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Age: Literally just turned 40, wheezes
Pronoun: he / they
Timezone: CST
Current Characters: None / Invitation is here
Character Name: Vash the Stampede
Character Canon: Trigun Stampede
Canon Point: Episode 10, "Humanity"
Age: 150
Crime: Lies — even if they're little ones, because he also has a tendency to lie by omission if he thinks it will keep there from being an altercation he would rather not deal with — and murder, because even if he will always play the role of a pacifist, he will always blame himself when it happens. Like all the lives lost at Jeneora Rock, even though it was clearly his brother's fault, he allowed it to happen and therefore it's his fault all around.
Background: Trigun Stampede on the Trigun Wiki.
Personality: First and foremost, Vash is kind to literally everyone he comes into contact with, no matter what ends up happening between them later on; he has always loved humanity as a whole, and having crash-landed on a planet in which humanity is heavily dependent on the Plants to survive ( thanks for that, Nai, by the way ) means that, unintentionally, he ends up helping them keep up their ( comparatively poor ) quality of life by 'repairing' their Plants when they get too close to using up their energy resources. Because that's a whole thing, the other Independent Plants being used up until they reach their threshold, and ultimately being pushed beyond it just for the sake of one last burst of energy. But that's neither here nor there.
He is loyal to humanity as a whole, even if he knows they will never accept him for who and what he is, if they knew the whole of it. Because he's different, but because he can pass for a human when he tries hard enough, it's easy for him to put on this "I'm just a silly little guy" persona, have a smile for everything and move right along as though he isn't carrying the weight of the known world on his shoulders for the sake of keeping his own cover. He cares so deeply for the ones he cares about — even if he's only just met them — that he would much rather put himself in danger than risk letting an innocent party be hurt. Or otherwise traumatized in any way. This is just one of the reasons he's spent the last century and some change collecting all the scars he has littered across his body. They all tell a story of his loyalty, and what his morality costs him.
Despite caring so deeply for literally everyone, he also has a bad habit of not letting anyone close, and for good reason; his brother will not hesitate to use anyone against him, because he knows it will take nothing at all to appeal to his brother's altruistic-to-a-fault nature. Vash has never thought it would be safe for him to have friends, but he'll throw things around like "don't hesitate to call me if you need anything! I'll come running, I swear!" because he means what he says, even if something keeps him from keeping his promises, and that just makes him feel worse at the very end of it. Can't save someone because he didn't get there in time? Absolutely, one hundred percent his fault, and he's the sort to feel guilt like a physical blow. And carry it around with him for the rest of his days, because it's a constant reminder of his own shortcomings and how he needs to be better in order to keep those he cares about safe.
He's a pacifist, at the bottom of everything, and will find any and every reason to not use any kind of physical force in order to solve a problem — unless there's no other choice, and even still, he would much rather find himself hurt than some innocent bystander. He's always going to be a huge fan of using his words to get his point across, even when there are a handful of guns pointed directly at his face, and. Uh. At that point? He might just try to cry his way out of it. He's an enormous crybaby, and can turn on the tears like the flipping of a switch, but it doesn't actually work in his favor as often as he would like. Doesn't stop him trying, though.
Here's a nice, concise breakdown of what I feel are his most important core traits, just for fun.
Abilities: Lord have mercy on me here we go because there is so much less to go on with what we've seen of Stampede than the OG Trigun.
Samples: One ( 1 ) thread with Trimax Wolfwood
TDM top-level
Questions: Nah! Thanks for giving me the chance to join your game!
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Age: Literally just turned 40, wheezes
Pronoun: he / they
Timezone: CST
Current Characters: None / Invitation is here
Character Name: Vash the Stampede
Character Canon: Trigun Stampede
Canon Point: Episode 10, "Humanity"
Age: 150
Crime: Lies — even if they're little ones, because he also has a tendency to lie by omission if he thinks it will keep there from being an altercation he would rather not deal with — and murder, because even if he will always play the role of a pacifist, he will always blame himself when it happens. Like all the lives lost at Jeneora Rock, even though it was clearly his brother's fault, he allowed it to happen and therefore it's his fault all around.
Background: Trigun Stampede on the Trigun Wiki.
Personality: First and foremost, Vash is kind to literally everyone he comes into contact with, no matter what ends up happening between them later on; he has always loved humanity as a whole, and having crash-landed on a planet in which humanity is heavily dependent on the Plants to survive ( thanks for that, Nai, by the way ) means that, unintentionally, he ends up helping them keep up their ( comparatively poor ) quality of life by 'repairing' their Plants when they get too close to using up their energy resources. Because that's a whole thing, the other Independent Plants being used up until they reach their threshold, and ultimately being pushed beyond it just for the sake of one last burst of energy. But that's neither here nor there.
