#i thinkkkkkkkk if it's somehow even possible they gave vash and knives' relationship so much more depth but they also took away from it

[seoafin]

honestly if i could change anything about stampede it would be that vash and knives are already so resolute in their convictions that their characters come off as a bit static. do you know how insanely difficult it would be in order to maintain pacifism in a place like no man's land for over 100 years??? in the beginning of the manga, literally in the first couple of chapters, vash is still....while not unsure of whether or not people are worth protecting, wondering what about people makes them worth it. time and time again the bulk of vash's internal conflict comes from the from the fact that he could take the easy way out. he could kill. it's the struggle of knowing that even the smallest slip of his aim could result in a human life. that it's so easy. he knows better than anyone that reprehensible people exist but the second he kills, he won't be able to come back from it. on several occasions he even points a gun, but he doesn't pull the trigger. it's a moral code he spent ~150 years nurturing. it's not something you can just easily break without evoking some kind of extreme mental stress. it'd do world shattering damage on your psyche.

even knives on some level has something taken away from his character on the account that he was originally one desperate for human approval, he was the one who memorized the names of the cryosleep passengers on the ship and often greeted an empty vast chamber. he was the one who asked vash whether or not it was possible to peacefully co-exist with humans. nai is the one that faints after the truth of what happened to tesla is exposed while vash tries to kill himself and then stabs rem!!! like i said nai is the one internalizing his emotions while vash worked everything out with rem. i guess the manga format lends itself to being able to understand character thoughts and motivations easier since you can actually read characters' thoughts but i don't think stampede should've left it out. since they were going full backstory in the first season i actually think they should've established their childhood differences earlier but it seems that stampede is forgoing that route altogether interestingly enough