Molten Rainbow

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Artist, writer, 30+ and stuck elbow-deep in Trigun Hell. Come say hi! I don't bite <3 🔞 This account contains mature and graphic content 🔞 AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Lyrancon/profile #molten_arts #molten_writes #molten_wips #molten_doodles

Title card for the fic. It reads as follows: Sense of Self (title) Lyrancon (author) Summary: What if you look into the mirror and it is a stranger who stares back at you? What if you can't recognise the person that you see in your own reflection, no matter how much you try? A short fic in which Vash struggles with connecting to himself and his own reflection, knowing what hides just beneath his skin.
Work in progress painting and line drawing, made with black pen and vibrant red paint. It shows a very stylised Vash the Stampede from Trigun Maximum, surrounded by feathers and the upper part of the Angel Arm gun. His characteristic coat tails are drawn longer than usual, curving up along the length of his body. Vash's face is featureless, apart from his shooters glasses. Most of the drawing is deliberately drawn in a very angular style, with lots of sharp corners and straight lines. The coat is the only part that is mostly painted so far, with the typical bright red colours that Vash wears in Trigun.
Work in progress painting and line drawing, made with black pen and red paint. It shows a very stylised Vash the Stampede from Trigun Maximum, surrounded by feathers and the upper part of the Angel Arm gun. His characteristic coat tails are drawn longer than usual, curving up along the length of his body. Vash's face is featureless, apart from his shooters glasses. Most of the drawing is deliberately drawn in a very angular style, with lots of sharp corners and straight lines. A large part of Vash's characteristic coat has been painted red.
Watercolour painting that depicts Vash and Wolfwood from Trigun. Vash is hugging Wolfwood from behind with his face pressed against his shoulder. They are surrounded by roots, flowers and wings that are covered in plant markings. The colour of the plant markings and flowers indicate that Vash is close to pushing himself into his last run. It's implied that he's trying to heal Wolfwood after he has been severely hurt.
Zoomed in piece of a work in progress water colour painting. It shows plant roots and purple flowers, against a orange/yellow gradient background. Some parts are deliberately still left white
Low quality meme with the 'The myth of "consensual" sex' format. It has been altered to show Trimax Vash and Stampede/Stargaze Vash, both consenting to sex. Where normally the third party (usually something opposing the two consenting parties) would say 'I don't', the text balloon has been altered to also say 'I consent'. Underneath this third text balloon, there is a picture of a very excited looking Wolfwood from Trigun Stampede. The top text has been altered to now read 'The "myth" of consensual sex.' The bottom text has been changed to read 'everyone involved has consented.'
Photo showing a light box being used fo trace a line art onto paper for painting. It's deliberately fuzzy because it's meant to be a sneak preview
Work in progress line drawing, made with pencil and black pen. It shows a very stylised Vash the Stampede from Trigun Maximum, surrounded by feathers and the upper part of the Angel Arm gun. His characteristic coat tails are drawn longer than usual, curving up along the length of his body. Vash's face is featureless, apart from his shooters glasses. Most of the drawing is deliberately drawn in a very angular style, with lots of sharp corners and straight lines.
Screenshot of a twitter(now X) post that reads: quote rt this with how intimidating YOU think you are on a scale from 1-10 and let other ppl reply to you with how intimidating THEY think you are. Original handle on twitter: @saerodynamic_
Photo of a person wearing a red zip up hoodie. The left arm of the hoodie has been dyed a bright teal blue
Fabric in a red dye bath, in a kitchen sink. Two red stained rubber gloves to the side of the sink basin
Photo of a white hoodie, spread out over the surface of a wooden table
A meme image showing a facepalm so powerful that it comically pierces through three heads lined up behind each other
I had a realisation about Knives’s ultimate form, when he confronts the incoming space fleet in episode 12 of Trigun Stargaze. It took me a second before it clicked what it reminded me of, but when it did, it slapped me in the face like a brick wall. My first thought was: A Phenix; giant, everlasting and immensely powerful. But then I had another realisation.
Work in progress pencil drawing. The line art shows a six armed humanoid figure, wrapped all their hands around a small ball in a gesture of love and protection. Surrounding the figure are flowers and roots, with a halo of circles and sunbeams surrounding their head. The drawing is still a rough sketch.
