#nimona the director

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

Taking advantage of the free Nimona video and....wow, the Director really believes her own bullshit here. Like it's not just a show for Ballister's sake (or at least, not completely), she genuinely believes that he's ultimately responsible for her actions by being common and disruptive and that he forced her to murder her queen to stop him from becoming a knight. "Today, everyone will see you for who you really are." "She thought someone like you could be a hero, and it cost her her life." She literally runs Gloreth's direct descendant through with a sword and then in the moment after he "dies", her reaction is "May Gloreth forgive you." Not me, never me, no matter how many people I have to kill. May Gloreth forgive you for existing in a way that inconvenienced me even slightly.

Like the religious aspect is not subtle, as far as the Director is concerned her every word and thought and action is the will of Gloreth herself and challenging her is a sacrilegious act. Ballister can change, Ambrosius and the knights can change, the whole kingdom can sit there watching Nimona break down and decide they were wrong about her and accept her, and the Director is still standing on the battlements demanding that they blow up the city because it's what she wants and the mere idea that she could ever be wrong is blasphemy.

Which is a genuinely good message for the film's younger audience as a whole. "Yes, people can change and become better. Yes, whole societies can change and become better. Yes, people deserve second chances. But there are some people who cannot and will not change, and you shouldn't lose sleep over your inability to convert them."

[ostiviawrites]

As less sad stuff have some Nimona memes I made from random character templates I found on Pinterest

[thesnakethatmarches]

Nimona said here’s this little girl who just wants to be herself in every form, who just wants to belong. Here’s her giving an apple to her only friend, nervous and desperate for acceptance. Here’s her friend accepting her up until peer pressure changes her mind. Here’s this small little girl, who just wanted to be herself and have someone love her and accept her as she is, in every form she is, seeing the one person whom she thought was ok and accepting turn on her, rejecting her. Here’s this bitter girl who’s whole experience has been rejection, has been villainized by people because she is different because she is herself. Here’s an institution that focuses on differences and how bad and monstrous they can be, that instills hate and fear into the citizens it swears to protect and yet will tear them down to get to whatever it wants to destroy. Here is someone who grew up in this institution, was molded by it and then turned away, villainized by the people he swore to protect, the people he loved. Here are these two people who are so different, who come from different backgrounds, have different motives, and yet they are the same, but not quite. Here are two similar individuals but one is not quite a monster, one does not have to chose between being themself or fitting in.

Nimona is so many things but it is a trans story through and through. It is so unapologetically queer, so unapologetically trans, so very important especially for today’s society. I’m so happy to see this iteration get the love it deserves <3

[annymation]

Guys guys look

It’s their daughter :3

[attichoney4u]

When I watched "Nimona" for the first time, I was struck by the fact that the villain of the story, The Director, doesn't have a name. Throughout the movie, she's simply referred as The Director. And then it hit me. Nimona is a deconstruction of the typical archetypes you meet in fairy tales. In most fairy tales, the hero has to fight an evil monster, like a dragon that guards a treasure, or an ogre and a giant that likes to terrorize people or a wizard or a witch that has cursed a noble princess. Most of the times, these monsters don't have a name. The dragon in St.George's story doesn't have a name. The giant in Jack's story doesn't have a name. Neither Snow White's stepmother, who is simply referred as The Evil Queen. By leaving The Director nameless, they put her in the same position as these monsters.

[yrrtyrrtwhenihrrthrrt]

Pursuant to my previous discussion of C! Ambro being a victim of the Director's abuse for 15+ years, I'd like to make the very upsetting point that even once reconciling, he would feel like he couldn't discuss this trauma/pain with Ballister without getting an "I told you so" (because Ballister literally did tell him so)

Of course Ballister would never pull that if he knew the extent to which the trauma affected his partner's life, but the belief isn't completely unfounded since Ballister was more than willing to make that point at every opportunity when they were fighting, which is understandable. I think a big problem of Ambrosius's would be assuming that Ballister's treatment of him as a partner would still be consistent with how he was treated as an enemy (because he never really saw them as enemies to begin with), even though this is completely untrue.

[your-fave-is-being-blended]

can you blend The Director from Nimona please asking for a friend

The Director from Nimona is being blended!!

You cannot save her.

[traumatizedpomelo]

so i just finished watching nimona right

yes, I know it's been like a year since it came out. Sue me. I never had time to watch it.

