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Player Name: Nate Preferred Contact:creatura / destr0id on discord Timezone: CST Current Characters in Victory Road: None
Character Name: Vash the Stampede Series: Trigun Stampede Timeline: Around the time of the episode Once Upon a Time in Hopeland Canon Resource Links: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.
( + ) — 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
( - ) — 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
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer! Starter: Wooloo
Victory Road Sample: He really doesn't have a chance to be groggy or take his time getting up, does he? Which is almost a shame, because he'd been so comfy, and it's so rare that he actually gets a decent night's sleep that he actually likes to enjoy them when he can. But if he's got somewhere to be —
He's dressed and out the door with a shooing of hands and before he knows it, the door is closed behind him; he doesn't think to try to get back in, because he has some sort of journey to go on, right? But since he's trying to get his bearings, he might as well go through the backpack hanging off of his right shoulder, because it's always good to know what you're going into something with, even if it's something as simple as some water and a snack, and having spent as long as he has in the literal desert, water is always going to be a the top of his list for things he's going to want with him, going forward.
Let's see … there's clothes, which is more than he's ever been able to say for what he carries in his own pack, given the chance ( clothes are difficult to come by, okay? ), a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap? Looks like … some food, he's not sure what the trail mix is but it looks like it might be pretty good, and he's still rummaging around when he hears something off to his left that isn't the music that has been playing since, probably, before he even realized.
What's going on there?
But that noise comes again, a very quiet bleating sort of thing and he finally looks down, taking in what is probably the fluffiest thing he has ever seen in all of his long years, and he's stooping down to get on its level without even thinking of anything else. His head tips to the side. "Hello," he says pleasantly, absently situating things back into his pack so nothing ends up getting lost. "Aren't you cute?"
He gets another bleat for his trouble, and the little thing plops down expectantly, and he's not. Entirely sure what it wants? His mouth pulls down into a slight frown. "Are you hungry? Thirsty?" Another bleat, and while it doesn't seem all that impatient, there also seems to be an air of come on, buddy, we've got places to be, don't we?
He reaches out tentatively with flesh fingers, scratching over its head, and gets the smallest nuzzle for his efforts. That immediately turns his frown back up into a smile. "My name's Vash," he finally says, because it seems like the little thing understands him, so why not make the proper introductions right off the bat?
"Looks like we're gonna be traveling together, huh?" Another bleat, and a more enthusiastic one, to be sure. "Might as well get started!"
Edited (noticed some incredibly stupid typos, hope editing them was all right!) 2025-01-13 02:21 (UTC)
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Character
Name: Vash the Stampede
Series: Trigun Stampede
Timeline: Around the time of the episode Once Upon a Time in Hopeland
Canon Resource Links: 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.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer!
Starter: Wooloo
Samples
RP Sample: A thread with Wolfwood.
Victory Road Sample: He really doesn't have a chance to be groggy or take his time getting up, does he? Which is almost a shame, because he'd been so comfy, and it's so rare that he actually gets a decent night's sleep that he actually likes to enjoy them when he can. But if he's got somewhere to be —
He's dressed and out the door with a shooing of hands and before he knows it, the door is closed behind him; he doesn't think to try to get back in, because he has some sort of journey to go on, right? But since he's trying to get his bearings, he might as well go through the backpack hanging off of his right shoulder, because it's always good to know what you're going into something with, even if it's something as simple as some water and a snack, and having spent as long as he has in the literal desert, water is always going to be a the top of his list for things he's going to want with him, going forward.
Let's see … there's clothes, which is more than he's ever been able to say for what he carries in his own pack, given the chance ( clothes are difficult to come by, okay? ), a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap? Looks like … some food, he's not sure what the trail mix is but it looks like it might be pretty good, and he's still rummaging around when he hears something off to his left that isn't the music that has been playing since, probably, before he even realized.
What's going on there?
But that noise comes again, a very quiet bleating sort of thing and he finally looks down, taking in what is probably the fluffiest thing he has ever seen in all of his long years, and he's stooping down to get on its level without even thinking of anything else. His head tips to the side. "Hello," he says pleasantly, absently situating things back into his pack so nothing ends up getting lost. "Aren't you cute?"
He gets another bleat for his trouble, and the little thing plops down expectantly, and he's not. Entirely sure what it wants? His mouth pulls down into a slight frown. "Are you hungry? Thirsty?" Another bleat, and while it doesn't seem all that impatient, there also seems to be an air of come on, buddy, we've got places to be, don't we?
He reaches out tentatively with flesh fingers, scratching over its head, and gets the smallest nuzzle for his efforts. That immediately turns his frown back up into a smile. "My name's Vash," he finally says, because it seems like the little thing understands him, so why not make the proper introductions right off the bat?
"Looks like we're gonna be traveling together, huh?" Another bleat, and a more enthusiastic one, to be sure. "Might as well get started!"
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