Don’t think I ever quite said what my LGBTQ+ headcanons are for the boys, so these are my current thoughts! Always changing of course but this is what I feel most strongly right now.
[ID: A Trigun Maximum panel of Vash with a troubled expression looking at Wolfwood. Wolfwood is forcing Vash to point a gun at his head. Vash says “I see a man forcing himself to play the devil while his heart cries out.” END ID]
No analysis or anything - I just wanted to share that this line still floors me, even on my second read through. I remember he first time I read Trimax, THIS was the panel that stood out to me the most from the whole “SHOOT” scene. This was my first “holy shit” moment in the manga tbh. I couldn’t handle how Vash was able to completely see through Wolfwood, how honest he was, and how the truth is so fucking painful. Every time I read this line I imagine Wolfwood crying out silently with tears streaming down his face. Trying to make a sound, but unable to. Begging for anybody to hear him, help him, and free him from his burden. We’ve seen some of Wolfwood’s hesitations already at the end of Trigun, when he gathers with the Gung-Ho Guns prior to the Fifth Moon Incident. We, as the readers, know that he’s struggling with what he’s done as a killer and what he believes he must continue to do. But to have to have it acknowledged here by someone other than himself... idk LOL I just love this line. It made me feel for Nicholas so much.
I was recently reminded of a manga I read when I was like 14. As I am now 22, I read it again. And y'all lemme tell you it still slaps. If y'all haven't read Gangsta., You absolutely should. (provided you are not too young, cuz oh boy is that shit rated M for a reason)
we gotta bring back livejournal and wordpress and forums and weird little blogsites that aren't connected to any social media presence at all its just people online doing online things. the internet is so small now bc we're all squished into the same sites. we used to be so spread out. we used to be a proper decentralised digital culture
You can spend a lot of time trying to justify everything a character has done, and it’s great to look at the reasoning behind their actions that people might not understand.
But you can also sometimes say yea it’s understandable why they did it but it was still a shitty thing to do, and that’s okay. Humans make mistakes, your favourite characters will too. It’s ok. It doesn’t make them bad people.
it's been a while since i tried looking, but i did hear that something like this happens last year and over time started to think, "was it a fluke?" bc no one posted footage or caps of it then, and i aimed for a completionist run in my first playthrough. turns out it's real! and definitely shines a new light on a character that, for most other types of playthroughs, will not give this much emotion! EDIT: transcript now included, and some stillshots under the cut
[0:28]
Marie: Henry, this is the man who kept you from doing the right thing tonight. Kill him.
[0:15]
Forrest: Henry, you don’t have to do this. If you’ve not killed anyone yet, there’s still time to make the right decision.
[0:05]
Out of shot: (Gunshots) Henderson Police! Freeze!
Marie: No! Henry, get out of there!