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On a whim I pulled out my old tape and watched episode 17 of Trigun again. Ahhh... Knives was such an evil psychotic little monster.

Looking at events, it actually would have been better for everyone if that crewmember Rowen had succeeded in shooting the little beast. He certainly wasn't lying with his babble that it was all Knive's fault, and that he should kill him now. Would have saved a countless, untold number of lives.

But I guess that goes against the whole theme of "save the butterfly and the spider," doesn't it? ::sigh::

Watching this, though... if they ever continued Trigun as a series, or had a movie, they could do so with a prequel to the timeline. I'd like to find out more details about Vash and Knives's beginnings, like how they were actually born and what they are really capable of doing. Also, Rem and the captain were interesting characters, as were the others.

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The only bad thing about that episode is that it's not long enough. There's so much there to work with. (A lot of people use this reason to whine about how the manga is sooo much beeeetter but I tell them to stfu and come back when Nightow has better storytelling skills.)

It really, really would have been better if Rowan had shot Knives. I loved that scene, actually. We don't know what Knives did, but we know he screwed with something in those people's heads, and the way Rowan was acting makes it all the more freakier. I always felt worst for Joey; he really seemed like he cared about Knives and Vash and he didn't give Vash a mental complex.

Makes me wonder what'll happen after the series if Vash can't save Knives. Even if he can be reformed, Knives certainly does not deserve to be free. Giving him a life sentence in jail is too easy on him, but then, the planet has no long-term jails that could hold him. So either Vash takes care of him or Knives dies. Not much of a choice for Vash; new ideals or no, killing his brother would fuck him up. So if he couldn't control Knives and it came down to a choice...shivers.