#babygirl vash

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a pretty boy for the pretty boy

[ciwisart]

Redraw of this frame from '98 because it's a very pretty picture

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Trigun white board scribbles

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VASH AGAIN

Gonna make prints of him teehee

[yeahyankee]

Seraphim

[doingherbestbutnot]

So I actually have sunglasses with orange lenses and what I think is both amusing and sad if you think on it too long is that when you wear orange-tinted lenses... everything looks sunnier/happier. ☀️☀️

Just an observation...

[nums-bird]

Being suddenly immersed in trigun after years of procrastinating it is so funny bcuz seeing the comparisons btw 90's Vash and the current one is so weird to me.It can literally range from absolutely destroying the current Vash in a very violent way to literally calling him "babygirl" "yassified Vash" "Vash with both autism and ADHD"

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Vash

Knives

[mbrainspaz]

taking a norMal amount of trigun screenshots today

[she-was-a-skater-bi]

i did not babygirlify that man. look at him. he’s doing it all himself.

[ciwisart]

Pretty long hair Vash 💅

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Vash is such a mood

[strayreader]

babygirl agenda confirmed

I'll never forget stampede screenwriter (i thought it was the director at first i have very bad memory) saying something like vash is both the male lead and the female lead (like in a traditional way), he's the hero of the story but he's also there to be desired and gazed at, this director dude is just crazy and i appreciate that

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TRISTAMP screenshot redraw!

[doingherbestbutnot]

Relating to episode 11, what's so interesting to me about Meryl and Roberto becoming flowers in Vash's "memory"... Is that Wolfwood (imma call him Nick from now on) turned into Nai... lolololol which I don't think is a good thing for Nick rn

TLDR: Meryl and Roberto became flowers because they were/are connections Vash has already begun to see as more genuine and meaningful - people who see and accept Vash as he is.

Whereas Nick is someone Vash was helping and reminds him, at times, a little too much of Knives (but was also inevitably grateful for in Ep. 12).

Full concept below the cut 🙈🙈 Lovely friends in the #vashwood space please don't eat me 🤣🤣

So, from my understanding, Meryl and Roberto were just random people in the beginning, right? Their initial relationship with Vash is built on an exchange between them: Vash tells them his story and avoids the police while Meryl and Roberto got a good story.

You start to see a bit of a shift when Meryl, specifically, starts helping Vash and defying Roberto’s warnings to remain a bystander/witness. I.e. She gives Vash a bullet. She helps him escape. She stands up for him. 

She is the only one after Knives destroys Jenorah to go after Vash. 

Maybe it's not super personal but all those moments, they matter. Anyway... fast forward to when Meryl and Roberto learn Vash isn't human but still come back and then discover that Vash is a plant.

Now, we - the viewer - saw that Meryl's stated reason to rejoin Vash was to get more dirt on him but from Vash’s POV… think about it. He’s not expecting to see them again (that comment that he and them aren’t that close?? While true-ish [what does it mean to be "close" to Vash who's been alone for so long??], it could also be distancing language he’s using to protect himself - we already know he’s dealt with trauma, etc).

But Vash does see them again, only a short time later. 

And not only did Meryl and Roberto return on their own volition (when they didn't need Vash anymore, after all, Roberto stated they already had enough for their articles...) they then helped Vash on their own accord on the sand steamer (even after we see Roberto ready to walk away several times, justifiably concerned for his own wellbeing). And to add to it, Vash’s last time seeing Meryl and Roberto before July, is after they’ve learned he’s a plant. 

Their reunion at Home appeared a little short lived thanks to wormie but when they saw him (especially Meryl) they were happy to see he was okay and Vash, too, appeared happy they were okay. 

All of this is to say that I think that’s why they appeared in his memories at all - he was starting to see them as friends, as people he cared for not solely because he’s a pacifist with a lot of guilt, shame and a savior complex, but because omg these people returned?? They might actually care?? What is this feeling... is it... hope?? Connection?!?!?!

It’s one thing to appreciate someone who's helped you, especially when it's mutually beneficial. It’s another thing entirely to return to someone when the person you’re returning to has only caused you trouble, which... bro Vash is the humanoid typhoon 🤣🤣 he's "caused" them all hell but Meryl and Roberto kept coming back to his side and turning around to help Vash.  

Now… I’m probably gonna get some shit for this but… I don’t think Vash saw Nick as a friend, at least not before Ep. 12. 

