May 20, 2023
Milly is basically Vash but without the trauma.
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Milly is basically Vash but without the trauma.
Shout out to AUZZIE who was outright possessed by the spirit of Vash in this vid XD
The FACE, the NOISES! This completely sent me
Notable comments:
This is just *sucks in air* Peak Vash
Oh, and the cosplay fuckin slaps too
*Posted with permission
You can find OP's awesome cosplay here
Wolfwood is a babygirl behind his glasses 🥺
I love how Vash's Japanese VA, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, captures a big, whopping Grandpa sneeze here. He's showing Vash's true age XD
Yo, where my Studio Ghibli peeps at?
The moment I saw this, there was no Woolfwood. Only Jiji XD
My desire need, no seriously, it's started to spill out my sides for a Trigun blog coincided on the same day with wondering what the fuck TOMBI meant XD
Tombi is the title of the opening theme song for Trigun Stampede, and as I sifted through the internet, I doubted the results I was seeing, unsure if my research skills were up to snuff.
UNTIL! I came across this description: In Japan, people call the Black Kite “Tobi” or “Tombi,” and neither is wrong.
The moment I saw the pic, I heard in my head the piercing bird cry from the song. EUREKA! What else could it be!? Mystery solved, right!? I think so. ^^
But I wanted to dig deeper. Why the Tombi? What could the symbolism be here?
On Bird Life International, I turned up an article about the Black Kite by none other than HIH Princess Takamado.
Notable quotes are as follows: "Reviled in Japanese culture and beyond for its scavenging behaviour, the Black Kite is a misunderstood raptor. Find out how its biggest flaws are actually its biggest advantages - both for its own survival, and ours."
"In Nihon Shoki, or the Chronicle of Japan, there is a story of a certain golden-colored Black Kite. It perched at the tip of Emperor Jinmu’s arrow, blinded the eyes of the enemies by emitting light and finally led the emperor to victory. Thus the Black Kite used to be a sacred bird, but has come to assume a negative image - probably since it became dependent on human lives. The bird is able to coexist with human beings only because it is too cautious to us to be tamed. This characteristic may give it even more of a negative image."
Sacred. Dependent. Reviled.
I can't help but connect this symbolism back to Vash through the song title. whispers Also the golden color. pats babygirl's head
Nai accuses him of becoming dependent on human lives in ep 11. And Vash himself repeated what he heard from Rem in ep 9, that plants can't survive without humans.
Look, am I super projecting? Maybe. But that's the whole point. My Trigun ferality has bubbled over to the point of escape XD
TL;DR Vash iz birb
After discord discussion of birth order:
Firmly in the camp that Knives came out first and the Plant went, 'Oh shit, forgot to add the extra gate stuff. Here's another one. My bad.'
By not killing, Vash made sure Rem's sacrifice was not in vain.
Yet by killing, he ensured Wolfwood's sacrifice was not in vain.
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Angst paradox hour today while talking meta with @museqmeg at the pub.