He is loyal to humanity as a whole, even if he knows they will never accept him for who and what he is, if they knew the whole of it. Because he's different, but because he can pass for a human when he tries hard enough, it's easy for him to put on this "I'm just a silly little guy" persona, have a smile for everything and move right along as though he isn't carrying the weight of the known world on his shoulders for the sake of keeping his own cover. He cares so deeply for the ones he cares about — even if he's only just met them — that he would much rather put himself in danger than risk letting an innocent party be hurt. Or otherwise traumatized in any way. This is just one of the reasons he's spent the last century and some change collecting all the scars he has littered across his body. They all tell a story of his loyalty, and what his morality costs him.
Despite caring so deeply for literally everyone, he also has a bad habit of not letting anyone close, and for good reason; his brother will not hesitate to use anyone against him, because he knows it will take nothing at all to appeal to his brother's altruistic-to-a-fault nature. Vash has never thought it would be safe for him to have friends, but he'll throw things around like "don't hesitate to call me if you need anything! I'll come running, I swear!" because he means what he says, even if something keeps him from keeping his promises, and that just makes him feel worse at the very end of it. Can't save someone because he didn't get there in time? Absolutely, one hundred percent his fault, and he's the sort to feel guilt like a physical blow. And carry it around with him for the rest of his days, because it's a constant reminder of his own shortcomings and how he needs to be better in order to keep those he cares about safe.
He's a pacifist, at the bottom of everything, and will find any and every reason to not use any kind of physical force in order to solve a problem — unless there's no other choice, and even still, he would much rather find himself hurt than some innocent bystander. He's always going to be a huge fan of using his words to get his point across, even when there are a handful of guns pointed directly at his face, and. Uh. At that point? He might just try to cry his way out of it. He's an enormous crybaby, and can turn on the tears like the flipping of a switch, but it doesn't actually work in his favor as often as he would like. Doesn't stop him trying, though.
Here's a nice, concise breakdown of what I feel are his most important core traits, just for fun.
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— incredibly kind to everyone, despite how he might be treated; that isn't something that matters to him
— willing to stop and help anyone that might need it, regardless of what it might require of him
— loyal to humanity as a whole, even if they will never accept him as what he truly is; he just wants to see humans thrive
— generally a pretty upbeat, happy guy with a sunny disposition, but please see below for an explanation of why that is also a bit of a negative trait
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— a large chunk of his happy-go-lucky demeanor is a mask for how hurt and lonely he is on the inside, and he refuses to let anyone see that side of him
— despite desperately wanting to connect with people and make friends, he tends to keep them all at arm's length, because he's terribly afraid of letting anyone get too close to him; that's never going to end well as long as his brother is on his heels
— downright refuses to kill any of his opponents, not only because he would prefer to resolve things in a peaceful way, but he doesn't think anyone has the right to choose whether or not someone lives or dies. this is why his body is nothing but a map of scars from all the years he's spent as a pacifist
— self-sacrificial; he very clearly states in episode twelve that he doesn't care what happens to him as long as humanity survives and thrives; he doesn't care that they don't accept him now, he'll keep running and running and running for an entire lifetime until he can settle down by their side again, until he can be with them, because that's one of the only things that matters to him at the bottom of it all
— here's an extra one because i can't leave it out; he's a giant crybaby, and has a tendency to try to cry his way out of situations if he thinks he can get away with it; it doesn't work very often, but he can turn on the waterworks at the drop of a hat
Abilities: Lord have mercy on me here we go because there is so much less to go on with what we've seen of Stampede than the OG Trigun.
→ On the whole, Plants are human-adjacent-looking things that are contained in pods and used for their energy to create things like water, just about any sort of power you could think of and as such have a tendency to be pushed beyond their boundaries, their limitations and sent to an early death in a way referred to as a Last Run; they use a single remaining surge of energy and the flame of their life is snuffed out.
→ Plants live an insanely long time, as said by Zazie the Beast near the end of the series a century is pretty much just a blink for them. Must be super nice to be over a hundred years old and still look like you're fresh out of college.
→ They're possessed of abilities within the realm of inhuman strength, dexterity and intelligence, as well as healing capabilities without the aid of things like … well, first aid. Slap a bandaid on it? Styptic to stop the bleeding? Nah, just wait a little bit and it'll all be okay.
→ They also don't need to eat, drink or sleep. Except for Vash. He's essentially like a normal human being in this way.
→ They also have things known as 'gates', which is seen in a flashback episode when Knives cuts off his own brother's arm in order to keep it from sucking everything around him into it; it's like a damned black hole, for lack of better phrasing, and also the source of a Plant's power.
→ Vash and Knives are known as Independents, and being an Independent means he also has the gift of free will, of being able to make his own choices and follow his own path and not live so confined as an effective conduit for humanity.
Samples: One ( 1 ) thread with Trimax Wolfwood
TDM top-level
Questions: Nah! Thanks for giving me the chance to join your game!