#Vashwood is right there

[duncanor]

I still don't understand why Trigun was never mentioned anywhere on queer manga rec lists.. Like, even if you discard the gay and trans subtext,

Zazie and Elendira are right there. Like, that's canon rep. I've seen less popular animes/manga being recommended for less than that.

Why did Trigun fly under the radar that bad, I really don't get it.

#trigun #trimax #queer manga #Like I know zazie is basically a bunch of worms in a trench coat #But they still are canonically gender fluid like #They are #And Elendira is trans #And if you don't ignore the subtext #Vashwood is right there #And there's a lot of trans subtext for the twins #Like #This manga is queer as fuck #And it was popular 20 years ago!! #How did no one tell me about this #Huh #I can type right now queer manga rec and it will never be there #Why

[alena-draws]

Let it all out

[Image Description: Three sketched digital illustrations featuring Trigun Stampede characters. In the first, Vash and Meryl sit, Vash huddling into Meryl as she holds him close. Vash's face is covered by her arms, and Meryl shuts her eyes tightly. In the second, Wolfwood sits next to Vash, one arm around Vash's back. Vash draws his knees up close, and hides his face in his arms. Wolfwood looks unsure and uncomfortable as he scratches the back of his neck. In the third and final drawing, Roberto sits cross-legged as Vash hides in his lap. Roberto pets Vash's hair with one hand and holds a flask in the other. He looks down at Vash with a weary expression, as Vash hides his face again. End ID]  (Image description done by @starberry-skies. Thank you!)

#I COULD go to bed before 1am or I just could draw fanart the whole night.. #fanart #trigun #trigun stampede #meryl stryfe #vash #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #wolfwood #roberto de niro #I know that prosthetic arm doesn't look right #I need to find some good references for that #vashmeryl #vashwood #and #vash..roberto?

[hollycircling]

til death do us part

#trigun #trigun stampede #vashwood #he'll live this time right #RIGHT

[cranity]

head over heels

#nicholas d. wolfwood #vash the stampede #vashwood #trigun #my art #idk how to explain my trigun feelings other than my fav flavor of it being that wolfwood falls hard for this chaotic blonde first #and they proceed to share intricate rituals throughout their travels but never do anything about it #and then vol 10 happens #:] #anyways im a wolfwood falls in love first believer right here #he would do anything for that man

[ruporas]

thinking about wolfwood (ID in alt text)

#vashwood #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun #trigun maximum #from awhile ago! i forgot to upload it here i think #i realized looking back at this. wolfwood has shrunk even more. DFGMKSGMS im sorry everyone has to bear with that. short woowoo #is engrained into my bones.... but anyway. im a big fan of vash yearning if that was not obvious from my previous comics. #not to say wolfwood doesnt do the same ofc... but im just thinking about vash's layers of repression in emotions and how he holds it #all together for the most part.... and when he yearns it's not like a dopey lovesick smile or anything. his cheeks are red but he's all “:( #bc he's Shy about it. and troubled by how much he's thinking about ww. but he can't help it and even less so when ww is right there #it's a very honest expression from someone like vash i think. and wolfwood can start to tell when he's faced with it and in turn #also gets embarrassed . silly the both of them #ruporas art

[kitamars]

im not immune to mermay it seems

#listen. i will shove eriks into any situation i can as is my god given right #also i had to doodle that quick comic for them last night or i thought i was gonna die #also…..orca wolfwood…….simply for the black and white thing……. #i have no in depth thoughts on this au just vague fever dream ideas from 5 in the morning #but it was fun #they’re so stupid and annoying #say it with me now: #partners (affectionately derogatory) #vash #vash the stampede #wolfwood #nicholas d. wolfwood #vash x wolfwood #vashwood #mermay #trigun #trigun maximum #ok bye

[0815bliss]

stop the cookie thief!!!

#getting the colors right took me forever #i felt a little bit insane #i like the final outcome tho so worth jt #trigun #trigun maximum #trigun fanart #vashwood #artist on tumblr #my art #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood

[karlydraws]

How many wedding photos of them am I planning to draw....

