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if every single immortal’s reaction to quynh in the sequel is not dripping with emotion im calling bullshit okay

that’s joe’s big sister! nicky’s partner in crime! the woman whose screams plagued book’s dreams for two centuries! andy’s wife! every single one of them has such a deep connection with her whether that be good or bad, if anyone acts like she’s some typical bad guy and not something way more complex for even a second i’m gonna go ballistic

JAMuary: 100 Drabbles Based on Songs (2024)

025. Hands On Me - Quynh/Andromache the Scythian

happy pride to the oldest queers in the world ❤️🤍

hopefully they make the old guard 2 even gayer or as gay as the first one cause as much as i love charlize theron lets be real its the queer stories that got us totally hooked like thats literally the only thing i'm asking for here

I have an idea for an Andromaquynh modern AU fanfic

In it, Quynh moves back home to her parents after getting a degree at university she isn't really sure she can or wants to use. She used to think that she's a city girl despising the suburbs she grew up in, but now she thinks she was wrong about that or maybe her preferences changed, she doesn't much like the cities she studied in anymore, first she thinks it's because she studied abroad (in the countries of her ancestors) and could never quite connect to the culture there, but visiting a friend in a city in her home country shows her it isn't just that, she just prefers a quieter environment

In the meantime, her parents have moved to a different part of town and it doesn't really feel like coming home at all. Quynh still struggles with her place in life, she doesn't want to hang around on her parents' couch doing nothing forever but she doesn't know what else to do either and the thought of a regular 9-5 job in an office terrifies her, she has done enough internships in that kind of environment to know she can't stand it for long

Quynh starts taking long walks through the countryside, for her health because she hasn't really found any sports/active hobbies in the area yet (that's an aspect she really liked about the cities, there's always something interesting going on, she used to dance and try out things like shooting with bow&arrow and axe throwing), and to have quiet time to think away from her family. That way she gets to know the area quite well - she actually already knows it a bit because she really didn't live far away as a kid, but she never really walked through the fields on this side of the suburbs before

On her walks she sometimes comes across equestrians, and one time a horse throws off its rider and she ends up catching the animal, which doesn't seem to mind people in general just people trying to climb and sit on it - it won't stay the last time she comes across that particular animal, and she thinks she understands the horse quite well what with not wanting to do jobs they don't like just to be allowed to live comfortably.

Andy's the owner of the horse riding school, and when a girl falls off her horse (probably the one that doesn't much like its riders, Quynh calls it Big Guy lovingly not knowing what it's actually called) and needs medical attention, Quynh ends up taking the horse back to the stables and meets Andy there.

There's a bit of an age-gap between them and even once they meet and fall in love Andy is reluctant to commit to Quynh out of fear of tying Quynh to a life she might not really want, meanwhile Quynh is finally figuring out her place in life and she wants to stay with Andy.

I'll probably never write the full fanfic, I just don't have the time and motivation for it. If anyone's interested in getting the draft and adopting it, I'd love to hand it over for you to write it!

Post is okay to reblog :)

The draft I have is pretty much in bullet points atm, but I'd even go over it and clean it up a bit if someone's really interested in adopting the fic, and I'd be open to either chatting about it and giving more input, or you taking it and doing your own thing with it!

I don't have the time to write a longfic atm and I feel like what with the plot I'm thinking of, it really needs to be 10 or even 20k minimum to start doing it justice... That being said if sb wants to try writing a shorter version or is inspired by it to write anything similar, absolutely feel free! Just pls lmk once it's done so I can read it :D

I also already wrote a college AU horse girl!Andy longfic before, and while that one was happier and this one would probably have quite some angsty vibes before reaching its happy ending, it still kind of feels like I've done this before, also reducing my motivation for it even more :( which is a pity really because I do really like the idea.

