Vash the Stampede
He is just such a precious little sweetheart.
He lives firmly by the principle that it's never right to kill anyone for any reason. And... that's it. No exceptions. And he never stops believing it.
He lives in a Wild West sort of environment where everyone owns a gun and everyone has to beware the ruthless, murderous outlaws that are just a fact of life -- making Vash's principle of never killing
anyone, no matter what the circumstances, just seem so naive and idealistic. And he gets told that,
constantly. But does that stop him? No. Because he knows it's wrong to kill, and he'll continue living by that rule, no matter how unpopular his stance may be.
Oh, and let's not forget that he's an outlaw with a $$60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. He constantly has to deal with bounty hunters trying to kill him, the whole planet recognizes his name as being that of a murderous demon of a man, and he constantly gets blamed for disasters that
aren't even his fault. And, his response? He just kind of... rolls with it, treating it all as nothing more than a mild annoyance. And, hell, he doesn't even really try all that hard to clear his name! Because
he knows that he's not a dangerous killer, and I guess that's really all that matters to him. He doesn't
care what kind of person everyone
thinks he is, because he
isn't that person, and that's the important thing.
Oh, and then there's the fact that he spends a good chunk of the series essentially being psychologically tortured by his brother and his gang, and it
still doesn't break him. It's heartbreaking to watch him go through
so much when he doesn't deserve any of it, but inspiring to see how it never gets to him -- how he can be shaken, sure, but he never lets go of his core beliefs.
And, hell, he isn't even really
preachy about his moral code, either. He just leads by example, and that's all the more impressive.
And, yes, I know that the second gif I chose technically isn't from the TV show, it's from the movie. I don't care -- Vash is Vash.
