#played at MAXIMUM VOLUME

[pancake-breakfast]

Between the bottle of Bride whiskey and the ticker tape and all, there's definitely a lot of wedding imagery going on near the end of Volume 10. But there's one other bit I'm not really seeing people mention.

Before Vash and Wolfwood head out to the infamous couch, Brad and crew take Miss Melanie and all the orphans onboard their ship to get them the hell out of there before the ark shows up. Presumably, Brad's not gonna just dump all these children in some random location in the desert when Knives is tooling around devastating population centers. I could be wrong since this is my first read-through, but I'm guessing he's at least going to try to take them to Home where they can integrate with the rest of the population.

Which will have the effect of uniting the group that's closest to family for Vash with the group that's closest to family for Wolfwood. The bond between the two has allowed the two groups to become one.

#i know not all families work this way but we can play with ideals a bit here #trigunbookclub #trigun maximum #volume 10 #manga analysis #pancake thoughts

[caffeinefire]

This panel is so funny, Wolfwood’s not even talking to Vash, he’s looking at us like “don’t you dare think that was cool and brave, that was fucking stupid is what that was.”

It was an amazing display of skill and strength. It was also the most buckwild option for handling the situation. Wolfwood refuses to be impressed.

Then there’s Vash just… giving him a thumbs down in the background. I’m losing it.

#trigun #trimax #Trigun maximum volume 1 #trigunbookclub #vash the stampede #wolfwood #like that’s one way to get the gun out of play I guess #by taunting him into firing his only shot straight at vash #and it also serves to terrify the guy into protecting the town #because who wants to go against the guy who just kicked a cannonball shot into the air AS it was being fired???

[welcometogrouchland]

I love it when "they should be at the club" is like, an actual character dynamic, with person A looking at person B as they work themselves to the bone/throw their own happiness away for the greater good/take on more responsibility than anyone could ever hope to bear and they're just like. Hey. You should be at the club

#ramblings of a lunatic #this is about Barbara Gordon and Cassandra Cain in batgirl volume 1 #literally babs is like cass wouldn't it be nice if you did things that normal 17 yr old girls get to do- #-instead of living and dying in your kung fu self hate cycle that will inevitably destroy you??? #and cass is like. no #cassandra cain (and bruce wayne) voice: #''everyone asks if there's anyway to stop the self sacrifice spiral never how was the spiral it looked fun was the spiral fun?'' #dick is also this for bruce but the club is less literal in that specific sense #(also this is soooo far removed from their canon dynamic. but play with me in this space for a bit- #-this but it's steph @ jason) #(like she realizes he's the same age as cass- she would not have guessed bc he's fucking huge and grizzled- #-and she's like damn. you should be at the club jason- #-just an in passing observation! arguably ribbing him about his melodramatic vengeance quest- #-that becomes a lot harder to take seriously when you remember he's barely old enough to legally drink) #(and jasons just like. what would i even do at the club steph. what part of me seems like a guy who would have fun at the club) #(Jason and Bruce are both too autistic for the club. cass is the right amount of sensory seeking autistic to get something out of the club- #-but really babs should be taking her to a mosh pit for maximum enrichment. she'd thrive) #ANYWAY. having a moment ignore me #my previously obtained ibuprofen is the last defence against me and certain doom (sore throat oof ouch) #like that meme of the soldier with knives and bombs in his back protecting the sleeping child #point being idk how long it'll last so i should sleep sooner rather than later to get the max benefits

[lupoteodoro]

“Are you family, sir?” “Boyfriend.”

To Be Played At Maximum Volume by @churchkey

#To Be Played At Maximum Volume #i have this scene in my mind #winnix #bob fanfic #origin: Fort Bliss #ron livingston

[churchkey]

Update UPDATE...

I know probably when you saw me over here writing 33K of Perry fucking Mason this summer when I still haven’t posted the last chapter of Maximum Volume you might have justifiably been like ‘fuck you, we’re done’ and I totally understand that and don’t begrudge you for it but listen - 

Ch. 10 aka THE END is almost done. I’ll post before I go to bed on Sunday. That’s all except I LOVE YOU ALL and I hope you’re having a wonderful day!

(also, not that excuses matter, but Perry Mason is a really good show that totally got screwed by the WB/Discovery merger and sometimes you just have to get something out of your system, you know? and Matthew Rhys et al are fantastic and if you haven’t seen it, I promise it’s worth checking out)

#band of brothers #lewis nixon #dick winters #band of brothers fic #to be played at maximum volume #winnix #fic by me

[vixlenxe]

AH YES. My favorite Monster Hunter OST guy posted the Malzeno theme with his roars mixed in.

