#// me: knives deserves it

[cherboxishere]

Tristamp memes to cope with whatever the fuck EP11 was

[miguxadraws]

famous last words

au belongs to @spitinsideme

[vaguely-concerned]

from what I infer from some of his dialogue, my guess is that while lucanis hasn't had a proper relationship before he has had one night stands and short term flings. and -- listen, I know he's a dick and a menace and probably a hopeless case but please do still spare illario dellamorte a moment of your thoughts and pity for the role of incredulous yet intrepid wing man that he's all but certainly had to play on several occasions for that to happen. there are 100% people out there who were trying SO fucking hard to get no strings attached laid by this stupidly hot emotionally unavailable mysterious stranger who won't be in town for long without lucanis ever realizing it. people who would have remained tragically unlaid if illario weren't there to clue him in.

I'm just imagining Illario staring in pure dismay and disbelief at his dumbass of a cousin failing to pick up what someone isn't just putting down but scattering all over the floor like glittery confetti burning with a magnesium flame brightness to spell out 'SIR PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RAIL ME THIS IS AN OFFICIAL ENTHUSIASTIC INVITATION TO MY BED' and having to push him out the door after them like 'maker's breath sometimes i don't understand how you have the wits to grip the right end of a knife, lucanis, they were throwing themselves at you and you just stared at them in mild puzzlement until they gave up and went away go fucking GET THEM for the sake of my sanity if nothing else!!!'

[theribbonmarkedroom]

Word on the street is that it’s the world’s biggest loser’s birthday today… (+ my post for Scott’s birthday last year)

From 2023:

[valtsv]

the urge to change my url to valsiltverses so i can memorialise her vs. my conviction that living dead girl (which my url is a reference to) IS literally about VAL so why should i change it

[ohitslen]

Angry Vash for me and myself specifically

also extra Vashwood:

[crimson-nail]

ex-antagonists always seem to specialize in unconventional love languages — like violence, and threats of bodily harm

[sneezegoblin]

started it, had one (millions) mental breakdown and somehow finished it (I gave up lol)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VASH (and Knives too!) SOMEWHERE IN ANOTHER TIMEZONE ITS STILL THE 21TH!!!

[messier-jin]

Trust Me!

I’m here to elaborate on my touch starved Knives with a reader who has “physical touch” as their love language. It’s been a while since I wrote anything in English so I’m sorry in advance if I’m rusty...

I’m hope you’ll enjoy these headcanons!

Content warning: gender neutral reader, maybe OOC, physical affection, skin-to-skin contact, fluff in general.

Song I listened to while writing: Trust Me! by DREAMCATCHER.

Knives does not like being touched. Or more precisely, he never lets anyone touch him. You, on the other hand, touching is how you prove someone you care about them, reassuring them with your presence and gentle touches.

The first time where, out of habit, you reached out toward Knives to place your hand against his back, you did not have to time to come closer enough that he stopped you. “Don’t.” A simple word which sounded like a warning.

As frustrating as it was, not matter how much you wanted to pat his back, no matter how much you wanted to give him a hug, no matter how much you just wanted to even bump your shoulder against his, you did not. You were patient and accepted his boundaries.

Well, until one day, where you found Knives fuming, alone in a room. It was not the first time you ran across him, isolating himself as he mumbled things about his brother, humans, “that woman”... And with intimidating aura around him, nobody dared to come near, scared to lose a limb or worse.

But this very day, you decided to move. You called out his name in a gentle voice. And before he had the time to reject you, you extended your hand and tenderly patted his head, promising that everything would be okay.

And at this very moment, time stopped from Knives. His eyes were focused on you and only you. He felt the tension leave his body. He never realized how much he needed the comforting pat (not that he would ever admit it anyway).

From this moment on, Knives has never rejected your touch ever again. He accepts every touch you offer, and inconsciously leans into it.

Placing your hand against his back when you leaned over to grab something? Yes. Casual bumps on his shoulder? He accepts them. You playing with his hands and fingers when you’re talking with him? Please, do. Giving him goodnight cheek kisses when you head to bed? He melts on the spot. A goodbye hug each time you have to go working? He does not want you to stop.

Knives got used to your physical affection faster that he thought he would, quickly becoming addicted to it. He even complained that one time you were sicked and you were the one refusing to touch him to not give him your germs. “I can’t get sick. Come.”

With time, Knives would start to initiate the touches himself. Except that his ones were more daring, as I can picture him liking skin-to-skin contact (in a not sexual way).

Sometimes, when you go to bed, Knives follows you to lay down and has some rest, even if he does not need it as much as you. He slips his hand under the top of your pajamas to place it against your belly, gently stroking the skin there.

When he feels more comfortable with the idea, his hand moves up to rest on your chest, just above your heart. He just likes to feel your heart beating under his hand. And with your permission, he would lay his head against your chest to listen to your beating heart (with or without your top on, but this man has his preference for without because, once again, skin-to-skin contact). And if you were to gently play with his hair, caressing his scalp with your fingers at the same time, he would just melt in your hands.

(Also, if someone dares to come and bother you two during these kind of moments, Knives would destroy them on the spot, no question asked).

All in all, Knives would never admit how much he fell in love with your gentle touches, nor how much he actually craves your physical affection and seeks it when you’re not here to offer him any... But it’s obvious he loves it. After all, you’re the only one who can touch him.

[rashomari]

don't get me wrong there are some things i really enjoy about stampede and appreciate the new direction they took, but i will never. EVER understand why they took baby knives' crybaby nature, his kindness and his shyness and made him some aloof, emo destined for villainy from the start when he was more like how they characterised vash as a kid in tristamp.

what made him such a good character in trimax is how, as a child, he LOVED humanity, he wanted to be their friend more than anything else in the world. he loved rem so much, maybe even more than vash did at the start. he was such a happy, silly little boy. which makes it all the more tragic, impactful and sad when he turns out the way he does after discovering tesla.

baby trimax knives i miss you every day you mean the world to me. there was so much potential for this emotional side of him to be shown off in tristamp but it was all wasted :/ like did he ever cry ONCE in tristamp?? NO. where are his emotions other than anger and revenge??

baby trimax knives had such a vast array of emotions and expressions whereas baby tristamp knives is just.

[vickiehime]

KNIVES MILLIONS

🔪

not sure if the quality is alright but enjoy

[sledge-in-space]

She's been waiting a long time for this.

(My absolute favorite commission from ImZeroAfterDark on Twitter!)

(Alternate facial expression for Deputy Hudson under the cut.)

Here's to hoping that posting this will give me motivation to finish the accompanying fic

[egginfroggin]

Child unhand that marsupial

[smallest-moon]

thinking about this one post i saw earlier about plants and how they talk at ranges 40/80khz and now im imagining like:

au where everything is the same but nai is not batshit crazy so he has always been traveling alonside vash and they still encounter milly, meryl and wolfwood but the big difference is that the twins can also communicate at a range where the others cant hear

nai: im going to murder that priest vash: nai no, he didnt do anything nai: he is flirting with you... BADLY! i think he deserves a little stab at the very least vash: NO STABBING!

milly: are you two communicating telepathically? meryl: yeah cause youre making weird faces at each other nai: yes vash: no

[kukkakisu]

CC found a new toy! I don't think Naava approves of it very much...

[vitamin-zeeth]

watching Rivals i thought this was a silly little drama about rich people in the 80s why am I sobbing