#and black lagoon obviously

[reality-liver-n0]

This is going to be my worst post to date (in my opinion)

But after the anguish and turmoil that has hit Balalaika fans after her appearence in the latest chapter like her lack of muscle/strength that we know she unleashed on Rock, the fading of her scars, and other things I decided to investigate myself to see how much she changed.

The majority of these pictures are from the anime. Sad, I know, and hopefully once I find the direct panel from the manga that mirrors it I will edit or add more to this post.

I will start this by saying that Anime Balalaika is an absolute fucking unit. Like reviewing the pictures I realized that she's built like a very beautiful Russian tank and that is really the best description here.

Do you see what I mean? It's most likely the coat but still, it has to touch her shoulders to even drape.

Although, it depends on the scene as she can be like this too

Her shoulders are less defined and aren't quite as cut as the top ones but her muscle is there at least.

Above is the Virgin Rock as physical comparision

She's obviously fucking built way beyond his physique and she knows it. She corners him in or crosses her arms while his remain at his side as he tries to be unaffected. And honestly, kudos to him. He stood pretty strong in this scene and I think he knew he had to do that to even try and talk on her level.

I mean we've seen what happens when he doesn't. Disclaimers ahead, Rock is in for a rough ride. I on the other hand, laughed my ass off when I took these screenshots.

Also, here is what I personally think went through Balalaika's head in each scene and the progression of it.

% Anger Level - Annoyance

Jesus Christ, he's on this bullshit again. Sounds like one of those family dogs I keep having to put down.

% Anger Level - Frustrated

Maybe if I make it clear I'm pissed right now he'll have some sense left in him. If he says one more word I am going to make him the hood ornament for the car.

% Anger Level - Hostility

Just looking at this cigarerette is giving me an idea. I could just throw him like I could with this. Sooner or later he'll be stepped on; fire dying out.

% Anger Level - Rage

I'm certain his face will never change in his casket

With one strike I could gouge his eyes out. Maybe then he'll see justice.

You've sealed your fate Rock. Now you'll suffer the death of a true hero.

(Woohoo! 🎉You passed the slideshow and now I'll do my commetary. Here's a Boris photo as a reward.)

This is the face he wanted to make right when Rock started talking.

Anyway, I must have forgotten just how Balalaika threw Rock since I took those screenshots. I knew that she did it but somehow forgot that she did it with one arm. Or at least how much power she put into flinging him like a ragdoll. LIke she fucking lifted him in the air with one hand and with a single move had him on the hood in split seconds.

Here's a funny picture I caught mid-shot as well

His feet aren't touching the ground. He's fully straight as if he didn't have have a second to take it in, meanwhile his hands are just open and it's like he forgot he was even alive. No doubt, he had a vision that when Balalaika even reached for him that she just punted him to the afterlife.

Meanwhile, I cannot imagine the raw terror Revy must have felt seeing this happen.

She is scared as hell here. Keep in mind that this entire exchange she can't see Balalaika's face or Rock's. Both their backs are to her until Balalaika throws Rock. Still, I doubt that she really could've seen him past Balalaika's frame. Meanwhile, she's probabaly just processing that Balalaika's strong enough to do what she just did. Most likely she already knew she has a lot of physical power, I mean look at her, but this is the first time she's seen it and it happened to the worst person possible.

I can fully say that Balalaika is a fucking beast in hand-to-hand combat with the body to match it. And this is only focusing on her throwing Rock! She already snapped a neck by this point. Rock saw that and again, he does have some courage or maybe stupidity to even do this since he saw that with his own eyes.

Revy hasn't. And I don't think Rock told her, at least not until he knew they were back in Roanapur and safe. He was still traumatized by it too so chances are he is suffering some recurring nightmare of it. To top it off, this event alone was so visceral in his mind that he draws a direct comparaision to Chang, symbolizing how truly helpess he was.

With all that out of the way here isthe recent manga depiction of Balalaika

(no comment needed)

Here are the earlier depictions of her in the previous chapters. All the thanks to @crystallinee-waters and @progmanx for the posts concerning the chapters and the usual girlboss stuff 💅

Love you two for that

In conclusion the only explanation for this is that Chang used his CIA connnections (Eda) to tamper with the latest chapter to make himself look cooler. And I guess he had enough mercy to include Rock in that upgrade too, for whatever reason.

