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AO3 Femslash Top 100: Round 1

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MISSION STATEMENT AND FAQ

Mission Statement:

The Old Guard Femslash Discord, or The Femslash Guard Discord, aims to be a positive female-centric, wlw-centric space to discuss and celebrate The Old Guard’s extraordinary female characters, femslash pairings, actresses, and more! Fandom has a tendency to sideline its female characters, even more so those of color and unfortunately The Old Guard isn’t the exception, which Nile’s relative fandom obscurity, despite her being one of the film’s two female leads, helps to illustrate. This is a dedicated space to build community by uplifting specifically the women of The Old Guard and their platonic, romantic and sexual relationships with each other, while also serving as a space where queer women can and are encouraged to freely and communally express their desire without fear of shame, reproach or disregard.

We invite everyone interested to read our guidelines and expectations before joining the server. Access to the nsfw channels is selectable in the #role-select channel. Don’t enter if you’re under 18, be honest.

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FAQ:

What is Discord?

Discord is a software used to host chats about various interests. Think of it as a big, fancy, very organized group chat. We chose to host this space on Discord because it is a good space for discussion and has very neat organizational features.

Why did you start this Discord? Aren’t there already some TOG Discord servers?

Often female characters are overlooked in mainstream media, from having none to few, to having them be sexualized or strictly serving another character’s story, usually male. This disregard and relegation inevitably permeates fandom as well and The Old Guard unfortunately hasn’t been the exception, even when it has succeeded in other aspects. It becomes particularly disheartening when you consider that unlike most media, The Old Guard features two amazing female leads, front and center, unsexualized and remarkably well developed, laying the foundation to a third, and was directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, an amazingly talented black woman who filled the movie with all the heart and respect that made it so remarkable.

Did you perhaps not know about Nile Freeman, a woman of color, being one of the film’s leads before watching? Are you dubious of Charlize Theron’s leading role based off Tumblr? Did you see Ngo Thanh Van for ten whole seconds but can’t get enough of her and want the sequel asap? Maybe you’ve been wondering where all the female and femslash content has gone. Is Tumblr flagging it? Would you perhaps like to know each and every member of the infamous Andramaquynh fam? We felt that not enough space existed for conversation about them all in general TOG spaces, and felt that a hub where everyone who can’t get enough of them can come together was a pretty sweet idea. And we hope you feel the same way!

In short, we wanted to create a positive, well deserved, dedicated space for the extraordinary women of The Old Guard and their relationships.

Can I join if I ship other non-femslash pairings?

Yes! As long as you recognize and respect the female and femslash focus this server has, and direct your talk to the appropriate general channels, we’d be thrilled to have you!

How do I join The Old Guard Femslash Discord? What are the requirements?

We ask that you read and accept the ground rules and expectations. You can join The Femslash Guard Discord by following the link below.

→ https://discord.gg/EZnMwNmXg3 ←

Do I have to identify as wlw, lesbian, bisexual, queer/a certain sexual orientation or certain gender identity to join the Discord?

Nope! As long as you want to talk about these talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, showstopping, spectacular women we invite you to join! Please understand that the focus of our discussions will be on female characters and their relationships.

I don’t have a Tumblr/feel comfortable messaging the blog. Is there another way for me to join?

Of course, you can send a direct message to any of the mods’ tumblr, or their discord:

thirst-teenth.tumblr.com | mortt#6828

itsme-imhere.tumblr.com | karlie#5605

What can I expect to find on this Discord?

There is, of course, some general The Old Guard talk and actress talk channels. There are separate ones for each major female character (Andy, Nile, and Quynh), as well as individual channels for ships (Andromaquynh, Andy/Nile, Andy/Nile/Quynh, etc). There is also a channel for #thirst (for when you just really need to talk about Charlize Theron’s arms) and for #salt (for when you need vent about all of your fandom frustrations). We’ve got channels for the sweet, sweet fancontent (headcanon, fanfiction, fanart, smut), as well as one for wips and prompts so the beautiful process can be shared and we can all inspire each other. There is a resource channel for historical, visual, writing, language, lore and more references, so we can hopefully all teach, learn from and help one another. Finally, we have a space for other fandoms and personal things.

This is awesome! Are there other TOG femslash related things out there?

There was the recent TOG Femslash Fortnight that ran from October-November, and the Andromaquynh Secret Santa that ran from December 24th, 2020 and January 2nd, 2021.

If you know of any blogs/events/spaces that primarily focus on femslash and female characters for this fandom, let us know!

#discord #the old guard

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It has been an exciting few months, and we hope you all had fun and perhaps found new favourite artists or inspiration to create!

We thank everyone who helped mod, nominated works and voted in the awards, without you this wouldn't have been possible!

