You Need to Watch Nimona... 

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people be digging to be mad at people ☠️

I like the movie but ballister is gay so 0/10

⁠@@complexityofduality_yeah literally ☠️

I freaking loved this movie so much I did think the animation looked kinda unfinished at times for nimona but other than that I absolutely loved it the art style may be getting old but I love it every time I just love that cartoonish art style

its not, empathizing with themes doesn't root it just by that alone, like a shapeshifter isn't intrinsic to identity talks like how a jrpg story is finding yourself or molding self into who u need to be doesn't mean it isn't, that's just a theme anyone can understand not just a specific group

@@marcusclark1339Nimona as an allegory was in fact written with trans people in mind, but was also written in a way that many marginalized groups can relate to her pain.

@@marcusclark1339 I didn't mean to imply that the situation that Nimona is in could only apply to trans people, you're right, her struggle could identify with a lot of people who struggle with identity. I just wanted to point out that it was the intent of why they never really address an original form was intended as an allegory around trans identities. But that's the great thing about art, many people can see what they want in it because it is a topic many people can relate to.

@@marcusclark1339 shape shifting is literally THE BIGGEST trans allegory there ever was lol Also not to mention the writer of the novel the movie is based on is a trans man But yes its still understandable by many more than trans people (honestly any LGBTQ+ person can understand it in general) But even I, a cishet dude was able to understand and relate to it easily

thank you, i agree and was thinking that too! i was more interested in knowing if nimona was born a human or an animal... not their gender! but i appreciate the comment :)

Omg that was so funny

haha so funny omg

Finish that last part

Yep

Agree

lol she's just like me

She rly did plunge the problem lile a phoenix kinda like what she said she would 💀

Phoenixes have rebirth powers so now it kinda makes sense on how she came back

She’s more like “gremlin with a bit of a serious side” in my opinion, but oh well🙃

Not Unique :/

right? it's even explicitly addressed in-movie, during the train scene when Ballister asks Nimona what she is and she shuts him down for asking narrow-minded questions lol She is all of it, the shapeshifting, the animals and the humans, and she always has been. Asking "ok but what was she /originally/?" feels a lot like people asking queer people "ok but what's in your pants?" and it really speaks of unfamiliarity with queer experiences outside the gender binary

great explanation and thank you! i was more interested in knowing if she was a human or animal when she was born, not her gender! but i totally agree with ur take :)

@@AwesomemayI think you’re still missing the point…

@@Awesomemay It doesn't matter if her first form was a human or animal, the movie never answers this question cause plot-wise and thematically, it doesn't matter. If anything, it's implied that Nimona doesn't have a default form, though she is able to shift into things for very long periods of time.

@@Awesomemay yeah we know, but that's the allegory part lol

Definitely would have worked better as a series

Pretty sure the script was done entirely by Bluesky

The original comic has tonal whiplash, so the very real chaos you're sensing may be coming from an authentic place.

The pacing really is the only bad thing about this film. The beginning starts a bit too fast, the plot moves fast as heck in the middle to, and so the whole third act, while beautiful and well acted, feels pointless and forced.

Pretty sure the hard left turn from fun action the pain ostricization causes + overthrowing the government is set up from the beginning. I mean, Bal is the top of his class and still it takes until the day of his knighting for people to accept him. Nimona starts dropping lines about being an outcast and tipping us off that she's insecure/in pain from near minute one So yea, definitely intentionally written that way.

The only problem I had was the gay characters.

@@jeffyboi8192 cope jeffy boi

@@jeffyboi8192cry harder

​@@jeffyboi8192valid but at least it's not rushed

​@@jeffyboi8192 CRY SO I CAN DRINK YOUR TEARS!

I loved it, but the ending caught me off guard. I liked the animation, the cast line, everything…*r.i.p. bluesky*

I love your videos!! Thank you for everything that you do❤️

Now we need a Amulet and Bone movie.

i really liked it, as I said on your original tweet

BLUE SKY NEVER DIES

Tbh the comic was the same way. Comic had a very kid friendly art style, very tumblr-esque but used it to tell a surprisingly dark tale. This is much the same I feel.

I like it more as 'losing form', not 'returnung to the original'. I don't really understand the need to figure out which one's the original, I don't see it as there being one.

@@tadek1842 Yeah, that's the way I viewed that too.

I really don't get why people feel the need to figure out what her "original form" was. Throughout the movie Nimona tells Bal or implies to him when he is asking her a simple minded question. Questions that are based around trying to feed into what he was taught in regards to monsters and people who are "evil" or questions that are just plain ignorant. When he asks questions that are based in a genuine want to understand her, as her, she gives genuine answers. If Bal tried asking what her "original form" was, she would surely say something that just tells him it's a stupid question to ask. She's Nimona. Doesn't matter how long she's been Nimona, she's Nimona. Asking about an original form is the same as asking a trans person "when did you decide you were trans? " or "what's your ACTUAL name? " It's implying that they decided to be a certain way. When they've always been such. Nimona was Nimona 1000 years ago. Who's to say she hasn't been such since she was born?

