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oh man
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I love the film version of nimona but I do find it very funny how they’re like ‘ambrosius cut off ballister’s arm but he didn’t mean to 😢😢😢 he was just traumatised and reacting to a dangerous situation 😢😢😢’ whereas in the comic it’s like ‘ambrosius shot ballister with a laser canon that took off his whole fucking arm just because he couldn’t bear to lose lol. Lmao, even’
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“No matter what we do, we can’t change the way people see us.” “You changed the way you see me… didn’t you?”
found family and some of the allegory in NIMONA (2023)
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Movie Nimona also feels less chill/laid-back, more explicitly unnerving and socially inappropriate, and that along with her obvious desire to bond with Ballister really gave me that potent “I don’t have many friends so I don’t know how to navigate these situations, but I’m desperate for connection” energy.
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SPOILER OF NIMONA (Netflix)
I have a theory, throughout the movie, Nimona is uncomfortable with Ballister’s insistence on trusting Ambrosius, she notes that their relationship is based on much more than friendship and even the small comparisons to actions that the language of love should represent, but why out of so many people in the institution does she care so much about his influence?, two things, she knows how much he affects Ballister and is frustrated when she sees someone so similar to her running after someone who betrayed him, and that makes us takes the second thing, Gloreth, your friendship with her can have a lot of influence on how Nimona sees Ambrosius, it’s impossible for her not to know they are distantly related since he is so famous, she felt a lot of pain when Gloreth betrayed her, the first and her only friend has dedicated her entire life to building a sisterhood destined to destroy her, she would have thought that Ambrosius would be no different, probably when she saw Ambrosius point a sword at Ballister, she remembered the moment when Gloreth chose to become her enemy, not to mention that we are not sure if they never saw each other again after the fire in the village, it was millennia of feelings of hatred and sadness.
Also remember that Ambrosius is Gloreth’s direct descendant. Do you think Nimona can tell? Do you think she sees Gloreth in Ambrosius’ face?
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Nimona, the Comic: If you pay a little bit of attention, and you know a little about the creator, you’ll see this is a clear trans metaphor :)
Nimona, the Movie: (CLAMBERING OUT OF THE DOWN WITH CIS BUS) THIS IS A TRANS METAPHOR. ATTENTION, EVERYBODY, THIS IS A TRANS METAPHOR!
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Nimona wanting to give in and let the original childhood wound destroy her life, future and present relationships spoke to my soul.
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Nimona really said no no big final boss battle we’re gonna have a prolonged segment of Nimona marching through town for the sheer purpose of committing suicide and I am SCREAMING this is it this is peak cinema
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This is concept art, so not a spoiler but…it’s here to state something:
Dear reader, we cried for Nimona. Across the whole movie. -
“Why would I trust you?”
“Because if you don’t, you’re gonna die in this closet!”
Oh so they’re not even trying to make the allegory subtle huh
