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reality-liver-n0 · 3 months

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Jesus Christ this is gorgeous

back in black (lagoon)

#black lagoon #eda black lagoon #fan art

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reality-liver-n0 · 3 months

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Special place in my heart for Nazi arc Revy

#black lagoon #Revy #grave robbers never looked so cool

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reality-liver-n0 · 3 months

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Concept designs for characters in the next Black Lagoon chapter

#black lagoon #concept art #character design #manga

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reality-liver-n0 · 3 months

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Yes. Feed my brain rot. My shipper mind is feral and this fanart is like a tasty bone

Coloring is awesome along with the line work. It’s very accurate to the canon appearance on the anime.

OP, thank you contributing to the rare pair

\\Cigarettes burns\\

“The apocalypse is coming, don't you lose all your control”

#black lagoon #Revy #fanart

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reality-liver-n0 · 3 months

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This art style is so delightfully eatable. Fits Black Lagoon perfectly. Fantastic work by op

quick one for the night

#black lagoon #Revy #fanart

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reality-liver-n0 · 4 months

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Meow 🐈

#black lagoon #revy #honestly she's perfecting the feral look so sexily #After a bloodbath of killing Nazis she looks like this #heavenly

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reality-liver-n0 · 4 months

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I guess Boris went to the Ryazan Airborne Academy. I’m honestly curious if that’s how Balalaika met him or not. At least now I can say that Balalaika definitely went to a military academy as part of her education.

#black lagoon #balalaika #boris black lagoon

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reality-liver-n0 · 4 months

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Big Boy post, this time on Revy

I guess this will cover the basics of Revy as a character and the fundamentals of understanding her.

First off, her nickname is not “Two Hands.” It’s “Two Hand.” Which I barely learned myself, I think the anime uses Two Hands which is the source for the added s. But at least in the manga and by Hiroe himself she’s “Two Hand.” This name originated from a character in a novel he read, “Run” by Douglas E. Winter. (I recently bought it like a fool so I’ll try and connect the character to Revy when it arrives). But I think the English dub makes the mistake of Two Hands which caused the confusion. I guess in the sub version it’s correct.

Revy is a Chinese American. But she is ethnically full Chinese. The American is just her nationality. Hiroe confirms this in an interview where he states Revy is a minority, her physical appearance is based on Mangoloid features rather than Caucasian. He also states that she faces a lot of discrimination in life.

Which is why I think I figured out why Revy in the anime as a kid has black hair when she shoots her father. She dyed her hair burgundy to look less Chinese. Think about it. If she is facing a lot of police brutality in Chinatown, NYC, and her own father beats her she would want to remove herself as far from that demographic as possible. This is why she doesn’t know any Mandarin and chose to not directly align with Chang’s triad. Also she wore hoop earrings as a kid too, at least in the anime.

There is no way she’d want to be seen first by her race. As she said, all the cops saw was a “little chink bitch.” She absolutely loathes to be viewed by her appearance rather than skill or personality.

This may link to her exposed clothing style. Not only is it practical for movement, which is all she does in combat, but it prevents her from overheating. But the most important factor is that she shows a lot of skin; exposing her arms, legs and stomach. Therefore, her athletic build is on display. And the implication of it is clear. She is proud of her body, she will kill you, and it does not matter what she’s wearing. On a level it may be a subconscious decision of the aftermath of her rape. The number one thing the victim is blamed for is what they’re wearing, or rather the lack of clothes, which must obviously signify they wanted it. This is below the lowest bar you can go in blaming victims. Unfortunately, it’s likely that Revy in hopes of getting a reaction or letting it slip, told her dad about what happened.

And what would he say? Something about dressing like a slut or whore if I had to bet.

So, by her current attire, Revy is saying the exact opposite, she’s rebelling against that idea. Or at least mocking the idea that less clothing makes a woman weaker/vulnerable.

Also, she wears the same boots as Dutch. They don’t share the same belt but Revy’s matches the boots: both U.S. military. I find it cute that she could’ve had any other boots but chose to match him. She really does look up to him, and he’s basically her only father figure. It’s heavily implied that he came up with her nickname; Two Hand. Since Benny says that Dutch is good at creating nicknames and right when Rock joined, he made one up for him.

