galvatrongirl reblogged
go watch Nimona. One of my fav movies now
galvatrongirl reblogged
“Did you see the way that little girl looked at me? Kids. Little kids. They grow up believing that they can be a hero if they drive a sword into the heart of anything different. And I’m the monster? I don’t know what’s scarier. The fact that everyone in this kingdom wants to run a sword through my heart or that sometimes I just wanna let ‘em.” “We have to get you out of here. Over the wall. We won’t stop until we find some place safe, okay? We’ll go. Together. No matter what we do, we can’t change the way people see us.” “You changed the way you see me... Didn’t you?
NIMONA (2023), based on the comic by ND Stevenson, who came out as transgender in 2022
galvatrongirl reblogged
"You're gonna be a Knight, Bal! They're gonna love you. Like I do." | NIMONA (2023)
galvatrongirl reblogged
gay people. ballister spending half the movie firmly believing that if he just talks to ambrosius, ambrosius will believe him. and when he does. god. first off that imagery of the devil and angel on their shoulders respectively for ambrosius & the director and ballister & nimona. mwah. masterpiece. anyways. when they finally. finally. get a second face to face. ambrosius not believing him. did you ever really know me at all. what are you going to do kill me too. insane. happy pride to ballister ambrosius and their ten minute divorce. and THEN. the fucking. god. scene between them at the bar. nice homage. insane. but yeah. because i love you. oh but thee brainwashing. ambrosius the hero the goldenboy easily believing everything he's told. i want to go back to the way things were. anyways i had a point here i swear i had a point. he cut off his fucking arm ambrosius you sick son of a bitch i love you
The director accues Nimona of whispering into Ballistet's ear WHILE SHE WHISPERS INTO AMBROSIUS'S.
galvatrongirl reblogged
feel like i need to watch this movie 3 times but one thing i thought was an interesting change from the graphic novel was that very little of the destruction in the final scene was caused by nimona herself - most of it was because of the soldiers shooting at her as she made her way to the statue. and then the director attempting to wipe out half the kingdom just to kill her. it really drives home how queerphobia is based on unfounded fears and how a society that vilifies us and mocks the value of diversity in general is only hurting itself.
another big change is nimona risking her life to save the kingdom from itself, a kingdom that always hated her (after one guy showed her there might be something worth saving). though i love the graphic novel's take on it too i think both endings are brilliant in different ways. to me it shows the shift in nd stevenson's work, from a story grounded in righteous anger when he was young and in the middle of processing a ton of trauma, to one that reflects a confidence about who he is and his place in the world as a bigender person fighting for justice. nimona saying "it's time to rewrite this story" is so fucking meta