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trying so hard to enjoy trigun stampede but

WHERE IS MILLIE

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Having Trigun-brain is weird. So, I am watching The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Unless there is a guest I am really interested in for the talking portion, I tend to turn it off after the monologue and the "Meanwhile" segments, the main comedy segments, but tonight, there's this actor I don't follow and am not so much interested in, but when I went to turn the TV off, I.... PAUSED. The guy is wearing this blazer with sequined red geraniums on it. Like, the exact flower. He has nothing to do with Trigun, he's promoting his role in "Gladiator 2." It's just... I paused and watched because I was all "That's kind of like the design I had in mind for Rem's coat in my Rem Lives and travels Gunsmoke / No Man's Land fanfic." I mean, my mental image for her coat is buckskin, not a black blazer and the flowers are more winding and abstract and it's not sequins, but embroidery, but... Seeing some actor wearing something along the lines of "Rem would wear this" or "Vash would wear this as formal wear" just took me aback.

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I am now imagining a crewmember in Project SEEDS gifting Rem one of those little cow-child figurines as a joke in regards to naming one of her adopted children "Vash." The same crew member could not find one for the other kid and is busily spending time in their quarters crafting scrap metal and sculpture clay into a baby dressed like a butter knife.

Worcester Savers

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Oh, someone needs a fic yesterday? So, I haven't written this exact scenario, but here's something that might amuse that's over on my "Rem has a blog on tumblr" sideblog. Rem tells you about the kids getting into the Miracle Gro.

Can we take a moment to appreciate Rem, not as a source of inspiration or philosophy, not as a self-sacrificing hero, but as a mom?  I mean, think about this: she raised twin boys.  Twin boys.  And in the manga she did it ALL. BY. HERSELF.  She didn’t have a mom to call for advice.  She didn’t even have another crew member to pass them off to when she got tired.

And on top of that, these kids grow like crazy.  She probably had to find new clothes for them every other week because they already outgrew what they had.  And just when she’s getting into a routine with her little babies, suddenly they need a whole different kind of food, or they’re potty training.

I imagine the average day for Rem probably went something like this:   Knives is crying.  He’s crying because his juice is in the orange cup, and he wants it in the blue cup.  Try and decide whether to switch cups to shut him up, or just let him cry about it.  Hear paper crumpling.  That report you printed out a minute ago?  Vash just pulled it out of the printer tray.  He’s eating it.  Pull the paper away from Vash and scold him.  Now Vash is crying, because he’s hungry, and he WANTS to eat the paper.  Realize Knives is suddenly not crying anymore.  Look around; Knives is gone.  Pick up Vash, and go looking for Knives.  As you near the kitchen, you hear the heart stopping sound of glass shattering and Knives’ little voice saying, “Uh oh.“  Panic.  Look in the kitchen.  Oh look, Knives is smart enough now to push a chair to the kitchen counter, climb onto the counter, and reach into the upper cabinet to get his blue cup himself.  He’s knocked a glass onto the floor.  He sees he’s been caught and starts crying again.  Tiptoe around the glass, and grab Knives in your free arm.  Take them to their play room and fence them in.  Find a broom and sweep up the glass.  Remember that Vash is hungry.  Find a snack for them.  Take it to the play room.  Thankfully, they both stop crying and start eating.  Flop onto the floor and wonder if anyone has ever died of exhaustion from being a mother.  Notice that the boys come over and start snuggling up against you while they eat.  Vash offers you one of his animal cookies.  Remember that, despite all the trouble, you love them with all your heart.

Do the same thing tomorrow.

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Worst pain

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Can we take a moment to appreciate Rem, not as a source of inspiration or philosophy, not as a self-sacrificing hero, but as a mom?  I mean, think about this: she raised twin boys.  Twin boys.  And in the manga she did it ALL. BY. HERSELF.  She didn’t have a mom to call for advice.  She didn’t even have another crew member to pass them off to when she got tired.

And on top of that, these kids grow like crazy.  She probably had to find new clothes for them every other week because they already outgrew what they had.  And just when she’s getting into a routine with her little babies, suddenly they need a whole different kind of food, or they’re potty training.

I imagine the average day for Rem probably went something like this:   Knives is crying.  He’s crying because his juice is in the orange cup, and he wants it in the blue cup.  Try and decide whether to switch cups to shut him up, or just let him cry about it.  Hear paper crumpling.  That report you printed out a minute ago?  Vash just pulled it out of the printer tray.  He’s eating it.  Pull the paper away from Vash and scold him.  Now Vash is crying, because he’s hungry, and he WANTS to eat the paper.  Realize Knives is suddenly not crying anymore.  Look around; Knives is gone.  Pick up Vash, and go looking for Knives.  As you near the kitchen, you hear the heart stopping sound of glass shattering and Knives’ little voice saying, “Uh oh.“  Panic.  Look in the kitchen.  Oh look, Knives is smart enough now to push a chair to the kitchen counter, climb onto the counter, and reach into the upper cabinet to get his blue cup himself.  He’s knocked a glass onto the floor.  He sees he’s been caught and starts crying again.  Tiptoe around the glass, and grab Knives in your free arm.  Take them to their play room and fence them in.  Find a broom and sweep up the glass.  Remember that Vash is hungry.  Find a snack for them.  Take it to the play room.  Thankfully, they both stop crying and start eating.  Flop onto the floor and wonder if anyone has ever died of exhaustion from being a mother.  Notice that the boys come over and start snuggling up against you while they eat.  Vash offers you one of his animal cookies.  Remember that, despite all the trouble, you love them with all your heart.

