Without the gun, Gene wasn't getting far out here. Spike lived his life fully and died content. Gene well on his way to getting slumped early@ move like Spike he died like a simp over some old ass beef that didn't matter anymore
Spike was a loser breh (cool as fukk) but a loser that nikka had given up on life before the show even started
Gene was a much stronger person than him, had been through more and had a ridiculous amount of character growth
Gene went from being too traumatized to go into space because of what happened to his father to hunting down his pops killers, finding true love and becoming a man
Spike would have lost Melfina and died fighting the Mcdougall brothersin the space race with his lifeless body floating while "real folk blues" played and everybody would have been like "that's so deep wow"
Cowboy Bebop minus all the flash was a damn snuff film


Gene was a stronger person but letting men whisper in his ear tho? Idk breh

See you in Space Harlem, Cowboy
