It is so wild to me that the Trigun manga was just on the fringe of the fandom before Tristamp, with ‘98 being the main focus.
I can see how it happened–when the anime was airing, anime was way more niche than it is now, and not everyone would have had easy access to buying it. And if you wanted to read it online… good luck, as someone who was in those forum/Livejournal/Yahoo Groups trenches. Someone on translating your favorite manga was so much work, and it was incredibly uncommon for people to scan officially released manga back then. And from what I hear, the first scanlation was awful, willfully mistranslating things and painting the story and characters in a terrible light. By the time the full manga was released, many of the original fans probably moved on. It’s very different from the first anime, and for the younger audience that likely saw it, maybe a bit too much!
But now that Tristamp has thrust us all into Trimax hell, I deeply understand why Trimax Vash is one of the most common Vashes I see popping up in fanart and such. I love and am feral for ‘98 and Tristamp, you’ll find no slander for those here, but the manga stripped me down on an molecular level and rewired my entire brain and all my emotions. That story and those characters haunt me. Sometimes I’ll see a panel from the manga, not even one of the most impactful ones, and I need to take a moment to recover. I think about it daily. Though I just think about Trigun all day at this point who am I kidding. It’s so good. It’s too good. WHO GAVE IT THE RIGHT TO BE THIS GOOD.
Anyway, if you haven’t read the Trigun manga yet, go check out @trigun-manga-overhaul because you’re missing out on one of the best stories ever written.
Can a full grown man aged 43 be a "discord kitten"
I’m obsessed with teenagers who turn 18 and post shit like this it’s the funniest thing in the world:
Every time I astral project, my pet wolves gather to meet me.
I used regular wolf pictures as substitutes, as their astral selves are too much for a mortal’s mind to comprehend.
JSYK just because they’re my pet wolves doesn’t mean I own them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Most of them are women and I don’t think men should ever own women since that’s fucking sick and I’m a feminist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ruby - My first ever pet wolf. I got her during one of my first astral projections. The Queen of the Death Wolves before Majoris came along. 500 kills and counting. Former leader of the pack, until she hired her daughter, Majoris, to lead.
Majoris - The Wolf God of Color. The soul and leader of my pet wolf pack. Daughter of Ruby, a virgin birth, as she is much like Christ. 400,000 kills. Fujoshi. The strongest wolf ever. Immortaler than Jesus.
Crushed Soul - The only male in the pack. However, he is a feminist. He fights every single day for women, so he has many scars. His name is Crushed Soul since every day his soul feels crushed by how many women are suffering. Has killed 400 Texan politicians in the astral realm. An amazing fighter. The only reason he doesn’t kill more is because he doesn’t want to have a higher kill count than any of the women in his pack
Sapphire - The princess of the pack. Daughter of Death, the first ever Death Wolf. 1,000 kills. If Majoris were to ever die or retire, Sapphire would take over. However Majoris is immortal and all of her attacks always kill (no missing or nothing). Elderly but she doesn’t show it.
Death - Super duper elderly, but she doesn’t show it other than eating Werther’s and downloading viruses onto my astral computer (dammit Death!!!). The first ever Death Wolf, and the ancestor of all other Death Wolves.