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re. nimona: first of all great thoughts, really appreciate your perspective! second - i believe ambrosius is coded as asian in the movie? he's at least voiced by a korean actor. idk if that changes anything about your analysis (esp since he's light-skinned) but i wanted to point out that the queen & ballister aren't the only poc there!
Ty ^_^, when I scrolled a bit through the tags and reblogs the opinion seemed missing, and as much as I love this movie it's just itched me.
And about Ambrosius. NGL, I only realized that might be so after I posted those and read a bit farther down the rb's lmao.
If Ambrosius is meant to be asian-coded, I think that's epic, but a bit weird cause he's meant to be related to the big white knight of yore and like... if we're going to talk about racism maybe that should have been brought up? Like maybe it could have been cool if he had to deal with being the blood relative of this figure yet not the same race/not fitting her image, and that could have been part of why he was so sympathetic towards Ballsiter. That could be why his hair is dyed and not natural blonde actually! But the world doesn't seem to be explicit in its race relations, so that isn't brought up or explored in a way that would have made Ambrosius the sort of explicit rep it would have been nice to see. Which is ironic with how blatant this is on the surface with Ballister and the queen.
I saw some people saying he's cool model minority rep, but kinda every poc in the film is, which is my problem. It just rubs me a little wrong how one-sided and un-dynamic Ballister, the Queen, and now even kinda Ambrosius are in their feelings towards the institution internally. Outside of being framed, on the verge of witnessing a war crime, or sympathizing with Nimona, they show little animosity or complicated feelings towards the institution; they have very clean and pure opinions.
I would have liked to see something like Ballister taping into some internal pent up frustration with being a token when he decided to bring down the institution, or him and Ambrosius explicitly bonding over not fitting molds as POC. Or... anything to work with about the queen. Maybe her fretting over Ballister, or showing some awareness and exhaustion beforehand. IDK. I watched the movie once a few weeks ago so if I'm missing details my bad. And on that note, thanks for bringing that up.
#ask heck#shut the heck up#nimona#movies and animation#er uh#yeah#ambrosius does have non-white festures but he is so light lol my blind ass didnt notice#it reminds me of like the opposite of Luz where she is dark enough to look black but has no other black features lol#and thats a whole ass other discussion about when cartoon characters are too ambiguously bipoc n stuff
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#minecraft#the legend of zelda#tloz#murderbot#tmbd#the murderbot diaries#httyd#how to train your dragon#pokemon gets a free pass bc they already do animated movies and detective pikachu looked good#the sonic movie gets a pass too bc it isn't at fault for being good enough to start the live action craze. i forgive it#id included#ramblings#thank god kirby isn't dealing with all this. can you imagine.
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Personal take here (dw, I'm a professional black person), the racism and classism felt very on the nose to the point of being distracting to me. Cause it can do all that very obvious stuff all it wants, but then it still just typecasts the only two important characters of color as victims, and then heavily centers the story of a white-coded character's oppression. Not to mention that in its bid to do so it still ends up killing off its one important black character after a few lines of dialogue.
From what my friend intimately familiar with the source material has told me, that whole racism/classicm problem is completely new as well, with the original knight academy having nothing to do with bloodlines and the old white knight of yore barely being brought up. Like it just feels like they wanted to add on these explicit extra layers of bigotry, but they did not at all flow as naturally into the narrative as the queerness. I think the story still works best when it's about Nimona's queerness, and in a way I think the metaphor of her experiences works well enough as a broad allegory for any kind of bigotry. WITHOUT adding in a black woman who exists to be killed, and a brown man who now only exists to be bullied by his white peers. If they'd stopped at the latter and just diversified the cast a bit more it would be less glaring to me atleast.
There's still merit in a story just being that blatantly and obviously about racism, but it's a bit patronizing too. Like I said when the story is still mostly about a white-coded character.
EDIT: Ambrosius is Asian and I didn't realize upon first watch because I assumed he was still white like in the source material - oops! So there are 3 important characters of color, and Ambrosius' place in the narrative about model minorities and colorism is rather cool. But my main problem is still that the characters of color are not as internally and emotionally dynamic as Nimona is as a queer person. In a way, while Nimona feels like a very fully fleshed out allegory for an oppressed person and feelings of antagonism, betrayal, and despair, Ambrosius, Ballister, and the queen kinda just feels like pawns being moved around to create a story about institutional racism. Once again a story that I'm happy to see, but I think lacks a bit of depth.
seeing analyses of nimona is fun because they have really good insights and are analysing every inch of this movie but in virtually all of them there is a gaping hole where the very obvious messages and metaphors in regards to race and racism in this film lay.
