Immortal Wives

Immortal Wives is the femslash ship between Andy and Quynh from the The Old Guard fandom.

How they met
The Old Guard comic book series

Current timeline
Movie Adaptation

After they dream about Nile and retrieve her, when she arrives at the safehouse, she is a little bit confused at her own newly-found immortality and shocked to see all these immortals who have lived for centuries. So she starts asking a lot of questions about them and their lives, and when she asks Andy about how old she is, she doesn't answer. Andy tells her that they can die. That one day the wounds won't heal, and they just don't know when or why it happens, and tells her about the one immortal she knew that day. When she starts saying "and there was another..." referring to Quynh, she trails off, as the other three look at her, knowing why it's painful for her to talk about Quynh. Later in the night, Nile wakes up abruptly after dreaming about another immortal. This shocks Andy, since this means there's another immortal out there, somewhere in the world. But she's left even more perplexed when Nile describes what she saw in her dream to the other immortals. She mentions how this woman was locked in an iron coffin, and how she kept drowning and then coming back to life. Despite how unbearable her pain was, she kept enduring it. Andy silently goes to the kitchen to eavesdrop on their conversation and she closes her eyes as she feels rising anxiety building up, as well as her deep pain for Quynh.

Joe and Nicky tell Nile that before the two of them, it was just Andy and Quynh together. Andy found her when Quynh was about to give up on her life. Andy drops to the floor, closing her eyes as she listens to them retell their story to Nile. Joe tells her that Andy has lived with the guilt of what happened to Quynh ever since, blaming herself for "Quynh's fate." Nile asks her why she blames herself when Andy suddenly appears in the room. And Andy somberly replies "I lost a soldier," to deflect from Nile's question. Nile suddenly leaves the room, after hearing about all that Quynh has gone through, scared. Andy follows her to comfort her. So when Nile shouts she doesn't want any of this, Andy reassures her that "those three men" and she will keep Nile safe. Nile asks "like Quynh?," deeply hurting Andy, who bluntly states that right now they're all Nile has.

Andy's grief comes back to her when she has her conversation with Nile before embarking on their quest to rescue Joe and Nicky. As they sit outside the mine, the sun rising, Nile and Andy share memories of their family, their losses and for Nile, losses to come. And that's when Andy remembers the promise she made to Quynh, a confession so enormous, that it makes Nile see Andy in a different light. "I made Quynh a promise and I broke it. I gave up searching for her."

- Andy.

Fanon
is one of the most popular ships of The Old Guard fandom. It's only second after Immortal Husbands, the main gay couple of the series. In fact, Andy and Quynh are often portrayed alongside Joe and Nicky in fan art and fanfiction stories.

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