Feel free to go through the winning works and reblog them if you haven't yet (or also if you have, there can never be too many reblogs)! You can filter this blog for art, fic, gifs, moodboards, nsfw, other and the art categories Andy, Nile, Quỳnh, angst, fluff, scenery, clothing and art style.

Congratulations again to the winners, and if you have your works cross-posted to Ao3, feel free to add them to the winner's collection!

The reverse also goes if your fic is in the Ao3 collection and you have it cross-posted or linked on tumblr, just @ us on the post/in a reblog and we will share it here!

Send us an ask if you have any questions or want to join the Femslash Guard Discord Server!

About the Awards | About the Server

Tagging the winners to let you know that you can add your works to Ao3 as well:

@aliceblakeart @alligatestheclotpole @alloutofgoddesses @amphibily @cantteachanoldguardnewquotes @chicalepidoptera @cinnamonplums @cryhardanddanceharder @drinkcrywrite @dylogger @falyakonmp3 @gibbarts @hachinana87 @hauntedfalcon @hermitsunitedforever @jackwolfskid @kaydeefalls @kayivy @kyra-bane @lesly-oh @lilolilyr @linaxart @luminarai @mannadraws @mmmidrich @mortt-artsy @my-gaydar-is-on-point @nicelytousled @noenoaholi @ongreenergrasses @ournextdoorneighbor @pitchercries @pranpats @prevalent-masters @queen-of-badomens @randydrawsthings @rhubarbdreams @ronancebuckley @rupzydaisy @salzundhonig @seanchaidh7 @shinylightblue @spacegirlsgang @stark-park @strangehighs @synonymapple @thewolvesrunwild @thidwicktails @tobebbanburg @ultrasopp

If you want to check which of your works won, search this blog @theoldguardfemslashdiscord and the Ao3 collection bookmarks for your url!

We'd also like to @ everyone who helped, nominated, voted, shared works, tumblr just has a limit on how many people can be tagged! We hope you see this and feel appreciated anyway.

#theoldguardfemslashdiscord #fanwork awards #tog #the old guard #tog femslash #femslash #wlw #the old guard discords #Andromaquynh #fandom event #fandom award #fic award #art award #mod post #the old guard fandom

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Congratulations on winning in the category 'pre-canon' of the discord TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Andy | Andromache the Scythian/Quynh | Noriko Characters: Andy | Andromache of Scythia, Quynh | Noriko Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, First Meetings, First Kiss, Love at First Sight, Soulmates, Immortality, Temporary Character Death, Promises, Romance, Romantic Fluff, Fluff, Declarations Of Love, Immortal Wives Andy | Andromache of Scythia/Quynh | Noriko, there’s a lot of love and emotions and tenderness and that’s it Summary:

Andromache has never wanted anything as badly as she wants to find the woman from her dreams. Quynh has been searching for her as well, for most of the time she’s been alive. The first time they meet, everything changes. It is, without a doubt, the best thing that’s ever happened to them.

#ronancebuckley #award winner #second place #fic winner #pre canon #moonflowery #5y8m12d #reblog

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Congratulations on winning in the category 'angst fic' of the discord TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

like a river runs by runsastatueofus

Rated: T

31k words, pre- to post-canon

Andy/Quỳnh, background Joe/Nicky

Summary: In July 2019, a marine research vessel off Norway picks up a blip on its radar. In Budapest, Nile Freeman wakes from a nightmare.

A lovely and heartbreaking fic about Quỳnh returning to the others and especially to Andromache, while still hurting from her trauma and feeling betrayed by them. The story has great character development, many interesting flashbacks and a hopeful ending.

#runsastatueofus #angst fic #fic winner #award winner #second place #reblog #astatueofus

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Congratulations @unattainablesky on winning in the category M-rated fanfiction of the TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

My story for Iddy Iddy Bang Bang 2021–now with bonus psychic mermaids and revenge!

#second place #fic winner #nsft #m rated #tam_cranver #unattainablesky #award winner #reblog

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Congratulations on also winning in the category 'Art Style'!

Just you and me

Andromaquynh Secret Santa gift for @hottopicmonk. I may or may not have hiperfixated on Space AU, but it just works so well, happy ending is implied because in this household Andromache regains immortality at some point. I hope you like it! ♥⚔️

#third place #shared third place #double win #award winner #art winner #art style #mortt artsy #reblog

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Congratulations @lilolilyr on winning in the category 'shortfic' of the TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

Graves Aren't For The Dead

Finally, a new Andy Regains Immortality story! This was written for the @tog-femslashfortnight Sunday prompt: 'Reunions'.

3k, rated G

Andy/Quynh, Andy & Nile, can also be read as pre-Andronilynh ot3

Background Joe/Nicky and the team as a family.

