#tog quynh

[luminarai]

andromache's dream // prints etc

(this started as a weird pointillism exercise that basically took over my life. reference from an extremely pixelated screenshot from the movie ammonite)

[lily-s-world]

I dont know who said "let's make a trope out of immortal husbands/wives", but everyday I'm grateful for it.

[lilolilyr]

I have an idea for an Andromaquynh modern AU fanfic

In it, Quynh moves back home to her parents after getting a degree at university she isn't really sure she can or wants to use. She used to think that she's a city girl despising the suburbs she grew up in, but now she thinks she was wrong about that or maybe her preferences changed, she doesn't much like the cities she studied in anymore, first she thinks it's because she studied abroad (in the countries of her ancestors) and could never quite connect to the culture there, but visiting a friend in a city in her home country shows her it isn't just that, she just prefers a quieter environment

In the meantime, her parents have moved to a different part of town and it doesn't really feel like coming home at all. Quynh still struggles with her place in life, she doesn't want to hang around on her parents' couch doing nothing forever but she doesn't know what else to do either and the thought of a regular 9-5 job in an office terrifies her, she has done enough internships in that kind of environment to know she can't stand it for long

Quynh starts taking long walks through the countryside, for her health because she hasn't really found any sports/active hobbies in the area yet (that's an aspect she really liked about the cities, there's always something interesting going on, she used to dance and try out things like shooting with bow&arrow and axe throwing), and to have quiet time to think away from her family. That way she gets to know the area quite well - she actually already knows it a bit because she really didn't live far away as a kid, but she never really walked through the fields on this side of the suburbs before

On her walks she sometimes comes across equestrians, and one time a horse throws off its rider and she ends up catching the animal, which doesn't seem to mind people in general just people trying to climb and sit on it - it won't stay the last time she comes across that particular animal, and she thinks she understands the horse quite well what with not wanting to do jobs they don't like just to be allowed to live comfortably.

Andy's the owner of the horse riding school, and when a girl falls off her horse (probably the one that doesn't much like its riders, Quynh calls it Big Guy lovingly not knowing what it's actually called) and needs medical attention, Quynh ends up taking the horse back to the stables and meets Andy there.

There's a bit of an age-gap between them and even once they meet and fall in love Andy is reluctant to commit to Quynh out of fear of tying Quynh to a life she might not really want, meanwhile Quynh is finally figuring out her place in life and she wants to stay with Andy.

I'll probably never write the full fanfic, I just don't have the time and motivation for it. If anyone's interested in getting the draft and adopting it, I'd love to hand it over for you to write it!

Post is okay to reblog :)

The draft I have is pretty much in bullet points atm, but I'd even go over it and clean it up a bit if someone's really interested in adopting the fic, and I'd be open to either chatting about it and giving more input, or you taking it and doing your own thing with it!

I don't have the time to write a longfic atm and I feel like what with the plot I'm thinking of, it really needs to be 10 or even 20k minimum to start doing it justice... That being said if sb wants to try writing a shorter version or is inspired by it to write anything similar, absolutely feel free! Just pls lmk once it's done so I can read it :D

I also already wrote a college AU horse girl!Andy longfic before, and while that one was happier and this one would probably have quite some angsty vibes before reaching its happy ending, it still kind of feels like I've done this before, also reducing my motivation for it even more :( which is a pity really because I do really like the idea.

If you want to take on the story reply to this or send me an ask/dm and we can figure out how to do this, discord/email/docs or whatever :)

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[isabellehemlock]

ID. Header image has the words "Congratulations to The Old Guard fandom!" in a colored, gradient, font. Underneath the title is a bordered screenshot of the search results on AO3 that show the fandom now has over 10k works attached to it. END ID.

The Old Guard fandom has now contributed over 10k of content on AO3 (just in time for the two year anniversary in one week!) How cool is that??

Thank you to all the content creators who helped the fandom reach this number! Whatever your consumer preferences are, I know that with that number there's something for everyone and I hope it, and many more, brought you joy, or healing, or both :)

Feel free to reblog and comment what your favorite fic/art/podfic has been - or check out my fic rec posts here if you're looking to browse.

[tardisfireworks]

I keep thinking about Quynh. Imagine getting out of the bloody iron maiden, and no one sounds right anymore. You feel you should understand them, but every word sounds foreign. You can read out the letters and characters, but they're being used in some newfangled combinations that don't make sense to you.

You can't communicate with any of the mortals. You thought maybe it was a solid 50 years, 100 years? No. You were in that iron maiden for more than 400 years.

In those 400 years, everything has changed. Before, it took you hundreds of years by foot to find Andy, and now - it will take maybe weeks? Days? Mere hours?

And you find that Andy is no longer immortal. A distant memory of blood, Lykon, please, why aren't you healing, blood floods back into your brain.

Andy will die. Which means Andy is dying.

And you will lose (or have already lost?) your oldest friend and companion. You spent all that time suffocating, drowning, and coming back to life to wake up to this.

[beaulesbian]

You need help. What does it matter why? Today, I put this on your wound. Tomorrow you help someone up when they fall. The Old Guard (2020)

[captain-grammar]

The timeline/lifetimes* of all the known immortals in The Old Guard graphic novels.

(*Subject to G.Rucka's tentative relationship with continuity)

[non-un-topo]

Have an old Quỳnh & Nicky sketchdump because I was going through my laptop

[zairaalbereo]

The Old Guard Circus presents… Come in if you dare!

For @theartguard server’s bimonthly theme “Circus”!

Click to enlarge the image!

[shitty-old-guard-deaths]

Quỳnh, 40 ft up a cliff: Nicky I know this wasn't the best time to tell you, but-

Nicky: But???? What could you possibly say to make up for losing my damascus steel katar? On my birthday?!?

Quỳnh: Nicky, please! The rope!

Nicky: Don't change the subject!

Nicky, empty handed: Wait.

(Quỳnh; Vijayanagara Empire; 1385; Cause of Death: Italian Gesticulating)

[luminarai]

dog owners vs cat owners: the immortal gay edition

[lily-s-world]

I was thinking how quick they are shooting a sequel for The Old Guard, then I remember that the movie is turning two years old this month (7/22), and now I'm like: "Wow, time really flies when you are obsessed with something".

[lilolilyr]

R e a d y F o r B a t t l e

[jar3]

Saw this and immediately had to do it for tog.

[ournextdoorneighbor]

sketch of Quynh