The Old Guard - fic recs and a vid

[kore]

Hey there's this little movie not many people have heard of yet, I think it might be big!....heh. Once again a fandom has surprise eaten my head. Some great fics so far:

The Bluest Black, the Blackest Blue (1205 words) by nyctanthes
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Andy | Andromache of Scythia/Quynh | Noriko
Characters: Quynh | Noriko, Andy|Andromache of Scythia (mentioned)
Additional Tags: Underwater meditations, Angst, Overwhelming anger, Memory, Immortality, Quynh POV
Summary:

Her head was full of water. And Andromache.

the definition of warn (1235 words) by Siria
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Andy | Andromache of Scythia/Quynh | Noriko
Summary:

They were in southern Spain when the death reached them. Or not them, exactly: they could be killed by sword or by arrow, but they didn't sicken and die the way ordinary people did.

Luce e ombre (1252 words) by sheafrotherdon
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Andy | Andromache of Scythia, Nicky | Nicolo di Genova
Additional Tags: Friendship, Loyalty, Kindness
Summary:

The discomfort is so new that it startles her, and she searches her memory to remember a time before she was immortal: a time when a cut, a scrape, a bruise hurt for longer than a moment, long enough to interrupt sleep. The memories don’t come

(Set the night after the events of the movie.)

fires on the road (2860 words) by evewithanapple
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Andy | Andromache of Scythia, Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Quynh | Noriko, Original Child Character(s)
Additional Tags: POV Outsider
Summary:

Saving someone doesn't mean they have to like you.

And because God loves me, aurumcalendula already made a vid:

Hit Me With Your Best Shot (0 words) by AurumCalendula
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Andy | Andromache of Scythia/Nile Freeman
Characters: Nile Freeman, Andy | Andromache of Scythia
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Embedded Video, Physical Triggers
Series: Part 104 of Vids by AurumCalendula
Summary:

'you're a real tough cookie with a long history/ of breaking little hearts like the one in me'

Comments

[dolorosa_12]

Excellent — you've recced two of my favourite Old Guard fics (so far), and I suspect the ones that are unfamiliar to me will be right up my alley as well. I'm looking forward to the fanvid, too.

[kore]

//beams Great minds! Those are all my faves so far, I think -- and I've barely dipped a toe in. There's so much quality already. I didn't even realize til I made the post that it was kind of a themed rec!

[lannamichaels]

Thanks for these recs! *opens tabs*

[kore]

I hope you enjoy them!