Summary: The team has laid Andy to rest in her grave, thinking the immortal warrior has finally found peace. A month later, Nile gets a text from the dead...

Reblog to support your local fic writer!

Part 2 here!

#first place #fic winner #award winner #lilolilyrae #reblog #short fic winner

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Congratulations @lilolilyr on winning in the category 'characterization of Andromache' of the TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

Repeat. (no longer drowning)

An Andromaquynh fix-it fanfiction.

Stats: 6.5k words in 3 parts, rated T, temp. character death, canon-typical violence

Tags: post-canon, saving Quỳnh

Summary: The Old Guard finally has a location that will, hopefully, lead them to Quỳnh... Andy dives down to find her, and Quỳnh doesn't know that Andy is ready to die her final death to save the one she loves.

Written and posted to Ao3 in 2020

#first place #award winner #fic winner #characterization #andromache #reblog #lilolilyrae

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Congratulations @kaydeefalls on winning in the category 'M-rated fanfiction' of the discord TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

Chapters: ¼ Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Andy | Andromache of Scythia/Quynh | Noriko Characters: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Quynh | Noriko, Nile Freeman, Booker | Sebastien le Livre, Andy | Andromache of Scythia, James Copley Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Action & Romance, Plotty, Canon-Typical Violence, Temporary Character Death, as per canon, Team as Family, Healthy Relationships, Ensemble Cast, POV Multiple, Canon Queer Relationship, Canon Queer Character, Flashbacks, Hurt/Comfort, Non-Graphic Violence, everyone gets to be badass, Andy is the one in the iron maiden, Reunions Summary:

“Wait, hold up a sec. So if you were around before them – how old are you?”

The men all go quiet, and Nile wonders if she’s just committed some kind of immortal faux pas. “It is irrelevant,” Quỳnh finally says. “Old enough to know there is no point looking backwards.”

“You’re the oldest,” Nile murmurs in awe. Older than the Crusades. How much older? A few hundred years more? A thousand?

“No,” Nicky says quietly. “Not the oldest.”

Canon-divergent AU. Five hundred years ago, they lost Andromache to the sea. Now Quỳnh leads the team, a new immortal just woke up, and some pharmaceutical company is getting a little too interested in their business.

(Fic done! Finally! Posting a chapter a day.)

#second place #kaydeefalls #award winner #fic winner #nsft #m rated #reblog

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Congratulations @lilolilyr on winning in the category 'angst fic' of the TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

Can't Keep Breathing Without You

Another Saving Quỳnh fix-it fic - I know I've written the trope many times before, but there's always a new angle to explore, and this time it was the wonderful art of the immortal family by @unjapanologist for the tog reverse bang by @theoldguardevents! Beta read by @cryhardanddanceharder thank you so much <3

Stats: T, 5k words (so far - there will be a few follow-up fics in the future), mostly immortal family mission vibes with of course A/Q and J/N, angst and h/c

warnings: canon-typical violence, mild gore and temporary character death

Summary: Quỳnh is caught in the iron coffin and Andromache can't get away to rescue her in time - but Niccolò jumps on-board the ship taking her away, Yusuf frees Andromache, and together they all go looking for Quỳnh. A rescue is a team effort.

#first place #angst fic #fic winner #award winner #lilolilyr #lilolilyrae #reblog

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Congratulations @kaydeefalls on winning in the category 'characterization of Nile' of the TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Relationships: Nile Freeman/Various, Minor or Background Relationship(s), Nile Freeman/Lykon Characters: Nile Freeman, Lykon (The Old Guard), Quynh | Noriko, Andy | Andromache of Scythia, Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Nicky | Nicolò di Genova, Booker | Sebastien le Livre Additional Tags: mentions of various combos of Nile/Andy/Quynh, Character Study, Alternate Universe - Historical, 5 Things, swapping nile with each of the other immortals in history, Nile Freeman Week, POV Multiple, Canon-Typical Violence, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canonical Character Death, Team as Family, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, everyone is still immortal, just shaking up the timeline a bit Summary:

Five different eras Nile might have died and lived in. For Nile Freeman Week, prompt: historical AU. To which I say, but why not all the historical AUs?

#award winner #fic winner #characterization #nile #first place #kaydeefalls #reblog

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Congratulations @lilolilyr on winning in the category 'E-rated fanfiction' of the discord TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

~And If We Go, We Go Together~

Life's Essence

What if the immortals are the origin of all Vampire Myths?

24k, rated E, F/F (Andromaquynh)

Warnings: Violence, sexual content

Summary: Immortality comes and goes- however, through their blood, an immortal's essence can also be shared with others. Together, Andromache and Quỳnh are almost invincible. But life can never be that easy, can it?

