#nimona participants

[random-nerd-posts]

Let's give it up for our official writers for the Nimona Big Bang!

Writers (Total of 43):

@psychedelicseahorse @knightofburgers @walrus150915 @space-kase @luz-thebrave @ilivelikeimtrying @em10-nimonafan2009 @ardentandco @brucesduque @quintilius @prodigaldaughteralice or @pdalicedraws @dutifulriley @kitschycritter @sapphicnile @yrrtyrrtwhenihrrthrrt @myqueenmarceline @sammys-magical-au @dvalin._. @sir-ballister-boldheart @rosemary-frog @fuzzyspottyollie9 @dusana-thewitch @nothing-54 @my-head-is-square @thegrimshapeofyoursmile @ballistersprostheticarm @eddieshellscape @bleezebrew @fynn-arcana @liferemains @sephyathredon-writing @rayllumkissing @saotomexmary @nimona.girl @questioningmylifechoises @zyrafowe-sny @gayglitterqueen @aggimaginary @sunshine-zenith @aliceline @trappedinmymind @a-schrodingers-fox @fadedflame

Writer Pinch Hitters (Total of 9):

@space-kase @euphreana @em10-nimonafan2009 @ardentandco @just-a-music-and-poetry-lover @sir-ballister-boldheart @remarkablebookbean @aggimaginary @trappedinmymind

Please give these writers some love and check out the links since not all of them are tumblr account links.

Also, if you were tagged on accident please let @zyrafowe-sny or @random-nerd-posts know and we will adjust the post.

[nimonabigbang]

Participant Spotlight — Sam!

Artist | Tumblr: @samuell-art | Twitter: samuell_art | Instagram: samuell_art_

Why did you join the Nimona Big Bang?

Because I wanted to challenge myself and because I never joined a Big Bang before.

Share something you like about the Nimona movie or comic.

I really LOOOVEEE the artwork of the comic and how they animated the movie (my art style is pretty much inspired by Nate's art style for the comic hehe). And I also love the designs of the characters and also the backgrounds for the movie.

Favorite characters: Nimona (movie version), Ballister Blackheart (comic version), Ambrosius Goldenloin (comic version)

Other hobbies: Drawing (of course), animating, listening to music, playing video games and someday I will start skateboarding (when I finally get a skateboard)

[walrus150915]

Merry (early?) Christmas to those who celebrate!

I personally don't, but I like the vibe✨

Here's a silly sketch-comic I drew based on a post I saw a few days ago

[starburstsobsessions]

Hiii!!!! got a simple quick drawing for Day One of Nimona Week, Graffiti 🤩

[yrrtyrrtwhenihrrthrrt]

When you post an AU idea for Comic Nimona about her being free from the monster which represents pain and trauma in that story and a bunch of people who only watched the movie (where there is no monster and her powers/differences represent trans identity) start harassing you and calling you transphobic and media illiterate when they're actually illiterate because they either didn't READ the comic or somehow didn't realize that Nimona's powers are symbolically different in the comic despite multiple panels indicating otherwise

[cheesey-rice]

And also I think I found it harder to understand/be sympathetic towards ambrosius when I read the comic but like having him and ballisters relationship shown up front is so important in adding just these Stakes of kind of showing what they had, and like the idea that you can survive in this institution with just this one person as your pillar of support but that it's also something that can exist without that system in a different context and having to rediscover that..... Hmmmnmm

[sir-luz-the-brave]

ATTENTION BELOVED MUTUALS: EXPECT A REBRANDING OF MY BLOG SOON

[dalla-mia-isola-strana]

Because I keep seeing people who genuinely have not heard about the sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman, this is a great resource. It contains links to the podcasts where the victims' stories first appeared, and to commentary from other figures. Please be aware that Neil Gaiman has a hired a PR firm used by other celebrities such as Marilyn Manson accused of sexual assault. At the same time, a rash of bot accounts appeared across social media trying to bury the news with results like this:

Visually stunning, stunning visuals. If you are not a bot designed to launder Gaiman's reputation, please try to avoid acting like one. Until larger press outlets pick up the story, social media does, unfortunately, have a significant role in whether or not this story is forgotten. At least two of the victims were young fans who thought Gaiman was safe to be around. It is up to you how and whether you participate in fandom -- but please don't tag your posts "Neil Gaiman" unless they are actually about Neil Gaiman. Your Good Omens TV show fanart does not need to carry his name. It is, in fact, odd that he seems to have cultivated such a role in fandom that this ever became an expectation. Gifs from Wheel of Time are not typically tagged: "Robert Jordan", fanart of She-Ra or Nimona isn't tagged "N.D Stevenson." You'd expect to tag these names only if you were linking to an interview or a news story or otherwise posting about the real life person. It would be especially odd to tag a picture of Rosamund Pike doing something completely unrelated to Wheel of Time with "Robert Jordan"! And yet photos of Michael Sheen and David Tennant seem to be tagged with "Neil Gaiman" all the time. Is it that Gaiman fostered the hope that he might notice and respond to fannish activity? Is it that he tried to make himself so pervasive, and omni-present in the fandom, as to feel indispensable If so ... all the more reason to stop. Fans of these other works get along just fine without this, and so will you.