Hero of the chapter was definitely Le Majeur

Homegirl got sacraficed by Balalaika to the gays

Which will probabaly be another cursed post sometime in the future with the Holy Trinity (Balalaika, Revy and Le Majeur)

✊ They're staying strong and holding down the series' reperesentation of the ABC Mafia

(😔 not canonically tho only Le Majeur has officially come out, or got outed by her comrade. But then Revy saved her ass and definitely did not hear anything and now does not knows what Le Majeur really is.)

A homosexual 🌈

Okay. I think I'm finally done with this, and I went off the rails by the end but this post now exists so I will return to my secluded hole 🕳️

(Forgot to add buff Revy too, so here she is)

She can be both happy and mad but she's still jacked af (and silently judging you at all times because of your gayness)

#black lagoon #revy #balalaika #rock black lagoon #le majeur #Sign the petition to bring back B's muscles #Interact with this post to show your support of this worthy cause #Long ass cursed shit-post #Revy hates everyone equally #Including gays which includes herself #Obviously #analysis

[nowhere-star]

Happy Halloween from the Nowhere Star crew!

We managed to get another collab piece done just in time! Corvidaze did the sketch and colors, @radonine did the lineart.

We hope you've had a great time!

#nowhere star #jjba oc #jojo oc #also for the costumes: maia is dressed as the creature from the black lagoon #and jet is a vampire obviously

[bcdwclves]

When he's not being a sex pest to anything with a pulse and an unused hole, he is seen amongst the city, exercising the will of his parents.

And that mostly entails meeting with standing business partners who wish to go over details, going over plans of their expansion within the scope of the city, and seeing if any of them within the group is plotting something.

But also, he's responsible for managing their affairs and seeing if they're truly doing the work they promised to do or if they're just taking the goodwill of his parents and wasting it on useless endeavors like human trafficking and slavery.

Speaking of the city, the City that his mother looks over is one of the excommunicated, lawless zones that are officially not looked over by any government. It was once a lawless zone where every type of crime and violent act took place but within the years that Alejandra, his mother, appeared to tame it, she took it from a lawless, crime-riddled city into one that's seeing humanity return to. Of course, it's still a city that practices in shady behaviors and crime, as the city is run by a crimeboss that has hands in EVERYTHING within the city she runs, but the defacto puppet leaders she set up as stand-ins for her are doing well enough to exercise her will.

Mateo's just an enforcer~

#( the bestiary. ) #( headcanons. ) #yes alejandra is so much of a girlboss that she runs a city within the year she arrived there. #i dont have a name for the city. its obviously based off of ergastulum from gangsta and roanapur from black lagoon. #ILL COME UP WITH ONE SOONER OR LATER.

[floorpancakes]

akawata

kavetham

wangxian

the girls from she loves to cook and she loves to eat

these ships and more occupy a part of my brain that's labelled 'somewhat douwatacore so you can gain mildly adjacent but fun and unique vibes' in scribbled sharpie

#especially akawata holy shit #that being said im a huge akawataozu shipper LMAOOOO #in the watashi has two hands way #even though hes a fucking LOOOOOSERRRRRRR #why cant that be me #i too want funny deadpan idgaf queen gf and funny insane creature from the black lagoon causes problems on purpose bf #listen #im a simple guy i have simple dreams (delusion) #ok but i need to rewatch tatgal asap cause when i realised one of the closest characters to doumeki in fiction was akashi it blew my mind #kavetham is the most popular and its not the EXACT same obviously but it does make me want to recommend holic to anyone that likes them #like none of these are exactly the same they all just have at one significant shared vibe LOL #i could widen this out also to ships where theyre not actually douwatacore they just have watanuki-like glasses characters #which is a LOT #please dont take this super seriously although i recommend all of the above for fun familiar vibes lol #please dont be put off by the one mf ship theyre so bi4bi to me watashi is just stupid #also PLEASE READ SHE LOVES TO COOK AND SHE LOVES TO EAT #I cant find many translations that go past like 19 chapters atm but its such a good yuri and it #has a pretty tight grip on commentary about social standards for women and queer ppl in general its so goooooood #plus the food and girls eating are lovingnly drawm.....love is real 🫶 #the social commentary part lowkey reminds me of double house a bit although double house is more jaded #not that im complaining #'lesbians complaining and sitting about eating and drinking and vibing in apartments' should be a genre im sick of it not being a genre #idm if theyre like. complaining about serious issues or just like the weather they should be allowed to complain #i got off topic there but yuri .....goood.....