Just what I needed on my holy holiday, the screams of an unholy beast. Lmao.

#(no but i love his theme & his roar so I am a very happy camper) #(his guttural bloodlusted cry is a work of art) #musings [lore; ideas and aesthetics] #video aesthetic 【pressing the play button until it breaks】 #malzeno; aesthetic [a scarlet feast at the citadel] #Youtube #audio aesthetic 【maximum volume】

[cinehisterica]

That delicious feeling of reading a fanfic so well written that as soon as you finish reading it, you want to read it all over again

#To Be Played At Maximum Volume by churchkey #and so many others winnix fics #winnix

[br1ghtestlight]

i would be so annoying to watch serious crime dramas with because i keep laughing everytime they play dramatic/scary music because im used to watching sitcoms and cartoons where that isn't a thing they would do sound editing-wise and it keeps pulling me out of the moment like its a parody crime mockumentary 😭😭

#like the bg music is so AGGRESSIVE idk i feel like in most of the shows i watch the background music is like 10% volume maximum #Why are you doing this it feels like a PARODYY stop with that loud ass dramatic classical music playing #like that one bobs burgers scene where bob is in the car talking to louise and there's classical music on the radio #thats what it feels like to me #horror movies have the same problem #txt

[98-0]

I'll be taking a long break from editing to focus on my mental health, you'll occasionally see one or two edits on some days though. I hope to see you guys again after my school exam ends and don't forget to take care of yourselves everybeing <3

#03 ﹕ important #love & peace y'all! #it was fun making stuff. but i seriously need that long break #*plays see you again by tyler the creator but it will change your life at maximum volume*

[krafterwrites]

Who decided that videos should be at full volume by default when they play. It should be the opposite of that, they should be at minimum, because it's far better to not hear a video and have to turn it up then to get your ears blasted out by surprise

#I was on my Twitch channel and the VOD from the most recent stream played at full volume and hurt my ears #Also the volume should especially not be at maximum if the VOD is set to AUTOPLAY #Is Twitch trying to deafen its users #Krafter Talks

[pancake-breakfast]

Finishing this volume up earlier than usual isn't going to lessen the pain, but it might free me up to do a few more write-ups I need to do.

Stream-of-consciousness thoughts for TriMax Vol. 10, Chapters 6-8 below.

Chapter 6: The Return

The return of what?? What is there to return??? Are they just gonna go back to the orphanage? The return of Livio?? I ask all these things like Nightow's not gonna answer that in the next however many pages.

Yeah, I imagine punches hurt a lot more when YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SKIN.

Ugh, Vash just... standing there, listening to Wolfwood beat the shit out of Razlo. I'm not sure what he's thinking or feeling, but I'm not sure I want to know.

I like Livio... but I think I'd be ok with Razlo never being whole again.

Vash.... Wolfwood, stop punching and go hug your mans or something. He's not doing so well.

Oh, Raz. Chapel wouldn't help you if he could. He never cared enough about you for that.

Dear lord, that's not a healthy thing to do, Wolfwood. I realize you don't have any control over it, but maybe it's time to just stop for a bit. (Side note: props to Nightow for not having his characters just arbitrarily coughing up blood all the time. Really increases the impact when they finally do.)

THE FUCK. DON'T DOWN THE LAST VIAL. YOU'RE JUST SPEEDING UP THE INEVITABLE.

Gods, Raz regenerates quickly.

Huh, his living minions have names, and he knows them. I wonder if the one he turned into chaff had a name.

I dunno if Vash is gonna tolerate this.

Yeah, Vash says no. Kicks for you. He'll allow Wolfwood to finish his business with Raz because he knows this is important to Wolfwood, but if he doesn't get to interfere, then neither does anyone else.

In this moment, I fully believe Vash will kill them if they don't lay off. That said, I'm not sure they're fully human and not some sort of construct.

Raz is doing a great job talking despite not having lips. *mumbles something indistinct about episode 12 of Stampede*

Huh???

LIVIO!!! My boi is here to save his big bro!

Gods, I love these panels. I love how they're set up like two different characters.

Wolfwood knows something's up.

Where the hell did the other Punisher come from? That's Chapel's Punisher. Isn't he dead??

DAMMIT, FUCK THIS GUY SO HARD WITH A *redacted* RIGHT IN THE *redacted* UNTIL HE *redacted* AND *redacted, AND THEN *redacted* HIS *redacted* WITH A *redacted* UNTIL IT LOOKS LIKE SWISS CHEESE!!! FUUUUUUUCCCCKKK!!!!

Ugh, I told you, Raz. I'm sorry, my guy. I know how much it sucks to find out someone you thought was there to take care of you and who you thought valued your life only ever saw you as a pawn toward a different end.