[Stampede] [post Trimax]

#karly draws #trigun #vashwood #trigun maximum #i know i drew the gas tank too big #and the bike's proportion is bit off #i didn't take much time to get it right from the beginning #i was lazy for it

[altades]

can we talk about can we just talk about them can we can we i'm please

ww seeing the worst most terrifyng parts of vash and still staying by his side i ahhhhh

#trigun #vashwood #artists on tumblr #trigun stampede #trigun maximum #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #digital art #i know we know how vash loves ww even though ww is not the best guy #but ww also sees this nuclear warhead with legs and doesn't dump him??? #like vash is so scary #the only thing between him and being just as bad as nai is his morals #so if one day he just doesnt like ppl anymore then what #right #and ww knows that but he still loves him #they drive me insane

[ohitslen]

Something other about his eyes

Bonus! Based on this quick thing I did this afternoon and the idea took a bit more shape and turned into that thing from above uEK

#not too much effort on the colors with this one #o would’ve left it just with lineart but at the end I thought it would look nicer with some rough shadows #shadowing. you know what I meant. #his plant markings being extremely faint on his eyes when they aren’t glowing is very true to me also #I think itd be awesome if Vash’s eyes would just look like that when he isn’t masking #or they could be a bit more lax but still look like they are staring far far away into the void #or into your souls if you so happen to make eye contact with him. like woowoo over here #he is probably listening for one of his sisters who is not so close to him. maybe even Kni? who knows it’s up to interpretation #Vash’s hair can be such a nightmare also. I do not think of physics when drawing him whatsoever #I give him the Mickey Mouse ears treatment sometimes and some other I actually respect the fact that his hair will always be swept #to the right. if you haven’t noticed that yet. I think it’s way more noticeable on the 2d art #which is a nice touch! considering that’s the direction I’m which his haircut was when they were kids. isn’t that fun #anyways weird Vash for me once again and I’ll share a little with you. ah I’ll get to the requests later btw! #trigun #vash the stampede #trigun stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #vashwood #trigun fanart #vash #wolfwood #nicholas trigun #lenssi draws #vash saverem #ah extra note. this is meant to be pre plant revelation. I think Vash would already know about what WW is there for since very early on #but about the plant thing he was still a little doubtful since he wouldn’t think Kni would disclose that information so easily. #so seeing that Nick has a very keen eye and is very observant kind of ticks him off even though he is just the same. so maybe that’s why #it ticks him in the first place. headcanons everywhere in this household

[artofalassa]

The Plant

More bickering! And they met someone!

Part ONE | Part TWO | Part THREE | Part FOUR | Part FIVE | Part SIX | Part SEVEN | Part EIGHT | Part NINE | Part ELEVEN

#vashwood #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #wolfwood lives au #trigun maximum #las!art #guess who thought they'd put the chapter up publicly already #that right #me

[rayewarrrd]

matthew 5:9

#trigun #trigun fanart #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #vashwood #uhhhhhhh this was supposed to be soft but something went wrong in the process #i mean. softer than it is right now. #anyway happy bday to me i guess! #my art

[myuminji]

#copy pasting from twt but thinking of 98ww being the only one who still retains human empathy the most out of all WWs #bcs he didn't really go through modifications that makes him feel like he completely lost his right to 'humanity'... #<- smth abt ww treating Vash as someone that is also capable to process emotion and pain like a human despite knowing his true nature... #smth abt it that makes Vash wants to cry and it's not bcs of his injuries anymore... #trigun #trigun 98 #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #vashwood #ish #myuminjiart #sorry for the wonky art i just want to throw this idea out

[sassy-strawberry-shortcake]

my friend who only knows about trigun thanks to my ramblings on discord just referred to vashwood as “the stripper priest and his biblically accurate boyfriend” and now i need to have a lay down 

#trigun #vashwood #she is so right tho

[funsize-cenobites]

The weight of knowing Nightow said in an interview that Vash avoids taking lovers and deepening most relationships because of the disparity of time between Humans and Plants and the pain that comes from that... Yet he explicitly chose Wolfwood; a man who's time had already been stolen from... to spend the rest of his tomorrows with...

Indescribable.

I am genuinely unsure how to recover from this level of longing. This acceptance of the inherent tragedy that makes love beautiful at its core: That impermanence.

Vash spent all that time avoiding and yearning. Loving always at arms length and loving so hard to try and make up for that. Then when he finally finds someone strong enough, who loves Vash the same. Someone that has even a snowballs chance in hell of understanding any part of him. he loses him. Not immediately though, that would've been a mercy. No, Vash got just enough time to realize how close he was.

Vash got to start building a home in Wolfwood just in time to see it collapse.

It's haunting in a way most of the media around these themes has rarely managed to be to me personally. Vash is possibly my favorite example of that one quote:

"Grief is just love with no where to go."

And god... Vash has so so so much love trapped inside.

#trigun #Trimax #Vashwood #Im straight losing my mind rn #They're all I can think about right now sorry #Sorry for putting all this in the tags but woo boy #I have to exercise the demons or they'll claw out of me #Also #trimax spoilers #I guess?? #trigun maximum spoilers

[ruporas]

can’t talk about it

[ID: Black and white comic of Vash and Wolfwood from Trigun Maximum. The comic starts with the sounds "thud, thud, click". Vash, mid-action of peeling an apple, turns to the sound, noticing who it was that entered, and says, "Oh, Wolfwood, you're back." He resumes back to his apple in the next panel as he speaks, "Where'd you go? You snuck out of bed quickly this morning..." Wolfwood's hand then enters the panel, hovering over Vash's cheek and Vash looks up as Wolfwood asks, "Can I?" Vash responds, "Not going to talk about it?" while using a hand to gently hold Wolfwood's hovering hand and presses a kiss to his inner palm.

