Hi! You can call me Astrid :) This is a TMFU-dedicated side blog -- mostly reblogs but i also post edits, headcanons, random thoughts, and fics (working on writing for fun again(!!))
I don’t know how consistently active I’ll be on here, but I love the works in this fandom so much, even if I'm slow to react sometimes 🩵 Feel free to tag me in/ask anything!
You can also catch me at my main for general life/multi-fandom things — @astermeri (which is also the blog i like/follow/send asks from!)
Tag Guide:
I'm still trying to find a consistent tagging system I like (and I love rambling in the tags), but here are some frequently used tags:
#astrid rambles✨- my edits, headcanons, incorrect quotes, etc.
#astrid writes✨ - my writing!
#astrid speaks - replies/personal asks/tags/life things
#delightful tags - i love collecting tags; y'all's thoughts are amazing
#fandom friends🩵 - posts related to members of this lovely fandom and their gorgeous works 🩵
shoutout to #ely take my entire heart (@heytheredeann);
#lucia's lovely amazing works of art (@too-young-to-fall-in-love);
#mawce i love your thoughts so much (@justabigoldnerd);
#phoenix's thoughts my beloved (@mybelovedillya);
#the most beautiful words in the shire (@pippinoftheshire);
and #the prettiest words solo (@prettyboynapoleonsolo)
#fic ideas - open to anyone to write! just a reference tag i use for posts i want to come back to
#fics i love - fic reccs
#hurt! illya my beloved - illya whump collection
#illya x napoleon x gaby
#napollya
And more, including:
#alexander waverly
#art
#character things
#gaby teller
#headlines
#illya kuryakin
#incorrect quotes
#lmao
#napoleon solo
#screencaps - ft. #love this moment #the looks on their faces and #this movie is so pretty
#something about this is tmfu coded to me - non-film-related posts with TMFU vibes
Also you CAN'T HIDE THIS IN THE TAGS OH MY GOD ITS SO WONDERFUL 😆😆😆😆🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I ADORE the idea of Illya having to constantly be on high alert ajgshskahshs
He and Solo are having a very serious discussion and Illya just freezes, all tense, and before Solo can ask what the fuck is going on he hears rapidly approaching footsteps and then Gaby's launching herself at Illya with a shit-eating grin and Illya flawlessly catches her and holds her like a feral cat while she claws and thrashes and tries to bring him down. Illya just continues the discussion while Gaby is clinging to his back like nothing's happened. Solo interrupts, asking, "How often does this happen?"
Illya sighs, but there's a deep affection in his voice when he answers, "Too often."
Also this is just one of the times he is actually expecting her attack. There are times where he'll get completely bowled over in the middle of sifting through mission plans because he let his guard down lmao
Imagine he hears Gaby running towards him round a corner, moving himself in a way to catch her. It's actually Napoleon and that catches Illya off guard and begins to tumble over by the unexpected change, then Gaby shoots out from round the corner and knocks them both over.
Gaby’s no liar, she knows what she is- she’s a hodge-podge of mistakes beat into the shape of a woman, but by Tricorm’s BEARD she won’t be making a fool of herself today.
Except it seems she has. Again.
“HEY!” she yells, as the mage turns and scampers back into the woods, calling something like an apology. “GET BACK HERE YOU FUCKING COWARD!”
Except he doesn’t.
He leaves Gaby in the clearing with the lit summoning circle that she has no idea how to close, and she wonders, not for the first time, if she’s the owner of the worst luck in the world.
“Well shit,” she says, and of course the trees don’t say anything back because why would they bother?
Tagging @falling-into-peril @deerilkka @books2beach @happybean17 @justabigoldnerd @ikeepwatchinghelicopters @willtheweaver and anyone else who wants to join x
#A GIANT CARRYING A FIREARM #I love how literally no one he encounters thinks illya is an actual human #how does he even get assigned undercover missions #everything about him is the opposite of subtle #just got insulted? lemme go beat the shit out of three random guys in the men’s bathroom #someone wants to mug me and I’m supposed to let it happen? NYET I AM RUSSIAN YOU DARE TO MUG ME? I MUG /YOU/ #*judo chops the dude in the throat* #out of ammo? no prob I’ll just hURL THE NEAREST VEHICLE AT THEM #he has no chill #like zero chill #honest to god walking disaster #I love him #the man from u.n.c.l.e. (x)
Always remember that there's no wrong way; time; or place to do it, spy fellas. On missions or off missions, he is your man and as long as you handle him with love and care he always will be! Carry on.
my favorite genre of fictional character is like "i am terrifying to almost everyone, i'm very good at killing, i can endure anything, i've become exceptionally good at playing into my reputation, and if you try to give me positive social interaction i will react with confusion and cower in a corner like an abused animal. and i may try to shoot you. but there is also a chance i may imprint on you like a feral dog receiving its first loving touch! good luck."
Something about a character who’s supposed to get hurt. Their role is to be a shield, to take the hits so that others don’t have to. And it’s not just in their head, it’s a fact that everyone understands. A job that everyone expects them to be able to do.
Does it leak into their personal life? Maybe they’re meticulous with their health and training, taking perfect obsessive care of themselves so that they’ll never fail in their duty. Maybe they let it all go, keeping themselves at base functionality because what’s a little hunger, a little strain, a bruise or scrape, in the face of the pain that they have to bear every day.
They never ask for help. They know better, have learned from all the times they’ve broken and called out begging for it only to be met with blank stares. They should be able to handle it, who are they if they can’t handle this one thing?