What's more, Raz, is I just skimmed back and what you probably thought was a half-hearted attempt by Wolfwood to smack you away from himself in fear probably just saved your life.

Finish that bastard off. Please. Make sure he doesn't get up again. Make sure he never hurts anyone else again. Finish what your brother started.

Honestly, Nightow could have put absolutely no dialogue on these panels and I'd still be able to hear Raz scream.

Nah, scale it back, Razlo. I know you don't know the meaning of the words, but to quote Stampede Wolfwood, he's not the one who hurt you.

Freaking Livio, man. (affectionate, full of admiration)

Listen to him, Raz. You exist to protect him. If he says you're done, you're done.

Yes. If it weren't for you, Livio would be dead. But the fight is over. It's time to end this, Razlo.

There's something very important about apologizing to yourself for the unhealthy and/or dangerous coping mechanisms you forced yourself to build up... and in forgiving yourself for for them, too.

Ah, the little peons have gone passive now that their master has receded.

Freaking Wolfwood took this time to find and light another of his terribly crushed cigarettes. Freaking addict.

Chapter 7: Wolfwood

No no no no. I know where this chapter goes. I'm not ready.

For the record, I'm just gonna play take a little hand by yoko kanno on repeat the whole time I read this chapter. It's literally been stuck in my head since I got hit with the volume's feels last night, so I'm gonna just ride it out.

"Sleep on a proper bed as much as you can." This is such a good wish. If one has ever been poor enough not to have a proper bed for any length of time, they get it. It's a wish for the luxury of simple comforts, like wishing for someone to have a full stomach or clean clothes.

He thought he was joining a good organization, a group that would help others. He was just a child.

TBH, he looks younger here than he looks in some of the other flashbacks. Here, he looks like he's eight, but in some of the others, he looks like he's 12-14.

We don't have time for the ark now, Brad! And by "time," I mean "emotional energy for whatever those crazies intend to do next." Make 'em go away!

Vash opens the door for the people from the orphanage to come out... but we don't see his face. That feels ominous. I wonder if he's managing one of his fake smiles at this point, or if he's not even bothering for once. (I say "for once," but it feels like his mask falls a lot more these days than it used to.)

Yyyyeah, it might have been a good idea to clean up some of the bodies first. Or let the kids out through the back or something.

*sigh* Vash just wanted to give them some time together.

Man, Livio looks wrecked. Not physically. Emotionally.

Ah, Brad dropped Vash off. That explains that. I remember the ship and I remember thinking it looked like one of Home's vessels, but I wasn't sure if Vash had driven it or what. I like to imagine Vash just jumped out of it from way too high up.

Heh. Wolfwood knows he can't fool Miss Melanie, but he's still trying to protect the kids. Or... maybe he's trying to protect himself. He doesn't want them to see him like this, to think of him like this.

Honestly, given how young some of these kids were, it's a wonder so many of them remember him.

Vash, still holding out hope that maybe, just maybe, they can save him.

Nicholas Dickolas Wolfwood! You're only giving Vash that coin and saying, "This is who I really am," and all that bullshit because you're trying to make your passing easier on Vash, to drive him away so it maybe hurts him less. But you are too late for that. Idiot. He LOVES YOU. Deeply. It doesn't matter if or even need to be romantic. HE LOVES YOU.

LOL, Livio. Bless this man. Also maybe get him a shirt.

*sigh* Klutz.

Damn Nightow for adding this comic relief here. I know it's a lie.

*more sighing* Aaaaand there's the bottle.

Freaking couch....

Gods. Remember... remember waaaaay back when they first met, and Wolfwood went out of his way to make Vash smile? He truly loves Vash's smile. But there's no way in hell Vash could give him a genuine one right now, and that's the smile Wolfwood truly loves.

Well... dammit, Wolfwood would of course be thinking of that, too. Here I thought I was being all smart about the callback, but Nightow just spelled it out for us.

Vash is about to have a full breakdown here. Usually, it's Wolfwood praying, but this time, it's Vash. He doesn't want apologies. He just... he just wants this person who means so much to him to be here. To keep being here. For as long as possible.

Them throwing ticker tape, just like when he left before. Just like you would for a celebration, like a wedding. You... you know Stampede's opening Tombi references this, too??

Heh. Six years, and they saved all this for when he came back. He was well-loved.

Brad's incensed face in the background.

Miss Melanie went against Wolfwood's request... but she's worked with kids a lot. Desperate, hurt kids. Kids who've had to grow up before their time even if they don't show it on the outside the way Wolfwood does. She knows they're smarter than most give them credit for. And she knows some part of Wolfwood's heart needs this. He needs to know that in spite of everything, he's still loved, even by them.