[mediumgayitalian]

Nico is going to be smote by Hades.

As he trudges through the muddy lake water, seething, he weighs each elaborated murder he has planned for each member of Cabin Eleven against how harshly Hermes will punish him for it. Connor will be flayed alive. Travis will be cooked over an open flame. Julia will be strapped to a rocket and blasted into the sun. Alice will face death by a thousand paper cuts.

And Cecil.

Fucking Cecil.

Cecil Markowitz will face a death so tortuous and harrowing that the constraints of the crime cannot be adequately covered in any mortal tongue. Crucified is too light a term. Nico is going to kill him in a way that is unspeakable — to hell with Hermes and his wrath. Nico is going to smite his dumbass children himself, and it will be worth it.

His boyfriend waits for him, lips pressed together and eyes trained to the sky, on the dock, holding several towels.

“Say nothing,” Nico hisses, slamming his sword on the wood and dragging himself up after it.

“Wasn’t going to,” Will lies. He immediately begins to cough, face turning slightly red. “Well, if I were to say anything —”

“William,” Nico warns.

“I just mean to say,” he soldiers on, setting all but one of the towels down, “that you look —”

He cuts himself off with a quickly smothered giggle.

“I swear to all that is fucking holy, Son of Phoebus.”

He lets Will maneuver him about, towel turning almost black with all the mud it’s absorbing off Nico’s clothes. He has to move on to another towel once he’s finished just Nico’s arm, dripping the soaked towel with a wet plop.

“It’s not that bad.”

Nico stares at him, deadpan. In fact he has to swipe pond scum out of his eyes and hair to glare properly.

“I am the fucking Creature of the Black Lagoon, Solace.”

Will bites his lip, hard. A burst of laughter escapes anyway, heedless of his desperate attempt to smother it, and the worst part is that it’s gorgeous and it makes his eyes light up and his stupid face looks stupid divine, when he’s giggly about something, and it makes Nico want to crush him a little. In the facial region, with his own face.

Except his own face is covered in stinky lake mud.

And Will is laughing.

Hard.

“I mean,” he manages around giggles, holding up a new towel to dab at Nico’s face, “it brings out your eyes, honestly.”

Nico closes his eyes. He lets that sit for a moment. He exhales for ten solid seconds.

“William Andrew.”

“It does! I mean, it’s really the perfect shade —”

“Romance is actually, genuinely dead.”

“— makes them look very deep, actually —”

“I should’ve listened to Demeter and married a doctor.”

“— and lake mud has so many uses! Most of the microbes on you are excellent for the skin. Who wouldn’t want to be compared to lake mud?”

“Oh wait! That is useless advice.”

“And you didn’t even pick up any leeches! Just all this dark, beautiful lake mud, as brown and beautiful as your eyes —”

“I’m returning you to whatever lab you were created in. Obviously you’re defective and I want a new model.”

“— in fact I’ll write a haiku about it.” He clears his throat. “My boyfriend is so hot —”

“Enough,” Nico interrupts, slapping his semi-clean hand over Will’s motormouth before things get any worse. Unfortunately the mud still caked into the lines of his skin contrasts beautifully with Will’s sparkling eyes, making them even bluer somehow. That’s a felony. “Also, that’s six syllables, dumbass.”

“I’ll revise,” he shoots back, muffled.

“If you promise not to, I’ll move my hand.”

Will presses a kiss to his palm because he’s a sappy loser who knows exactly what he does for Nico’s heart problems, based on the wiggle of his stupid perfect eyebrows.

“Deal.”

Nico removes his hand slowly. He lifts it back up when Will opens his mouth, threatening, but luckily he changes course before Nico has to make good on the threat, leaning down to kiss Nico softly, properly.

“I’m crucifying your best friend,” he mumbles against his lips. “That is step one of a ten step torture process.”

“‘Kay.”

“His siblings, too.”

“Sounds good.”

“Hermes might grind me to dust, after.”

“Trying really, really hard to focus on something right now, babe.”

“Right,” Nico breathes. There is still mud drying onto him and it is the Worst, actually, and he still has several homicides to play out, but.

But.

