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Original Tumblr Post: Satisfying payoff
Satisfying payoff
it’s been days and i’m still thinking about this scene, what a satisfying payoff! vash finally pulling the trigger and doing it not even to save livio, but for ww. just like his refusal to kill, which was for rem almost more than the people…
in love with how this hurts though, cuz if one could side with rems philosophy of the blank ticket somewhat happily (yes it hurts, but it’s a cause you’re willing to hurt for), then this… hoo boy! this HAS been the major conflict between vash and ww, both options hurt like hell. i personally think they were both right. it’s an ugly world where contradicting ideas are both right, but really, as much as i want to hope for the best, one has to be ready for the worst. this is why vash despite his sacrifices felt arrogant more than anything! damn man. people get crushed so easily. forced into things so easily! not like ww wanted to do any of the shit he did, not like… god i can’t even see him leading vash to knives as a betrayal, cuz what choice did he have? putting even the orphanage aside, who else could’ve taken on knives besides vash? it’s just another ugly choice he had to make.
but still, STILL it hurt so much to see vash get to this.
cuz STILL we NEED people who say ‘you give up all hope so easily’. this is how it actually gets somewhere better!
this dilemma is cracked open so nicely here, with so much empathy! and in a way it does feel … i don’t even know. fair? to see vash brought down to the same earth us mortals are walking upon, to have him see what it’s like to want to be good, but be weak! not indestructible, not all-powerful! having to choose! it feels good to have him face it but it also feels bone-crushing, cuz damn… maybe it would’ve been better if he kept just doing his thing, optimistically and arrogantly, bcs it brought at least some hope around. seeing him cry over his own words hurts like nothing else
#sad days.