Like tell me, do you believe the story of a brown man, brought in by a black woman in an attempt to fix the systemic issues in a system where ancestry is valued over merit, is framed for the murder of said black woman by a white woman who is fueled by paranoia that a black woman’s efforts might upend the system, the supposed threat this brown man and of dangers that don’t exist and a desparation to fulfill the legacy of a white woman who is a literal metaphor for the way bigotry is taught (in particular homophobia/transphobia). And thus the brown man is villanised for something he didn’t do and is forced to find support and companionship in another victim of the system, with this story ending with the white woman willing to destroy everything than let the brown gay man and a trans girl change the system/her mind, has absolutely no racial implications or messages surrounding race.
#shut the heck up#nimona#movies and animation#i dont rb chain opinions alot but i was typing this out in tags and thought it was too much to keep there#still adore this film and ballister#but when the queen got killed like that i saw the trajectory and was like hmmmm....#also all opinions are very personal if other bipoc think the movies great rep thats valid af too#like i said i think like nimona herself is such a good allegory for minorities on her own the other stuff is tacky#edit: its hard to come up with a super nuanced opinion at 2am#edit: also like.. im a queer black person (whom has struggled with model minority complexes before)-#-yet i still found Nimona's arc to be leagues more resonant than what the movie said on race-#just cause its emotional core is worked out way better imo and thats what i mean in the end
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animation being treated like a genre instead of a medium is something that actually makes me go insane. beauty and the beast is a romance. the emperor's new groove is a buddy comedy. big hero 6 is a superhero movie. moana is an adventure film. the lion king is a drama. treasure planet is sci-fi. if i was talking to someone who hadn't seen these movies before, and they weren't specifically interested in animation as a medium, then i wouldn't necessarily assume they'd enjoy all of these. and that's just disney movies! try telling an anime fan that fruits basket and fullmetal alchemist are the same genre and see how they react!
#i swear next time someone recommends a movie to me i'm just gonna be like 'sorry i'm not into the live action genre' 🙄#star.txt#animation#disney
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#funny#lol#haha#humor#meme#memes#horror#goth#gothic#animal#animals#cat#cats#kitty#kittens#pet#pets#caturday#cats of tumblr#wholesome#dank memes#dark humor#alternative#movies#saw
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The Glassworker - Mano Animation Studios
Directed by - Usman Riaz
Pakistan’s First Ever 2D Hand Drawn Animated Film
Currently in Pakistani Theaters as of July 26 International release is coming soon <3
English Trailer || Urdu Trailer
#rei says stuff#the glassworker#pakistan#animated film#animated movies#anime#gifset#please support this movie when it comes out internationally!!!#animation#anime film
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First trailer for Dreamworks' ‘THE WILD ROBOT' and HOLY FUCK ITS GORGEOUS???????
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#funny#lol#haha#humor#meme#memes#animal#animals#cat#cats#kitty#kittens#pet#pets#caturday#cats of tumblr#baby animals#cute animals#catblr#movies
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Excited for the movie ✨
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i never knew there were men in the room for this, “that was tough” oh man they were not prepared XD
#theres probably nothing more terrifying or crushing for straight men#than to listen to women debate attractive male characters#only 10 seconds of the women talking and i feel like i’m there#god i wish i could hear more#funny videos#behind the scenes#disney#tangled#animation#animated#animated movies#male character#flynn rider#eugene fitzherbert#attractive#animated characters#3d animation#character design
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DO YOU BLEED?
#comic#art#my art#my comics#I hate live action adaptations of animated shows and movies#not only is it clearly just a soulless cashgrab but it also feels ridiculously disrespectful to the medium of animation as a whole#i just needed to vent a bit because my beloved and held dear animated movies and shows keep getting regurgitated#how to train your dragon?!? lilo and stitch?!? AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER ?! MAKE IT STOPPP AHHH
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we did it once we can do it again we did it once we can do it again WE DID IT ONCE-
#minecraft#minecraft movie#update: this is a shitpost stop yelling at me in tags I don't actually want to torment the animators#Update: THIS IS STILL A SHITPOST LMAO CALM DOWN
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Horror icons
#Horror icons#terror#slashers#antagonist#classic horror movies#80s#80's#inspired anime#michael myers#freddy krueger#it#pennywise#jason voorhees#a nightmare on elm street#friday the 13th#halloween
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I just have a thing for "robot overcoming what they were made for" trope I guess
#the wild robot#wall e#movies#dreamworks animation#dreamworks#the wild robot fanart#im sorry i have noone to yap about this movie
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Hello!!!! No one gonna talk about this???
#mon ami robot#cartoon#dream robot#robot dreams#robot dreams movie#my robot friend#movie#animated movie
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