You're thoughts and mine are pretty damn bang-on with regards to Revy and Rock.
I definitely thing that Rock's love life was rather by-the-book -high school or college sweetheart, one or two relationships afterwards, both of which ended before marriage could really be called into question.
Revy, with all the hints of her horrible childhood, I'm guessing quite likely was sexually active from a younger age, and quite possibly not under the best circumstances; it wouldn't surprise me if she's had at least some unhappy runins with non-con/dub-con situations
So very much word. I think Revy has a had a lot of really ugly relationships/sexual interactions. Part of the reason that I don't think she's done straight up prostitution is that she seem a little... too raw for it. Like, I don't think she'd quite detached enough. She might have done it once or twice when she really, really had to, but I highly doubt it was a regular thing in any way.
any insecurities there I'm thinking would be most likely to crop up only in the context where she's starting to develop an emotional attachment, and it would be more of an outgrowth of general insecurity about her self-worth and shady background -- like with those hints of jealousy around Yukio, I'd see potential issues there being less that Yukio was younger and conventionally pretty, and more that her lack of physical scars, conventionally feminine appearance and mannerisms, etc., all reflect a sort of good-girl innocence that Revy has never had -- so it'd be less "crap, she's so pretty and I'm not" and more "if this is the sort of sweet-and-innocent milquetoast girl he likes, I don't stand a chance".
Agreed. Honestly, body issues is one things I DON'T think Revy would have any trouble with. It would be much more issues with her personality and history and scars (emotional, mental, and physical).
So, going from the generalities to Rock/Revy specifics...while I think in general she'd have no trouble bluntly going after some guy she fancies for a quick tumble, the whole fear-of-emotional intimacy could make her a lot more twitchy and nervous here than she generally is.
Agreed. I can totally see her hanging Anko-esque pick up skills when she's just in the mood for a quick fuck, but I think Rock would throw her for enough of a loop that I can't quite see her be the aggressor.
This is the big hurdle I have trouble plotting past in my head, something has to give one or both of them a push; Revy in particular I think could throw all caution to the winds if she just got the right hint of encouragement, and we've seen time and again already how Rock's more bold and impulsive streak comes to the surface when faced with a challenge; it's just a matter of who gets triggered, and how
*nods* And that's the hardest part of it - figuring how where to push them and with what.
while Rock seems like the one who'd have an easier time talking about his feelings, I can picture her even freaking out a little just from having the big scary unspoken laid out on the table like that...
Oh, certainly. Actually, Revy's freak-out when/if Rock ever said 'I love you' would be pretty damn epic.
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I definitely thing that Rock's love life was rather by-the-book -high school or college sweetheart, one or two relationships afterwards, both of which ended before marriage could really be called into question.
Revy, with all the hints of her horrible childhood, I'm guessing quite likely was sexually active from a younger age, and quite possibly not under the best circumstances; it wouldn't surprise me if she's had at least some unhappy runins with non-con/dub-con situations
So very much word. I think Revy has a had a lot of really ugly relationships/sexual interactions. Part of the reason that I don't think she's done straight up prostitution is that she seem a little... too raw for it. Like, I don't think she'd quite detached enough. She might have done it once or twice when she really, really had to, but I highly doubt it was a regular thing in any way.
any insecurities there I'm thinking would be most likely to crop up only in the context where she's starting to develop an emotional attachment, and it would be more of an outgrowth of general insecurity about her self-worth and shady background -- like with those hints of jealousy around Yukio, I'd see potential issues there being less that Yukio was younger and conventionally pretty, and more that her lack of physical scars, conventionally feminine appearance and mannerisms, etc., all reflect a sort of good-girl innocence that Revy has never had -- so it'd be less "crap, she's so pretty and I'm not" and more "if this is the sort of sweet-and-innocent milquetoast girl he likes, I don't stand a chance".
Agreed. Honestly, body issues is one things I DON'T think Revy would have any trouble with. It would be much more issues with her personality and history and scars (emotional, mental, and physical).
So, going from the generalities to Rock/Revy specifics...while I think in general she'd have no trouble bluntly going after some guy she fancies for a quick tumble, the whole fear-of-emotional intimacy could make her a lot more twitchy and nervous here than she generally is.
Agreed. I can totally see her hanging Anko-esque pick up skills when she's just in the mood for a quick fuck, but I think Rock would throw her for enough of a loop that I can't quite see her be the aggressor.
This is the big hurdle I have trouble plotting past in my head, something has to give one or both of them a push; Revy in particular I think could throw all caution to the winds if she just got the right hint of encouragement, and we've seen time and again already how Rock's more bold and impulsive streak comes to the surface when faced with a challenge; it's just a matter of who gets triggered, and how
*nods* And that's the hardest part of it - figuring how where to push them and with what.
while Rock seems like the one who'd have an easier time talking about his feelings, I can picture her even freaking out a little just from having the big scary unspoken laid out on the table like that...
Oh, certainly. Actually, Revy's freak-out when/if Rock ever said 'I love you' would be pretty damn epic.