#bill conrad

[tallerthantale]

Trigun Stampede text post memes 8 of ??

[ryanthel0ser]

Incredibly funny to me that while none of the other Gung ho Guns knew Wolfwood was deeply involved with Vash now, Zazie probably did and just decided not to say anything. Kept that crucial piece of information to themselves because no one asked them what they knew about the Punisher, so why would they ever say anything.

Conrad: *distant "I'm so fucked" stare after Vash is broken out by Wolfwood*

Zazie laughing: Whoops! Forgot to tell you guys, but our Punisher spent over two years searching for Vash of his own choice! Slip of the mind~

Legato: *lying there also with an "i'm so fucked" stare*

Zazie: He's totally been in love with your brother the whole time!

Knives: *murder aura*

Zazie: I'm gonna go now, buh-byyyeeeeee

[alcordraws]

i'm sorry they're so fucking funny get his ass eli

[bureau-for-knives-war-crimes]

The funniest part about the fifth moon incident was undoubtedly Knives confidently striding into frame naked and Conrad flailing around and yelling at everyone to get to safety because naturally a man who negates to wear any clothing is an insane one

[calugaritsa]

you canNOT tell me he's not moe here

[sheepb1t]

Quickly doodled a small comic that’s basically what happened in volume 6 right

[orcelito]

a note for people who may not have noticed this:

at the start of chapter one, we get this view of Vash's wanted poster. notice that bit there about the murder of "Count Revenant Vasquez"

and then in trimax chapter 37, we see here:

Count Revenant Vasquez.

That's Conrad.

now the interesting bit is that Conrad hasn't died by the time we see that wanted poster. he's currently busy working to revive Knives, then follows him around once he's alive again. for Whatever Reason, Vash is being blamed before Conrad's death for his "murder"

which makes me contemplate a few possibilities. Conrad was present around the time of the July Incident. and not only that, but we see in chapter 28 that Vash was looking for him just prior to July

so like, What's The Deal? "Count Revenant Vasquez" is not "dead" by this point, just acting oddly in his big house. perhaps after July with his disappearance, people attributed his "death" to Vash, along with all the rest of July... but why would they focus on just him, rather than all of July? is this Nightow wanting to keep the reality of July under wraps this early in the story? or was Conrad really That socially important that his death would stand out among all the rest of July?

and another thing to consider is how Vash knew to look for him under that name in the first place. Vash was pursuing Knives at this point, the whole Point was that he managed to find Knives in July, but he did it by following the trail of Conrad. he met Conrad when he was a child, the second human he ever met, so maybe he somehow managed to deduce that Conrad was helping Knives out?

except when Vash sees Conrad in trigun chapter 20

he recognizes him, but he can't place from where. is this his July amnesia getting in the way? the general passage of time? it HAS been a century and a half since he officially met him. but if he knew to look for him by that name to find Knives, he must have known Conrad was following him around... and then perhaps as part of the amnesia of everything surrounding July, Vash forgot Conrad too.

it's interesting! brings the question of how Vash caught wind of Conrad's involvement with Knives in the first place. we do see that Vash has his fingers in information networks (like when he talks to the "shoemaker" in May City to try to gather information), so maybe that's how he found out? which honestly I find fascinating, given that Especially this early in the story, we just see Vash acting the fool. but even Years prior to the start of the story, he shows a level of resourcefulness and intuition that is Very much not congruent with his act of being a "fool".

and then he shows up to confront Knives in July and his plan is to just

show up, point his gun at him, and then... ???? something? which obviously blows up in his face in a MAJOR way bc Knives easily knocks him out & then has Conrad experiment on him.

which. isn't directly related to the Conrad point lol it just baffles me how smart yet dumb Vash is constantly. high intelligence, low wisdom build for SURE.

but yeah! I didn't notice the Count Revenant thing my first read through, so here's this detail for anyone else who might've missed it like i did

[lordsmaf]