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it makes me wonder what we could have had if the project was given more time/care/etc by studio orange…..trigun’s characters and story deserve it

—it ends up feeling like it doesn’t have its own identity and is confusing to follow for stampede only fans AND manga fans

#stargazethoughts i think one of my biggest frustrations w/ stargaze is that it can’t decide if it wants to be a condensed adaptation of trimax or if it wants to be a fresh reimagining. it keeps skirting the line between the two without fully committing to either so—

#stargazethoughts sighs

*also

#stargazethoughts that scene in trimax where he’s kneeling and asking for their help before fusing w/ them is burned into my psyche. he asked for help he didn’t forcibly download them….but once again maybe i will be proven wrong in future episodes. but als where’s the body horror agHHH

#stargazethoughts i’m pretty bummed by how they’re portraying knives esp after yesterdays episode but i’m really hoping to be proven wrong. i hope they do reveal that the plants’ consciousness are being fused w/ him so they’re not actually dying but also. where is their agency

will be using #stargazethoughts to tag my stargaze critiques so please feel free to mute!!

Wolfwood at the slip ’n slide. He’s got his legs kicked up and out, and his left arm flailing as he falls ass-first into a pool of water, sending up a big splash. punisher has landed heavily at his right side, smaller splashes around her. Rubble from above also rains down making the water turbulent. the translated sound effect reads “sliiiide” indicating wolfwood is slipping and being washed away by the force of the water. This panel takes place shortly after wolfwood, vash, and milly enter the dragon’s nest town. hoppered has just blasted through buildings high up, causing the water tower to crash down and burst, cratering the ground and knocking wolfwood askew while separating him from the group. one reason this panel is important is because it’s good to remember he had a sopping wet ass during his fight with midvalley, and there’s no way he dried out by the time the big standoff with everyone else happens. Another reason this panel is important is because he’s wildly adorable with his flailing; it makes an enriching+charming contrast to the focused intensity we just saw from him as he warily explored the town (and tried to get milly to turn back), and the battle intensity we’re about to see. This brings us to a third reason this panel is important: it shows wolfwood’s casual physical vulnerability outside of a direct battle. He didn’t anticipate the falling buildings+water tower, and he wasn’t able to dodge/escape when they did even when vash yelled “run!” in a previous panel; he wasn’t able to land gracefully, or with any kind of control. he’s extraordinarily skilled, strong, and powerful, and he can be caught off guard, repeatedly. this panel is an endearing reminder of that, which in turn holds up a mirror reminder that often what matters in his fights is that he always ends up getting back up. Relentless, fierce, and adaptable, even—maybe especially—as a soggy angry cat. from trimax omnibus vol. 2 ch. 25: CRYING WILD BREED (trimax tankōbon vol. 4 ch. 5)

oldish edelclaude sketch for valentine’s day

a smaller woowoo. he’s peering out from behind a wall trying to be both nonchalant and sneaky but not doing a great job of either. his shirt collar and lapels are big, very fluffed up, sticking out just as much as the rest of his blocky suit. his expression is one of his classic pensive-observation faces, eyebrows slightly furrowed, sunglasses in place, and mouth gently pinched and downturned. he has a bit of a looming quality to him and a strong air of nosiness; also his chin is very pincheable. sound effects around him are translated as “boom chika” from surrounding music. this panel takes place at the beginning of vash being harassed by a bounty hunter. wolfwood had been trying to enjoy his firm yet supple breakfast udon (really cute he has breakfast udon) when the attack on vash interrupted his meal. though he quickly heads over to help, he arrives just as vash has dodged a rain of bullet fire and wolfwood pauses here to asses the situation; it’s endearing that this is how he tries to casually peep. from trimax omnibus vol. 2 ch. 38: COLORLESS EXPRESSION (trimax tankōbon vol. 6 ch. 5)

Meryl, in a white and blue lingerie ensemble, a dellinger tucked under a lace garter on her left thigh.

Milly, in a light and army green lingerie ensemble, no gun in sight aside from her biceps.

The Bernardelli girls
#trigun

nothing escapes milly she Knows that man is a fake hater

#stargazespoilers anyway i enjoyed the scene where ww gets perceived against his will by milly

YEAH. yeah. a lot of the attention paid to characterization and details like that were not carried over to this season and it really feels like the team that worked on season 2 just does Not care in general

#stargazespoilers & also swinging/gesturing w/ his gun so the barrel is pointing at people he’s not intentionally aiming at that’s BAD GUN SAFETY

#stargazespoilers like that was a neat little detail in tristamp where he had very good trigger discipline but in stargaze he just.has his finger resting on the trigger at all times even when he’s not actively aiming

#stargazespoilers if there’s any proof of the decrease in quality/attention to detail in stargaze it’s vash’s terrible trigger discipline in every episode he’s held a gun so far

okay i had a lot of fun with the newest stargaze episode actually

the world is not ready for them ‼️

boob window edelclaude….

LET'S GO BISEXUALS‼️

you can FEEL the fact that it’s a new team that doesn’t have the same passion as tristamp’s team. and it seems like they’re condensing a lot of arcs/plot beats just to rush the plot along so none of the emotional or “impactful” moments are really landing for me since the pacing is so jarring

i’m okay with tristamp/stargaze not being a 1 to 1 adaptation of trimax. in fact i really like that approach in concept bc it gives us new stuff to digest and analyze. but after all the promise and set up and excitement orange built up with stampede and panels, so far stargaze feels so underwhelming

like even isolating tristamp and stargaze in a vacuum where trimax doesn’t exist, stargaze still feels messy in terms of animation and plot and characterization

been trying to keep my stargaze opinions to myself bc i don’t want to bring down ppl’s excitement for the show but agh. ah agh. man

speaking of which finally redoing my top 10 list….. bloodborne nearly knocked MM out of the # 1 spot but unfortunately i am still too insane abt MM

one of my siblings is finally playing majora’s mask after me yapping about it for years and ooooough it’s reminding me once again that love majora’s mask. so dang much

EVERYONE GET MORE INSANE ABOUT YOUR OWN OCS NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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