#trigun stampede

[gem1ny]

Doll

hi do people still use tumblr

[mikayare]

i think i love them

[ekashuu]

Vashwood X Jayvik

Just two gay- COFF- partners😔💔

[3ic95id864pg]

Vash the Stampede from 1998 and the Vash reboot: [Twitter:@strawbit_ch]

[eldritchneuro]

One thing that I seen Stampede Wolfwood often characterized as by folks is well... distant is probably the best word for it. Mopey. Averse. The sort of guy who you wouldn't catch asking for a hug on the worst day of his life.

But I don't think that's true. Or at least, not beyond being a front he puts up. And there's one scene that for me confirms it. Because when Vash gets shot in Julai, Wolfwood's first response isn't to attack back.

It's to run over, put an arm out for support, and check in on him. Only when Vash shows himself to be okay do we see Wolfwood tell these people to back the fuck off.

You could read motivation into this act of comfort. There's fuel here for shipping, or perhaps Wolfwood is that terrified of his boss's mark getting injured. But it does also pair nicely with another scene not a few minutes later.

"My body moves before I can think."

In the split second before someone gets hurt, Vash isn't considering whether or not he should help them. He just does. The desire to protect is something so deeply ingrained in his core that it has become pure instinct.

And I think it's the same with Wolfwood. The moment that he takes to put up that shield of unbothered-ness is a moment too late. Big brother Nico has already taken action.

And even when he's just messing around, for someone who is meant to be cold and uncaring, Wolfwood's suspiciously handsy. This scene between him and Meryl would not have the same affectionate 'bickering siblings' vibe if he didn't insist on throwing his arm around her.

He's trying to mask it here by being annoying, but there's affection here. Not just emotionally, but through physical touch. Proximity too - guy's not adverse to getting up in people's faces to nick (ha) stuff.

And even at his most hostile and snappy, well, there's no strict reason why he has to get so close to Vash and grab him by the shirt like this:

But is it really a surprise that Wolfwood's like this? After all, the flashback with Livio shows that he was absolutely an affectionate and caring kid, even if edgy-teenager logic would have it utterly mortifying to admit out loud. The Eye of Michael can try to beat it out of him all they want, but a desire for closeness isn't something you can just remove from someone. It may end up muted, sure, but deep down it will always still be there.

TL;DR Wolfwood is absolutely secretly the biggest cuddlebug on this godforsaken planet and you can't convince me otherwise.

[blueflipflops]

I love this... so much...

some doodles :)

[alcordraws]

One of the things I find so fun about Stampede's version of Knives cutting Vash’s arm is that it's both expected AND a subversion.

Expected because if you're a trigun fan, then you know it's coming. If you haven't seen/read trigun before, then episode 3 sets up the foreshadowing with Knives cutting off arms left and right.

Buts it's also a subversion because every single time he's we've seen Knives cut off an arm, whether it's his gruesome display in episode 3 of tristamp or him blowing it off in 98 or when he cuts it in trimax- all those times before, he's done it maliciously. He's done it out of anger, betrayal, or just straight pettiness. So it's a subversion of expectations when he cuts Vash’s arm in tristamp to *save his life.*

And I think it really cements the dynamic of their relationship, Knives will do anything to save his brother, even if it hurts him, even if it destroys him. Tear away the limbs that hurt Vash, quiet the minds that hurt Vash, even if they belong to Vash himself

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update of the lil animation i’m making that i posted on my tiktok story :3

This project has been kicking me in the butt… Maybe it’s because I haven’t been working on it that much like i promised i would 🥲

[karlydraws]

The Intoxicating Two

Another moth twins inspired by @ares-sun 's art!

[museqmeg]

No Man's Land DOES get some rain! SOME. ⛆

(an interview with Trigun Stampede's concept artist, writer, & director)

Tajima:

"When I did the first town scene art, I kept it pretty simple like a typical Western, but I did get the request to go more crazy with it."

Oxi:

"The first picture had wood material in it, but there are no trees on No Man's Land, so I asked to have those removed. Also, since there is almost no rain, I asked for completely clear skies. Those were the types of requests we made."

Muto:

"That's how we arrived at the atypical Western look based on structures cobbled together from derelict spaceship parts and things like that."

[charoku]

random thoughts about tristamp vash's scars

[3ic95id864pg]

Trigun ganderswap [Twitter:@teteomom]

[thepesdalis]

[trigunfanart]

StarGaze crumbs

The final episode of Trigun Stargaze is in production, we should get some more info around new years!

[alcordraws]

It's actually so devastating watching vash's relationship with food go sour. He shouldn't need it but he does. Rem never made him feel shame for it, but it's still brought up enough that it starts making him uncomfortable. He's a plant who can't produce. He's a plant who consumes. Consuming in trigun is connected to autonomy, at least the way I've come to read it in Stampede. Sometimes, the only times that vash feels like he has control is when he chooses not to eat, when he can use it to punish himself for a perceived failure. The show is so clear in showing vash and his relationship with food, from being a child excited for birthday cake to going days without food because he shouldn't need it and he doesn't deserve it.