#sorry for the stampede critical post i prommy i don't hate it

[collieii]

one thing i don't like abt stampede is probably how they change knives and vash's powers. making it so that from childhood knives has powers and vash doesn't just makes their whole conflict so much less interesting to me. like the whole thing was that theyre the exact same, but one of them loves humanity and the other wants to nuke everyone. so it's clear that their differing ideologies are a matter of personal choice. but with the way they do it in stampede it feels like one of the reasons vash likes humans more and is more connected to them is because...he's more like a human. i mean it's not exactly like that, there's other reasons, but that's sort of the implication. to me it kinda removes some of the strength of his original position, where he's so close to other people because he makes a deliberate effort to connect with them, and he defends them because he believes in their capacity to do good and change for the better (despite how they can mistreat him). i kinda get what they were going for, esp with stampedes heavier focus on the sci fi elements and plant powers, but i think it weakens the conflict between them. and also makes it more cliche.

#trigun #trigun stampede #vash the stampede #millions knives #trigun meta #sorry for the stampede critical post i prommy i don't hate it #but yeah i have a lot of feelings about how they did knives and vash #idk when it's actually valid criticism and when it's just personal preference so i don't wanna say too much but yeah #there's a lot of stuff that ties into this but i don't wanna make a giant monster post about it #but the way they show knives as a kid as already being sort of cold and having a sense of superiority #as opposed to just being a really sweet kid who wants to coexist with humans but is really affected by the trauma of learning about tesla #idk it feels less interesting to me than how it was in trimax #.lieii #.lieii txt