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pancake-breakfast · 11 months
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Second week, second volume! Trigun Book Club!
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Trigun Volume 1: Covers + 1-3, 3 Detailed Thoughts, 4, 4 DT, 5-6, 5-6 + DT, 6 DT, 7-8, 9-10
Stream-of-consciousness thoughts for Trigun Vol. 2, Covers + Extras, below.
Trigun Volume 2 Covers
The cover for this volume is so pretty, what with the plant all coming out of Vash's gun there.... Pretty and strange and kinda disturbing.
I wonder what's in those jars floating around the hairy-legged plant man thing. Are they even jars? Blood bags? Hard to say.
Hey! Wolfwood's on the back cover! WOLFWOOD IS ON THE BACK COVER!!!
Also, Legato Bluesummers. Shit.
Aaaand there's a blow-up doll on the fake back cover. Because why not.
There are a LOT of familiar faces on the back of the Japanese Volume 3 cover. I don't like it. They mean bad things are coming.
Ok, Legato's getting eaten by a shark on the fake version of it, though, and I think that's hilarious.
BUT NOT AS HILARIOUS AS MERMAID WOLFWOOD'S SEASHELLS AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'M DYING!!!! Nightow's obsession with this man's tits confirmed.
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Extra 1: Day In Day Out
Ooh, a glimpse into the daily life of Mr. The Stampede? Why do I suspect donuts are part of it?
I'm gonna be honest; I did NOT peg Vash as an early riser. Then again, it might be important if you're on the run all the time.
LOL, I remember him not being very good at meditation.
I'm imagining that egg is hard-boiled. Or hollow. Like, this is still a good trick. No need to waste breakfast on it if it fails, though.
Three HOURS?? Dang, no wonder the guy's got skills. I can't do much of anything before breakfast.
Oh, fine. I guess it was a raw egg.
LOL, "John P. Smith." The most boring alias he could come up with. I wonder what the P stands for. Pseudonym, perhaps?
Psh, Vash can be plenty sneaky. But only in fights. Or when fleeing insurance agents.
Serious Vash expression! I seriously love all his expressions.
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Gambling at chess. Ok, man. Whatever floats your boat.
LOL, he lost all his money. I take it back; he needs a new hobby.
Yeah, he's definitely letting the kids get him. As we see with how fast he switches to being the person in power when the motorcycle comes through.
Funny how much trouble one can stay out of by simply foregoing revenge.
Vash would like oldies....
Ew, this bike guy's kinda creepy.
"Sonic Sodom." Yyyyyeeeeaaaahhh, that's not exactly a name that inspires trust.
I love the irony in this panel. They're talking about how dangerous Vash is while he's (apparently) being taken down by a small child.
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Dude. Who fires a gun to get people to shut up like that?! Rude.
LOL, the bleeping.
Props to this lady. She's like, "I don't care who you are. If you're gonna come in here, shoot things up willy-nilly, make threats, and swear at us, then you take your ass elsewhere." Like, this happens after this guy does all these things. Mad props.
They bleeped out all that stuff, but he still calls her a bitch....
Hahahaha, that's a wonderful way to take care of the issue. Good job, Vash!
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Extra 2: Pilot
(Fair warning: I'm in a Mood as I write this due to some real life stuff, so apologies if it's overly vague or anything.)
Post-Hiroshima environment?? Damn.
Heck, I'd take two years of food as a form of payment....
Ahhhhh, this jacket! It lacks the sexy leg slits, but I still love it. Also it still somehow manages to show off his waist. And throwing the Love and Peace fingers with his clearly mechanical hand!
I'm in love with this first line. "We fell from the sky like droplets of rain." Poetry. MAJOR props to @trigun-manga-overhaul for their choices in both flow and rhythm for the words.
The second sentence is a lovely contrast, what with the rain versus the sun. But also a lovely parallel, as both images are destructive.
Covering a few additional elements here: metal, wind, sand/earth.
He can't ever escape being surrounded by graves, can he? Babygirl here needs a break. I love how small he is relative to the field of death.
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HEY. The right alcoholic drinks are GREAT with ice!
Oh, shoot. I recognize this story from '98.
LOL, look at him go. This was my favorite Vash entrance in all of '98. It's very memorable. I hope Johnny Yong Bosch had a blast doing the voiceover for it.
He's just dancing away from the bullets, as if it's all just luck.
LOL, three guns. It's Trigun!
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Goshdarn stupid flip-up glasses....
I love how quick his reaction goes from this (Seriously, what is he, a teenager??)...
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...to this.
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Psh, as if Vash the Stampede needs a measly pistol to wreak havoc.
Ah, the return of lecherous Vash. NGL, was kinda hoping that moment was an anime-only. Though they really took it and ran with it, though, didn't they?
You don't get to say, "That's no way to treat a lady!" to others when you were just looking up her skirt.
