#shouting into the void about Nimona

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OH MY GOD OKAY SO I JUST WATCHED NIMONA AND IT WAS AMAZINGGG. LIKE THE ART AND ANIMATION WAS SO GORGEOUS AND THE PLOT WAS AMAZING. *deep breathe*

But like. The part that stood out to me and impressed me the most was how well they were able to spin the ‘hunting the monsters’ plot into being so so identical to real world discrimination. Like the children’s cereal commercial talking about them bragging about the amount of ‘monsters’ they kill is showing the kids being raised in a household/society that teaches them that from a young age, so by the time they have a chance to realize it’s wrong it’s so hard for them to change as it’s so deeply rooted in their beliefs. (Homophobia, anyone?)

ALSO the whole thing with the history that is taught completely demonizing these unnatural beings, ‘monsters’ to the point of blaming them for mass destruction of towns, and how the movie perfectly showed how people in power can simply twist and erase history that they don’t like, to paint a past that’s beneficial for them.

And lastly it showed how bad and huge of an effect it had on Nimona for her whole life and how it took her so long to start healing, being hunted and discriminated against by a society for so long. Showing her nightmares and her occasional wanting to give up.

Nimona is a gender-fluid icon and has all of the gender. In love with the movie. And that’s all for my screaming about how hecking amazing this movie is!