#the old guard andy

[artsy-waffle19]

One thing I love so much about "The old guard" is that in comparison to other action movies I've seen so far, there's characters that have actual personalities that are vital to the plot and why the characters are doing what they're doing.

major "The old guard" spoilers if you haven't watched it yet pls do. It's on Netflix n a second part is supposed to come out soon (it's already made but there's no release date yet but stiiill)

Idk if anyone noticed that yet and correct me if I'm wrong but I noticed that n needed to share because especially for the older group of immortals it pecomes so clear why they keep going (taking Nile out here because the entire movie is just about her, getting used to it and she isn't in the same situation as the others yet).

But Andy is doing everything she's doing because she feels responsible. Her entire struggle in the beginning is, that she feels like her work isn't doing any good. She wants to stop because the "projects" she works on don't seem to work out so obviously she's discoiraged but as soon as anyone in the group is in danger she immediately jumps to being the leader of the group again ("I will get them back whatever it takes" , "I always go first").

Nicky is the optimistic one of the group and believes that everything happens for a reason, which he keeps reminding everyone of as encouragement. He keeps doing what he's doing as long as he has faith that there is a reason, even if he doesn't know it. I think for him it's the most obvious because it's part of most of his dialogues with the rest of the group "everything happens for a reason boss", "it's like it was meant to be [....] like fate", and it also shows in a lot of his other scenes even if he doesn't outright say it (like the scene in the lab when he beings up going to Malta even though they're captured right now, once again showing how he's optimistic and believes that things will eventually work out).

Joe does everything he does for the principle. This is shown in smaller ways but i really like how they kept subtly putting it into his actions. Throughout the movie he mainly seems chronically pissed off, however we gotta consider that the movie shows a time frame where people are mainly doing things that harm him or the people he cares about in some way, which he obviously deems as wrong so getting back at them is just all about the principle. There's no arguing or reasoning with him because he is set in what he believes in and will fight for justice even about the little things. We can especially see that later in the movie in the final fight in the lab. This shows especially in the line "you shot Nicky...you shouldn't have done that" followed by him, killing the guy he just spoke to, like- Nicky is alive and well, the guy's immortal there was never even a slight risk of him dying but it's the principle. Also that he wants to leave Booker in the lab for betraying them, his last line in the movie of "she's not asking", which basically translates to 'you fucked up so now you owe us, deal with it' or just the entirety of the van scene. Obviously the whole "what is he? your boyfriend?" was just supposed to be some homophobic joke but, once again he asked so he's getting an answer. It's just the principle.

And Booker tries to do all he does for the people he loves, yet all the people he loved are dead and as we can see in his dialogue with Joe ("You and Nicky always had each other.......") and the first scene of all of them interacting, in which he doesn't interact with the group much or hug any of them, plus the fact that he's the youngest out of all of them, he doesn't seem to see himself as part of the group. He can't really find a reason for anything he's doing like the others do because while Andy will always feel responsible for the people around her, Nicky will most likely never lose his faith and Joe will always find something to be pissed off about, Bookers children are dead and any people he gets attached to will eventually die, which therefore disqualifies them as a safe and constant source of motivation. And the fact that he is aware of that but cannot find another reason to live for makes all of his actions so much more understandable and also really heartbreaking. To him his immortality isn't about responsibility, reason or justice it's just about hurting "just because we keep living, doesn't mean we stop hurting". So obviously he'd want to stop it.

I just rewatched it and it's so nice to see the dialogue and the character dynamics and really get the characters actions, which makes the plot like 10 times better. Generally I just really love this movie and I need Netflix to release the second one NOW because that cliffhanger was atrocious.

#please tell me this fandom isn't dead yet #i know it's been years but i believe in us #this is a movie about immortals the fandom cannot die after 3 yrs #the old guard netflix #the old guard #the old guard andy #the old guard nicky #the old guard joe #the old guard booker #meta #the old guard meta #long post

[ssunkissedsunflowerss]

what’s stopping me from writing something for andy? *moving house on tuesday, being bombarded by new ideas as i lie awake in bed daydreaming to the point that they are now a jumbled, chaotic mess, unfinished fics in drafts staring daggers at me, headaches, feeling extra blue lately*

nothing. nothing’s stopping me |･ω･)

pleaseeeeee for the love of boobs if you are in need of more andy x reader fics and have ideas for one or idk if you’re just simping for her like i am, offer me some braincells. i am literally half dying to write something for her but i’ve been brainstorming a lot that everything’s becoming a mess 😩 but regardless, i’ll sort out my thoughts and eventually dish out something 😗

just in case if you want to request something and is curious about the way i write, you can check it at @acupofqueercoffee which is currently shadowbanned, so i’m residing here 🥲

#charlize theron #andromache the scythian #the old guard andy #andromache of scythia x reader #the old guard #the old guard andy x reader #character x reader #charlize theron x reader

[coffeebookslovegt]

Me has recordado que hay gente... por la que todavía vale la pena luchar.