LOL, I love her response here. Perfect.
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Huh. Something tells me these guys are after a bit more than a rich guy's "pocket money." Is it the fact that one of them shoved a gun in the daughter's mouth? Could be. Could be....
Distracting table-crash provided by... Vash the Stampede. I told you he didn't need a gun to wreak havoc. Though of course the whole incident gave the guy's friends time to restrain him and get him away from the girl before he did anything rash.
Look at him. He's just a little guy....
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Vash, not taking any chances. Distraction might not be enough. Use Advanced Projectile Gum Technique!
This sure is a colorful cast of characters....
I'm just saying, they don't really seem like the type of folks the sheriff should have on speed dial.
I love how pissed off Vash looks as they're talking about how he'll kill them all if he shows up. This is the face of a man who's had it with your lies and slander.
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Dude, the rich guy was like, "Just so long as my daughter lives," and the sheriff was like, "They'll do the job so long as you pay upfront," but girl's gonna get taken down in the crossfire.
Or, she would if Mr. The Stampede wasn't there.
The girl is physically ok, but mentally, she'll be scarred forever. That's some Hellsing/AoT-levels of, "This character is definitely dead."
Aaaand three panels later, Vash realizes he forgot to continue pretending to be tied up and tries to remedy the situation.
Bossman here (I mean the gang leader, not the actual character named Bostalk) was already suspicious of Vash. Now he's extra-suspicious.
Somehow, Vash revealing his identity has not made the Bossman less suspicious.
Vash, the multi-talented. He can fight and preach at the same time.
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Oh, so the field of graves at the beginning isn't Vash's fault somehow. That's... good.
I mean, dear old dad might care a lot for his daughter, but he clearly stated he didn't give a shit about the lives of anyone else in the building.
Vash is disappointed in Bossman's life choices.
BTW, Vash's hair in this whole chapter just makes me think of thistle flowers.
Yes. Refusing to do so just leads to more cruelty.
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Vash just let the guy shoot the man, huh?
Oh, he's not happy about it.
Ah, yes. There's the greedy sheriff I remember!
This sheriff mentioned his hired help didn't think anything of taking human lives, but it seems they're not the only ones.
Oh, no. Sheriff triggered Angry Vash.
Not really sure what happened in this panel save that Vash was at the center of a bunch of destruction. Again.
Ah, gun arm. I thought it might be gun arm. I couldn't remember.
I love the sheriff's expression here. Like, he literally has his own gun to Vash's face, and he's effing terrified.
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Vash, dodging bullets again.
WTF, he shot him right in the badge. Talk about insult and injury. My boy knows what he's doing.
LOVE AND PEACE!!!
Hahahaha, everyone else just looks sooooo confused. Hopefully, they'll get it someday.
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uncanny-tranny · 2 months
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Something I realized (which was obvious to me subconsciously) is that... The family that vehemently didn't accept me when I first came out but now do accept me are still the same family that I am most unwilling to be open about things I feel protective over.
I remember that my dad reacted so poorly, not to my coming out, but to my transition specifically that my therapist was the one to ask if I wanted to put it on my file that I wanted nothing to ever be shared with him about my health after I broke down multiple times due to my anxiety that I would never transition. While there are and were protections for me, I was incredibly fearful at the time because I was a minor, and I was so worried that he would have prevented my transition that I couldn't have said for certain what (if any) lengths he would have gone to to prevent that.
He's grown a lot as a person, and made some commendable strides. But he didn't find out from me when I medically transitioned the second I turned eighteen, and I think that's among the things that truly made him realize the scope of the issue.
I'm not here to guilt trip parents, guardians, or other members responsible for the care of the children or teens or young adults in their care.... but this is a cautionary tale. You aren't saving the people in your care when you do this, you simply reinforce an idea that you will never care for them, never want them as they are, would rather them be shoved away.
When you give people reasons to be secretive, they will behave secretively. When you give people reasons to doubt their safety around you, they will become sneaky, defensive, and withdrawn. When you give people reasons to doubt that you value their life, they will believe that you don't care if they live or not.
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marragurl · 8 days
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Not the first to say it, but damn can’t believe Galladay really went from toxic yaoi to doomed tragic yaoi.
Alright fellow Galladay trash, where’s the modern AU fix-it fics?
I need to see Gallagher single dad with Misha plus their dog/cat Sleepie falling for entertainment company CEO Sunday. Don’t ask me how they met, fuck it, throw in bodyguard AU Gallagher who works part-time at a bar, boom there that’s how they meet, idk I’m making this up on 3 hours of sleep.
You’ve heard of slow burns, now get ready for Galladay blaze it.