He can spend a little time kissing his boyfriend first.

(As long as that will keep him from spouting any more damn haikus.)

#dramatic nico my beloved #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #hoo #heroes of olympus #pjo hoo toa #nico di angelo #will solace #nico di angelo/will solace #nico/will #will/nico #solangelo #established solangelo #fluff and humour #dramatic nico di angelo #flirting #my writing #fic #100 ways #100 ways to say i love you #longpost

[thisgodwontforgiveyou]

hiring the fucking saya no uta guy to write the black lagoon LN

#the black lagoon mangaka is a guy who spec ops the lined himself about writing his own manga #and gen urobuchi is the kind of motherfucker who would actually just turn off spec ops the line like the developers wanted #and say the game was awesome #the only thing i know about the contents of the ln are that gen urobuchi tried to do backstory for balalaika #which is completely obviously something he would try to do and also the funniest self owning moment of his career maybe

[hotvintagepoll]

Since your blog pic is the creature from the black lagoon macking on a girl, can we do Hottest Vintage Movie Monster poll next? Creature of the Black Lagoon up against Godzilla, etc? We could probably knock it out in a week and it would be a goofy way to end this wonderful poll

That's actually kind of on my schedule already! I keep forgetting to add this to the main FAQ, but here's what I have planned after the women wrap:

Ultimate Hottie Tournament (top brackets of the hot men & hot women competing together)

Scrungly Little Guys tournament (gender neutral)

TBD: Horror Hotties (that's where your monsters can go!)

TBD: Dandy Detectives (Marples, Sherlocks, Nancy Drews, etc.)

other fun mini polls that pit hot characters from the same movie together, like the Philadelphia Story or Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ones.

There will be breaks in between, obviously, to give us all time to breathe. And I might have a surprise coming up soon :)

#asks #housekeeping

[lenci8]

If all the Ghouls were Water Ghouls:

Rain- it's actually Rain's Greenhouse. He's not growing weed or medicinal plants, just Venus Flytraps. Weird vines brush purposely against your ankles every time you enter.

Mountain- The Grand Canyon, specifically 5-6 million years ago when the Colorado River carved its way through.

Cumulus- Dried lavender and eucalyptus hanging from the shower head. A steamy bathroom mirror with a heart drawn on it.

Phantom/Aeon- Obviously, the Creature From the Black Lagoon. Murky water. An oil slick on wet pavement.

Cirrus- Jagged coral reefs, tide pools with cool rocks, and little starfish. Sky blue.

Aurora - The pink and reddish ripples of a sunset across the lake. Pink lemonade with tons of ice.

Dewdrop- The Mermaid Lagoon from Peter Pan. The Red Sea. He'd be a dolphin. But also a Beta fish with a pretty red swishy tail.

Swiss- Tonic water with fresh limes. Those fancy ice sphears for whiskey. The rain your garden has been DYING for.

#dewdrop ghoul #the band ghost #rain ghoul #ghost #raindrop #ghost fanfic #ghost hc #headcanon #aeon ghoul #swisstopherkghoul #swiss/rain #mountain ghoul #cumulus ghoulette #cirrus ghoulette #aurora

[midnight-in-town]

What headcannons do you have on Revy? Love the blog by the way.

Hey Anon !

Thank you for the compliment ! ^3^ Unfortunately, I don't have much headcanons about Revy ? Or, rather, I don't think about it so much, if that makes sense ?

With the few hints we were given about her backstory, overall I tend to think that :

she killed her dad and the cop who raped her ?

she went to prison for some time (confirmed in the arc with Feng)

she's really close friends with Eda despite how much they bicker sometimes

she's also kinda friends with Shenhua, Sawyer and Lotton despite how weird that sounds even to me xDDD

she definitely has a crush on Rock though I doubt that she noticed it herself, as of right now in the story

she used to be a stripper in a BDSM show to make a living (I think that's also confirmed but it's been a while since I read the series from the start), which is why she was so good at it in Shaitane Badi and in the arc with Feng

maybe she'll be the one to kill Jane someday (but that would mean that she and Benny would become enemies and no one wants that)

I also always wondered how she and Dutch met, as well as who taught her to use two guns (becoming known as "Two Hands Revy"), but I have yet to think of believable ideas. x)

Anyway, that's all. She's really the soul of the Black Lagoon series (with Rock obviously), but the fact that BL subverts gender norms makes her even more extra special as a heroine in my opinion.

