Not really silly but how do you think the old guard, Nile especially, is reacting to the 2020 elections? Asking as a terrified U.S. citizen.
FRIEND, I am so sorry I am late to replying to this. I was in the Exact Same Boat and avoiding social media because of it.
Two days ago, I was fantasizing about whether or not the Old Guard would be helpful in counting the votes in Nevada because what on Earth was the hold up over there? Just call the dang race already.
Anyway, I think Nile was tense as f***. And, unfortunately, as much as I love them, I think the rest of the Old Guard (except for maybe Booker) would have had a hard time empathizing with her. Yes, Joe & Nicky went through the upheaval that was the crusades and probably stuck around the Mediterranean to see the fall of Constantiople. But that was almost a thousand years ago. They have each other and might not remember what it’s like to be existentially scared for your very mortal family. And Andy these days is not entirely in the world- she’s there but she’s not there, you know? To borrow a Natasha Romanoff quote, “Regimes fall every day. I tend not to weep over that...” I feel like that’s a very Andy quote.
Booker is the most likely candidate to empathize with Nile, but that depends on him A) being in contact with her (or just not in exile) and B) being able to fight off the depressive demons that say, “yes! Welcome to the club, here’s our wallowing pit,” and look for actionable steps instead. I don’t think Nile would want to wallow. She’s a woman of action and would want to do something.
Even with all that, I have a feeling the Old Guard would have relocated to the United States sometime one to two months before the election. It’s a big, powerful nation with the ability to do big, powerful violence. They would want it in the right hands. They probably would have set up shop in like St. Louis because the militia threat was (is) real and most militias are in the east and the greatest target would probably have been in the south. While they were keeping an ear to the ground, I like to imagine them having volunteered with Pizza to the Polls or as poll monitors.
However, once the results were called on Saturday, I think Nile would have found herself a silly costume- like those dancing mailboxes in Philly- snuck a peek at her brother’s social media, and went to whatever event her family is currently celebrating at in Chicago to check up on them that way.
Here’s a hug from one scared (though less so now) US citizen to another. The struggle is real but it is important and the world will look better because of it. Hope you are taking care of yourself! <3