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

ah, if only nate had the sense to include this sentiment in spop. "attempted murder/kidnapping/abuse/manipulation/gaslighting/drugging/mind control/guilt tripping is not a love language!"

you're right, it's too long. the better option was to just brush it all under the rug.

Arm chopping is not a love language is the funniest line from this entire film.

[philosmene]

Nimona and Shera are from ND Stevenson so I'd like to think that if Gloreth turned around for Nimona (in my Reconciliation Au) their dynamic and look is similar to Catradora ☝️ coincidence? i think not!!

Also, I would love to participate in the stuff people tag me on but I'm on a rush on doing stuff for uni (i just rushed this piece today even after working on it for like 15 mins a day for a week) so I'm just saying thanks for remembering me 😭

[nimonabigbang]

Participant Spotlight — Alice Fiddle!

Writer | Tumblr: @prodigaldaughteralice, Tumblr (art): @pdalicedraws | AO3: prodigalDaughter

Why did you join the Nimona Big Bang?

I love having communities of people who care about the same things and create together!

Share something you like about the Nimona movie or comic.

The perfectly balanced genuine humour with absolute achy tragedy. It’s such a difficult mix to get right and both movie and comic get it spot on (though not in quite the same way!)

Favorite characters: Nimona (comic version), Ambrosius Goldenloin (comic version), Meredith Blitzmeyer

Other fandoms: The Owl House, Undertale, Deltarune, Dungeon Meshi

Other hobbies: I cosplay, draw, cross stitch… or really anything else I can get my hands on that makes a physical thing at the end of it.

Is there anything else that you'd like to share about yourself?

I’m answering this questionnaire at a con, and as much as I get exhausted around people after a while there is something so magical about being surrounded by other nerds— and that’s one of the great things about Big Bangs and zines <3

[sir-ballister-boldheart]

Ballister stopping Nimona from ending her life.

Ambrosius refusing to participate in the Director's violence any longer.

Ballister, the Institute's reject, and Ambrosius, the Institute's poster boy, ending the cycle and legacy of hate.

Something something something, love wins

[nimonabigbang]

Posted on wrong blog, but yeah, let's give these writers some love!

Let's give it up for our official writers for the Nimona Big Bang!

Writers (Total of 43):

@psychedelicseahorse @knightofburgers @walrus150915 @space-kase @luz-thebrave @ilivelikeimtrying @em10-nimonafan2009 @ardentandco @brucesduque @quintilius @prodigaldaughteralice or @pdalicedraws @dutifulriley @kitschycritter @sapphicnile @yrrtyrrtwhenihrrthrrt @myqueenmarceline @sammys-magical-au @dvalin._. @sir-ballister-boldheart @rosemary-frog @fuzzyspottyollie9 @dusana-thewitch @nothing-54 @my-head-is-square @thegrimshapeofyoursmile @ballistersprostheticarm @eddieshellscape @bleezebrew @fynn-arcana @liferemains @sephyathredon-writing @rayllumkissing @saotomexmary @nimona.girl @questioningmylifechoises @zyrafowe-sny @gayglitterqueen @aggimaginary @sunshine-zenith @aliceline @trappedinmymind @a-schrodingers-fox @fadedflame

Writer Pinch Hitters (Total of 9):

@space-kase @euphreana @em10-nimonafan2009 @ardentandco @just-a-music-and-poetry-lover @sir-ballister-boldheart @remarkablebookbean @aggimaginary @trappedinmymind

Please give these writers some love and check out the links since not all of them are tumblr account links.

Also, if you were tagged on accident please let @zyrafowe-sny or @random-nerd-posts know and we will adjust the post.

[college-calamity]

This is my alter for my first time participating in the Transgender Ancestor Rite

I’ve never conducted any kind of ancestor veneration or really a proper mourning ceremony before (I’m lucky to have not yet lost any people close to me). I invited Hermes to guide and accompany me through this.

I got a small bouquet of flowers along with the recommended glass of water as offerings and read out the prayer as I lit the candle. I read out a list of names of some of the trans folks who have passed in the U.S. this year. My heart goes out to all the other trans folks whose names aren’t or won’t be known, and to the thousands of other trans people across the world who have also lost their lives this past year.