They’re speedrunning the relationship from hate -> annoyance -> mild disgruntlement -> weirdly vibing -> ok wow never knew I needed that in my life -> Sunday is way too ok with spoiling Misha -> ok so we got married -> alright we’re dismantling the government now -> Sunday went to jail for 5 minutes for attempting “peaceful” world domination, don’t worry we (Gallagher) forgave him -> Sunday’s stepping down as CEO to run a coffeeshop idk look someone get him some therapy -> Robin is president now while she still goes on tours -> Misha won an engineering competition while this was all going on
Bottom line: Robin is out living her best life while Sunday is in the back somehow having the most insane week of his life. I have no other notes for her here except that she is happy, and successful, and is Sunday’s last remaining brain cell. She and Misha are having some fun Aunt/Nephew bonding times while Galladay are accidentally-on-purpose committing multiple war crimes.
No, we don’t have time to unpack 2.2 and all its trauma, we cope with modern AU :)
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skitskatdacat63 · 6 months
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2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Qualifiying - Fernando Alonso
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a-s-levynn · 4 months
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"And we go beyond the farthest reaches / Where the light bends and wraps beneath us" A Series of Small Offerings - III/10 - day30
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potatobugz · 10 months
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i am not what you think i am
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harmonysanreads · 9 days
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Re-watching romance movies I stumbled upon as a child and rooting for the ‘villains’ this time is an eye-opening experience :/
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szampers · 29 days
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Today while walking in a group, someone approached and tried to make casual conversation with me, probably to have some company to beat the boredom of walking I suppose. Or it was just some small loneliness. Exchanged a few words, it pretty much ended as soon as it had started. There are reasons:
1. I physically could not bring myself to be interested in the subject, not even able to feign superficial interest
2. I am too often indulged in my own thoughts and I'm more than happy to remain there.
3. I struggle to verbalize my thoughts. Even if I happen to be interested, in that case I'd then feel the awful pain of being unable to express myself. That's the situational mutism (prefer this term over selective mutism)
4. I lack a will to talk. Having a spontaneous tendency to make conversation doesn't come to me. At all.
5. Tha hell do I have to say to you
5. The nerves act up a little
These are the main reasons behind my apparent eternal vow of silence! They likely take precedence over one another depending on the situation (and my mood). Moving on.
Even though the entire exhange only lasted 10 seconds or so, it derailed whatever thought proces I had and weighed on my mind for arguably far too long. I thought about how people could simply initiate conversations with each other and keep it afloat, as if it comes to them naturally. To them it probably does, much like how my natural state is to keep to myself unless I have No Other Options. While I struggle to imagine myself freely initiating, seeking and holding conversations, they might struggle to fathom why I've sworn my vow of silence.
An ability to express myself decently and a superficial interest would've helped out much back then. I feel if only I had these two skills, just these two, life would be so much easier. New set of skills do come with a new set of problems, but I imagine they're "lighter" to deal with. It's exhausting to ruminate on one thing constantly: Why. Can I not act like most people do, and how it is severely detrimental if I ever hope to integrate into society. At the very least I should be able to be sociable on a functional level. The bare minimum is good enough for me, as long as it's enough for me to get by without much grievances in life. Unfortunately I only barely reach even this level. Now this is another thing I think myself into oblivion about. Goes in line with the situational mutism.
I'm not obligated to owe anyone conversation, but it really does feel like I've failed a basic task. I doubt faking interest and indulging them would've made me feel much better than shutting it off quickly, but at least I wouldn't be ruminating the crap out of it. They say change comes depending on how much you want to change, and that's seemingly the only solid thing I'm holding onto which keeps me somewhat hopeful.
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Hello LGBTQ+ community. I redesigned prism a little
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eidrefangel09 · 2 years
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Say it
Audio - The Grumps @ 3:16
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kaninchen-reblogs · 26 days
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I’m not entirely sure how to word this correctly cuz brain currently scrampled egg but I feel like being on the aro/ace spectrum as a transfem is incredibly frustrating when the majority of online transfem spaces are very hypersexual
Like on one hand, trans women are constantly told by society that they’re undesirable except when they’re objectified and chased, so the act of taking their sexualization into their own hands is super important and I’m legitimately glad that trans girls can find spaces online where they can be unabashedly horny in a liberating way.
On the other hand, you can’t look up “transgender” on this site without getting 80% porn bots and 20% discourse, I can’t share [animal]girl[bodypart] blogs to my ace friends without them being jumpscared by the most recent post being uncensored explicit imagery, and a big chunk of the online white anglo-centric transfem culture now is being super horny, alongside NEET-posting, blahaj, and striped socks.
Like I’m on the ace spectrum but I’m sex-positive and not bothered by the horny stuff so it doesn’t affect me too much. But I cannot imagine how alienating it must feel to be aromatic, asexual, and/or sex-repulsed as a transfem and your only other option is the sanitized, infantilized “uwu im anxious eepy baby with shark plush” meme-space. And I’m aware that HRT affects libido — ever since I started it, it’s definitely gone up, so I can’t blame people for needing an outlet.