Do the same thing tomorrow.

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It's a Project SEEDS logo and communication badge (like in Star Trek). I recall a scene (communicating with the Captain when she heard Rowan shooting Mary and was running down a hall to investigate). She pressed it and the little red gem lit up like it was a communications thing. If you notice carefully, the entire crew has them somewhere, as pins and such, Rem just wears hers as a necklace.

((I always thought that Rem was wearing a cross, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. Anyone got any ideas as to what this is?))

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my fav thing about rem is that when vash tried to kill himself as a kid she grabs the knife and pretty much says “the fuck you think you’re doin?“ 

shit you not, she did it

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silliest duo in no man’s land

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트라이건 재탕하면서 그린 밧슈와 렘~

17화는 그냥 복선과 과거와 무언가의 번데기이다…

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Okay, so I once saw someone speculate that because Wolfwood grew up in an orphanage with a sketchy education as well as being younger than he looks / quite young, that he would be the type of person to believe really ridiculous things like "Pee is stored in the balls." This is exactly that kind of thing that would fit that sentiment! Then again, I could also see him saying something like this as a total troll. He tries telling Vash this, and Meryl's all "NO SHE CANNOT! IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY!!!" Vash blithely knows this is bullshit, but plays along. And then Milly asks "Well, how do Plants get pregnant, Mr. Vash?"

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I wound up taking down my "Fallout Maximum" concept-outline down from Ao3 because a read through the rules (brought to my attention through their "rules changes coming up!" thing they have posted) made me realize that it might have been against the rules. There's apparently a rule against "ephemeral works" that I wasn't aware of (because it had been forever since I'd read the Terms of Service), and, of course, I'd seen people post things like that every once in a while, and things like "fic prompts, give me ideas!" and author notes about life and fics that aren't fics themselves - so, I didn't know. (Not snitching on anyone, just not my style unless someone is trying to sell you something, also not allowed). I thought it better safe than sorry. And I thought, maybe I should start writing it / dabbling. I've gotten some inspiration up for it. The fiance' wound up watching the Fallout TV series finally and I sat in to re-watch a few episodes (and to hold my tongue not to give him spoilers). I started a new file on Fallout 4 last week (I was trying to distract myself from the U.S. election - didn't turn out as I'd hoped, and this I feel like I might have just been playing a world of prophecy... joys...). I named my character "Tesla," hehe. Yes, yes, I have Survivor's Guilt in mind. I'm trying to figure out what I am going to for the next chapter (I know what I'm going to do, just figuring out how to make it work) - and after that, well, that's the time when I need to re-watch the entirety of Stampede and take close notes because the story will start synching up with canon timeline. Anyway, in ideas for my Fallout-fusion fic, I plan to title each chapter after songs featured in the Fallout-series and have bits of lyrics playing in the background on some radio or other device / fit them in some sort of way in each one. Of course, I already have it in mind for the first chapter - Vash's explosive introduction, to be based on "Big Iron" by Marty Robbins. I had the thought of "Butcher Pete, Parts 1 and 2" - do I keep that innuendo (perhaps featuring Midvalley being a sexy ladies' man and man's man? / lovable sex-addict?) or do I make it extremely literal and have it be the ironic background song playing when Knives does a massacre? And I thought... "Knives" and started cackling my little head off. I am sick and twisted.

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Hmmm... in Trigun modern AU fanfics, I find it interesting that the naming-convention of the Twins calling Rem by first name is left intact. I guess it is what we are all used to. What I mean is, I don't think I've read a modern AU fanfic that has them calling her "Mom" or "Mama" or "Mum" or "Mother" (in English-language fanfics) on default. Sometimes interchangeably with her name, but not as first and foremost default. It makes sense in canon because one presumes that Rem, being a class act, is very much into letting them know they have a Plant-Mom. (I absolutely headcanon that scene where they are all walking down the fuselage filled with Plants in Trigun: Stampede and they go up to a big Plant that Rem was taking them to see their birth mother). They seem to, instinctively, if in no way else, know that they are a different species from her. In modern AUs, particularly ones where the Twins are human, I am always left wondering "were they adopted for god-parented and this is why?" Some modern / real world AUs have that very explanation. I read one where Vash and Nai were orphaned in a car accident and spent time as wards of the state until Rem came along and insisted on adopting them both. While single. And with Vash with special needs (lost his arm in the accident). But, then, in others, there isn't an explanation given / no presumed adoption and the assumption / implication that Rem is their biological mother, the late Alex their father, and yet they call her "Rem," rather than "Mom." My mind just fills in the blank there with "I've read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and in that, Scout and Jem call their father - biological father, beloved father 'Atticus' because he just likes it better and that's just how that family works." - If a modern AU implies that Rem in that universe is bio-mom, I just apply "To Kill a Mockingbird" rules to the naming.

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Oh dead female character haunting the narrative save me... Save me dead female character haunting the narrative.... Save me

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literally lamp art

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I'm still here, but God, I do not want to be on this planet anymore. When is Project SEEDS departing?

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The need to explore Knives' obsession vs. The fact that most songs exploring that theme are about toxic romantic relationships and i dont want people thinking i ship him with his brother