The shadow monster, as best as I can tell is queer grief and anger personified. Literally all of the suffering society had put her through for 1000 years just unleashed. One thing I really love is how the movie never pretends like Nimona is wrong to be angry or depressed. Like, it's not her fault just the result of how everyone's treating her. Then, she transforms into a phoenix a symbol of rebirth, wisdom and power to go tear down the corrupt system. Simplifying complex situations for the runtime, maybe? The point is the ideas get across which is what really makes it connect imo

@@solsystem1342 Nimonas shadow form could be the personified anger of any oppressed group, not just queer folks. Though that is definitely the main allegory the film was making.

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I know right? This film was fantastic. Kind of want to read the graphic novel now.

And here I am getting Sing freaking 2 for my birthday 🙄. Happy birthday 🎉

@@asia1174sing 2 was the best idk what ur saying

I agree young Nimona looks so much like Mebh

In the end, it is shown as a typical government building.

Even worse, Silksong, please send some humanity to the HK community

this is so true actually

this is so true actually

this is so true actually

this is so true actually

this is so true actually

From what I see her main form is a girl but her 2nd form is animals species or names are not gender I don't want to start a war but that is a fact

Indeed. It’s noticeable how she starts as an animal, and later when she shapeshifts into a little girl, she seems like she is still unfamiliar with that type of body. Also it’s interesting how many people have become attached to Nimona’s little (longhaired) girl form, but I think that’s a credit to how good are the character designers, because that form was specifically made by Nimona to be as non-threatening and affable as posible, while her more adolescent one is “I have teeth and a personality and I’m not afraid to use them”.

@@bearbro10 We have no clue what her main form was, given that she wasn't shown being human at all until she met one. Another thousand years could have occurred before she met and copied humanity.

Yeah, the representation in this film was fantastic.The best thing about the rep in this movie was how causal it was. I loved that.

Yeah im about to start a fire and I know it but lgbtq people if they are in a deadly environment that if people found out thier gay they could be killed they usually mess up when it's so easy not to theyneed to learn to keep quiet so they don't get killed or they don't get bullied to the point where there killed and they also need to stop making their sexuality thier whole personality to the Point they don't feel like thier expressing themselves

Bruh this is Nimona 💀

I know! Although it isn’t as amazing as Nimona (cried like a baby watching it, 11/10), I genuinely enjoyed Elemental and am kinda disappointed most hated it (probably because I resonated with the immigration story and found the romance plot wholesome).

@@soniahernandez8902 I know lol, he mentioned how elementals flopped during the video and I wanted to recommend it anyways!

Elemental was pretty good. Definitely one of the best modern Pixar movies. I also watched Dreamworks’ Ruby Gillman and i enjoyed that too 👍

Cool idea!

Just noticed but the style is kinda like a 3D version of the Cartoon Saloon style especially if you look at their eyes (aka the company who made Song of the Sea and Wolfwalkers plus their newest movie My Father’s Dragon) which is based on old Celtic art. I thought I would just throw that out there. :D

yes

I no facts don't care about feelings but to me it seems like her main form is a girl 2nd form is animals and 3 is other humans

thats great to hear! love seeing ur comments :)

Is it implied that she doesn't kill people? I don't remember them saying that

@@jaydeejay4166 ok I might’ve been wrong in my assumption that Nimona having a legit mean bone in her in actually killing someone, she says about it a lot but she doesn’t actually mean it. And it’s prolly thru this punk TEEN form she currently takes on allows her to express her anger & frustration but never having the nerve to kill someone when it didn’t exist in the first place. Sure she got hurt, BADLY, before & in the movie’s present but she never went out of her way to kill someone unlike the director 😤

Glad you like them!

Aduilts too honestly

What is wrong with u

Just don't let small children watch it though

@@bearbro10 it's a kids movie..

​@bareq99 yeah but the homosexual relationships are inappropriate for them

thats so great, i try to make videos that can be bingeable!

im so glad i did :) thanks for the kind words and im glad u liked the movie

Does your life not normally feel like it's bouncing around and chaotic to that speed? /jk I definitely vibe with the pace though it just feels like rambling about story ideas with my ND friends and that vibe is wonderful and something we don't see a lot.

No.

@@lobogryz8501 WDYM, no?

My reaction is the exact opposite. While the ending did feel rushed, I remember the 3rd act more because it was more mature and heartfelt than the rest of the movie. Esp when Nimona tries to unalive herself with a spear

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*gasp* Gay people exist!

well there u go LOL

im so glad i have that power! (also scared...)

100 percent agreeddd