I mean I guess that speaks to how you can never be “truly” inclusive in a space because something will always be exclusive to another person. Idk I just wish the world was safer for transfems from all walks of life, and there were more spaces for us to be proud of ourselves without it falling into “super horny”, “discourse”, or “ultra-sanitized”.
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forcedhesitation · 30 days
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*wheeze* slowly, but surely, working on art of them all
#bg3#myart#wip#I want to make every tav/companion pairing I have a dedicated. fancy piece.#these started with a concept for a wyll drawing that was very...storybook! inspired.#I would have been done all the linework for these two pieces by now had my weekend gone better :/#I was violently unwell for...about a week and a half? chronic illness bullshit. had started to feel better friday of last week...#...unfortunately fate had it that the weekend ended up being particularly stressful. so the pain returned anew.#it was. somewhat better today. but still not enough for me to really be productive in my free time :(#I will try to complete the linework tomorrow if all goes well. I really would like to start colouring them!#I have delightful colour schemes chosen...#gale/illamin piece has already been sketched in a notebook. once I finish these two- I will begin lining theirs!#illamin's connects to cadence's because they're intertwined like that. but I have yet to finish planning out cadence's piece.#I've gone back and forth on who I should romance with him...the thing with any of the companions is that they are all written to be-#-immensely compatible with each other. so writing a tav FOR a specific companion is a bit hard. often the tav could fit with any of them.#hell. I'm STILL working out details of jantar and corydalis' story & characters. because I can't be normal about this.#that aside- I DO have other. finished pieces...finally.#well. I had some long before... but I didn't want to post them because I wasn't happy with them.#so I went and finished new stuff that I DO like.#4. technically 5 drawings. all horror/horror adjacent in theme.#my extremely detailed hux painting is also NEARLY done. after months upon months of work.#and I continue to slowly chip away at the big scifi themed dbd piece I've had in progress.#I really never run out of things to draw and it's a bit torturous because I never have the time or energy to draw everything...
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blackspring4577 · 4 months
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Four probably teases them for not knowing BFDI fun fact #291033 (literally the most obscure piece of trivia imaginable)
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hyperfixation-hideout · 9 months
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drew Little in Oscar's clothes!
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Y'know.... cause Little Prince?
... That was the entire thought process behind this
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goldkirk · 4 months
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as I'm going back over my past history and items and journals and years, I come across all sorts of things, like the pencil I saved from that so-precious memory from second grade, and a pair of flip flops I've been missing for two years, and (tw for murder/crime/killings) the modern-high-school-AU-kidnapped-by-a-serial-killer story I wrote in late high school jdfsjdfsjkjlksfd
#i can't wait to find out what red flags I didn't see in my own self back when I last read this thing in 2015 hfdhfdhjsfd#also. there's gonna be like a good sentence here and there and then CRINGE. the whole rest of everything is just me still trying to copy th#breathing pace (essentially) and ways-of-describing-things of mainstream authors like I thought I was supposed to#so this'll be somewhat painful but also god what a joy and a gift and an honor and a delight to get to hold this close to my heart#and witness it with understanding and empathy and slow reflection and care like my past younger self deserves#i'm so lucky i'm alive to be here and do this#i'm so grateful i'm headed towards welcoming back and embracing the last little girl i was that still felt a lot of things#so excited for her focus and precision and tenacity and constant curious joy and movement to be back someday#i'm afraid people won't like the me i was before rule after rule and then dangers#but my god it'll feel so good to be the fully-flowing energy machine and dance and conduit again how will I have enough bother to care?#people who are good to each others' nervous systems cumulatively feel better and better#if i'm not good for you and yours then you really truly SHOULD go elsewhere and find someone who makes YOUR self feel right and light + war#anyway now that i wrote an essay in the tags as usual [nervous laughter]#personal#add to journal#words n rhythm#WHY DID I FEEL CAPABLE OF UNDERTAKING A STORY LIKE THIS#cradling my past self gently but also BANGING my HEAD against the WALL lmao#i'm proud of myself for writing and sharing this and its creative ideas. even if i don't like it now or feel ashamed or see mistakes.#anything. it mattered that it came to me and it mattered that i explored it and it mattered that i poured myself through it to help shape i#and it mattered that I left it on the internet so that now it still exists. i'm going to honor this story no matter what current me would#objectively think about it if it was written by anyone else.#this is a gift i give myself now.#this is a lot of what I learn and learn to do#trauma evolution#mosswrites
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dreamwinged · 1 month
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good morning everyone :( i am in a Funk really bad and i wanna say it’s school but i know it’s a bit deeper than that. i dunno what to do i just feel weird… i hope everyone is having a good day tho imy guys :’)
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