#plancest

[karlydraws]

So the Highschool AU continues....

St. Michael High's new transfer student

[kaczsia]

It's inktober so have an inky scribbly comic

They are both drama queens but in opposite ways

[moonsterm]

i’ve had nothing but this unquenchable thirst

[stillmevalz]

There is misinformation going around that on the official Trigun Stampede site it says that Knives is in love with his brother in a romantic way. This is false. This misunderstanding first started when somebody shared a screenshot of the Millions Knives character bios which supposedly stated he is "strongly in love and obsessed with his brother". This was a Google Translate translation. Google Translate is useless for translating Japanese because communication in Japanese depends a lot on context that is not as clear as in other languages. Therefore AI is terrible for translating Japanese.

What does it say, then?

The word that is used for love in the official website is 愛 (ai). Anyone that knows Japanese knows that Japanese people have different words for love depending on what type of love it is. 愛 (ai) is used to describe pure and familial love. 恋愛(ren-ai) or 恋 (koi) is for romantic and sexual love. Think of it as something similar to agape vs eros.

This is very important because you will continue to see the word love being used in relation to Vash and Knives, but what kind of love it is is important. It's 愛 (ai), which is used to describe pure and familial love.

Here are some references for the sceptical folks:

The first image is from a helpful thread. The second image is from a book called A Little Book of Japanese Contentments by Erin Niimi Longhurst.

Additional context: I've been learning Japanese for almost 10 years.

🚨🚨🚨🚨Disclaimer🚨🚨🚨🚨: It is not my intention to shame anyone. I believe anyone can ship anything as long as they don't do the problematic things in real life, tag appropriately and respect people's boundaries. Please don't use this post to discuss plantcest/kv. I don't feel comfortable doing so. Incest, even if fictional, is a huge personal trigger. Please respect that. Instead use this post to stop misinformation and mistranslation in a respectful way.

[carrotcakebanditdoodles]

sir that is a Snuggie(tm)

[otoutonai]

when I seen me a cowboy, cowboy, cowboy, ridin’ toward me. he was twirling his guns and he had a guitar and we sang us up a sweet old song about love under the stars

[mikisimps696]

✨✨✨Adventure time with Vash the Stampede and his travel buddy Mini Nainai✨✨✨✨

[opulentneptune]

a trimax KV standee i'm working on :3c

[pompoison]

Trigun Stampede Finale - Episode 12 Thoughts from Pom

0) Knives likes cowboys. His gap moe just keeps getting better. What a dork? I love him?

1) Meryl’s character growth has been super fulfilling to watch. I love how she stopped Knives’ plan to kill everyone by taking those steps to reach Vash. She did something so dangerous, risking an agonizing death at Millions Knives’ hands to save everyone, instead of freezing in terror like a lot of people would have done in that situation! I respect her SO MUCH.

2) Knives’ roar of outrage when he tries to kill Meryl. It really is always a brunette getting between him and Vash isn’t it? Junya Ikeda acted his heart out and it was amazing to hear how incensed Knives was while also hearing the panic of losing Vash in his voice too. I feared for Meryl as much as I felt heartbroken for Knives.

3) That scene with Vash awakening to save Meryl was some good food. Actually shivered when he thanked her as he stepped back into the fray to face Knives. The sound design, animation and voice acting of this show is perfectly crafted to give you a rattling experience.

4) I am a Stampede undercut Vash appreciator, but I love Vash’s new look in this episode. The reveal when it finally settles into that shape is once again a testament to the love poured into this show. His antennae are prominent, his forehead is cute, and I’m overjoyed that this iconic look could be given to him without sacrificing his undercut. It’s aesthetically pleasing. I hope that they keep this look for Vash.

5) Knives is beautiful. What right did Orange have giving Knives the prettiest face on this show?

6) Vash’s wing is monstrous to behold. The exact moment when it unfurls during his fall from the tower is HAUNTING ME.

7) The way the flying fight scene perspective makes you feel Vash’s gunshots as if he’s shooting AT YOU when he’s shooting at Nai. Ow. Sexy but ow.

8) Nico picking up Meryl and booking it will live rent free in my head forever too. Take her and run. Pocket wife. Zoom.

9) Unhinged freak thoughts incoming! I thought I was scared of Vash’s forehead but I was actually just scared of the nape of his neck being stiff with hair gel. I have a thing about the back of the neck. It’s gotta be bare so it can be stroked with light malice and gripped with violent force. Vash’s forehead is for kissing and smacking and flicking things at (Everything I want Nico and Meryl to do). Vash’s NAPE is for sucking biting & pinching (Everything I want Knives to do). It’s good Vash’s underside is shaved because the back of his buzzed neck is ero, and because the bottom half of his skull is slightly bristly, a superior texture. If Knives wants to grab him by the neck he can feel the warmth of Vash’s skin and pulse under his palm. If he wants to hold Vash by his hair he can grab a fistful from the top of his head. It’s perfect for my deranged imagination.