Thanks again for the compliment and have a good weekend Anon!

#black lagoon #revy #rebecca lee #anon #answers #tw: rape mention

[spiritshaydra]

Oh yeah funny story

So I went on a field trip yesterday out to this field station on an island out in the hyper-saline lagoon that’s like,, right down the road to collect botanical samples for my wetland ecology lab.

Left a little while after 2pm.

We were on the island for about two hours collecting plants (and finishing the trip off with some king cake) before hopping back on the boat. It was about 4:30pm

So,, normal lab field trip right?

WRONG.

Our boat stops suddenly and a big plume of mud is sprayed out from behind the skiff. Not a good sign. Four guys hop out of the boat and start trying to push the boat free- Laguna Madre is VERY shallow, especially in this area since we weren’t where they had dredged it out for the larger ships, so the water was about knee deep where we got stuck.

We started moving again. Kinda. I see the guys get these poles out and start using them to turn the boat like those gondolas in Venice. (Sadly no accordion) Also not a good sign.

THEN the guy who was sitting at the wheel gets up and walks up to the front where we were sitting and pulls the anchor out, and then drops it out into the water. NOT A GOOD SIGN.

Then I hear my professor talking about calling the biology lab coordinator to figure out what the fuck to do, and then she’s on the phone with someone talking about how we need someone to come out and tow us back to the boat ramp. 💀

It’s 5:30pm now and the sun’s beginning to set. (And my other lab back on campus had just begun, which I obviously wasn’t able to attend unless I could teleport) My brother also happened to call me which I answered with a “hey you won’t be able to guess where the fuck I currently am.” Never a dull moment.

Another hour passes and FINALLY the lab tech guy shows up with another boat to tow us back (while wearing his Iron Maiden shirt like an absolute legend, we love lab tech guy) it’s now sunset and we’re finally moving. Slowly, but moving’s moving.

The sun set completely and I had dozed off a little as there really wasn’t much else to do. It was also COLD with the wind blowing off the water and the lack of sunlight. Thank GOD I decided to wear both my hoodie and wind breaker, along with a bandana to use as a scarf. Eventually we made it back to the boat ramp at around 7pm. So I’d finally be able to go back to my apartment and have some warm hot chocolaty goodness right?”

HA if only it was that easy.

It probably took them an hour to get the boats back onto their trailers because they kept loading them incorrectly and would have to retry. Me and some other classmates stood out in the cold for about fifteen minutes before we realized that we could hop in the van where it was warm, and wait in there. So that’s EXACTLY what we did. Luckily I packed some snacks because I thought it wouldn’t hurt to bring them along, so I just kinda,,, passed around a bag of trail mix.

Something something hour later we get back to campus at like 8pm where I was finally able to go back to my dorm. (My wonderful roommate brought me hot chocolate bless her)

Anyways I’m tired <33

TLDR: Went on what should’ve been a three hour long field trip for hehe swamp science fun times and our boat's steering went out so we were strANDED FOR TWO FUCKING HOURS IN THE LAGOON. We were out in the sun for like five hours and gone for six. I love being a stem major <333 yippee!!

(For those biology nerds out there we saw mullets jumping out of the water, sea grass beds, black mangroves, various salt flat succulents, stupid plant with wickedly sharp thorns that ripped apart the sample bag it was in, wolf berries, mosquitoes, a tiger moth caterpillar, turkey vultures, dolphins, brown and white pelicans, mosquitoes, a crested caracara, tons of laughing gulls, great blue herons, mosquitoes, egrets, white ibises, cormorants, and black tipped skimmers.)

#spit takes #weird science

[reality-liver-n0]

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

[lnkedmyheart]

Can I ask your top 10 fav fics ever (from any fandom, if you don't mind)?

Also, just curious, is there a story behind your name "lnkedmyheart"?

10 favorite fanfics in no particular order:

GunPunk by amigodude (black lagoon) a really dark fan made backstory for the female protagonist.

Unusual arrangement, an fma03 x goblet of fire crossover where everyone keeps mistaking Ed for a girl cause he's really pretty.

In the Storm by eponymous rose, a red vs blue Grif x Simmons fanfic

Alchemie, another fmab x hp crossover but this time its set in the final few books.

