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[ongreenergrasses]

Wax poetic about *spins wheel*: Annie’s hair?

ANNIE’S HAIR well you’ve come to the right place because boy do I have thoughts. is anyone surprised. on today’s episode of ongreenergrasses reading too much into things

we know that I have a schrodinger’s Annie situation happening where she looks about 20 different ways at once so what her hair looks like specifically (curly, straight, color) is kind of an unknown, or alternately, whatever I want for a specific plot point. however. one thing I was thinking about recently is that we do know from canon that she has long hair and if there is one thing I know about long hair, it is that it is extremely obnoxious and difficult to care for. if you are disabled in any capacity, which she is, that makes it far more difficult to find the spoons to deal with it, particularly if it’s curly.

I just think it’s kind of cool if she has long hair in a way, it means that it’s probably important to her if she’s using some of her limited energy to keep it long. I think it shows that she has some sort of preference and agency around her looks because believe me. if you are disabled it is way, way easier to keep your hair short and not have to worry about it, so she’s most likely made it some kind of, while not necessarily a priority, at least a staple element of her look that she likes.

also, Finnick is probably helping her with it in some capacity, which I find sweet. to be fair, she could have it in some kind of protective style, but nobody hcs that. it’s all long flowing hair for her (and we know it’s tangled when she gets to Thirteen so probably not in a protective style) and so I will fully embrace the headcanon that he’s helping her with it so it doesn’t get too tangled and unmanageable and she has to cut it off. It’s a nice way for them to bond and connect. also it’s probably very soothing for both of them, because it’s a concrete thing for Finnick to do to help her when he probably feels so helpless and out of control most of the time, and it’s a type of help and care Annie feels comfortable accepting that isn’t stifling to her.

[tonguetyd]

Why didn’t the artist enter the calligraphy contest? They were too ink-secure.

Happy Halloween!

[lifemod17]

🌅🫂💖

HELLO PRETTY SUNSET!!

i know i don't often post about it but i do like the subtle sunsets too. those days when the horizon doesn't have much colors, i think they're quite nice and soothing 💛

thank you, lovely, this is beautiful 💛💛💛

[branches-in-a-flood]

Do you have favourite earplugs?

Yes, I love my Loops. I haven't tried any of the other reusable brands, but I've been happy with the Loops Switch that I have.

I wear them almost every time I go out in public so prevent the overstimulation. Like them a little less for concerts because they do impact clarity, but it depends on the show.

[lilolilyr]

Another elimination game on the TOG femslash discord, this time with chaos (crack/AU/otherwise fun) headcanons!

Canon compliant headcanons

Andy secretly has the world longest free dive record (without dying!) and regularly holds self contests with the boys cheering her on - @shatterthefragments

Andy invented writing because she couldn’t be bothered to remember all that stuff in her head anymore - @shatterthefragments

At the end of each century, the guard each makes a prediction for the next one. Whoever is closest wins. - @thatmartiangirl – 3. place in the game!

Andy and Quỳnh decide on who chooses their next dates with bets - @waxwingsfail – 1st place in the game!

Throughout history the immortals have invented and improved a lot of different safety gear by sometimes deadly trial and error - @jackwolfskid

Andy used to have a mullet - @lilolilyr

Quỳnh's superpower is making everything look good on her, even the most ridiculous fashion trends throughout history - @jackwolfskid

Andy absolutely ran a baking school at one point to maximize the amount of good bakeries she could go to - @shatterthefragments

Andy likes sleeping on trees and have wake up falling of them many times - @cryhardanddanceharder

Andy once said that the closest she ever got to the thrill of battle at home was slamming six +4 cards during a heated game of uno. she has not been invited to play uno in over two decades. - @al-kaysani

Nile is really into anime - @cinnamonplums

Andy has a soccer mom alter ego that she uses to blend in with civilians and while undercover - @cinnamonplums

In her free time Andy works as a stuntwoman (sadly, Charlize Theron fired her, because they didn't look alike) - @daniwouldnever

Andy off and on works as a jockey - @waxwingsfail

Andy can fall asleep on command - @waxwingsfail

None of the members of the Guard can pronounce all words in the English Chaos Poem correctly - @lilolilyrae

There are a lot of crazy ancient myths & stories that are based on actual things the immortals have done - @jackwolfskid – 5th place in the game!