Wolfwood doesn't strike me as much of a crier, unlike Vash. But... hey, now's as good a time as any, huh?

The iron bell in the tower is ringing.

Yeah. Yeah, I knew this would be the next page.

Livio knows. Vash knows. Vash can't hold it in anymore.

Aaaand the ark is here. This is going to go very, very poorly for someone.

Chapter 8: Final Parting

I'd guess Livio's about to have a very different relationship with the ark than he had before.

Ah, the ark is either not as close as the final page of the last chapter made it seem, or it passed them by for now.

Vash is stress cooking.

Livio, you moron. What did you think was happening??

Side note: I like how Livio's hair has gone from, "I am dead inside and don't care about anything," to something that's almost quirky and childlike.

This is the face of someone who's checked the hell out for the foreseeable future.

TBH, it's probably a good thing Livio clarified his "why." If he hadn't, I dunno if Vash would have been able to stay calm. He's doing his best right now, even if he's checked out.

Yeah, they better animate this in Stampede. They've already set it up to hit like a runaway train.

Gods, I wish it wasn't a billion degrees. I could really go for some tea right now. Hot tea. Coping tea.

Uhh, what happened to Vash's hair?? "But when" is right!

Ah, he took out his grief on the ark. Well, that explains why that big-ass ship is somehow missing.

WTH is so fucking funny, Knives?? Your brother is dying.

Ah, brief return of I-Hate-My-Life Livio hair. Man, this guy talks with his hair. I love it. He really does feel bad about all this now. This isn't what he wanted. Like Wolfwood at the beginning of the story, he just didn't know he could have it any other way.

Vash is right. Eat.

Heh. Vash's little smile as Livio starts eating. Livio's not Wolfwood, but he's someone Wolfwood cared deeply about, and it seems like some part of Vash is willing to accept that, despite everything, a friend of Wolfwood's is a friend of his, especially when said friend is so eager to take up Wolfwood's mantle.

Side note: it amuses me that Livio's left his shredded sleeves on. Like, my boi, your whole shirt is missing. You can probably take those off, too.

This panel. It feels like it snuck in from a completely different manga.

Heh. Vash remembering eating with Wolfwood like this.

Oh, my boi Livio. Sobbing through his food. I imagine Vash is already all cried out for now.

They're just gonna eat their sorrows away. Silverware optional. This is a hand salad now.

LOL, yeah... I had a feeling they were gonna overeat.

Hells, I don't think Livio could forget Wolfwood if he wanted to. But I get the gesture. Vash is reminding Livio that Wolfwood died to save him. And Livio's picking up what he's putting down.

Mm, Razlo is the one used to carrying Punishers, and even he didn't cart around his own. BTW, what happened to those guys?

It's definitely a fitting tombstone.

Props to all y'all who read this the first time in book form and had to turn that last page to see a full frontal of Wolfwood's blow-up doll on the couch at the end. I'm sure that's what y'all wanted to see when you were still up to your eyes in The Feels.

Archive

Trigun Vol. 1: Covers + 1-3, 4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 || Vol. 2: Covers + Extras, 1, 2-4, 5-6, 7-8

TriMax Vol. 1: Covers + 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 || Vol. 2: Covers + 1, 2-4, 5, 6-7 || Vol. 3: Covers + 1-3, 4-5, 6-7 || Vol. 4: Covers + 1-2, 3-5, 6-7 || Vol. 5: Covers + 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 || Vol. 6: Covers + 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 || Vol. 7: Covers + 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 || Vol. 8: Covers + 1-2, 3-4, 5 + Bonus || Vol. 9: Covers + 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 || Vol. 10: Covers + 1-3, 4-5

Extra Credit: Trigun Vol. 1: Nebraska vs. Vash's Motivations, Vash's Loneliness, Vash's Depression (pt 2 of post), Soupy Brains || Vol. 2: Coin Factoids || TriMax Vol. 1: Lina, Vash, and a Haircut || Meryl, Vash, and the Pursuit of Happiness || Vol. 5: Knives, Vash, and Hatred for Humanity || Vol. 6: Coping Series: Wolfwood, Meryl, Vash || Vol. 8: The Uncoordinated Counterattack || Vol. 9: Justice, Punishment, and Mercy, The Tolling of an Iron Bell

#now if you'll excuse me #i'm gonna go have a therapy session with my cat #she says i need to give her lots of pets to cure what ails me #and maybe play with her a bit too #trigunbookclub #trigun maximum #volume 10 #pancake thoughts

[bloodenjoyer]

Im getting that illness again i nmeed to rewatch velvet goldmine

#read the words 'although what you are about to see is a work of fiction it should nevertheless be played at maximum volume' and GOT EMOTION #emotional. this i s sick..