If you want to take on the story reply to this or send me an ask/dm and we can figure out how to do this, discord/email/docs or whatever :)

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-White is for Witching, Helen Oyeyemi

“you attract what you fear” ooooh noo andy and quynh reunion kiss in tog2 aahhhh so scaryyy im shitting my pants aaaAAaa

In another life, I dreamed, you were there beside me…

(For my bingo prompt “Dancing”)

Happy CSH Gift Exchange, @vexbatch! For you I bring this art offering of modern Andromaquỳnh, wherein Andy wakes up early to work out, and her girlfriend Quynh prefers to sleep in. Lured by the smell of the most perfect coffee, Quynh will roll out of bed to steal share a morning cup... and maybe tempt Andy back to bed…

Quynh’s tattoos are based on the amazing work of Kyle Statcher (aka Thiefhands), a tattoo artist in Portland, OR.

That’s the happy ending, but it started like this…

Andy, burned out and disillusioned with corporate bullshit, abandons the city and buys a coffee shop in a tourist town. There, she meets the tattoo artist Booker, and they quickly bond over their shared disregard for the world over drinks. But when bright, optimistic Nile moves into town, she convinces Andy to start teaching her kickboxing in the coffee shop basement, and then Booker’s coworker Nicky gets involved, which drags in his boyfriend Joe, and Andy finds herself with… friends? Best not to think about it. Also best not to think about the stunning new florist across the street. What she has is good, and Andy’s long since lost hope for anything more.

Quynh takes one look at the hot, motorcycle-riding woman with biceps for days across the street - pretending not to stare, pretending (poorly) to give a fuck about latte art, pretending there isn’t some kind of fight club in her basement - and decides she needs to sweep her off her feet. Violently and romantically.

"they ran through the world together, fought thousands of battles side by side" (x)

Femslash February 2023

083. Embarrassment - Andromache the Scythian/Quýnh - archiveofourown.org/works/45312196

I have this headcanon. Can’t remember if it was in a fic or not. Joe and Nicky get together long before they meet Andy and Quynh. They are together for years but before they set out to find the others. Nicolo breaks up with him. He says we are immortal and I can’t promise you forever. And in his heart eternity still belongs to God. So he breaks his own heart. They set out together, Yusuf not giving up obviously. They find Andromache. They learn from the girls that there was another who died. One day his wounds just didn’t heal up. Because nothing that lives lives forever. And Nicky realizes he doesn’t have forever with Joe. And they reconcile. They sleep in the same tent they wake up the next morning. Nicky by the fire with Andy and Quynh, eating breakfast. Joe emerges and quietly but visibly and firmly plants a kiss on Nicky, who then pauses to gauge a reaction from these girls they just met. Essentially strangers. They stare for a second, mid bite of food. Share a knowing look. And Quynh reaches in her pocket and tosses Andy a bag of change. They all laugh. Nicky blushes. And that’s how the wagers started.

can what they feel be called love at first sight, when they learned to love each other before they ever met?

a drabble for @flufftober 2023 day 9: '... at first sight'.

100 words, rated G, no warnings, pre-canon

Read on Ao3

Still taking flufftober prompts, and hopefully I’ll manage a couple longer ficlets again soon! I’m also just 2 fics short of having 100 TOG fics on Ao3 - so prompt me some Andromaquynh or Andronilynh, and maybe I can reach that 100 before the end of the month? :D

Portraits of Friends Artist: Nile Freeman

Created with Dreamscope and Photoshop Photo credits: x, x, x, x, x, x, x

Nile took photos of the gang first, so they wouldn't have to pose for hours on end. She wanted them all to look at the camera, classic posing, only a hint of a smile, if any.

Took a while until she got a useful photo of Joe because he kept laughing. Nicky had such heart eyes over that shy sunshine pic of Joe, though, that Nile couldn't not paint it.

Quynh all suited up and Andy with a pearl necklace and showing some cleavage? You can bet your ass that those two went on a fancy date later that day.

Nile whipped out the warmest, happiest colors for Lykon. It's what he deserves.

Fuck Booker for making her paint hands. (affectionate)