Black Paper Bag

Something like Breaking Bad, for example, has low squiggability (that’s what I’m calling this quality). It’s tightly written, the characters are consistent, there’s little left to interpolate or extrapolate. Obviously, people DO write fanfic of Breaking Bad, but it still has a low squiggability score. Whereas something like Supernatural has a high squiggability score. Fantasy and science fiction often have high squiggability scores. This suggests squiggability could also be related to worldbuilding and potential for people to borrow a premise or setting.

It would end with the ceremony (held in the Rip-Off Church, of course) being interrupted by a scorned ex-lover of Chang, Carrie Fisher in the Blues Brothers style, who has no idea the whole thing is a sham, unlike everyone else in attendance. She tries to kill him, they have a dramatic argument, he begs her to forgive her, then they kiss, right in front of Balalaika, and leave together. She turns to the officiant and asks if it still counts if he didn't kiss her but did sign all the documents, because she'd definitely kill him if all this was for nothing.

Shenhua, Lotton, and Sawyer are in a poly. Lotton and Sawyer are too into videogames and it gives Shenus migraines. So she has to invite over Revy for a job just so they'll go outside.

Revy has made a ton of Stephen Hawking jokes to Sawyer because of her voice. Shenhua threatens to cut her ass open every time.

Chang and Benny bond over Star Wars and have a collection of merch that they outdo each other with. The Lagoon crew occasionally helps Benny find collectibles if they can. (But most of them are knock offs that are like so bad that Benny begs Revy to shoot them.

Bao reserves his smiles for Balalaika because she finds the repairs for when the bar gets demolished. (Kinda crazy that the warlord funds a place of peace)

Revy and Dutch watch old westerns and war documentaries. Revy talks over the whole thing but she watches it all the same with him.

Rock has a mathematical spreadsheet of karma points for each crew member that stays in the Lagoon headquarters. He makes slight adjustments so that his score is always better than it objectively should be. (Dutch keeps the pen they use for it in in his quarters because Revy has tried to change the chart.)

Ok this isn't wholesome but Balalaika regularly sends Rock a blank postcard of Japan every year.

Revy sometimes visits the girls at Rowan's. They're always excited to see her and fangirl and they spend time dressing each other up.

Eda watches Oprah and Jeopardy with Revy.

The Lagoon crew celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah.

Benny plays Doom all the time on his computer.

Fucking dying here but I shall persevere

Revy has done the single most humiliating thing of her life. She once used Balalaika's lipstick to kiss her hand because she was sad that Balalaika wipes off her lipstick every time so it doesn't leave marks.

Revy really really likes it when Balalaika says Rebecca instead of Revy or Two Hands.

Even though it gets on her nerves all the time Balalaika appreciates that Revy is someone who isn't afraid to argue with her.

Revy doesn't know how to give a compliment in the moment. But she does give them casually enough every other time that Balalaika questions if she's faking it.

Balalaika gets distracted by Revy's tan lines. She's tried to get Revy to zip her shorts. It never works. Revy just shrugs. However, she knows when Revy is wearing lingerie because that's the only time they're zipped up.

The one time Revy wore a suit Balalaika tied her up with her own tie. Good times.

Balalaika is unflinching to the kinks Revy brings up just to mess with her. Balalaika will recount with a deadpan voice all the shitty pornos that she's edited that have it.

The first time Balalaika found Revy drunk facedown in a gutter she just left her there. Revy brings it up all the time.

Revy knows she's always going to be second to Balalaika's men and it fucks her up a bit.

(Personal headcanon here.) I don't think Revy would want to know about Balalaika's past or name. It'd potentially force her to give up her own story and she doesn't want to acknowledge that Balalaika was different because she'd be comparable to Rock in some regard.

Balalaika would notice it and it'd make her prob at Revy's past to actually understand why. Almost testing, or forcing a confrontation where Balalaika is asked about her past and she can shut it down for the power play.

Revy lives in the present, Balalaika the past.

Idk. I imagine Balalaika would be curious how Revy is so indifferent to it because it goes against her own personal worldview. Along with the fact that Revy wasn't born as Revy, just as Balalaika wasn't born as Balalaika.

Okay enough of that.)

Revy always complains about Balalaika's mattress despite actively falling asleep.

When Balalaika does paperwork she'll have the urge to draw Revy's tattoo but never acts on it.

Whenever they kiss Revy always cups the scarred side of Balalaika's face first.

Revy says a lot of slurs and derogatory remarks about lesbians that make Balalaika uncomfortable because it reminds her of how her men would probably call their relationship and almost be an act of betrayal or irresponsiblility on her part.

Balalaika finds it amusing how much Revy hates and is useless at technology because of their age difference.

Revy desperately stays up later than Balalaika just to see her fall asleep and be soft.

Balalaika has a habit of kissing Revy's cheek or forehead. It tends to have more of an effect on Revy than a kiss on the lips.

When they haven't seen each other for a while Revy will jump into Balalaika's arms.

Balalaika is stunned every time she sees Revy with her hair down or when Revy's waking up and the sunlight hits her just right.

Balalaika thinks a lot of compliments and praises in her head but half of them don't leave her lips.

Revy absolutely has a praise kink so Balalaika does use them more.

Balalaika suprises Revy with how much stuff she buys/provides for her. A lighter, cigarettes, food, clothes, etc.

Balalaika has shared her cigar with Revy and it's fundamentally changed how she sees them now.