Neato My Man @thats-pretty-neato - Tumblr Blog

right after nimona pretends to be ambrosius to get the footage of the director, actual ambrosius storms in and starts to say the same stuff that nimona was saying, literallly word for word.

so now im just imagining a world where nimona and ballister didn’t get there before ambrosius did, where the director actually killed him

plounga

i cried watching this

edit: thank you for the love… tumblr u are kind

cletusthurstonbeauregard-deacti

train-fans-anonymous

Why does every image of Ballister Boldheart look like this

casiesfandomblog

infinnyd

Watched nimona yesterday, I just loved the fact that they gave Ballister big eyes

jeena-says-hi

Nimona spoilers

Au where Ballister and Ambrosius adopted Nimona after she came back (because that is basically what happened)

Nimona, waking up from regenerating her head getting cut off: *yawns* hey guys, what time is it?

Ballister: it's about 2pm. You hungry?

Nimona: oh, cool. Im up for some food.

Ambrosius, sobbing uncontrollably: Can YOU PLEASE STOP ACTING LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED-

jeena-says-hi

[Through text]

Ballister: where are you

Ambrosius: turn around

Ambrosius: no the other way

Ambrosius: wrong way again

Ballister: Brosius, where exactly are you??

Ambrosius: at home, but the thought of you turning aimlessly in circles is adorable

hereforthehurts

nimona is actually so crazy like what if i cancelled the prime minister of a kingdom that's built on transphobic lies on youtube from my evil lair

mayo-advance

Reading the Nimona graphic novel and then proceeding to watch the movie not even 10 minutes after is just hhgkdhfkdhfksjaldhf-

The movie is so much more forgiving, so much softer in a way that I can’t explain, and that difference allows me to interact with the characters in a new way. In the novel it’s pretty obvious that Ballister and Ambrosius are husbands who have been messily divorced for 12 years and still not over each other- but in the movie they’re still trying to figure out what they want to be, and they’re trying to save each other and constantly trying to reach out to show that “see! I’m right here, please come back, don’t let this take you from me!!!”

In the graphic novel, Nimona lies about her past, like blatantly lies straight to Ballister’s face and yknow, as she should, claiming that she used to be a perfectly normal girl, while In the movie she deflects his question by turning it into a joke to avoid answering.

And most importantly to me, in the book Ballister acts like a villain because “that’s what they need”. He poisons people, he’s always fighting with Ambrosius, he’s trying to undermine the institution right from the start. while in the movie he begs his innocence but still gets the label because the Director believes “that’s what they need”, and still he believes in the world around him, and when he loses that belief he doesn’t want to fight, he wants to leave.

I guess the way I see it the book is about trying so hard to be what you’re not, trying to be a normal girl, trying to be the villain they want, trying to pretend that they are enemies and not deeply connected. And the movie is about trying to find who you are, from “because I love you” to “I see you, Nimona”, to just everything- the book is the call and the movie is the response and it all comes back to learning to love and accept who you are and I’m crying