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Immortal wives but I'm struggling

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# relatable

Gone in the Night (2022), Dir. Eli Horowitz

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Femslash February 2025

038. Big - Andromache the Scythian/Quýnh, The Old Guard

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Ok, I NEED to talk about this whole "Clark finally floated" bit of dream come true here.

Because this whole scene is monumental with so many layers and it's worth dwelling on every damn one of them, but the floating part matters a lot.

We could just say, romantically, that he floats because of Lois, right? Because they've finally shared their feelings for each other, because he feels so at peace and happy with her, because he's focused on this one moment and nothing else matters.

And that's TRUE, and it's so beautiful and I'm *here for it*.

AND

There's even more to it.

Because this whole episode has also been about Clark letting go of so much of the weight that has been holding him down.

The YEARS of guilt he carried for his father's death (and really every person whose death he couldn't prevent, like Jimmy).

The fear of making another wrong choice when the stakes are so high for someone with his abilities.

The impossible standards he holds himself and the other League members to.

The belief that he has to do it all alone, forever, without love or even a true team by his side.

He's starting to let go of each of those lead bricks, one by one, so that by the time he walks into that barn to dance with Lois, he's actually lighter. He's more free. He's ready.

He's prepared to tell her exactly how he feels because he realized she didn't know.

He can finally, fully be in this moment with the woman he loves because he's moving forward and *healing*. Not healed, but healing.

It's the culmination of so many things, and it's all so earned and beautiful.

And don't even get me started on Lois' journey to that moment. That's a whole other essay. And I'll cry about that one another time.

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Andy is one of the only movie action heroes character type person whatever who can do the silly action wall run and spinny fighting moves, who I am convinced could also pull that off in real life, because she is old enough to have tried and errorred all of the stupid moves to actually make them work.

Which is also why she insists on using them. I am 6000 years old, I work stupidly hard on my stupid flair so I am going to wall run and spinny twist my way through fights. If you have to suffer immortality you might as well do it with flair

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The best detail in The Old Guard is that every single time one of them "dies" briefly, they all wait with their breath held to find out if that person is going to wake back up. They're constantly worried that the last time they woke up will be the last time they ever wake back up, the last time their friends wake back up. Choosing to add that, with such clear intention by the actors and the director, not only increases the stakes, because you know it might happen just like they know, but also gives the story such an emotional punch. Its not guaranteed, life is not guaranteed even to the immortal ones. Every breath is precious even when they've been infinite.

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imagine being the first ancient person to realize that the ocean and their tears taste the same. imagine realizing that your sorrow and the waves share a taste. i wouldve gone crazy

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The Old Guard 2 (2025) directed by Victoria Mahoney

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Girls, Gays and Theys wake up!!! New Daddy Andy content just dropped!!! Find me on tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@two_old_to_guard?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

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aaaand let's go!

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creasing because I didn't think my neurons would light up the same way since the old guard released but GUESS WHAT!!?!

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she.......

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First Look At "The Old Guard 2", Coming July 2nd, 2025

Source: Netflix

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THEY LOOK SO GOOD!!! 😭🙏👏

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The best ones always start that way.

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do you guys remember the Old Guard. remember when there was a major mainstream hollywood action scifi motion picture starring hot women with guns where gay people kissed on the mouth passionately. and the movie was both critically and financially successful. that movie feels like a fucking fever dream. i'll never achieve the high i got when that movie came out ever again