Vash then gets up fully, setting down the knife down on the table and the apple onto a plate, He leans into Wolfwood as Wolfwood explains, "Had to meet someone. Nothing interesting to talk about." Vash kisses Wolfwood's left cheek and a hand moves to cup his other cheek while muttering, "You're being vague." Wolfwood says neutrally, "If yer really that curious, keep askin'. We  can talk about that instead of doing this." Vash leans back and responds, "Let's talk after, since... You look so tired."

The panel pans to a close up of Wolfwood's downcast eyes, bags heavy underneath his eyes. He doesn't allow Vash to sit in that moment for long though, then saying, "Yer not helping, Spikey. Being all slow with it... I could fall asleep right now." He moves his hand to start unclasping Vash's coat, starting from his collar. Vash with red cheeks, responds briskly, "Oh, shut up. I'm worried about you. I can't be worried?"

The final shot shows Wolfwood's back to the viewer while Vash's softened expression can be seen as he holds gently onto the side of Wolfwood's face and a hand firm on his waist. Wolfwood responds, "I'm fine, seriously," pausing for a moment before continuing, "Is it okay to still..?" Vash responds, "Yeah, it's okay."

The next image is a shot from later that night after the previous comic. Vash and Wolfwood are now in bed, half naked. Wolfwood's buries his face into Vash's chest, his arms wrapped around him, while Vash is petting at his hair. Vash reminds him, "Hey. You said we'd talk about it." Wolfwood pauses for a moment before piping up, "In the morning? I'm sleepy." Vash says, "Okay..."

The next two pages start from the morning after. Wolfwood is already fully awake, pulling on his outer jacket as he says to Vash, whos' still bundled in his blankets, "Breakfast is on the table. Make sure to eat it. I'm going to grab some things in town and then we're leavin'. Got it?" Vash says, "Mh." Wolfwood responds, "Good. See ya in a bit." The dialogue starts to shift into Vash's inner thoughts now, as he gets up and eats toast, thinking, "Wait. Weren't we supposed to... talk about it?" The next shot then shows him fully up, meeting Wolfwood in town. He carries a half worried expression with him while Wolfwood slides on his glasses for him. A quick panel shows Wolfwood's tired expression from the night before and quickly juxtaposes with Wolfwood in front of him who's smiling gently, the shades covering his eye bags. Wolfwood asks him, "Still not awake yet?" Vash pauses, his thoughts stirring, thinking, "Oh. I guess I was getting ahead of myself... thinking you owe me that kind of honesty." He smiles at Wolfwood and responds, "I'm awake!" His thoughts continue, "Maybe one day, you'd trust me enough to share your burdens."

The final image shows Wolfwood pulling at Vash's cheek and Vash complains, "Owwwww why..." Wolfwood quickly says, "You were thinking something stupid, right? It's all over yer face." Vash mutters, "Nooo, I wasn't..." END ID]

#vashwood #trigun #trigun maximum #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #Theyre both thoroughly exhausted tired individuals -- vash having to fight this lonely battle for over a hundred years and getting dragged #back into inevitable situation with knives after a 2 years hiatus of being a gunslinger. they both need so much Rest and comfort in this #department... .SIGHS. BUT I JUST THINK ABOUT WOLFWOOD . AND HOW... LITTLE He has existed on no man's land. how majority of his years being #alive is being used as a weapon and to kill when him at his very core is the most giving and selfless individual ever #badlands rumble inspired me a bit but i do think wolfwood gets dragged into occasional tasks from the eye of michael while on his duty of #guiding vash -- or i think that one chapter where we got to see other members of eom -- there's like a clear division within the eom too #i think.... so i figured similarly to vash but not to the same amount -- there are people that look for wolfwood too. but most of the time #it's probably wolfwood that has to look for someone else and take them out. i feel like it happens ever so occasionally. #evidentially these two don't talk enough canonically but they always know how to express things properly to affirm that they're okay #they have the worst time ever sharing burdens - can't willingly burden the other and has neeever asked for help or reprieve in their #desperate situations... vw is a huge case of right person wrong time syndrome so they just. in the time they get to spend together -- even #if romantically - they don't have enough time to heal to get over that kind of hurdle. They've just never asked for help in all the years #they've been alive -- they don't even know how to and its just aughhhsgskg #and well! they don't even need to ask! because they'll be there for each other anyway at the end of the day -- company and presence alone. #ruporas art