Now I will cover the basic ground for Revy’s personality.

Anger: Yeah, obviously this is at the top of the list. It’s the most obvious to new black lagoon fans; how many times does she yell and curse? But I would argue that this is the emotion she’s most familiar with, not what defines her character. This is a defense mechanism for when she feels threatened. Calm down two men showcases this the best. When she can’t talk down to Rock she gets pissed and tries to kill him. When he pulls the gun away, she punches him, and she sounds like a kid when she yells at him. She is scared and confused on how anger is not making him stop. After all, it’s what stopped her dad and everyone else who got on her bad side.

I will say that the anime focuses on this and makes it a larger trait of her character than the manga. But she does use humor as her last defense mechanism. Again, in calm down two men when she obviously can’t shoot away Rock or scare him with anger in the manga she says, “Screw you. You’re way more out there. Gump. Dork. Fool-in-a-suuuuit.”

This is something I’ve only recently discovered. Due to only watching the anime I missed a lot of differences that the manga makes. Revy in the latest chapters actually does expertly use humor to deescalate things. Specifically, between Le Majeur and Eda where she insists they settle their tempers through drinks instead of a gunfight.

Another one is with Roberta’s Blood Trail when they meet the addict. Revy plays along with his conspiracy theories, which gets them inside and talking to him. She does threaten him but in a tactful way of offering him much pure product if he complies.

There are other moments too where she uses it, the documents for Chang, some interactions with Fabiola, Japan, etc. So, it is a natural progression of her learning how to use her strengths and her own use of wordplay alike Rock.

And I would argue that Revy is as smart as Rock. Not academically of course but she matches his wit by her street smarts and gut feeling. A prime example in Roberta’s blood trail where she purposely knocks a bottle over to start the gunfight. They save Fabiola and she remarks that she knows Fabiola has never shot before. Just by shaking her hand and her unsteadiness getting out of the car, she knows that Fabiola got frazzled up. She actually offers a lot of advice with Fabiola and Garcia.

Also, with the Feng arc she uses a soda to cause an enemy’s gun to jam. Knowing that it will soak up in the metal and prevent it from firing. She also manipulates him by playing cat and mouse. She openly mocks him by saying his brother’s last words were for the “devil to ream him out on ass fucking street in hell.” So yeah, she just leads him straight to a firing squad then ducks as he gets shot to death. She’s very aware of how to lead a team as well.

In Roberta’s blood trail she does it with Shenhua, Sawyer and Lotton. She openly yells at Shenhua for trying to kill Roberta, since it’s a death sentence. They would’ve gotten the Americans if Hotel Moscow didn’t step in.

Also, Revy is very well connected to the criminals of Roanapur. She has a snitch on hand, a drug addict that she supposedly supplies, knows one of Hotel Moscow’s men, speaks openly to one of Abrego’s men, etc. She is aware that having a lot of connections is a good thing, so no doubt that she checks up on her contacts or knows a lot of the regulars at the Yellow Flag.

Surprisingly there are moments where she predicts how a party will move/think. A few times she does it with Hotel Moscow, the vampire twins, escape routes in the city that someone can or will take, and the deserted meetup with Chang’s clients, Shenhua and the Irish driver.

I’ll try to update this later as much as possible. It’s just hard due to the manga being digital for the later volumes so it takes longer to go through each page to find references.

#black lagoon #revy #big boy post #analysis

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reality-liver-n0 · 4 months

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I love these two so much.

Revy actually has enough respect to not only politely call Balalaika ma'am, but she says no offense before saying blow me.

I think ma'am is only in the manga, but I don't think it completely replaces Sis. I'll have to see if it does.

Also, the soft look that Balalaika gives Revy in the third panel 🩷

#black lagoon #revy #balalaika #balarevy #manga panel

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reality-liver-n0 · 4 months

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This may be a stretch but I think I may have found what the graffiti acronym means behind Revy here: All Cops are Killers

ACK

It's a stretch but I couldn't find anything else that could possibly make sense.

Since I'm talking about Revy's childhood let's me get into it.

I've recently found out that Revy is actually full Chinese. Seriously, I was under the assumption she was only half but that's incorrect. The American part just comes from the fact that she acts like an American, lived in NYC, etc.