But, uh. I can't stop thinking about how Nimona - even as an outsider - gets to watch things change. Gloreth doesn't fight for her when her parents call Nimona a monster and try to kill her, but Ballister yells and fights when they electrocute her and pin her down. The first time, she is attacked and almost killed by her own best friend, but the second, she finds something in the realms worth saving, and almost dies of her own accord.

she gets to see how the world evolves and grows and even though it's still not great - it's getting better. She's willing to sacrifice herself for a future where things are better. Yes, she thinks she won't actually die, and she changes into the form with maximum chance of survival, but it's not like she's actually tested this before.

the Nimona movie is special. the book was really good, but it was written in a time when a lot of marginalized communities, particularly the queer community, were hurting, and Nimona was meant to portray the complex struggles of that; how things can't just be fixed like in a fairytale, and the rot has to be torn out. It was a lot more cynical and was meant to inspire outrage at the injustice of a system built on corruption

however, I think the movie fits better for the current political and social climate. it's about how oftentimes, it's the system and not necessarily the people in it that cause harm, about what could be and how people can change, rather than tearing everything down. It gives people the chance to be better, instead of throwing everything out like in the book. I also think we need a happy ending free of guilt or sadness or questions - we have enough of that in our daily lives.

Anyway, I just finished it and absolutely cried. Ta, everyone.

[patrishabean]

“Go back to the shadows from whence you came”

[scisetforever]

okayyy so this one might be more obvious but before nimona saves everyone by destroying the canon, there is this tiny shot of people viewing this artwork thingy of gloreth killing the “monsters”. keep in mind that the “monsters” are on the right and gloreth is on the left. and in the next shot, nimona is flying towards the director (nimona being on the left and the director on the right inside the canon where the green light is). this shows the swap in roles between the two, nimona becoming the hero, and the director becoming the villain AND ITS SO SYMBOLIC AHHHH I LOVE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL. just goes to show how complex these characters are, there is no completely good hero and no completely bad villain.

[incorrect-quotes-lobby]

In dire need of more incorrect nimona quotes

Nimona quotes, coming right up!! (I'll also make a note to post more of these, thanks!) (genuine)

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The Director: How many kids do you have? Ballister: Biologically, emotionally, or legally?

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Ballister: Must be hard not being able to laugh Nimona: I do have a sense of humor you know Ballister: I’ve never heard you laugh before Nimona: I’ve never heard you say anything funny

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Ballister: Come on, I wasn’t that drunk last night Nimona: You were flirting with Ambrosuis Ballister: So what? He's my boyfriend Nimona: You asked them if he was single Ballister: Nimona: And then you cried when he said he wasn't

[bidillion]

Theory: As the EVIL ELITIST Director, she actually comes from very humble beginnings. She's projecting her self-hatred towards Ball because he was CHOSEN by the Queen Majesty herself, while the Director had to claw her way up with blood, sweat, and lies. Even though she seems like she respects the royal bloodline thing, she believes that true power isn't given but taken from the ones that are foolish enough to "let their guard down" (she says that at her outrage to the soldiers while Ball and Nimona hug). She's cunning, patient, and deceiving.

I'd love to see more of her, ND! Maybe like flashback scenes when we go through the corruption story of the institution?

[frie-ice]

I had been meaning to make this collage of Emperor Belos/Philip Wittebane and The Director (from Nimona) ever since I featured the two in Owl House  and Nimona based memes. That had Philip Wittebane having the Director's villain theme and the Director being a member of the Emperor's Coven. The two of them are also villains who had saw themselves as heroes and leaders who are on a righteous path, due to their obsessions and seeing what they were taught to hate as pure evil, without considering the possibility that those beliefs were wrong. As they ended up killing those they were close with and because they believed that Caleb and the Queen were misguided, it had Philip and the Director see themselves as blameless for their actions. I wasn't sure if I would cross ship them or simply friendship them, I just thought that making this collage would be fun. Just as I made fun filling in the two memes that inspired it.

[raccooninatrenchcoatsellingweed]

it is absolutely no mistake that the director is depicted wearing religious garb. she is fear driven and literally goes searching through ancient texts to manipulate people. she sees nimona as an 'it' and a monster. she tolerates gay characters only when they are fighting against the trans character. the allegorical storytelling and subtle hierarchy of privilege in the narrative are so brilliant and depict religious tolerance of queerness so well.

[offline-nobody]

guess who just rewatched nimona

[cherry-pixels]

When you go viral for admitting you killed the queen