just you and me

melissa | 19 | she/they a blog dedicated to the six lomls original posts | edits from main blog

[doechiis]

“Kiki is like a gorgeous tree — she absorbs light and releases the most replenishing energy.” - Barry Jenkins

“Kiki is a naturally gifted actress who isn’t caught up in celebrity.” - Regina King

[On training with Kiki on set of The Old Guard] “It was a gift, you know, not just in the sense that we got to spend more time with each other, which I know really helped us, to have more of a chemistry with each other, but it was just really inspiring to have somebody like Kiki, you know … she is so formidable and there was something about just knowing that she was showing up every single day that [made] it fun.” - Charlize Theron

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIANDRA “KIKI” LAYNE (born December 10, 1991)

[ ID: Eight gifs of Kiki Layne. Gif 1 is her character Tish from If Beale Street Could Talk jumping up and down. Gif 2 is Kiki in a pink and orange dress twirling around. Gif 3 is her waving the hem of her dress around like a princess, smiling, and then breaking into laughter. Gif 4 is her talking in an interview. Gif 5 is her holding a microphone and talking in a group interview. Gif 6 is her on the Oscars red carpet posing. Gif 7 is her dancing with James Corden and John David Washington. Gif 8 is her character Nile from The Old Guard talking. End ID. ]

[thetransguard]

no but hear me and my dumb opinion out it is so fucking vindicating to have andromache be like i will suffer contempt i will collect your ashes to quynh, like idk about u guys but literally as a person of colour just existing in a predominantly white space is a constant dance of. minimising yourself your presence your emotions yourSELF to protect yourself. you lash out (and not even ever from a place of malice but one of like genuine hurt) and you're expected to wipe white tears or suffer the "why aren't you acting fine why are you being a problem now" and it's so like. andy isn't asking quynh to let go of her grief or her anger shes not diminishing it she's just stating simply she'll be there. like that's everything to me they're everything to me

[lightdescending]

You’re in her DMs. I was alone for a long time. Then I found her. I don’t want to be alone. I need her. So I will follow her into the desert with water and food, and I will gather her ashes if she throws herself into fire, and I will suffer her contempt and her rage if that’s what she pours on me. But I will never leave her. We are not the same.

[spokenitalics]

oh btw greg rucka just casually confirmed that that wall street journal article about the tog2 script is legit and that there should be an announcement soon on mimi chan's podcast

[magickkart]

in the words of the anon in @lgbtmazight‘s ask box

They robbed us of the white on white crime :(

[lgbtmazight]

many thoughts including that i've rarely seen such careful, conscious, purposeful attention to non-romantic (and to be fair even romantic) relationships in a movie that wasn't literally about relationships - let alone a superhero action flick. like, we joke that the old guard feels like fic, but it's because it's written through a feelings-first lens, because it's about characterization before plot, and those are things we associate with fanfic, among other things. and also that this type of stories is disproportionately written and loved by women, but that's a whole other topic

[nicolos]

something abt the prioritisation of character over action - the old guard obviously has a plot, but that plot itself is driven by the characters' relationships (booker, copley, even nile) and their choices as people rather than as plot devices. the reason any of the things happening onscreen are important arent because of great world consequences (though those are implied) but because of how much these people mean to each other! what quynhs loss does to andy but also to joe and nicky, niles family, bookers family, booker and andy, joe and nicky and who they are to each other! with the script we have added: booker joe and nicky, lykon to quynh. these are the driving moments!!! and you know what? it's no less meaningful for being about 5 or 6 people and not half of the universe!

[al-kaysani]

okay but the nile/quynh connections in the script make me SO happy (and upset that they got cut but i’m feeling forgiving today)!! the confirmation that nile’s the only one able to feel her pain, ‘if she makes it out … is she meant to find me’, them BOTH being in red within five minutes of each other in the film … greg rucka expand on this PLEASE

[alwaysalreadyangry]

I STARTED SPONTANEOUSLY CLAPPING I LOVE HER AND ART HISTORY

[elderkale]

nile and/or copley: wow, nicky's so nice! he's the sweetest, right? :)

sébastien le livre, perpetual younger sibling, has been waiting for this moment for 200 years:

[lgbtmazight]

oh god. this is OUR november 5

[andramaquynhs]

[niccolos]

THE OLD GUARD + planet symbolism (insp)

[al-kaysani]

“Vietnamese history, we have thousands of years of background, of stories that we can tell, our ancestors have victories that we can [talk] about, so I still believe, strongly believe, that with what [resources] we have we can still touch people, by the story we want to tell, by how we want to deliver it. ... It’s just a matter to tell the right story at the right time and touch the right people. I believe so.”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NGÔ THANH VÂN (born February 26, 1979)

[ ID: Eight gifs of Ngô Thanh Vân, also known as Van Veronica Ngo. Gif 1: Vân as her character Hai Phượng in the movie Furie, looking around a police station for clues while an officer drones on. Gif 2: Vân smiling and talking to an interviewer. Gif 3: Vân as her character Paige Tico in The Last Jedi ripping her mask off and staring forward in distress. Gif 4: Vân as her character Quỳnh in The Old Guard, drinking a glass of water while meeting Booker. Gif 5: Vân smiling and putting her microphone down at the end of an interview. Gif 6: Vân as her character Mantis in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny talking sternly mid-sword fight. Gif 7: Vân as Quỳnh talking to Andy. Gif 8: Vân performing her song “Mất nhau”. End ID. ]

[mortt-artsy]

Based on @lilolilyr’s headcanon that ‘Just you and me. Until the end’ was part of Andy and Quỳnh’s wedding vows :3

[blossomfully]

“In my dreams I am kissing your mouth and you’re whispering ‘where have you been?’ I say, ‘I’ve been lost but I’m here now. You’re the only person who has ever been able to find me.’”

— Sue Zhao

[my-gaydar-is-on-point]

Happy Birthday, Ngô Thanh Vân (Veronica Ngo)!!!!

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