game/day:rowena/167 (received), 168 (taken) canon equivalent: Trigun Maximum v2 chapter 4 pages 91-107; here
au variances: • Wolfwood jumps the gun slightly more than in canon and shoots Rai-Dei the moment Vash moves out of the way, killing him before he has the chance to attempt his Jigenzan Ittou Dark Succession Technique. she also unloads the full clip. • by extension, because he isn't given the opportunity to make an attempt on Vash's life, Vash's rage is twofold, having felt that he'd talked Rai-Dei down • rather than saying "The blade's still in the original position. He wouldn't have pulled the trigger," Vash berates her for failing to even give him a chance. Wolfwood's response is that he would have turned on Vash if she hadn't. • with Wolfwood's disposition towards Rai-Dei so much more heated and pronounced than in canon, Vash attempts to get a reason as to why she'd wanted him dead so badly, but only ends up with the claim that "Someone like that doesn't change their stripes just because you've shoved a few altruistic words at them."
in sum: • there is blood on her hands • a lot of it • it is a role she takes willingly, time and again • and it lands her into no end of trouble • hypocrisy issues • survivalism issues • MURDER ISSUES • she would trade her life if it meant Vash would take on that same role rather than naively continue to believe he can save anyone without ever dirtying his own hands • "If you could see yourself through my eyes, you'd see a woman forcing herself to become the Devil while her own heart cries out."
points of note: • this is the first time she hears her name • additionally, the first mention of the Gung-Ho Guns
game/day:caretaker/193 (received), 193 (taken) canon equivalent: Trigun Maximum v6 chapter 2 pages 36-41; here
au variances: • the dream dialogue with Chapel is slightly different: "Do you think there won't be repercussions? Think about it!! You have made your bed among devils, Colette the Punisher, you belong to the Eye of Michael—" • it is still unclear where Wolfwood sinks the bullet, but she does so with trembling righteous fury
in sum:
• sometimes you will plant a knife in someone's back to protect the things you care about, and sometimes you have nightmares about that • to say she makes her bed among devils is an understatement • moreover... on Gunsmoke, certain knives are crueler than others • and sometimes you work for them • hints of self-loathing • hints of forcing herself to play the devil while her own heart cries out, you might say—"It's my job." • that ever-present unease, made worse by commentary such as "Keep it up." and "Are you gonna keep working? For his sake?" • "I wonder if they realise that mankind itself is being hunted." • a muddling of lines, of whether her loyalty stands with Vash the Stampede, with Knives, or this Eye of Michael • the feeling that regardless of the answer, her actions are, in the eyes of a being like that, akin to the coming and goings of insects • and all paths lead to the one where he destroys everything she holds dear
points of note: • her first name is Colette, and she carries the title of "the Punisher" • Beast, too, refers to her as "Chapel" • she belongs to the Eye of Michael—the same group she has been intenselyparanoid about, and whose members have actively hunted her. • chances are she's no priest • GENOCIDAL TWIN BROTHER. NATURALLY.
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#6. "SHOOT."
canon equivalent: Trigun Maximum v2 chapter 4 pages 91-107; here
au variances:
• Wolfwood jumps the gun slightly more than in canon and shoots Rai-Dei the moment Vash moves out of the way, killing him before he has the chance to attempt his Jigenzan Ittou Dark Succession Technique. she also unloads the full clip.
• by extension, because he isn't given the opportunity to make an attempt on Vash's life, Vash's rage is twofold, having felt that he'd talked Rai-Dei down
• rather than saying "The blade's still in the original position. He wouldn't have pulled the trigger," Vash berates her for failing to even give him a chance. Wolfwood's response is that he would have turned on Vash if she hadn't.
• with Wolfwood's disposition towards Rai-Dei so much more heated and pronounced than in canon, Vash attempts to get a reason as to why she'd wanted him dead so badly, but only ends up with the claim that "Someone like that doesn't change their stripes just because you've shoved a few altruistic words at them."
in sum:
• there is blood on her hands
• a lot of it
• it is a role she takes willingly, time and again
• and it lands her into no end of trouble
• hypocrisy issues
• survivalism issues
• MURDER ISSUES
• she would trade her life if it meant Vash would take on that same role rather than naively continue to believe he can save anyone without ever dirtying his own hands
• "If you could see yourself through my eyes, you'd see a woman forcing herself to become the Devil while her own heart cries out."
points of note:
• this is the first time she hears her name
• additionally, the first mention of the Gung-Ho Guns
#17. "KNIVES WAS PLANNING TO DO IT ALL ALONG."
canon equivalent: Trigun Maximum v6 chapter 2 pages 36-41; here
au variances:
• the dream dialogue with Chapel is slightly different: "Do you think there won't be repercussions? Think about it!! You have made your bed among devils, Colette the Punisher, you belong to the Eye of Michael—"
• it is still unclear where Wolfwood sinks the bullet, but she does so with trembling righteous fury
in sum:
• sometimes you will plant a knife in someone's back to protect the things you care about, and sometimes you have nightmares about that
• to say she makes her bed among devils is an understatement
• moreover... on Gunsmoke, certain knives are crueler than others
• and sometimes you work for them
• hints of self-loathing
• hints of forcing herself to play the devil while her own heart cries out, you might say—"It's my job."
• that ever-present unease, made worse by commentary such as "Keep it up." and "Are you gonna keep working? For his sake?"
• "I wonder if they realise that mankind itself is being hunted."
• a muddling of lines, of whether her loyalty stands with Vash the Stampede, with Knives, or this Eye of Michael
• the feeling that regardless of the answer, her actions are, in the eyes of a being like that, akin to the coming and goings of insects
• and all paths lead to the one where he destroys everything she holds dear
points of note:
• her first name is Colette, and she carries the title of "the Punisher"
• Beast, too, refers to her as "Chapel"
• she belongs to the Eye of Michael—the same group she has been intensely paranoid about, and whose members have actively hunted her.
• chances are she's no priest
• GENOCIDAL TWIN BROTHER. NATURALLY.