Your question for the day

[kate_nepveu]

Are Trent the Uncatchable and Vash the Stampede cross-cultural manifestations of the same archetype—goofy-seeming pacifists who do improbable things and around whom improbable things happen? If so, what other manifestations are there?

Comments

[snarp]

Kenshin is exaggeratedly polite and humble in ways that other characters find humorous and\or irritating, but it isn't intentional on his part - I don't think he ever makes a joke on purpose. Though I wouldn't say the manga's all that much more serious than Trigun (not having seen either anime, and having read only a little of the Trigun manga...), if that's important.

I guess Xuanzang is probably more of the Loser Who Is Constantly Being Involved In Huge Things type than what you're describing.

[kate_nepveu]

I'm not doing a good job with this, then, because neither Trent nor Vash are losers; goofy, yes, but with a surprising core of competence and passion. It's the contrast there, and the pacifism, that interests me.

[snarp]

No, I get that, I'm just bad at sentence structure. I was saying that Xuanzang doesn't count because he doesn't actually stick to his principles very well, and is fairly incompetent.