ; Harp 2 ; Harp 1 ; Euphorium ; Glocken 1 ; Marimba ; Violin Warm Section ; Timpani)

Friend Area - Steppe

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (E.Piano2 ; Gun Shut ; Marimba ; Harpsichord ; Fretless Bass ; Piano 1 ; Gt.Harmonics ; Choir Aahs ; Goblin ; Recorder ; Fantasia)

-Edirol Orchestral (Flute&Piccolo ; Marching Kit ; Violin ; Harpsichord ; Harp 1 ; Harp 2 ; Slow Strings ; Celesta ; Flute ; Bassoon)

-Magnus Choir (Angels Choir - Legato)

Friend Area - Swamp

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (Pizzicato Strings ; Bottle Blow ; Koto ; Tubular Bells ; Harpsichord ; Star Theme ; Tenor Sax ; Trombone ; Square Wave ; Gun Shot)

-Edirol Orchestral (Violin ; Alto Flute ; Harp 2 ; Tubular-bell2 ; Full Strings ; Marching Kit ; Cornet ; Alto Trombone)

Thunderwave Cave

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (Solo Vox ; Charang ; Agogo ; Organ 1 ; Harp ; Music Box ; Sweep Pad ; Synth Vox ; Organ 2 ; Echo Drops ; Clav. ; Synth Drum ; Gun Shot)

-Edirol Orchestral (Flute Vibrato ; Cornet ; Clarinet 2 ; Alto Sax ; French Horn Section ; Trumpet Section1 ; Marching Kit ; Timpani)

Friend Area - Oceanic

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (Tuba ; Muted Trumpet ; Synth Strings 1 ; Harpsichord ; Sitar ; Trumpet ; Loud Glock ; Recorder ; Fantasia ; Tubular Bells)

-Edirol Orchestral (Tuba ; Flugelhorn ; Full Strings ; Concert Piano ; Cello ; Classical Trumpet ; Bass Marimba ; Alto Flute ; Alto Sax ; Tubular-bell2)

Buried Relic

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (Organ 1 ; Sweep Pad ; Charang ; Solo Vox ; Voice Oohs ; Gun Shot)

-Edirol Orchestral (Trumpet Section3 ; ContraBass ; Violin Section ; Bass Trombone&Tuba ; Orchestral Ensemble ; French Horn Section ; Full Strings ; Marching Kit ; Trombone Section 3)

File Select

-Soundfont made by Bauerklos (Celesta ; Synth Bass ; Harp ; Recorder ; Pan Flute ; Music Box)

-Edirol Orchestral (Flute Vibrato ; Concert Piano ; Clarinet2 ; Bassoon ; Bass Marimba)

-program for Remix: MAGIX Music Maker

-program for Video: MAGIX Video deluxe 2016

[fictionkinfessions]

I know he must be so sick of hearing it, but Knives was right in wanting the things he did. He was right in desiring freedom and safety for himself and his siblings. He was right in hating the ones who used them as batteries and abused them down over and over again. I agreed with him then--hell, I was more gung-ho (see the pun, my savior?) than even he was in his hatred-- and I can't help but agree now. A selfish and self indulgent society built on the back of the oppressed is one that deserves to crash and burn and even those one could deem innocent benefit from the cruel systemic pain of those trodden on beneath their feet.

Sorry (read with sarcasm) that he couldn't be the perfect little victim and martyr himself for his oppressors, he was too busy trying to save lives of those dear to him. He saved me, undeserving as I was, along the way and I still find myself saved by him. I didn't have it as badly in this cycle but still he was my dearest heart and hope throughout everything. The thought of people thinking anything less of him sickens me. Look at him, his sadness, his fear, his belief in justice and equity, and tell me he doesn't at the very least deserve the kindness you would award any other victim of an unjust world.

- Legato Bluesummers

ps. I love you, Knives. Ever so much.

🐸

[fictionkinfessions]

I cannot stop thinking about the fact that everyone in my house has teased me for saying Knives' name in my sleep. I can never slumber party with a Knives or I'll perish, I think. Sorry, my Savior, friendship bracelet braiding has to wait until my next lifetime, when hopefully I'll be less embarrassing /hj

- Legato Bluesummers

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[fictionkinfessions]

Knives, my Angel, my Savior, I wish you a safe and happy day now and forever. You're always going to be amazing and special in my eyes. Everything you've ever done is something of a miracle. I hope you have a happy and safe life, I know you'll build the future. I hope Vash will come to his senses and remember how much he cares for you, I hope you'll find him and be able to know each other as people once again. I care about you. I care about you so very much.

- Legato Bluesummers (Trigun)

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