Motorsports by saisblue which is obviously the skk fanfic about street racing.

Mors vincit omnia by itotypes, a pirate au with skk and fyolai.

A torch and a one eyed cat which is an skk hp au with Durmstrung Chuuya and slytherin Dazai.

Until my feet bleed and my heart aches by reiya, a yuri on ice alternate au with enemies/rivals to lovers dynamic. A bit too much smut for my taste but it was done well I think.

Knight and mage by strike dawn, sormik alternate universe Tales of Zestiria.

The real deadpool posted by jessjessthebest. A spideypool fic.

And no, my pen name has no actual origin. I just write a bunch of words based around a theme on chits and pick them at random. Lmao.

[crusherthedoctor]

Unpopular opinion: Superstars' OST is a bop

Bridge Island? A cute introduction to the game! Speed Jungle Act 1? Tee Lopes' answer to Silent Forest (another underrated track IMO)! Lagoon City Act 2? Super chill and reminescent of the Saturn era! Press Factory and Egg Fortress? The harsh synth is exactly what Eggman-themed zones need! Pinball Carnival and Lagoon City Act 1? Rintaro Soma is a welcome addition in the roster of composers! And I could go on. I've been blasting Superstars tracks much more than Frontiers' (that game has some gems too, the soundtrack is just a little bloated) :D

"oh but some of the tracks suck!" maybe, yeah! I don't like most of the boss themes (the final boss themes are good, though). But... honestly, the majority of Sonic soundtracks for me have a handful of tracks I skip, it's noral I think. The ones in my top 3 are special precisely because the "skippable" ones are limited. Also, I don't like how we still don't know the full credits of the SOT, but fans have been blaming Senoue for the "bad" sounding tracks.

(then again I find SA2's OST mediocre so I may just have shit tastes :P)

Agreed.

After days of everyone hyping up how terrible the soundtrack was, when I finally heard the whole thing for the first time, I kept thinking "...This isn't that bad...?" I genuinely thought I was missing something. Even the Sonic 4-esque tracks aren't that awful, although obviously I do prefer the S-tier bangers like Speed Jungle and Lagoon City. I agree that the regular boss tracks are among the weakest, but the Egg Diablo theme makes up for them. :P

Not to say Superstars is immune to criticism, but I've noticed that some of the people who drag the soundtrack through the mud tend to have it out for the game altogether for being a *chokes on words* Classic game. I think the moment so-called music experts decided to chime in and trash the soundtrack was when I checked out. You have to wonder where all these quick critical eyes were during Frontiers. :^)

I like the SA2 soundtrack on the whole, but it is held back a bit compared to the greater variety found in SA1, something that makes the latter one of my favourite soundtracks in the series. That said, my most controversial Sonic music opinion (probably) is that the Black Knight soundtrack is mostly forgettable. It's not bad by any means, but I have trouble remembering most of it, and that's not something that happens often with me and this franchise. Live Life is the major exception though, I love that one, and there are some other good ones sprinkled here and there.

#Crusher's Asks #Opinion #Sonic Adventure #Sonic Adventure 2 #Sonic and the Black Knight #Sonic Superstars #Sonic Music

[momolady]

Top 5 monsters that are the most attractive to you personally?

I’ve got pictures for this one so get set in.

Due to childhood exposure I will always have a fondness for Aquativ fishmen. Creature from the black lagoon created an absolute problem, and Guillermo Del Toro has kept it fed.

This one shouldn’t surprise you, but it’s Orcs. I think I’ve put out enough words on why that is

Next one I recently answered and ask on. Pyramid Head is pretty up there. The terror he envokes, the mystery of them as a whole, and those cheeks really make an appealing cake whose icing I wanna lick.

This monster that my darling @smogteeth created. I dunno what it is, but I am hard up for this one. You can also buy it to support an amazing artist.

This one is a two parter, and technically cheating, but I could decide which one appealed more. One comes from childhood exposure as well, another is a fear based sexuality. Both have haunted me due to the fact my mom had no idea what my brother was showing me when he had to watch me. Predator is like an orc for me, big buff, fancy mouth, and primal. The Xenomorph feels more complex in attraction. They’re obviously sensual , made to both be terrifying and erotic, but it’s that terror that also feeds into a forbidden romance aspect.

