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pulsing migraine

[macabreltrench]

Trimax reread got me thinking about the doomed siblings again

[me0nt1]

Верую во единаго Бога Отца, Вседержителя, Творца небу и земли, видимым же всем и невидимым. И во единаго Господа Иисуса Христа, Сына Божия, Единороднаго, Иже от Отца рожденнаго прежде всех век; Света от Света, Бога истинна от Бога истинна, рожденна, несотворенна, единосущна Отцу, Имже вся быша. Нас ради человек и нашего ради спасения сшедшаго с небес и воплотившагося от Духа Свята и Марии Девы, и вочеловечшася. Распятаго же за ны при Понтийстем Пилате, и страдавша, и погребенна.

[emweach]

What if in the upcoming seasons of Trigun Stampede they stop having Knives playing the piano because he has officially given up on his positive childhood memories and on convincing Vash to side with him? What then?

[emweach]

The way this didnt happen and also somehow worse

[o-dobro]

- “𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆, 𝑽𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒔. 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆. 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 ‘𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆’.”

[lemongogo]

(@ overhaul translation)

[emweach]

Zamn

[emweach]

La lune bleue

[dddgdss]

[slaughtersafe]

Composure

[emweach]

Something about Jeanne just feels really much like finding comfort in her own inescapable misery and ultimate doom.

No, i should put it another way. The concept of self, agency and autonomy has pretty much been a running theme for vnc. Notably, the main 4 (i'd like to call them the main 4) all struggle with asserting themselves and their identity, as well as taking control over their life and death in one way or another.

In Jeanne's case specifically, she is constantly established as a tool, a weapon for execution, and get deprived of choice in the process. She either falls victim to manipulation or the whirlwind of her own trauma. So far her arc has technically centered around allowing herself happiness, breaking from the weight of the executions she had conducted against her will, nurturing her inner child even.

But i think she has also accepted that ultimately she is never free from being a killing machine, and gaining complete freedom is impossible. There are similarities in the way that Jeanne and Vanitas asking their loved ones (not so sneakily inserting my poly agenda here) to end their lives, but there are also differences. For Vanitas it is expressing vulnerability, learning to rely on others (specifically Noé) instead of trying to handle everything himself, a bit of "I've always wanted to die, but from now on I'm giving my life to you". For Jeanne it is becoming at peace with her own doom, entrusting him to set her free from her misery, "I know I will definitely die, and when that moment comes I want you to be the one to do it".

Her happiness and joyful personality at this point of the manga is truly a delight to see, but it also falls in line with Carpe diem - sieze the day. She embraces the present, for she does not know how long it will last.

[emweach]

I miss my wife 😔

[emweach]

Just to really quickly get this out, but i love LOVE how Orange actually enabled so many characters to interact with each other and give a brief impression of how their ideals influence or clash against each other. I'm kinda comparing this to what I remember of TriMax, feel free to correct me if i got something wrong!

Meryl and Wolfwood and their very different upbringings and demonstration of humanity? Checked also i love tristamp stryfewood

Wolfwood and Legato and their approach to "faith"? Checked

Meryl meeting Zazie early and learn about the dynamic between humans as the settler colony and worms as the planet itself? Checked

Vash's companions learning more about him as well as another part of humanity and their attempt to live more harmoniously with its environment (with different levels of hopefulness and cynicism) on Ship 5? Checked

Meryl learning about the extent that people could go and facing several ethics questions when interacting with Conrad? Checked

Everything going on with Knives tbh

Several other examples i cannot think of just yet

While i personally find the pacing of tristamp to be pretty heavy-handed, i suspect the reasoning behind it was to build up as much anticipation as possible to get the series green-lit for more (which it did, hooray). There are reasonable criticism towards how they handle some characters that may water down what Nightow established for them in trimax (notably how they handled Elendira, Vash and his relationship with July, how the twins were represented in their youth), i'd still argue that the network of relationships feels denser in tristamp, thus has the prospect to explore them with diffent dimensions.

I really have high hope for what they have in store

[emweach]

OH MY GOD BRO

[iris-of-the-lambs]

im still really really so so bad at dodging Hecate's transformation hex but anyways unrelatedly ive been thinking about those videos of the buff women who do sheep shearing

[mela-devoid]

The closer he gets to the bottom of the bottle, the more corporeal his shadow becomes. Can anyone blame him, for trying to take a good look?

[stiinken]

we are all sinners

[tio-trile]

Something something vampires have no reflection so he can't even try to see his brother's face anymore when he looks into the mirror

[stripedghoul]

​mauled a 2 yr old sketch to test out procreate brushes

[atanerrum]

Nightow's Wolfwood art redraw... you know the one