Why choose between doughnuts and сrêpes when you can get both?
Some things are simply too cool to get old. First appearing on the screens in 1998, Trigun remains in our hearts until this very moment. And now, in 2023, Vash The Stampede is back in business, fighting for the hearts of the younger generation. As we may notice, he certainly succeeded in giving new hyperfixations and reviving burned out passions.
Not so long after the Trigun Stampede release, another immortal star lit up again. We're talking about Good Omens by the spectacular tandem of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, which also experienced its first wave of popularity in the 90s, back then as a book. The first season was filmed in 2019. It gave a strong start to the new wave of popularity, and God knows it was a big one.
Now, when the Good Omens fandom met their favorites in season two, Twitter came up with peculiarly amusing idea such as the Trigun/Good Omens crossover.
No, really! Let's just admit it, it was right under our noses the whole time.
Blonde pacifist capable of destroying the world vs. hot brunette with questionable morals but a good heart — check.
They were supposed to be enemies, but ended up as best friends — check.
Biblical references — check.
For God's... for Satan's... for somebody's sake, Wolfwood is wearing bloody glasses indoors! Okay, you might say they both wear sunglasses, and it's Vash who has stylish round ones. But still, it's Wolfwood who’s befriended an angel (yeah, gentle reminder that Vash has actual wings). Besides, just look at Wolfwood's outfit. Personally, I can't help but look at the older fanarts. This is exactly how Good Omens readers imagined Crowley before brilliant David Tennant gave him his modern look.
Well, it might take some effort to see Vash as sweetie-softie-cinnamon-roll Aziraphale from the series. If Vash is an angel, he’s definitely an Old Testament-ish one. He values life, but his own life is more about fighting. But then again, the book. Aziraphale from the book isn't that soft. He can be truly ominous and just as Old Testament-ish as Vash is. His story wasn't all about cocoa and marshmallows, it was about fights, God's sulfur punishments, and fire swords as well.
It's just marvelous to see these two universes, so distinctive, meet. They probably could have crossed much earlier, for Good Omens could’ve been filmed in 1999, almost at the same time as Trigun first hit the screen. And now, looking at all these crossover fanarts, it's hard not to feel that some historical justice has finally been done.