Vash the Stampede/Nicholas D. Wolfwood
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| Pairing: | Vash the Stampede/Nicholas D. Wolfwood |
| Alternative name(s): | VashWood, WoodVash |
| Gender category: | slash |
| Fandom: | Trigun |
| Canonical?: | no |
| Prevalence: | common |
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Vash the Stampede/Nicholas D. Wolfwood, also known as VashWood, is the slash ship between the characters of Vash the Stampede and Nicholas D. Wolfwood in the Trigun fandom.
Canon
Fandom
Fannish Reaction
So when I read Trigun, I was so touched and surprised by the dynamic between Nick and Vash — it was a complex deeply-rooted natural interaction between two souls and it was really beautiful, you know? Not “sexy”, not vulgar, not contrived or forced. Just pure connection. I didn’t expect it to go that way. I really didn’t. I felt bad for Nick when I began to realize that he was in love (he calls Vash an angel and not as a physical description, a character description, “this beautiful man is an angel and what awful thing am I?”).
Personally, I don't ship it, but I can sort of see where people who do are coming from--especially if they read the old manga scalations that... interpreted the text very liberally and with a strong bias when it comes to this. To me, the most appealing thing about their relationship is that it defies classification. There's trust and betrayal, friendship and enmity, implicit understanding and insurmountable differences, and, yes, a hefty amount of tension and intimacy that would probably be automatically construed as romantic by everyone if one of them was a woman. Does Stampede lean into this more than the manga did? Errr, maybe. There were moments that have made me wonder if the showrunners are intentionally going after that angle, but it's all still very much in the realm of personal interpretation.
I've always read their relationship as more than friendship but also more than romantic love because of the Christian imagery that pervades this work. However, I definitely understand how other readers/watchers can see a romantic element to their relationship, especially because of that line. That is hard to miss 😅 but to me, the context of the events when those words are uttered doesn't really match a romantic interpretation.
Common tropes in fanworks
- Hurt/Comfort is a common element in VashWood fanfic. Together with angst, fanworks shipping them often touch on either the betrayal of Nicholas toward Vash, or the canonical death of Nicholas.
- Modern AU
- Religious Imagery & Symbolism
Awards
- In 2024, the relationship won 7th place in the fourth MLM Ship Bracket Tournament out of 112 entrants.
Example Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanfic
- CAUSE OF DEATH (See instructions and examples) by neatrogenous
- fool in the moon by arahir
- like the holding of hands (like the breaking of glass) by FlowerCitti
- Write Your Ticket by WateredMyCrops
- i’m here in search of your glory (there’s been a million before me) by sascake
Fanart
- jeez blondie by usel
- Fool in the Moon inspired art wrenoftherain
- Midnight Cinema by Kinoko927513
- art by Mi_Asupara26_K
Fanvid
- Break my heart • Vash + Nicholas by Pink2646
- Vashwood AMV - Troublemaker by caliowl 333