Screenshot with the following text: (Begin italics) Nothing unusual, nothing strange Close to nothing at all The same old scenario, the same old rain And there's no explosions here (end italics) Two men sit side by side on a beaten up couch, sharing a drink together in comfortable silence. An outside observer might look at them and say that the two of them seem to be close. The way their touches linger as they pass the bottle between them, how they quietly chuckle at each other's words. They way they lean towards each other like they are flowers, bending towards their own personal suns, embodied within their companion's solid form. It's rowdy all around them, with people laughing and drinking and celebrating good fortunes to come. Yet, they seem to have eyes and ears for nothing and noone but each other. It's raining, though it is not that of the water-based kind. It's raining multicoloured starlight, fireworks bursting open in the skies above them like new universes blooming to life. And if anyone sees them curving their bodies together a little more, as the night goes own and makes way for the early hours of the morning, then noone will say a word about it. As if everyone has silently agreed with each other that the two of them deserve a fragment of that ephemeral concept of love and peace, especially them and especially tonight.
Digital sketch based on the two promo/teaser artworks for trigun Stargaze, featuring Vash and Wolfwood. The two teaser artworks were separate pieces and have been combined together to form one piece. Wolfwood is in bad shape and holding onto Vash, while Vash has an arm wrapped around him in return. Vash looks over his shoulder at the viewer, only his eye properly visible, with a clear expression of rage in his one visible eye.
Digital sketch based on the two promo/teaser artworks for trigun Stargaze, featuring Vash and Wolfwood. The two teaser artworks were separate pieces and have been combined together to form one piece. Wolfwood is in bad shape and holding onto Vash, while Vash has an arm wrapped around him in return. Vash looks over his shoulder at the viewer, only his eye properly visible, with a clear expression of rage in his one visible eye.
Some of the elderly residents of the care home are sitting around, playing board games or chatting over a drink. Wolfwood can’t repress a slight smirk when one of the old biddies pulls a flask from some pocket or another and spikes her coffee without anyone noticing. He’s about to sit down when one of the elderly gentlemen nearby whispers loud enough for the entire common room to hear him, “That young’un looks quite like the feller that Vash hasn’t been able to shut up about for the past days, innit?” Wolfwood has never wished for the ground to swallow him like he did now. “Oh, yes, you’re right!” one of the other oldtimers replies with an equally loud whisper, clearly intending for Nick to overhear them. “He’s had hearts for eyes ever since he returned from the fundraiser!” Now *that* certainly piques his interest and he might as well fish for some more info, since these guys certainly seem eager enough to gossip about their caretakers. “Pardon the intrusion gents, but I couldn’t help but overhear you talking—” “Oh, don’t be stupid,” the lady who spiked her coffee moments earlier shouts from a few tables over. “They wanted you to hear them talking because they’re a bunch of gossiping old matchmakers!” Her accusation is met with grumbled words of denial, but the grins on their faces tell a different story. They most definitely intended for Wolfwood to overhear them and butt in on the conversation. “In that case, I am all ears, gentlemen.” He grins at them, seeing his eager expression mirrored on their faces. Before they can utter another word though, a familiar beanpole of a man rushes in like a flustered flurry. “Oh, for love and peace! You sirs never know when to quit it with your gossiping, do you?”
Pen drawing of Vash the Stampede, in the style of Trigun Maximum. It portrays his head, face, neck and the tops of his shoulders. His hair partially blackened, indicating that this is later in the storyline of the manga. His expression is forlorn and melancholic, his eyes sad but with a small smile on his face. On the left of his head is a background or large and small plant lines, in the style of Trigun Stampede and Stargaze. On his left, a few lines of song lyrics are hand written, from the track "Anathema" by the similarly named band. They read as follows: "But we laughed. And we cried. And we fought. And we tried. And we failed. But I loved you. I loved you."
Black and white pen and pencil sketch of Vash the Stampede, roughly in the Trigun Stampede/Stargaze style, looking very melancholic. His eyes are very sad but there is a hint of a smile on his face too.
