#my brother isn't home so i can't watch trigun

[sukugo]

watch higher ground!!!!! i second this!!! he is literally angry emotional troubled sexually ab*sed baby padawan anakin who fucking hates his dad’s young new wife and he’s sooooo angry and combative PLUS his guidance counselor figure of sorts is a hot older man who hayden’s character breaks down in front of cares about him and wants to protect him 😔

SJSFKDJFKFD, do NOT say that, anon(s?) please........u're killing me.....i've officially been convinced, im gonna watch it

[yahargulian]

top five trigun moments!!! infodump to me ive only seen a couple episodes of the original

Oh gosh oh boy okay!! So this is across both animes, the manga, and also the movie. And also in no particular order:

Trigun Stampede episode 7's title card scene. Makes me go insane every single time! I've tried looking for a clip of it and can't find it, so I'm gonna have to describe it, and just... So. Vash has figured out what Wolfwood is fighting to protect and it's Hopeland Orphanage, his home. His family there. And Wolfwood is willing to blow up the sandsteamer that's about to crash into it in order to save it, which would kill everyone on board. Vash wants to try another way, and save everyone, and Wolfwood relents and says they'll try it his way, but that the Orphanage had better be okay by the end. Vash's expression softens completely at this, as he once again sees that Wolfwood is a good person, and he says his name so softly and goes to say more but Wolfwood stops him, corrects him. He's Nicholas the Punisher. He's an assassin, he's the role he was given, that's who he is. He and Vash are nothing alike - he refutes Vash's view of him before he can even voice it. He's Nicholas the Punisher. And then the title card fucking hits. And it's so so good.

Wolfwood beating the shit out of a fridge in Badlands Rumble after he thinks Vash has died. This is just. one of those moments that I keep coming back to because like. In context, this is agonising, but it's absolutely ridiculous to explain out of context. To quote my favourite post summarising his Whole Deal in this movie, he "absolutely decimates a fridge". Obliterated the fucker. Because Vash is dead and the fridge is red. He's so so full of grief and when you're watching it happen it's so painful! And then you go and explain it to someone who isn't seeing it all happen in front of them and you're hit with exactly how ridiculous it sounds when you just said it straight. He punches a fridge. Wrecks it. I'll never forget it.

Meryl experiencing all of Vash's memories in the Dragon's Nest arc of the manga, while also seeing the true extent of Vash's power in-person as he starts sprouting wings just. Everywhere. This is such a traumatic experience for her in so many different ways but despite how scared she is of the situation and of Vash (given that she sees him destroy the city of July through his memories, and is watching him nearly lose control of himself) she still protects him and fights for him and this is. So so important in her arc. She's Terrified but she's still fighting and I love her. This is also just... there's so much you can talk about with these two with this in mind. Like, as much as Vash and Wolfwood have a deep understanding of each other come the end of the manga, Meryl also understands him. And her whole deal is about wanting to understand him and help him. I'm really interested to see how much Stampede will take from this in the future, because it's not explored as much in the manga as it could be...

Vash using Wolfwood's gun in the fight against Knives at the end of the 1998 anime. I lost my mind when I saw this for the first time because there's just. So so so many layers to it. Vash's love for humanity and his bond with a human being the upper hand in the fight. The fact that the gun is hidden until he reaches for it under the sand - Knives never once paid it any thought once it was dropped there. Wolfwood's comment from early in the series that it's so heavy because it's "full of mercy" and it being integral in Vash beating his brother in their fight in order to try to save him. Not trying to kill him. Not shooting for revenge. It's all mercy.

The Vash and Legato fight in the manga. And I don't think a description of this will do it justice because it's just. The culmination of everything, it all coming to a head, Vash getting pushed to his absolute limit and beyond that and it's HARROWING. It picks up some super early foreshadowing and then starts beating you, the reader, to death with it. Just an absolute gut punch of a fight that's impacted me to an extent not many things have. It's so SO good and it's one of my favourite parts of the manga, hands-down. Makes me want to start screaming. Fuck.