[coffeetime88]

I take it back I love Manscaped please stop with the auto-playing video ad please

#seriously #this ad #i hope you weren't watching a video in the background #i hope your volume is turned down #cause this dumb ad will force-play itself at maximum volume #it's the worst #the tumblr experience #tumblr #tumblr ads #manscaped #Pikachu guy #autoplaying yearup ad #yearup #hellsite

[geminicollisionworks]

A happy Bloomsday to those Joyceans out there who observe as I do!

It is also my (Ian's) 54th birthday, and I am celebrating right now by listening to two favorite albums that were both released 50 years ago today:

The sonics on both these great works were also hugely influential on my way of hearing and my sound design, so I hope if you've never heard either, you give them a spin (so to speak).

And remember, as the cover of ZIGGY demands of us, these records are DEFINITELY...

#bowie #roxy music #the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars #eponymous debut album #1972 #birthdays #future tattoo #TO BE PLAYED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME

[churchkey]

i know webgott isn't exactly the ship you primarily write for but GOD i love the way you write modern david webster in maximum volume (and i love his raport with nix it reminds me so much of my own queer friend group in ways i've yet to articulate properly) and i was wondering if you have any headcanons about their coupling and/or their interactions with their friend group (as a couple or individually)?

Haha oh my god, thank you! That's so nice of you to say! I based them loosely on my cousin and his boyfriend, who used to have epic Halloween parties before they got old and decided it was too much work, and if everyone loved it so much, they could damn well volunteer to host it themselves. Alas, no one did.

But David and Joe are still young and fun so let's talk about them. I feel like you should win a prize or something because this is officially the FIRST Webgott ask I've ever received. I do have a few headcanons about them, which did not make it into the fic because I mean, for christ's sake, the thing is already way too long. Anyway, if you'll just follow me...

Even though they knew and liked each other in high school, I don't think they got together until later. Like one time in college they bumped into each other on campus and it was like "I always had a crush on you" - "same" and then they were inseparable. They got married kinda young, around 24 or 25 (I imagined them right around 30 in the fic) and their families were like "... are you SURE you don't want to wait a little longer?" But they don't listen to anyone else, naturally, because what the hell do they know?

I also envisioned them as having gone on some long bike-camping trip up the coast on a tandem bike just before they decided to get married, and something very profound happened on this trip, maybe it just challenged them in ways they'd never been tested before, and they met and overcame those obstacles together and it sort of cemented their bond as a couple. Because if you can successfully ride a tandem with your partner, you can probably weather any storm.

They used to have threesomes with George back in the day but they don't anymore. David and George are good buddies (I've always felt strongly about this, based solely on how George was kind of nice to Webster in that episode when he comes back from the hospital and is just being such a clueless dick). They go see bands together and to see midnight showings of cult movies and stuff like that. Joe actually thinks that if David weren't with him, he and George would be a good couple.

David still has a little teeny tiny crush on Mr. Winters. He wished he knew he was gay when he actually had him as a teacher, but he totally understands why he wasn't out at work.

As mentioned in Ch. 1, they're both journalists. Joe is a sports writer for the major metro daily, David writes for a local news/arts/culture blog. This means they're always out somewhere covering a game or event or whatever, which works for them because the true secret to their success as a couple is their own selfish pursuits of what makes them happy as individuals. They're good at giving each other space to do whatever the fuck they want, knowing that at the end of the day, they don't want anything else as much as they want each other.

Everyone assumes they're about one big blow up away from divorce, but they're actually surprisingly stable. They truly enjoy each other's company and are just as content tending to their flower beds together as they are going to a party or out to the bars with their friends. They worship their cats. They have a Sunday ritual (h/t @anthrobrat) of reading the entire Sunday paper, section by section, David reading the gossip page out loud and being appalled at the list prices of houses in the Real Estate section and saving the Food section because they might actually try one of the recipes this week (they never do). At their core, they're basically just a couple of old queens sliding comfortably into middle age, though their friends would be shocked to see this side of them.

Idk... this is honestly the most I've ever thought about them so I hope it fits with what you were thinking, or at least makes sense with their little cameos in the story. Thanks for the ask, it's always fun to explore and imagine. And thank you so much for reading my stuff! I appreciate you and everyone else who takes the time to read my work so very much. Take care 😍❤️

#band of brothers #fic writing #webgott #lovely asks #to be played at maximum volume

[vixlenxe]

Aesthetic Tags

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