She actually directly stated this in the submarine scene with Rock, "What's left for a poor little Chinese bitch to rely on?"

There's a quote from Hiroe that states in her design he wanted something the Japanese readers could relate to, and that having an angry white woman character would not be beneficial for the manga.

Also, Shenua even directly comments on this. She calls Revy a slur, so fair warning, but it's "Twinkie" referring to the fact that Revy is Chinese (Yellow) in appearence but on the inside is Caucasian (White).

So, it definitely makes sense that Revy doesn't even identify as Chinese due to her upbringing. Especially with an abusive father and ambiguous mother, both of whom are Chinese. And Revy lived in New York's Chinatown, presumably near the slums.

The brief appearence of the apartment's interior does hint to this. The bed where Revy shoots her father doesn't quite look like it has a frame. It's like a mattress in the middle of the room. Considering the window is right behind her it seems like her dad decided to make the general/largest space in the apartment his "bedroom."

And Revy as a kid already owned fingerless gloves and wore them when shooting cans. I wonder if the ones she wears are the same? Probably not due to the wear and tear but it's nice to think that she values her gloves. You can see them in the pictures at the top of this post.

Another thing is her religion. She used to be at least christian or catholic, since she says, "Before I knew any better I clung to God and prayed to him every night"

It may just be my enthusiam to fill in holes in Revy's backstory but that single line seems very very crucial to at least imagining what her life was like as a kid.

#black lagoon #revy #backstory #semi-analysis

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reality-liver-n0 · 4 months

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Beautiful

Tokyo Godfathers 2003 | dir. Satoshi Kon

#tokyo godfathers #anime #film

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reality-liver-n0 · 4 months

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#meme #it’s awfully terrifying to see those soldiers beat the shit out of each other #then you have the intense music #and replaying each move just to have a reference on how to write it

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reality-liver-n0 · 4 months

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I’m going to try and watch this movie today!

TOKYO GODFATHERS | 東京ゴッドファーザーズ dir. Satoshi Kon

#tokyo godfathers #Christmas #anime

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reality-liver-n0 · 4 months

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Translation: I love you, I love you, middle finger.

🤨🌈❓

Credit to Neityer_Ocelot_1840 on Reddit/black lagoon subreddit

Le Majeur is getting a one shot special on December 30th

#black lagoon #balalaika #le majeur #yeah they're not beating the allegations you guys #😭#hiroe you're cooking something

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reality-liver-n0 · 4 months

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Yeah, balarevy no matter what is going to be rough, even in a perfect world.

Revy is always close to losing it, there is absolutely nothing to stop it. Balalaika is just better at hiding it but she's arguably worse since I feel like it's more extreme for her.

Speaking on the coffee shop au, there is no way that the coffee shop would be an entirely legal business. Like I can imagine it as Revy being the barista who has the worst customer service. Although she is excellent at the drink making. (She also spikes the drinks out of sheer boredom). Or she just writes death threats or doodles guns on the cups.

I think the coffee shop would still be the Lagoon company. So Dutch, Benny, and Rock work there. The shop is a front for their courier business that they do through shipment of coffee and other stuff.

Balalaika would be the usual tired business woman. Supposedly the CEO of a tea company. (She's still a mob boss who just gets coffee to see Revy.)

I think a fun twist would be that they don't know the other is doing illegal stuff, so they're pretending to be normal people. They are failing hard and it becomes a big twist or something when they find out.

that being said I’m not actually always opposed to conflict free fluff I am just opposed to the characters having their claws filed down for it. you can stick them in a coffee shop au it should just still feel like you sat the two worst most insane people on earth in a starbucks

#black lagoon #revy #Balalaika #balarevy #au idea?#coffeshop #but illegal

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reality-liver-n0 · 4 months

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Literally flipping between reading my own fanfic and creative short story (novel?)

I'm too sad to continue either because of how much angst there will be to create imaginary scenes before I sleep

(Send help. Loony toon artist trapped by her creation)

#writing #the struggle is killing me #why the hell am I making everything sad?#trying to write lighter stuff in the meantim so I don't get boged down #and reading even more depressing shit by professional authors #give me a rainbow #please #🌈😭

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reality-liver-n0 · 4 months

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Sorry that I added the same picture

#black lagoon #revy #cat #idk man the picture duplicated

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