#like just admit you dislike vash and like knives more bc you like villains so i can understand you better

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man why do people villainize/make fun of vash's (to a fault) forgiveness of humanity? saw a few posts on twitter (yeah i know lol) that were more or less like "lol what would vash tell tesla if she was still around? 'sorry about All of That but you should forgive them lol'"

LIKE NO. THAT IS NOT WHAT VASH IS EVER ARGUING WITH NAI OHHHH MY GOD.

vash's main crux in these arguments (at least in tristamp, bc that's what i Know Best and what im p sure those twts were arguing from) is that humanity isn't deserving of wholesale genocide or abuse, just like the plants! he never tells nai "hey your pain is fucked up but you should let go of it teehee". he tells nai, more or less, "it's fucked up, we're both fucked up, but maybe don't murder people that YOU did this to?".

because nai's trauma has made him a worse person & he uses that as a justification to hurt others. however he is totally valid to feel that way and vash understands that as well, he just isn't willing to write ALL of humanity off. he'd probably be the same with tesla.

#geraniums.blooming #trigun #trigun stampede #vash the stampede #knives millions #like i dunno there is such a common factor in fandoms i see a lot where people HATE the protagonist or think their motives are stupid #or that the hero themselves is maliciously wrong #like just admit you dislike vash and like knives more bc you like villains so i can understand you better #rather than you intentionally misreading/misaligning the character