17. name 3 things that make you happy

you should know, a mutual has sent me those ask chains that's like 5 things that makes you happy, and I'm still struggling to answer it lol

Transcendental Cha Cha Cha by Tom Cardy. This song has been playing on repeat it's so catchy and fun

I went to the eye doctor yesterday and the optometrist was like you basically have 20/20 vision you don't need glasses. so that's nice esp since everyone else in my family needs glasses. I got a good grade at eye sight which is both normal to want and possible to achieve

I did longsword grappling like a week ago, and aside from kinda spraining my ankle, it was so much fun and legit probably the most fun I've had with the longsword so far. the issue, is now in sparring I absolutely will start grappling because it's easier lmao

3.5 also there's so many queer ppl there it feels so refreshing esp since I'm in texas like there really are queer people here

i wish i could say more!! but yeah man it just really hits deep and how you write vash and wolfwood… it makes me hope that love that giving and understanding is real.

i genuinely have no words to describe how much it meant to me. i dont know. i want to show it in art, as i usually do, in gratitude for how….validating and beautiful it is, but im coming up empty no matter how hard i try. im so sorry. its just so good. thank you.

oh one more thing um. as i was reading pry my open, i happened to had Never Let Me Go by Florence + The Machine on loop that broke me even further and i think its a wonderfully fitting vashwood song in that context too🥺

oh what a message to wake up to 🥺 thank you so much for telling me. it means the absolute world to me that you not only enjoyed it, but also that it touched you and that you could get something positive from it. and enough to share it with a non-trigunner friend and even consider art for it?? it's just....!!!! yeah, thank you 💜

I CONFESS I WAS THE ANON ON YOUR BLOG YOU STUPID (affectionate) FRIEND; I GOT IT FROM YOU!!!

I LOVED IT!!!

Thanks for the accidental recommendation! :P

Ok I know NOTHING about anime, okay? Anything I say was great or not so great might refer to Trigun Stampede specifically, or it might just be an anime thing in general because That's What An Anime Is. I can't tell the difference.

LOVED the intro song (Tombi by Kvi Baba). Constantly listening to it right now. It's hauntingly beautiful yet so easy-going and chill. I looked up the lyrics and they're about being a light in the darkness, I dig that theme!

LOVED Meryl from the start. A level-headed young lady who craves the truth, justice, and knowledge beyond herself because it's the right thing to do. She cares so much. She doesn't steal any spotlight by interfering or by being dramatic. She simply observes, listens to instructions that will save her life, and draws her own conclusions. I'm glad we got to experience the plot through her perspective first! A "journalist investigating a story" may seem like such a dumb start - could be Hallmark. But in this Space Western setting, it's perfect.

VASH MY BELOVED. I hated his intro because it made him seem so dumb and silly. There's a difference between making a character seem naive so that he gets underestimated (bringing in the - surprise! - big guns later), and making him outright ooc to create a false first impression. Idk I knew that his FIRST scene where he needed a bullet was not how his character would remain.

HIS CHARACTER DESIGN IS SO COOOOL!!! Idk from the outfit down to his martial arts skills matched with radical forgiveness and pacifism - DUDE. He's very complex. Idk yeah he lets himself get shot in total surrender but there is the part where one bullet won't immediately kill him and he knows it. There's also the part where Wolfwood challenges him on his beliefs, saying that for all his "peace and love on planet earth" talk he sure does not clean up after the messes he creates. The thing is - it's not so much about taking responsibility for the bounty on his head or something, but rather for the fact that his behavior evokes confused, angry and frightened reactions because it comes unexpected to a human society that is drilled on survival. As much as he CHOOSES not to use violence time and time again, I think he needs to cultivate some awareness that this is unusual behavior and that it triggers people to do crazy things (based on insecurity) around him. On the positive side, he confronts each and everyone with their personal tolerance for violence and tests their hearts that way. Beautiful.

The team is so well balanced! Vash, Wolf, Meryl, and Roberto - Dream Team!

The actions scenes take my breath away. They are so so so so good. I am noticing the attention to detail and the accuracy to skill that everyone is describing. I am also highly enjoying the ingenuity of new moves and awesome use of weapons, physical strength and surroundings. I'm sorry, I can't explain the brilliance of these moves well - but you already know what I mean.

I didn't quite get the in-depth explanation of the conflict I think??? Like, I'm still not quite sure what a Plant is, why Vash and Nai are more intelligent than the rest of them, why they were in space to begin with and what exactly Knives was trying to achieve by traveling to a higher dimension? I really didn't get the angel theme and why Vash suddenly developed a wing and became dark (I like his darker look tho). I also don't quite understand Nai as a character. To ensure the survival of Plant seems like an understandable cause for his actions, but why be so cruel and uncaring about it? It doesn't explain his maniac barbarity. Explanations are more than welcome!

What is your obsession with Livio about?? I mean I know, he was epic in that one scene he appeared in, and his bond with Wolfwood was genuine and deep. But he literally took himself out like a light, so... where's all that additional Livio content coming from? It's also really sad. Like... he never even gave himself one minute after waking up. That was a bit morbid.

Oh my gosh Vashmeryl is the og canon? I'm happy there wasn't any forced romance between anyone in this season. Only platonic connections for once. Amazing. Whatever Vash and Meryl end up as, I'll support both.

If there comes a Season 2, I will watch it!!! I don't know how far I'll take Trigun Stampede in fandom, but believe me, watching this has positively altered me forever. It's so FRESH.

Again, thank you for the unintentional recommendation!

Cheers

Whew! (It's been 20+yrs as a fan of the old anime) Honestly you've probably seen most of what I've posted already :'D but as an adaption.....it draws on many endgame manga elements and spins them into its own thing! With a reshuffled timeline, new context, and expanded world building for ex. It's not a 1:1 at all but an entirely new re-imagining! That's different from both the manga and old 98anime. (As a prequel of sorts leading up to the destruction of July city, which in the original story, is an event that happens before the main plot even begins!)

But things like Wolfwood's healing capsules, the whole side plot about 'awakening' Livio, Meryl (& Roberto) getting captured by Zazie to hear the history of the world (and them acting as bait to lead Vash into a trap...), the very important backstory of Knives & Vash discovering the abuse/experimentation on their sister Tessla, all the references in ep12 like Vash's hair, wings, Angel Arm, augmented bullets with Plant markings, and Chronica - the modern Independent Plant coming from Earth, as teased in the post-credits....ALL those things come from the manga (that the 98 anime never got to)! :O And many more I probably can't list off the top of my head...but they're sprinkled everywhere in a way that you can tell Studio Orange did their homework to make this their love letter towards the the source material.