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zlotc · 10 months

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go watch Nimona. One of my fav movies now

#art #artwork #drawing #digital art #illustration #anime #nimona #ambrosius goldenloin #nimona 2023 #nimona netflix #nimona film #nimona comic #ballister boldheart #ballister x ambrosius #ballister blackheart #ambrosius #boldheart #nimona ballister

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thetrashiestbaby · 9 months

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Rolling on the floor at the concept that Ambrosius is canonically a weird ass name, like in-universe it’s not a normal fucking name

Ambrosius Goldenloin

HIS NAME IS IMMORTAL BIGDICK

#i can’t with him #nd stevenson #you did great #ambrosius goldenloin #immortal bigdick #nimona #nimon fanart #nimona ambrosius #nimona movie #nimona analysis #nimona comic #nimona 2023 #nimona spoilers #nimona ballister #ambrosius

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fairfowl · 10 months

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How the bar meetup scene ended in the comic

the dynamic between Goldenloin and Blackheart is just so much more complex and bitter in the comic. They’re both a lot more morally gray, and Blackheart does more than look at people with sad puppy eyes. Sure Nimona’s bitter, but he is too.

Anyway, I still love the movie, but everyone should read the comic <3

#nimona #nimona comic #nimona spoilers #i contributed #ambrosius goldenloin #ballister blackheart #ballister boldheart

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jytan2018 · 10 months

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I read the comic in one sitting less than an hour after finishing the movie, and wow I have many Thoughts™.

- It's very obvious the two versions were meant to cater to different audiences AND tell different messages. I don't get why people are going "But the comic was better! It had more nuance!" just because Nimona was easier to root for in the movie.

- The comic was written back when ND Stevenson was still trying to process a lot of stuff, so all the characters are morally grey/straight up evil and the climactic battle is between a Ballister who regrets turning against Nimona, even if it was to save others vs. a Nimona who's too hurt to care if her lashing out was going to hurt innocent people.

- By the time Nimona got a movie adaptation, ND was a lot more secure in his sexuality, so the climactic battle was Nimona vs. the Director, the symbol of religious oppression and bigotry. It's not just about your friends turning on you because you're "too much" for them anymore, it's also about a society that would rather bring itself to the brink of ruin than coexist with you.

- (I totally get why people were upset about Ballister's surname change, though. Like come on, the media dubbing him Blackheart just to be mean was RIGHT THERE).

- Nimona's metaphor for not shifting is such a neurodivergent thing. Even in the comic, Nimona's parents insisting she's a monster who replaced their daughter is reminiscent of the changeling myth, which is what many parents thought their neurodivergent kids were—changelings who replaced their "real" children.

- Ambrosius being trained to cut off HIS BOYFRIEND'S WHOLE FUCKING ARM instead of merely disarming him is a very cop thing to do. As much as cops claim they're trained to de-escalate situations, their training still teaches them to treat everyone as a potential threat, and that level of constant vigilance can turn anyone into a trigger-happy/arm-choppy bastard. Even the Director, who can use a sword but probably hasn't actually fought someone in ages, STILL can't see Ballister reaching for the squire's phone without assuming he has a weapon.

- And on that note, the Queen getting killed simply because she was trying to reform the Institution and allow commoners to become knights? That's the best "no such thing as a good cop" metaphor I've seen. Because even if there ARE good cops and they ARE in leadership positions, the system will crush them before they make any meaningful change. It's not a good institution that turned rotten, it's an institution that only exists to spread its rot and refuses to be good.

- That's why Ballister's characterisation is so different in the movie vs. the comic. Comic Ballister had 15 years to come to terms with his trauma and the Institution's evildoing, while Movie Ballister is still freshly traumatised and hasn't found a way to define himself beyond the role he was assigned by the Institution.

- Not to mention Comic Ambrosius was not very noble to begin with and genuinely believed Ballister was better suited to villainy than heroism, while Movie Ambrosius never wanted the glory that came with his lineage in the first place and only antagonised Ballister because of indoctrination he needed to unlearn (which he did, all by himself, after witnessing the lengths the Director will go to just to kill Nimona).

- It really shows how important it is to surround yourself with loved ones who are open to change. Comic Ambrosius can love Ballister all he wants, but he'll still blast his arm off because he thinks Ballister deserved it anyway. Movie Ambrosius will stop to question what "the right thing" even means, even if he didn't love Ballister enough to defend him unconditionally.

I have so many more thoughts bubbling beneath the surface, but I'll probably address them some other day. In conclusion:

[ID: A pink-haired Nimona grinning evilly while holding up a knife.]

Watch Nimona. This is not a request.

Edit: Added more thoughts!

#nimona #nimona meta #nimona comic #ballister blackheart #ballister boldheart #ambrosius goldenloin

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hoolay-boobs · 9 months

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Listen I- I- I see a similarity-

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d0lipr4n3 · 10 months

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quality family bonding 🦈🍳🥞

(redraw of the second image by nd stevenson)

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kimodraw · 10 months

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phantom limb

#nimona #ballister blackheart #nimona comic #ambrosius goldenloin #ballister x ambrosius #havent watched the movie yet but i finally read the comic :))#very good stuff #i am. already a movie designs hater #their big eyes. the 3d. ambrosuis's short hair. despicable

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cottoncandysprite · 10 months

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They mean everything to me

#genuinely the graphic novel is my favorite of all time #the movie is very different but hit just as hard and I love it so much #thank you nate stevenson and blue sky and the ppl who finished it at netflix #nimona #nimona comic #nimona 2023 #ballister boldheart #ballister blackheart

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hrsndww · 8 months

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FAMILY FAMILY 😿😿😿😿(comic ver.)

#nimona movie #nimona fanart #nimona #fanart #art #nimona comic #nimona nimona #ambrosius #ambrosius goldenloin #ambrosius x ballister #ballister fanart #nimona ballister #ballister x ambrosius #ballister boldheart #ballister blackheart #ambrosius nimona

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midnights-dragon · 10 months

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when people complain about “too much gender-fluid/non-binary/trans rep is with shape shifters” I counter with: every gender-fluid/non-binary/trans person WANTS TO BE A SHAPE SHIFTER

#yes i am watching nimona #nimona #transgender #genderfluid #nonbinary #lgbtq #rambles #nimona netflix #nimona comic #lgbt representation #nimona spoilers #double trouble she ra #vee the owl house

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thetrashiestbaby · 9 months

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part 2

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anonymous-gambito · 9 months

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Yes Ballister is Nimona's father figure. Nimona is, however, also Ballister's parent figure, but in a "cat who has just imprinted on a new human and is now wondering why they're so shit at hunting and is getting kinda concerned that they might starve to death" sort of way

#''Don't worry I'll just do all the hunting and killing for you since I'm so nice <3''#nimona #nimona graphic novel #nimona comic #nimona movie #ballister boldheart #ballister blackheart

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quietsphere · 10 months

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