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Finally decided to put all my little thoughts to writing! Check it out and leave feedback, please!

Starfall: chapter 1

Story summary: He was her fallen star.

A collection of drabbles and short stories about Vash and my OC Angel. Everything from friends to lovers to an established relationship in various stages The canon verse or various modern verses. Can be headcanons on their relationship or just snippets of their life. Set in Trimax, 98, or Tristamp. Each story can be set in either one unless stated otherwise.

Some basic backstory in notes.

Chapter 1: Behind the Name

To Angel, Vash was like a fallen star. ...

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Find me on my Trigun blog @wastelandsrunaway!

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Geminid Meteor Shower over Death Valley National Park by Babak Tafreshi

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Happy Anniversary Tristamp

Wow, I can't believe it's been a year since Tristamp came out. I have to say, I'm really thankful to it for bringing back my love for Trigun and exposing more people to this amazing story. I can't wait to see what we have in store in the future.

I was talking to my friends just last week, in fact, about my relationship with the series/media as a whole. Trigun is kind of like that obscure kid in your class to me. You knew they existed and since they were the same age as you, you were in each other's lives growing up but didn't really do much together. High school rolls around and you actually begin talking and getting to know each other. You date for a few months but sadly drift apart. You go to different universities and fade out of each other's lives. You have a gift from them from when you dated but it's just sitting in the closet, forgotten. Years pass and you hear they're back around. You bump into each other and begin chatting again, reminiscing about the old days and become friends again. They're different but still the same person you grew up with. Eventually, you fall in love. You discover that old gift and dig it out, placing it front and center now. You realize that, wow, they really have been a part of your life for the whole of it, even if it was just a little, and you actually wouldn't have it any other way and look forward to your future together. You marry and you're ready for that next chapter in life with them. It's a weird analogy but it makes sense to me!

Happy birthday/anniversary Tristamp. I can't wait to see what's next, from you and the fandom.

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Ok, so I bought that Ultimate Guide to Manga and Anime magazine because I have no self-control and Trigun surprisingly got a lot of love in it.

Right here we have Vash being a cover boy alongside other greats. Totally not the reason why I reached for this, what are you talking about?

The manga made it into this little pop-up article about manga that have differences from the anime with another one of my faves, Claymore.

Here we are again in an excerpt about space westerns. Trigun has it's own little blerb on the next page.

Teru Vash makes an appearance in an article about merch.

And last but not least, Vash takes the V spot in the A to Z anime characters you need to know section.

All and all, a lot of Trigun mentions. Guess the folks who wrote the magazine are Trigun fans. No mention of Tristamp but that's okay. They missed an opportunity to make an article about animes that get reboots or remakes or later continuations or whatever but that might have been too much. But seeing all this Trigun love made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

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Orange's 2024 New Year's illustration [x]

Happy New Year from Japan! 2024 will be another year of new challenges for Orange. Recently, new art department joined us. Along with animation, modeling and VFX, we will be able to bring strong quality to our shows. Looking forward soon in showing what everyone is cooking!

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Still, she took another step back as she took in the strange man in front of her. There was also something about his face that rang a bell in Angel's head but she ignored it. And naturally, she didn't trust him. Not just him. It's just how she was, how she survived alone out here for so long.

And yet, there was a small part of her yelling to trust him. To trust that stupid, charming smile on his face. It would be nice to have someone by her side for a bit, too. What's the worst that could happen?

"Fine. Sure... Why not?"

"Huh?" She turned towards the voice but also instinctively took a tiny step back. "Me?" Yes, her. There was nobody else around he could possibly be talking to.

"Oh, uh, nowhere... Nowhere in particular." She was a bit wary of the stranger but also wasn't used to people actually asking where she was heading. Although, that was the truth...

Nowhere in particular.

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as if the redhead could get anymore brash, the door slams open with such force it bangs heavily against the wall behind it, "GOOD MO~ORNIN'!" accented trill sing-songs into angel's room at ungodly hour ( as usual, tradition has taught them to be up when the suns rise, uncaring of whom they disturb ). they frown into the dark room, clicking their tongue. this won't do!

striding into the room, they fling the curtains aside and allow in the glorious light of dawn. much better! "wake up!" kaen demands of their friend, turning around and rattling her mattress insistently. "'s important, ah've got somethin' fer ye!" once angel is at least somewhat coherent, kaen plops down beside her and presses a neatly wrapped parcel into her hands, their voice softening. "... ah've been waitin' ta' give this ta' ye, ah think ye'll like it."

inside is a first edition adventure novel from one of angel's favorite authors... and, it's autographed! kaen must've gone through a lot - and paid a lot - to get this.

Angel groans, face down on her pillow. While it was great that Kaen basically had free access to the Crawford house, the two families being close and doing business together and Angel and Kaen practically growing up together, it was moments like these that Angel kind of wished that the servants and security would bat an eye when Kaen, uh, intruded. At least to give her a warning that her dear friend was on the property.

She barely had time to sit up and open her eyes before a wrapped present was thrust into her hands. It took her sleep-laced mind a moment to process. Oh, right. It was the holidays. "Kaen...you know you don't have to get me anything."

Carefully, Angel unwraps the present, sleepy eyes widening at the contents. She's been meaning to get this book and add it to her collection but this...this was a collector's piece itself. "Kaen, you really didn't have to do this. But...thank you. I love it." Angel gives her friend one of her rare, genuine smiles.

"Oh! Hold on!" Angel carefully places her new book aside and leans over to reach her nightstand, practically falling off the bed in the process. She opens the drawer, pulling out a wrapped present herself. "I got you this!"

Inside this present, Kaen would find an old book: a classic and a favorite of theirs. It too was a first edition but from way back when. While it was obviously old, it was well taken care of and had that wonderful old book smell. Inside the cover tucked between the flyleaves, was a pressed bluebell from Angel's family garden, laminated and framed to act as a bookmark.

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What's Attractive About You?

"...my eyes? Really...?"

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Trigun Stampede is #2 on Polygon's Best Anime of 2023

(Read the article here)

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Dreamy space scapes by Nick Fritz on Instagram

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and i love him for it

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@strywoven

☝️ your best friend (me) is also red-coded, actually, and in this theoretical analysis i--

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God, you're right. The universe is messing with me. AND all of these characters began living in my brain after you came into my life! (Which isn't saying much, we've been friends for like 15 frickin years) Can I blame you?

AND a lot of your fave characters are blue-ish coded! What is happening?!

People who don't know me well personally probably think my favorite color is red when it is in fact purple. It's just that a lot of things that I own (like merch) are red.

It's not my fault

That my top 3 favorite characters

Are red coded!

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"Huh?" She turned towards the voice but also instinctively took a tiny step back. "Me?" Yes, her. There was nobody else around he could possibly be talking to.

"Oh, uh, nowhere... Nowhere in particular." She was a bit wary of the stranger but also wasn't used to people actually asking where she was heading. Although, that was the truth...

Nowhere in particular.

@wastelandsrunaway / vash-centric starter call

"Well, ain't you a pretty lady. Carrying quite a few things I see, you going anywhere? Do you need some escorting? I can happily offer my services to you, of course."

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People who don't know me well personally probably think my favorite color is red when it is in fact purple. It's just that a lot of things that I own (like merch) are red.

It's not my fault

That my top 3 favorite characters

Are red coded!

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trigun + tumblr year in review 2023

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reblog if it's okay for your mutuals to message you and create an actual friendship, not just interactions

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So I just found out that Trigun Stampede was #2 on Polygon's best anime of 2023 list. Keep going forward, running man.