Humanity's fairing on the planet Gunsmoke is something that's up to a great deal of interpritation. The world itself seems to inspire despair and bewilderment towards the foolish people that dare hope to survive, and god willing, live in such a horrid place. If you recall, Vash mulls over these points in a few dream sequences with Rem.
Of course, there's this notion that it will all be ok, so long as we stick to it and look to our fellow man for support. Anything can happen; look at the episode where the family defends their lush grove from those who would wish to buy it and abuse it.
It's also my understanding that the Plants do more than supply power - they seem to convert the habitat into something a tad less harsh than the wasteland it appears to be (See the fifth episode, with the town with the damaged plant - about half the town is derelect and full of sand).
If you wanted to do something after the known Trigun continuity, I'd suggest looking to the Manga, because things get truly bizarre there. I'll leave each of you to your own devices in finding out how, because I'd rather not cite the differences in the name of spoilage.
However, I think this would be something fantastic if this alleged step took place parellel to the series. I imagine there'd be a good number of people that would confuse Doug for the humanoid Typhoon, were he to display his gifts in full.
Oh yeah, I would heartily recommend that each and every one of you pick up either The First Donuts, or the Western compilation soundtrack, Spicy Stewed Donuts. Or both. Or just download the whole damn thing. In particular, Fool's Paradise, Knives, Permanent Vacation, Blue Funk (in that order, it's like a three-track song), Carrot and Stick, and...some other ones that I can't remember.
Of course, there's this notion that it will all be ok, so long as we stick to it and look to our fellow man for support. Anything can happen; look at the episode where the family defends their lush grove from those who would wish to buy it and abuse it.
It's also my understanding that the Plants do more than supply power - they seem to convert the habitat into something a tad less harsh than the wasteland it appears to be (See the fifth episode, with the town with the damaged plant - about half the town is derelect and full of sand).
If you wanted to do something after the known Trigun continuity, I'd suggest looking to the Manga, because things get truly bizarre there. I'll leave each of you to your own devices in finding out how, because I'd rather not cite the differences in the name of spoilage.
However, I think this would be something fantastic if this alleged step took place parellel to the series. I imagine there'd be a good number of people that would confuse Doug for the humanoid Typhoon, were he to display his gifts in full.
Oh yeah, I would heartily recommend that each and every one of you pick up either The First Donuts, or the Western compilation soundtrack, Spicy Stewed Donuts. Or both. Or just download the whole damn thing. In particular, Fool's Paradise, Knives, Permanent Vacation, Blue Funk (in that order, it's like a three-track song), Carrot and Stick, and...some other ones that I can't remember.