#the old guard #the old guard cast #the old guard au #the old guard netflix #the old guard x reader #the old guard rp #andrómaca #the old guard andy #netflix movie #netflix original #netflix #netflixedit #movies #films #fantasy #love #inmortal #inmortaelis #family movies #favorite movies #i love this movie #i love this movie so much

[captain-grammar]

She's everything

He's just Ken

#the old guard #tog #andromache the scythian #andromache the scythian / andy #sebastien le livre #sebastien le livre / booker #booker #andy #andy x booker

[luminarai]

several people suggested the old guard and fettuccine the cat and then I saw this old tweet and this just happened

#my art #the old guard #tog #fettuccine the cat #commander fury the cat #it’s been ages since I drew them omg #fettuccine gets progressively more fluffy every time I draw her #catch the tiny Booker in the background #and those are Nile’s feet in the foreground in case it’s unclear lmao #yusuf al kaysani #joe al kaysani #nicolo di genova #nicky di genova #andy the scythian #andromache the scythian #nile freeman #Booker #digital art #artists on tumblr

[vanveronicango]

it has been 1,374 days since the old guard. 1,374 days since we met our gay immortal found family. so hey netflix! i know you hit a new rock bottom every day but why isn't the sequel on the 2024 list

#FREE THEM ALL #netflix is absolutely horrific #god forbid they treat their genuinely GOOD shows and films well #the old guard #shut up andie

[non-un-topo]

hot guard summer

#tog #the old guard #andromache of scythia #nile freeman #nicolo di genova #yusuf al kaysani #kaysanova #that's right!!! i might have kicked my art block!! hopefully!! let's not jinx it!! #siggy draws #alternatively titled: WHERE IS THE TRAILER #happy almost-summer! #director's commentary as always: #it's probably too small to see but the vespa has a little engraved name 'Destino' on it #not sure how i feel about joe's look but the poor guy is so hidden behind his husband's shoulders anyway #joe does have a poofy ponytail but it's hard to see #they're probably all chilling in italy between missions and that weird safehouse we have yet to see #nile is absolutely reaching for a gun tucked into the back of her shorts btw. not sure what the girls are looking at #andy is wearing nile's pants and nile is wearing nicky's 90s jacket (which is totally not my actual real life jacket) #you know that man would wear it ok #if the lighting seems a little loud or sloppy it's because i am inexperienced dsfgfds. also my first time attempting bi lighting sort of #i am sad that the lighting erased nicky's sunburned nose dfgfds. just know that it was very pink before #shoutout to my lovely friends who helped me figure out lighting/shadow stuff -- apple and wingodex and captainshakespeare #*damn it accidentally added an e on the end there #thank you for helping me navigate the digital art world beloveds <3 #this took my entire day and all of ABBA Gold at least 10 times

[nkp1981]

When "The Old Guard 2" Finally Premiers:

#andromache the scythian #yusuf al kaysani #nicolo di genova #sebastien le livre #sebastian le livre #nile freeman #andy #joe #nicky #booker #yusuf x nicolo #joe x nicky #charlize theron #marwan kenzari #luca marinelli #matthias schoenaerts #kiki layne #the old guard #the old guard 2

[scimitar-and-longsword]

Me lovingly booping you all, Old Guard style <3

#the old guard #boop o meter #boop #my stuff #my gifs #joe #nicky #andy #nile #tw: guns #tw: blood #lol I forget I have to tag those things when I'm posting outside my normal tags

[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)

#tog #togedit #the old guard #andromache the scythian #andy the old guard #filmedit #theoldguard #booker #sebastian le livre #nile freeman #nicolo di genova #yusuf al kaysani #joe x nicky #immortal husbands #andy x quynh #immortal wives #uhh i havent been in the tag in ages so idk what else to tag #but i was rewatching this #bc i miss them and im still waiting for that sequel... its been 84 years. jpg #mine #gif:theoldguard #this was supposed to be more like a generic tog gifset but it ended up like #tog gifs

[regina-del-cielo]

Maybe it's a 'study finds water is wet' type of thought, but

considering it's an action movie whose overall plot is "immortal warriors Fuck Shit Up™️", I think it's significant that in The Old Guard the thing that makes Copley pull red strings through his Murder Conspiracy Board and say "[Merrick] doesn't care what [Andy]'s done with [her immortality]" is the people they save, not the ones they kill

Most of the Conspiracy Board is him circling random newspaper headlines and faces on old photographs to (more or less realistically) follow the immortals' treck through the world and big historical events. Which is, in-canon, not much different than putting portraits from different centuries next to a picture of Keanu Reeves and saying "they look the same, clearly Reeves is an immortal!"