[pumpkinsouppe]

I’m gonna list some crazy/random theories I don’t think will actually be in TOTK but if I somehow get one of them right it will give me gloating rights

Zelda will not only be a playable character but this game will allow two person multiplayer where one person can play as link and the other as Zelda

Nintendo is bringing back the magic system similar to the adventure of link and a link to the past and uses of magic will drain a magic meter (or perhaps the vials?)

TOTK will have even more fashion than BOTW and will gung-ho the fashion aspect like triforce heroes

It will be revealed that the loftwings became the ooca in TP and they are now an even more fucked up bird looking things in TOTK

The Minish are back and they are actually giants now

Return of the old man from the first Zelda game but he is specifically not Rauru or Kaepora Gaebora

Multiple viewpoint puzzles aka a locked camera angle on top down or side scrolling to change things up (and also pay tribute to the early 2D games)

There will be an underground civilization of a race we have never met before including intricate architecture (they are specifically not a monster race)

The exact same as the point above but the race is actually the vigoroth looking fellas from skyward sword

Temples are back except every temple is a water temple except one which is ice themed

We live out the events of The Creature of the Black Lagoon (mummified river zora arm and all) (aka river zora are back but only like two are back bc they are mostly extinct and the first clue to finding them is a mummified arm in rock)

Sidon becomes evil

Kilton is the actual voice we heard in the trailers (Matt Mercer I think is the va name)

We will obviously have sky exploration and most likely underground exploration, but we will also be expanding the map horizontally and also travel the sea

We finally meet Hyrule’s Kafei

The time reversal/momentum reversal mechanic can also be used on architecture and we can rebuilt things like the temple of time (and that’s how we access one of the dungeons)

Link fights shadow link but instead of being a mirror version of Totk link, he’s fighting all the past versions of link (with all their weapon and equipment upgrades) (okay this sounds sick as hell I want this so bad)

Link gets a growth spurt (He grew one inch)

I am having so much fun with these fhjdiwbfwwduhfdwi I will add more if I think of anymore good ones

#tloz #Totk #tears of the kingdom #loz #the legend of Zelda #legend of Zelda #totk link #botw #breath of the Wild #Zelda

[charlesandmartine]

Friday 19th April 2024

Jeffreys Bay, named after the whaler Captain Jeffreys and now referred to as J-Bay is now the centre of the surfer scene and apparently often ranked in the top 10 world surfing arenas. Jeffrey and Glendinnings opened a store here in 1849 and a town sprang up around them. Because no doubt of the surf, It became a hippie hangout in the sixties and seventies. Now with a total population of more than 27,000, it is first white, followed closely by black; the first language being Afrikaan. It seems to be a town divided with clearly an impoverished black community living in poor circumstances. Then there's obviously a rich set both residents and white holiday makers. But the town is being developed with new housing hopefully to replace the shantie townships, very impressive new shopping mall with upmarket shops, schools and a new hospital under development. There is hope for this place.

This morning we looked at the must-see tourist attractions and came up with a short list, a very short list. We selected the Kabeljous Nature Reserve; 2.5k of coastline enclosing wetland and bushveld with many available routes to hike. We were most pleased, we found this a highly agreeable place. As we arrived, so a local school party was just leaving, so clearly it is used as a teaching aid. We followed paths to a view point and then on via a salt lagoon subsequently onto the dunes and the sea for lunch. Back through a type of heather and circumnavigating the area. Very enjoyable. The only experience denoting not being in our own back yard might have been the snake tracks in the sand. Oh, and the lovely weather perhaps.

Calling in at the shopping mall we collected a couple of Danish pastries for a princely sum of 40p each!

Tomorrow we are moving on again and will be entrusting the remainder of this holiday into the care of Trailfinders, starting with the Shamwari Game Reserve. So we didn't wish to buy anymore food which meant we needed to eat out and the place we ate on Wednesday sprang immediately to mind. The food is superb at this place on the beach with the beach on the floor. They say that dressing for dinner is not necessary, in fact if you have shoes on, you are overdressed. The staff do not wear shoes; and the waitresses resemble the women in hi-de-hi with their little shorts. Martine partook of the hake and chips, I had oxtail. Excellent.

We shall miss this place, it's been great, but we are very much looking forward to the next phase and the game reserves.

ps We have a gas geyser to supply hot water. It runs cold. The only reliable way we have found to make the water hot is to turn the gas hob on!