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Andy is a tall, lean, broad-shouldered woman who has spent the entire era of industrially-produced clothing living with 3 dudes, working a messy job and occasionally needing to pass as a guy, so what I’m saying is they’re all used to swapping clothes all the time to the point that they don’t remember who bought a particular shirt or jacket originally, with the possible exception that if it’s fashionable it was probably originally Joe’s.

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this fandom has done an excellent job of unpacking the historical context + present legacy of the crusades and how the old guard shows former crusader nicky as a redeemed villain who had to work for joe’s forgiveness and trust, which is all excellent but nile freeman american marine problematic when

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Nile Freeman - The Old Guard (Marge voice: I just think she’s neat!)

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Joe + humor

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Aang: I am only a little boy and I just want a nap please stop trying to kill each other for ten seconds

Korra: Bitch I Will Kick Your Nuts Up Into Your Throat

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Let them rest 🥺

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The river always finds the sea So helplessly like you find me We are paper boats floating on a stream And it would seem we’ll never be apart

A commission piece I did for @harrynightingales​ - and what an utter delight this was! They asked for Joe and Nicky close dancing and being in love and I am aaaaall here for it. Men in suits are always a damn fine thing, but seeing especially these two dress up for each other (maybe for a special occassion? maybe their anniversay? ;) ) feels just extra special in a way. I loved doing this piece!! <3

extra points for Nicky with poofy, styled haired a la Luca ;)

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THE OLD GUARD (2020) dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood

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the thing i respect about the old guard most is that it sticks to its mfing Theme. there’s a consistent emotional throughline of “why keep doing good when nothing good comes of it” and the exhaustion just builds and builds, the story keeps making the characters (mostly andy and nile, ig, but still) ask that one question - Why Keep Doing Good - until suddenly it answers the question. the characters pay for the answer but the payment also is the answer: you do good even when you can’t see the good (because you’re In It) because of love. for your family, your friends, humanity, a single stranger whose only redeeming feature to you in that moment is that they’re also human. when was the last time i saw a movie that had like.......a genuine moral theme that wasn’t afraid to get a little sentimental and schmoopy about it?? what was the last movie i saw that HAD a theme?????? god what a good piece of cinema. i LOVE it here

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thinkin about the amount of characterization, backstory and relationship dynamics crammed into ‘the love of my life was of the people i’ve been taught to hate’ and i need a damn minute

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i love nicky bc he constantly says stupid profound shit like "everything happens for a reason" "peace be with u" "all things must die" "its destiny" but then hes also like [at booker] "hey brat i bet u 500 quid boss-mom cant guess which part of the world this baklava's from u in??" and [while being boarded on a plane by his kidnappers] "ohh joe theres a tv!!"

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Eddie

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Joe + Taking No Shit

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nile freeman, 2 months into her arabic and italian lessons: can’t fucking ask for directions to the supermarket, can 100% romance the cashier

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ɴɪᴄᴏʟᴏ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴜsᴜғ + ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ

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Action Reveals Character

There are four major action sequences in The Old Guard: the ambush in South Sudan, the plane duel, Goussainville church fight, and the finale showdown. Most of the time, action/fights serve to get you from Point A to Point B in the plot in a badass way. It reveals the character’s physical prowess. Usually, it’s a way to assert dominance over an antagonist.

But what I loved about this movie is how the fights have actual narrative meaning. They serve to reveal the team dynamic, show us what the characters are actually like, and have actual stakes. More importantly, they follow Nile’s development as a co-lead of the film and the audience’s lens into The Old Guard’s lives. When Nile answers the call in Act 3, she pays off the first three fights.

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