But then there are the connections. A little girl holding Joe's hand in WW1 becoming the youngest (and first) woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize for Medicine (suck it, Kozak). Or the grandchild of a family that Andy saved from [something] helping people escape from the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia.

They are warriors. They have fought and been in the midst of countless wars, major or minor, throughout history. They must have killed as many people as they saved... and yet.

It's not them taking out a random warlord or dictator or rabidly hateful politician that has tangible repercussions in history. It's the children and families they get out of war zones, save from accidents, protect from natural disasters. People to whom they give a second chance at life, and grow to change the world (or even just their own world), like a mysterious stranger once changed theirs just by holding out a hand or patching a wound.

I don't know I just think it's particularly neat

#my ponderings #the old guard #I know we all love to play the 'if you could go back in time and kill One Person who would it be' game #but I think a movie that makes it EXTREMELY SATISFYING to see the Bad Guys die - #- having 'actually the best and greatest changes happen when people help each other' as its underlying message... #it means something #I also think it connects to Andy feeling like nothing she does changes anything at the start of the movie #for 80% of her life you could Solve A Problem by Taking Out The Guy Causing The Problem #especially in battle! you kill the general and you win. if you win the Problem Is Solved #but then everything becomes More Complex. the Problems™️ are globalized and/or systemic. #and Winning a Battle means just killing people. it doesn't Stop The Problem (nor really end a war) #so it feels useless #and even when they save people... they can’t stay in people's lives for long because immortality #which means they can never know what happens to the people they save #they don't (and can't) have the full picture

[artgroves]

Andromache and her sisters

#Andromache of Scythia #The Old Guard #I've been thinking a lot about Andromache's sisters #I think Andy was the youngest #and her sisters were warriors - she had to learn it somewhere! #I love the idea that she grew up in a home with strong women around her and that she was loved #and I want to cry every time I rewatch and she can't remember their faces and I hope she had love and laughter and music in her first life #for The Art Guard's Music Theme

[hachinana87]

3 years Old!

#the old guard #joe #nicky #andy #booker #nile #ouch spell miss

[jondoe279]

atp i genuinely doooon’t care if the old guard two is the worst thing put to film i just want to see the best character of all time (andromache the scythian) and her loser henchmen and everyone’s favorite girl nile freeman again

#its not even funny anymore WHERE IS ANDY AND NORIKO!!!!!!!!!!! it was supposed to be the year of dyke drama 😞😞😞😞😞😞 #like given the way they structured the first movie the second would have to be almost wholly original and differ a lot from the comic #like andy cant go thru the shit noriko puts her thru so im guessing the script would switch her out with nile getting tossed in the ocean #but that doesnt really work with norikos comic characterization (trying to get andy to see her point by making her go thru what noriko did #isnt something quynh will gaf about if andy isnt one of the immortals. andys become thr ‘vermin’ noriko hates!!!) #and given the end of the movie everyones chill with copley so joe and nickys whole subplot cant exist anymore…. idk maybe theyll switch out #copley with moose?? idc as long as we get their stupid car conversation tbh makes me laugh #honestly given the changes that would have to be made they probably just made a stupid movie and don’t want to release it. but I DONT CAREEE #its not exactly like the first one was that good i still mute it in preparation for every cringe needle drop like its a lame movie but its #genuineeeeee fun like i seriously do not care netflix give me my movie!!! #the old guard

[pochiperpe90]

Image! 30th Anthology #12 - The Old Guard

#the old guard #TOG #joenicky #joe x nicky #comic #spoiler #andy #noriko #Lykon #yusuf x nicolò

[begaydocrime-nickyjoe]

Some sleepyheads for @theartguard lottery event!

We were challenged by a randomly selected pose, character (for me it was Andy) and color palette. I maybe cheated a bit by also adding Joe and Nicky, but once I started, I couldn't stop myself 😂

Make sure to also check out the other amazing artists who did the event!

#the old guard #tog fanart #immortal family #andy the scythian #joe x nicky #my fanart