Feel free to use the headcanons - with credit of course! - as fic/art prompt or ideas for other fan content!

More headcanons (post-canon and AU)

[nickydestati]

Thanks for playing! Ooh I’m curious about a Thousand Lifetimes! 💖

Hi Shatters!! Thank you so much for the asks!! 💛💛

Okay so A Thousand Lifetimes is an original story I wrote a first draft of a few years ago and it’s about an immortal woman and a couple of ‘episodes’ in her life spanning from prehistorical times to the undertermined future. Immortality has always fascinated me so it’s really not surprising that The Old Guard left such an impression on me lmao and it’s actually quite similar in that she doesn’t discover the reason of her immortality either, but contrary to TOG, healing only does so much, so there are certain ways of dying she wouldn’t heal from.

Here’s a snippet from the chapter of the 19th century. In that chapter, she has been finally reunited with her husband (also an immortal) after four thousand years spent apart:

I said, let’s play our game. 

I said, I’ll start.

Some things are too hard to talk about in words, so we spoke in constellations instead. 

I said, there’s your face in the distance, there’s a cat and a birth and a goddess, there’s an island full of girls to love and lives to forget, there’s a man. There’s a man who only knows how to take and take and take. There’s a knife with different kinds of blood. There’s a lost soul. There’s a scythe, a flower and a sword, there’s a crown and a cross, there’s a cup and an empty grave, there’s a ghost knight and a princess. There’s the world and all the people in it, and then there’s us.

Now it’s your turn, I said.

He tried. He said, there’s your face in the distance, there’s a town of dead immortals, there’s a desert, there’s a mine. There’s the mine. There’s- there’s… 

He paused, I waited. In the end he spoke, very quietly, There aren’t enough stars to tell.

As for the Chariton and Callirhoe au, that’s just a veeery self-indulgent idea I had when I had to translate the first two books of the text for uni (it’s an ancient Greek novel). Honestly, it doesn’t work too well with the dynamics in TOG but i couldn’t help imagine some scenes with Joe and Nicky! Though, honestly, it’s only based on it if you squint hsfjhfkj

the rudimentary synopsis is this: Nicolò is an esteemed priest and when he has an accident he dies and is buried with a lot of funerary gifts. Yusuf is a pirate and wants to steal the funerary gifts BUT Nicolò has come to life again which is kind of inconvenient for a grave robber. So Yusuf takes him with him, intending to sell him off far away, but of course love stands in the way etc 💛

[caffeinatedbraincell]

Ponk! Toal! (Gru!) for the ask colour tag thing!

Hi Shatters!! Thank you for the ask 🥰

Ponk: YES UR RIGHT I NEED HUG *cuddles with you virtually*

Toal: AWW I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve this, but 🥺💖🥺💖🥺 thank u ily too and I'm also very proud of you!

Gru: LITERALLY ur so right, I'm running on 4 hours of sleep and three cups of coffee rn rippp

(also not me forgetting I reblogged the ask game @wayyy too late o’clock and doing a double take when I saw “Ponk! Toal! Gru!” in my inbox 😂)

send ask!

[oldguardbigbang2021]

Hey, quick question in regards to you saying canon typical violence would be rated T: wouldn’t it be M? Since the movie was restricted? Thanks!

The R rating is for all the F-bombs (fun fact: there are seven ‘fuck’s in the dialogue) and the one shot of Booker’s healing guts. So, yes, if the writing or art describes something at least as graphic as that innards shot, then it’d go into E territory. We still think the rest of the movie’s violence is more-or-less a T. (Especially since AO3′s rating system is not a 1-to-1 match with the MPAA’s rating system.)

Thank you for asking!