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Date: 28 Dec 2020 09:24 pm (UTC)I read a lot of Joe/Nicky getting-together in the Crusades fic at the beginning, and now I am branching out into AUs. I think the commentor below is spot-on in their assessment [in fandom in general and in Andy/Nile]. There is a decent bit of Andy/Quynh.
You could also check out my bookmarks [https://archiveofourown.org/users/okapi/bookmarks] if you like Joe/Nicky (there are two Booker/Nile). The most recent 16 are The Old Guard. They are older fics.
I read the two graphic novels, too, but they are different in many ways from the film.
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Date: 29 Dec 2020 01:43 am (UTC)Hahahaha I love fandom.
I need to watch it again to get a better sense of what my ships will be, but my initial sense is Joe/Nicky and Nile/Andy/Copley.
Thanks for the recs!
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Date: 28 Dec 2020 01:06 pm (UTC)Well I should hope so, after all the action movies she's done...
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Date: 28 Dec 2020 01:40 pm (UTC)There's also a certain kind of fan who really delights in nitpicking historical details and while I love historical fandom, I also think a lot of popular historical media isn't written in ways that stand up to that kind of scrutiny and a lot of the time I don't find it fun, I find it stifling and even kind of blocking. I seriously don't think there's anything wrong with doing fandom that way! (I think it's called curating? Maybe?) Historical research is great! But just for me, personally, after a while I don't caaaaaaare that the red cross on the white tunic that Nicky is wearing in the comic is completely historically wrong and fic authors need to take that into account when writing fics or they're Doing It Wrong.
But like I said that's just my POV and just what I ran into on Tumblr and various places, and right there is a big reason why I miss ship manifesto and fic rec comms, because I find it really difficult to search for what I want on AO3 but that's a whole other thing. Maybe what I want is out there and I'm just missing it! but after a while it gets frustrating.
tl;dr I wanted all the Andy/Nile, fandom did not oblige me personally, so unfair
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Date: 29 Dec 2020 01:36 am (UTC)As for nitpicking, I sometimes like doing it, especially for canon (although historical details aren't my area of expertise). But I really don't approve of people snarking other people's works for nonaccuracy.
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Date: 29 Dec 2020 07:39 am (UTC)I just am much more interested in them all as found family in the modern world, personally, especially how Nile affects them all
Yes! My fave genre is Nile learning to fit into this new 'family', and them learning her, and helping her to adjust. I've even made separate folders in my Old Guard fic folder for Nile-centric and Andy/Nile stories.
I'm not the best at searching, but I am persistent (or stubborn; take your pick), so I've found a few searchable tags that might suit you --
Andy/Nile
Nile Freeman-centric
POV Nile Freeman
They're not infallible -- especially the 2nd and 3rd tags, some authors don't know they're available, so don't tag their fics that way. But this should help you get started.
And a search of "Nile Freeman" and "English language" and "complete fic only" gives you approximately 2000 fics, instead of 5000. At least there's fewer to evaluate to decide if you'll like them. So, happy reading.
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Date: 7 Jan 2021 12:41 am (UTC)Thank you so much for adding at least 500 fics to my TBR!
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Date: 8 Jan 2021 02:36 am (UTC)You're very welcome. I celebrate the explosion of TOG stories, and I love Joe-and-Nicky (or Yusuf-and-Nicolò), but the ability to find other "flavors" of fic when I want a change of pace is such a relief. Happy reading!
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Date: 7 Jan 2021 09:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 8 Jan 2021 02:40 am (UTC)No worries, especially at this busy/hectic time of year. I had so many holiday stories showing up in my inbox from authors I follow that it was really easy to mislay a comment or several. Anyway, you're very welcome; happy reading!
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Date: 30 Dec 2020 09:04 pm (UTC)Re: tl;dr I wanted all the Andy/Nile, fandom did not oblige me personally, so unfair
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