I think there’s a big reason that in the "memory" Nick didn’t turn into flowers but morphed into Nai. We know Vash is sus of Nick from their conversation on the sand steamer. We see him challenge Nick on the sand steamer and ask him why he's following Vash - also the shots with them on the rail show a lot of physical distance, which matters. Imma get shot for saying this but I think the “sexual” tension between Nick and Vash on the sand steamer… isn’t sexual tension. I think it’s Nick giving Vash hope that Nai too can be better. I think Vash sees a lot of similarities between the two and wants to believe in them both. And when he sees Nick lean toward his way of thinking during the sand ship crisis (trusting in Vash and helping Vash to save the people on the ship and Hopeland), I think Vash is both genuinely happy to see that growth for Nick because he believes that to be the best path but also because VASH ISN’T DUMB LOL. YES HE’S GOOFY AS FUCK but hear me out... Something that’s bothered me so much and I think I've finally pieced together was how quiet Vash is in Stampede. 

In the ‘98 anime he talked a lot more. His character was portrayed differently - obviously - but now I think I understand another reason why… It’s class clown survival tactic 101. What do you do to distract from the fact that you’re not like everyone else but you still want to be liked, still want to blend in? You make them laugh. 

Other's have talked about this so I'll try not to belabor it but... of course Vash wanted to be liked and accepted by the humans. And of course... he would act in a manner so as to not cause them to distrust him. Aka - sweet, demure, helpful, goofy, etc.

Vash’s character is goofy as a defense mechanism. He is also quiet as a defense here. He is forthcoming about certain things in Stampede (ex. him immediately telling everyone Nai is the big baddy) but he’s not nearly the same conversationalist in Stampede that he was in the prior anime and movie, etc. 

There are a number of benefits people reap from being the funny guy that I don’t need to rehash here but what I’m saying is… Vash in Stampede 100% knew that Nick wasn't hanging around him for noble causes (he calls Nick out for it on the deck). And he definitely knows Nick isn’t there to be his be his friend - GUYS LOL NICK TELLS VASH TO THINK OF HIM LIKE A BROTHER... WHO IS VASH'S REAL BRO??? NAI. YOU THINK THAT DIALOGUE WAS JUST MEANT TO BE CHEEKY?? Nah 🤣🤣 Vash knows Nick is involved with his real bro, especially after the sand steamer when it's made very obvious that Nick knows Livio… who also conveniently has a similar dress to Nick and similar odd "enhancements" as several of the other people who have attacked Vash, that Vash knows his brother sent after him?? Come on... 

Vash is smart and plays dumb.

Think about the first few episodes... He stops a shit ton of bombs with a single bullet by shattering a rock and etc. He puts a red cape on an animal to try and escape knowing that that's what people will look for. He fakes sleeping to hear conversations. He notices details. This boy pays attention and the goofiness is meant to distract from that because nothing freaks people out more than thinking they are being watched/doesn't make him very non-threatening. Vash fucking knew Nick wasn’t his buddy or, at the very least, he was aware that Nick wasn't acting totally out of altruism. 

Vash even said as much when he was shirtless. But that’s the thing about distractions… lol you see a shirtless Vash and then gloss over the part where Nick says wow you figured me out. Vash knew that Nick was hanging around him because Nick needed something from Vash and Vash admits, he can't stop himself from helping someone in a tight spot.

Roberto pieces it together a few scenes later. You really think Vash didn’t just because he’s keeping his cards close to his chest? Nah you trippin lol Vash says it. He can’t abandon people in a tight spot, which includes Nick. And the cherry on top of it all?? They are in Nai's lair or whatever and Nick has a casual, familiar interaction with Elendira. Two seconds later it shows Vash talking to her meaning... VASH SAW THE WHOLE EXCHANGE LOL you really think he's not like "ah this makes sense... strange man with a cross who is conspicuously similar to a lot of the people Nai has sent after me leading me to Nai also knows Nai's cloned child? Yup, this checks; he's working with Nai to get me."

Nick doesn’t disappear into roses because Vash doesn’t consider him someone who cares about him as he is. I'm not saying that Nick can't or won't fix that later (Ep. 12 was a good start)... But I am saying that imagery matters lol so too does the placement of the memory. Nick was remembered for killing and was an earlier memory... meaning it was less significant to Vash and likely not a positive one. Not only that but… He turned into Nai at the end because Nick reminds Vash of Nai, and not always in a good way. 

But those red flowers?? The ones we know Vash loves and remind him of his only source of solace and strength to go on?? Meryl and Roberto may not have been his besties or anything (yet) but… they already meant something to Vash. Nick has some catching up to do in the next season LOLOLOL The point is... Nick still needs to win over Babygirl and I’m sure he will. I’m super excited to see what they’ll do with Nick now that his “contract” has been fulfilled!!

If you made it here, thanks for coming to my dissertation!! More later. ✌️✌️

[coffeeborne]

Tongari :3

I love this fool so much, expect some more Trigun art with the announcement of the deluxe editions coming out this year (HOPING NO FURTHER DELAYS)