Part 1 features Andromache's origin story, a war and immortals of a distant past

Part 2 features Andromache and Quỳnh meeting new immortals and keeping an age-old secret

Part 3 features Andy losing her immortality while Quỳnh isn't there to share her blood with her

This story is now complete!

#award winner #third place #e rated #nsft #fic winner #lilolilyr #lilolilyrae #reblog

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Congratulations @lilolilyr on winning in the category 'poly & other erotica' of the TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

My gift for for @unstatedmartini in the Old Guard secret santa run by @theoldguardevents :) Thanks for the beta, @nicky-olives and @cave-crystal!

Andronilynh (Andy/Quynh/Nile)

1K, rated E, Smut with Feelings

Hope you like it! :)

#first place #nsft #erotica winner #fic winner #award winner #lilolilyr #lilolilyrae #reblog #poly & other erotica

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Congratulations @kaydeefalls on winning in the category 'characterization of Andromache' of the TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Andy | Andromache of Scythia/Quynh | Noriko, Minor or Background Relationship(s), Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolò di Genova Characters: Andy | Andromache of Scythia, Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Quynh | Noriko, Nicky | Nicolò di Genova, Nile Freeman, M (James Bond), Booker | Sebastien le Livre, James Copley Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - James Bond Fusion, Alternate Universe - Spies & Secret Agents, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Canon-Typical Violence, Established Relationship, Plotty, POV Andy | Andromache of Scythia, Minor Character Death, (not any of the TOG crew), Action, POV Female Character, POV Bisexual Character, andy did not sign up to be a relationship counselor but here she is, but relationships definitely take the back seat to plot in this one Series: Part 3 of Old Guard 007 AU Summary:

“Orphans make the best recruits,” M told her once, her voice laced with regret. Andy will always hate the woman, at least a little bit, for how often she’s right.

(James Bond AU. Andy is 007, Quỳnh is Q, the boys are all double-oh agents, and MI6 is in trouble.)

#second place #characterization #kaydeefalls #award winner #fic winner #andromache #reblog

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Congratulations on winning in the category 'pre-canon fanfiction' of the TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Andy | Andromache of Scythia & Lykon & Quynh | Noriko, Andy | Andromache of Scythia/Quynh | Noriko Characters: Andy | Andromache of Scythia, Quynh | Noriko, Lykon (The Old Guard) Additional Tags: Mutual Pining, Canon Compliant (Ish), who invented love? andromaquynh invented love, yes this is a hill i will die on, Lykon is a delight and i’m very sorry, discord prompt, Pre-Canon, Lykon is so very done with their pining, soft!! so soft, MY BRAND Series: Part 18 of The Old Guard Tumblr Prompts Summary:

Sure would be a shame if we pined for each other while traveling together, huh? ===

Quỳnh wishes there were some sign that Andromache felt the same way, some idea that she wouldn’t ruin life with the only other person who is like herself.

Instead, she accepts the rabbit that Andromache offers her with a grin, telling herself that she can be content with what their friendship is now.

She almost believes herself. === Prompted from the Femslash Guard discord - Andy/Quynh with some mutual pining. Canon-compliant, which was fun. Enjoy!

#cactusdragon517 #second place #fic winner #mayqueen517 #pre canon #award winner #reblog

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Congratulations @even-after-a-millennia on winning in the category 'pre-canon' of the TOG Femslash Fanwork Awards 2022!

ceremony after ceremony, century after century

For Andromaquynh Secret Santa 2021, here is my gift for @salzundhonig! I hope you like it and have a happy holidays and a good new year!

Summary: 5+1 fic of five bonding ceremonies between Andy and Quynh before the iron maiden, one afterward. 

You can read it on my ao3 account here or down below!

The moment that Andromache set eyes on the woman in the desert, she knew that she would be important to her.  Not just because of the dreams they shared that showed that they could both come back from death, but because something in the slope of her sunburnt cheek and the crease in her brow made it impossible to look away. 

Andromache kept looking, throughout the years.  She couldn’t stop herself and she didn’t want to.

It turned out that Quynh didn’t want her to either.  She drew her eye constantly with small smiles meant only for her or a muttered phrase in a language that only they spoke together.

They had traveled together for two hundred and forty-seven years before Andromache’s feelings finally broke from her chest.  It wasn’t a particularly special moment, just Quynh preparing a fire as Andromache skinned their meal, but something about how they hadn’t even needed to talk about who would do what task struck Andromache so acutely she couldn’t stop herself from speaking.

“Quynh,” she called as her companion gathered wood for their fire.

The dark-haired woman didn’t turn at first, hoisting another stick into her arms.  “What is it?”

“Quynh,” Andromache said again and something in her voice must have given away the emotions ready to burst from her.

Turning, Quynh made eye contact with her and whatever she saw made her jaw and the sticks drop. 

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