I did not want this Trans Day of Remembrance to only be about grief, it did not feel right to me to not also celebrate the lives that were lived. For the restless souls seeking a simple, light-hearted comfort, I put on the movie “Nimona.” I especially wanted to play it for any who were lost before they had seen any kind of positive representation of themselves in the public eye. “Nimona” was so incredibly moving to me when I first watched it (it still is). The fact that such a beautiful, joyful, and heartfelt queer and trans film was so beloved it was nominated for an Oscar continues to leave me in awe.

I am slightly unsure if I did this the “right” way or something, but I’m confident enough the effort was ultimately meaningful. Partaking in this remembrance was grounding and gave me an appreciation for ancestor veneration. It made me feel more connected to the trans community even though I never felt any presences with me.

The dedicated rewatch gave me some peace and comfort, and I hope it gave that to someone else tonight too.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

okay so first off. what does being "full on adults" have to do with disliking a character? like?? are we not allowed to dislike or criticize fiction once we cross the age of eighteen?

secondly, i love how they imply that we hate catra because of some sexist reason, but then lists mostly women among the characters who were immediately forgiven and faced no criticism from the viewers. so maybe it's not people "hating on complex female characters" maybe we just dislike poorly written ones.

and who said people don't hold hordak, scorpia, entrapta, etc accountable for their actions? we do, it's just that catra played a more important role in the story as the main villain and adora's love interest so obviously she's under more scrutiny.

we also see her commit more heinous crimes on screen, unlike scorpia and lonnie who were just following orders and hordak whose crimes were all lipservice. it's a lot easier to like a character who only committed heinous crimes off-screen. again, not justifying hordak's behavior, i just think the writers failed to make him an actual threat.

also i don't know how the nimona comics were but in the movie, ballister and ambrosius did have a relatively healthier relationship than catra and adora. mainly because ambrosius never hurt ballister on purpose and he genuinely felt guilty for his actions. even when he turned on nimona, he did it to protect ballister. he wasn't just using all forms of abuse on his boyfriend just for the fun of it, and excusing it by saying that he had a shitty childhood.

"(...) in terms of Catra, we saw the beginning of her redemption arc but she still worked towards it. She still took time to reflect, give genuine apologies to the Best Friends Squad, and turn around for the better."

i'm sorry? when did she apologize to the best friends squad? because i only remember her giving a half-assed apology to adora. glimmer and bow never got an apology from catra. glimmer especially deserved an apology because catra's actions led to her mother's death. also, i've already talked about how catra didn't actually change for the better and kept repeating her toxic habits, so i trust i don't have to say it again.

i do agree that in azula's case, the hate was more undeserved, mainly because none of her actions were justified by the narrative. and like op said, azula didn't have someone to offer her proper guidance.

(although i have to remind you, ursa never called azula a monster. she disapproved of azula's behavior but the monster part was just how azula perceived it. but i guess you know more about these shows than me, right?)

and that's where catra's actions can't be justified because she got multiple ways out, people in her life were constantly giving her chances, and she still chose to do evil. catra had all the resources she needed to become a better person, she was given opportunity after opportunity from the very first episode, and she still chose to participate in the war and chose to abuse and hurt people.

[nimona-week]

Nimona Week 2024 Prompt List

Please join us in celebrating our favorite shapeshifting sidekick by creating and recommending Nimona (movie and comic) fanwork for Nimona Week!

From March 31 - April 6, 2024, we'll be reblogging posts with fanworks related to the following prompts:

Day 1/March 31: Pride | Graffiti | Phoenix 

Day 2/April 1: Shadows | Home | Nightmares

Day 3/April 2: Lost | Gloreth | Beginning

Day 4/April 3:  Love | Mischief | Found Family

Day 5/April 4: Wall | Music | Reunion 

Day 6/April 5: Board Games | Growth | Wings

Day 7/April 6: Injured | Comic | Freedom

Alternate Prompts: AU, Metal, Fire, Sidekick, “Let’s break stuff”

All kinds of fanworks are welcome — digital art, traditional art, 100 word drabbles, ficlets, longer fics, poems, embroidery, cosplay, music, gif sets, vids, etc. If you don't vibe with any of the prompt options for a given day, please feel free to use an alternate prompt.

We are hoping to inspire new fanworks, but this is also a great opportunity to recommend existing fics and fanart that the prompts remind you of. It is critical that you credit the artist/writer, and we'll share some guidelines for how to do so.

We will have banners you can use for your posts, graphics for recommending fics and other fanwork, and participation/completionist badges.

So that we can find your posts and reblog them during Nimona Week, please tag Tumblr posts with: #nimona week 2024, #day [x] or #alt prompt, #prompt name, #nimona. Additional tags for fanwork type are also welcome (#nimona fanfic, #nimona cosplay, #nimona fanart, etc.). Please also be sure to tag for content triggers (#suicide, #suicidal ideation, #self harm, etc.).

Check out the FAQ for more details and feel free to send asks if you have any questions.