A page painted in a few different gradients of red, with abstract black patterns drawn overtop
Preview graphic for Final Frontier, a space themed Vashwood zine. It shows a snippet from the fanfic Molten Rainbow contributed to the zine. The text reads as follows: " There is no more up or down, no separation of parts. All that matters is the two of them as they are now, wrapped up in each other, together they become as one. Pressure crests higher and higher, until it finally culminates into a release so rapturous it could shake the stars themselves from the heavens. Visions flood into Wolfwood’s mind, of stars collapsing and galaxies being engulfed by endless walls of fire. He pulls away from Vash, sees the shock and terror in their eyes, and realises that those horrifying tableaus came wholly from their mind alone. Before he can open his mouth and ask, Vash leans in again and presses their forehead to Wolfwood’s. Thank you… I’m so sorry I promise you will be okay Wait! What do you mea— Everything goes dark again. "
A page painted mostly red, with a half visible human skull with two centipedes crawling out of it. The skull and centipedes are drawn in black fineliner pen. The text on the bottom of the page reads: my brain loves to poison itself.
A vintage monopoly card. It's a "chance" card that has the text "get out of jail free" and a stylistic, simple drawing of the monopoly man, wearing a striped prison suit, getting kicked in the butt. It implies he's being kicked out of jail.
A digital sketch of Vash and Wolfwood from Trigun. They are posed like "The Kiss", a famous artwork by Gustav Klimt. The sketch shows only their faces and hands. Their foreheads are touching together gently and lovingly. Wolfwood is tenderly holding Vash's chin and the back of his head, one of his hands is fully skeletal. Part of Wolfwood's head shows a human skull instead of his face. They are both smiling but clearly sad. Vash is crying blood and it covers his cheek and part of Wolfwood’s hand. Vash's prosthetic hand is visible, holding on to Wolfwood's wrist. Off to the side is a quick outline of the pose from the original artwork by Klimt, as a reference for the sketch. Besides the digital canvas, parts of the toolbars and colorwheel are visible
Partially shaded pencil and ink line art drawing of Vash the Stampede, from Trigun. His body is limp and held up by a conglomerate of his wings, branches and leaves that grow out of his skin at all angles. His eyes are blank and empty and his face is marked with the plant lines that are characteristic for him in Trigun Stampede. The leaves and wings are more typical for the original Trigun and Trigun Maximum Manga. His mechanical arm also follows along with the Trigun Stampede designs. His legs taper off into root systems.
Unfinished pencil drawing of Vash and Wolfwood from Trigun. Wolfwood is resting his hands on top of The Punisher (his christian cross shaped weapon) while it is covered in cloth and belts. Vash is positioned above and behind him, cradling his head. Vash has one traditionally feathered wing and one unfinished wing made of plant roots. The beginnings of a halo are sketched above his head. Wolfwood and Punisher fully shaded, along with most of Vash and his wings. They have no legs drawn yet, and the rest of the drawing is left unfinished.
Screenshot of the tags list for the ao3 fic "Hold me between four walls so that I can breathe again" it reads as follows: Relationship: Vash the Stampede/Nicholas D. Wolfwood Characters: Vash the Stampede (Trigun), Nicholas D. Wolfwood Additional Tags: Can be read as vashwood but can also be read as platonic, Wolfwood is going through it again my dears, Panic Attacks, Nicholas D. Wolfwood Needs a Hug, in depth description of a panic attack, wolfwood has a nervous breakdown, Non-verbal wolfwood, non-verbal communication, Vash understands his needs and watches over him, Soft Vash the Stampede (Trigun), Mentioned Meryl Stryfe, Mentioned Milly Thompson, Written by an author who themselves suffers from anxiety and has frequent panic attacks, AngstHurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, good ending, Vash helps Wolfwood calm down by the end, Not Beta Read, no beta we die like my sleep schedule, Rated T for language and mental health struggles Language: English
A low quality photo of a red cat sitting in an office chair while someone holds out a microphone towards it (you only see a hand and the mic). It's a version of a crying cat meme, looking all emotionally devastated, where the eyes are edited with a filter that makes it look like the cat is about to burst into tears.
Screenshot from the Trigun Stargaze opening, a big red arrow drawn into it to point to where the VASH/WOLFWOOD is located
Extremely zoomed in close-up of a frame in the Trigun Stargaze opening cinematic. It reads VASH / WOLFWOOD in bold, vertically oriented lettering.
Pencil and ink line art drawing of Vash the Stampede, from Trigun. His body is limp and held up by a conglomerate of wings, branches and leaves that grow out of his skin at all angles. His eyes are blank and empty and his face shows rough outlines of the plant lines that are distinctive for him in Trigun Stampede. The leaves and wings are more typical for the original Trigun and Trigun Maximum Manga. His mechanical arm also follows along with the Trigun Stampede designs. His legs taper off into root systems.