10) Kisses Vash’s forehead. Kisses it so much.

11) Vash bit Knives’ hand like an incensed dog and looked adorable doing it.

12) Millions “Hysterically appalled by my Eve’s savior complex” Knives

13) I was on Knives’ side when he said, in breathless horror, “After more than a century, that’s the best answer you could come up with?!” Seriously, Vash, that was such a lackluster response! I don’t care if you got shot fifteen times by the JuLai police, when you fly into the stratosphere with your brother who is in love with you you have a serious heart to heart with him! Jerk! /kidding

14) Knives finally realizing Vash is lost to him forever in that scene haunts me. He’s devastated. I picked the right antagonist to stan. This hurts so much.

15) Knives being the powerless one, having Vash wrenched away from him again and again, even though he promises to keep fighting for him is what gets me. Stampede is relentless about confronting you, the audience, with the fact that Knives is an EXTREMELY romantic character. Knives is SO WEIRD— he has these violent murderous methods, and yet he also represents this ideal paradigm of undying love. He’s not just a yandere. His heart was BROKEN this ep. He was squashed. The irony that the guy who hates all of humanity experiences so much humanity is buckwild. Knives is a romantic character even if some audiences find it repellant to ship him with Vash. His love for Vash is as unhesitant as it is unhealthy, to dramatic effect. The more Knives and Vash push against each other’s ideals, the tighter those ideals coil.

16) Those were the most beautiful dying words I’ve ever heard, thanks Knives I’m sobbing. You still do everything for that impossible “Us,” even after everything. Even after Vash has chosen humans over you every time. I love this sad lovesick plant.

17) Knives always keeps his promises to Vash. No, I haven’t read Trimax yet, but I know we haven’t seen the last of him.

18) The way Vash screams “Nai!” and sobbing Nai’s name while falling back to Earth can become my new ring tone! Congratulations to Yoshitsugu Matsuoka for bringing such a heartwrenching performance to Trigun Stampede Vash. ;-; </3 I love hearing his uniquely soft voice.

19) Stampede Eriks my beloved. Brokenly playing piano because it’s his last connection to Nai. He thinks he’s killed Nai and all the plants in addition to destroying JuLai. My depressed, remorseful baby oh my god.

20) Season 2 confirmed! 🎉 THANK YOU SO MUCH STUDIO ORANGE AND CONGRATULATIONS!💕🍊

Extra Thoughts!

21) Honestly, I feel relieved that Season 2 is a ways off in the future. It gives me time to thoroughly enjoy the massive amount of beautiful fanart and fanfic that’s been created. I was kind of just shoving it all in my mouth before and I want to savor it with a calmer frame of mind.

22) From my perspective as a fan creator who also makes original comics the pause period gives me a sense of breathing room to digest what I felt from this show and make the best possible fan creations about it. All my fanart so far has been made in a rush of passion. That’s fun and exciting, but without reflection, it lacks focus. I look forward to reading Trimax and fully learning all of the story. Also looking forward to do solo and collaborative zines, among other future Trigun fan projects!

23) I’ll admit that Stampede was my introduction to becoming a fan of Trigun, and yet, I feel safe and understood by Studio Orange’s retelling in a way I can’t articulate or justify. “They Get It” has no business coming from my mouth, but it is the way I feel, for some reason. How did they do that? It must be magic. Thank you Orange! Because of Stampede, I fell in love with all of Trigun. Met some really cool people, too. ;-; A

[yuutsaria]

their eden || twt

kni ain't reading!!! who is the bro looking at?!!!!

[toffei254]

[karlydraws]

Highschool AU

POV: You are confessing to your crush who has an overly protective (obsessive) twin brother

[kaczsia]

My heart broke during this scene 💔

You can't tell me Knives is evil. When evil character dies you don't get it so soft with such sweet music 🥺😭 he's a baby and he just needs a hug

[bean-mame]

Salary man AU The Saturday morning. 

Threesome traveling AU Wolfwood and Knives really hate each other :P

[shiveringrodent]

The happy plant and the grumpy plant

[mega-ringsandthings-world]

Vash works night shifts at the worst hospital (the only hospital) in the most shitty bumfuck town just this south of the biggest desert in the state, Wolfwood commutes five hours to and back again to study for a priesthood that may guarantee him the means to get out of this shitty small town life, and a man who is Vash's exact copy - down to the fucking drapes, Wolfwood suspects - is in their shitty apartment, scowling.

It only gets worse from there.

In which nothing ever, ever goes right in the life of one Nicholas D. Wolfwood. (and also Knives Saverem, for that matter) Once again if plantcest or Vash/Wolfwood/Knives is not your thing, do not look! I dgaf what you think, don’t look.