> "Did you really think you'd convert me with mass murder?"

Knives: How about if I give you a calendar too? Would that convert you?

Vash: You're with the Jehovah's Witnesses! I knew you were true evil!

> "Picking up Nicholas's bad habits, Vash?" It came out mockingly, Knives'
> eyes glittering in the dim light.

I wondered about the smoking. Nice to see Knives mention it.

I had to acknowledge that Vash seems to take on a few characteristics of the people he loves; from Rem's deeply peaceful philosophy, to something of Nicholas there.

> And then it was over; Vash broke from his gaze, and tucked everything back
> into place. Then, he turned his sights south on Knives' body. The blanket
> was flipped back from the opposite direction, and Knives abruptly
stiffened
> as the draft he felt left him with the realization that Vash had
apparently
> not seen fit to leave him with a single stitch of clothing.

Ah ha. Yaoi fest. Noticed that trend in Trigun fics. :)

You know, I enjoy yaoi--but I cannot stand Trigun Yaoi. None of the character scream 'I fuck boys!' with the possible exception of Knives/Legato, but then, I can't even see Knives doing it, simply because it would be so far beneath him on the food chain in his mind that it would be nigh impossible. It'd be someone getting off to the eroticism of a petri dish. I just... nope, can't see it. Knives is nonsexual. Asexual, even. The only compatible mate for him is himself. Pray he doesn't bud in later stories. o.o;

>
> The grinding of Knives' teeth was sharply audible in the quiet of the
> bedroom. Vash only smiled.
>
> "You're healing well," Vash commented as he replaced the blanket. "You'll
> be up and around in no time, I'm sure."

Knives: Up?

Vash: (hand roaming towards Knive's crotch0 Oh yes, hunky buns. Up.

[Insert cheesy porn music]

*bow-chika-wow-wow*

>
> Knives looked at him for a long moment, the profile of his brother lit by
> the lamp at his bedside. He studied the thin lines across his cheeks;
> received in the battles with Midvalley and Legato, Knives was sure of it.

Among others.

Yes, well--he has two very prominiently displayed cuts on his face after the battles with Midvalley and Legato in specific. I deemed they were the only wounds to leave scars behind... well, on his -face- c.c;

> "You killed him," Vash returned, features still set in inhuman calmness,
> the placid, imperfect mirror turning Knives' rage back at him as quiet
> peace. "But we could go on and on, over that for years, Knives. Midvalley.
> Legato. Zazie. Hopperd. Monev. Dominique.

Vash: Makki, the Florest. Devem, the Corpse. Beastialty Bob

Knives: Wrong fic, you putz.

Vash: Oops. Sorry.

{And there we have my gratuitous self-plug in C+C for the evening. ^_^)

Bad reviewer! Bad, bad!

>
> And Knives finally realized just what he was trying to say.

Knives: I'm not gay!

Vash: Ah, no, that's not what I'm trying to say.

Knives: Oh. My bad.

I'm having flashbacks to 8-Bit Theatre and Black Belt! "I want to kick thier asses!  -- But not feel them. I just want to kick them."

 > And it came. It came in floods; Meryl's parentage, Millie's sexual
> orientation,

Vash: So you think she was making cookies with Nicholas the night before his
final fight?

Knives: Don't bring logic into this.

So THAT'S what they're calling it these days...

> Vash's own breeding, Wolfwood's kinks for big guns and little
> boys.

Vash: Just like my own. It's why we got along so well.

Knives; Now you're starting to scare me.

...

I'm not going there.

>
> "She's not Rem," Knives goaded.

Vash: I know, Rem was much more even tempered and had bigger tits.

Knives: Not to mention taller, and brown eyed.

Vash: But Rem wasn't a tiger in the sack!

Knives: I'm not gonna ask HOW you know that.

>
> "You have no idea what you're missing," Vash replied cheerily, his eyes
> focusing off somewhere in the distance; perhaps even now imagining his
> 'partner in sin'. "'Fornication' is pretty fun, when you get right down to
> it. Unless... You don't swing that way? Maybe guys are more your thing?"
> Ignoring the outraged noise, Vash continued. "Maybe Legato? He did have
> that, 'broody, intense whacko' thing going, I guess."

Which many fanfic writers have capitalized on. :)

It's a little in joke ;D

Nice work. Flowed well, and the dialogue was very good. I like how you
restrained from having Knives suddenly convert; as long as he's been
obsessed, he isn't going to change after a ten minute conversation. Nice to
see the depths of Vash's fraternal love for his brother. Interesting way you
continued to use the term 'plant' for Knives (which he technically is). All
in all, nice work. Glad I read it.

D.B. Sommer

I couldn't have Knives convert Just Like That. It'd be a smack in the face of one of the Badasses of Villiainy. I like villains like Knives, with moral ambiguity, shades of gray, and so many delicious psychological issues... Mwahaha! My faves. But I was so afraid I'd not do his dialogue well.

I've got Gemini's Conflict started--bringing Meryl into the picture a few days later, when Knives is well enough to stand up, run around and scream and rant (but still goes down like a ton of bricks when Vash bitchslaps him.) And in mind, I have Sex and the Stampede.... which will obviously be a lemon, and Meryl showing Vash the *ahem* ins and outs of losing his virginity. I'm sorry--I don't buy this, 'Vash was out living it up and sleeping around with women AND men that seems to be a popular idea. The guy just doesn't have the sexual presence to have been like that--and he turned down the oppourtunity in the series. So Meryl gets to educate a hundred-year old virgin with soooo many psychological issues in the way around the bedroom. I have a few thoughts in my head about it, I've just not put any to paper/print yet ... c.c;

Storys planned: Millie/Knives showdown. (I think she's going to smack him with a shovel. In fact, I want her to. I just have to figure out how to set it so she can BITCHSLAP him with a shovel.) Meryl/Vash/Knives confrontation. Knives/Meryl showdown. Eventual split up. And yes, can plants breed with humans, and if so, how the HELL does Knives react to the irrefutable evidence that plants and humans are from the same genetic stock.

I just haven't been able to dedicate the time to WRITE these things down. Sigh!

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