#nimona is one of my favourite stories of all time

[atticcreationz]

As someone who is VERY fascinated with adaptation in film (who spent quuuuuuite some time back in college obsessing over it for assignments) and who adores the graphic novel, my biggest takeaway from Nimona is that it is an EXCELLENT adaptation. Especially considering how much that production went through! Like, all of the changes and things they expanded on made sense for the transition from book to movie. My second takeaway is that I love it <3 Please go watch it I beg of you 🙏

#nimona #nimona is one of my favourite stories of all time #and the movie team really did it justice #there are some things i prefer in the book but thats mostly personal taste #i generally prefer a bit more ambiguity (which the graphic novel has in spades) and prefer being dropped into media res #rather than getting backstory forst upfront #but thats just me and i cant complain much and totally understand why those changes were made #in the end the heart of the story stayed the same and thats all that mattered to me #nimona graphic novel dragon design you will always be famous to me #nimona netflix #contender for my favourite film of the year #but it had an unfair advantage (graphic novel my beloved) #person who did a whole dang dissertation and a bunch of scattered essays for her animation degree about adapting books to film

[echoing-locations]

Ok so more of prince Ambrosius au cuz I think it’s neat

(Also thank you to @goldenheart-supremacy for all your amazing ideas ❤️❤️🥰)

Now I’m this au I’m thinking that Ambrosius is the type of prince who was constantly sneaking away from his guards and he became so good at it that only one was able to keep tabs on him at all times (that being Ballister)

I would say Ambrosius and his parents have a good relationship, they’re just busy cuz their basically running a country

Ambrosius is a master at manipulating the media, he’s been doing practically since he was born, he nows how to be seen by the media only when he wants to be seen

That didn’t stop the media tho, they were convinced the prince was a open book, Ambrosius’s favourite headline being ‘is the prince secretly married!? His guards tell the story!’

Ambrosius and Ballister laughed their asses off at this considering it took place when they were both 16 and Ballister being Ambrosius’s only guard at the time

Ok now back to some main plot things!! Nimona still finds ballister in the tower and still forcefully becomes his sidekick

Although this time Ballister didn’t have any leads on who messed with his armour, so it took him longer to come out of hiding, but it did give him and Nimona time to get to know each other and build that trust

He would probably be on the run and in hiding for like 2 months at least,

Meanwhile the Director woke up at least a day after she was shot, the queen come to visit her and she goes and a rant about “oh how grateful I am that it was me to get hurt and not you or the prince!”

Another meanwhile, Ambrosius begged his father to let him be involved in the search for Ballister. He told his father “this gives me a chance to show my leadership abilities!” The head knight was then told to report to Ambrosius with anything having to do with the search

What Ambrosius really wanted to say to his father is “look I love this man and I would rather not see him with a sword in his chest or a arrow between his eyes, so please let me be in charge!!”

After a bit ballister decided to sneak into the institute to check the security cameras of the armoury and of course Nimona tagged along

They then find the video of the director taking Ballister’s forearm piece and replacing it with the weapon one, they download it to post later

They don’t leave the institute right away because ballister wants to find his armour pice just to be sure, so they sneak into the director’s office and Bal does find the pice

Then the director walks in, Nimona shifts into Todd (cuz yes) and Ballister ducks under her desk

“Sureblade what are you doing here?” “Well..uuhh— I thought heard some one in here and wanted to uhh um- punch them..?” *continuous looks to ballister👀* “Surebalde what are you looking at?”

After the final look to Ballister is made the real Todd walks in to say he lost the prince again and for a second it’s the Spider-Man pointing meme until Ballister jumps over the desk grabbing Nimona and booking it out the door

After running from the kinghts they both hop the wall to the Institute, thinking it’s the one facing the city, when in reality they just hopped the wall to the castle

(I like to think the castle and institute are right beside each other)

“Oh fuck” “wrong wall 😐”

Ballister knows where they are and knows a way out (Ambrosius wasn’t the only one who knew how to sneak away)

On the way out they run into the Prince in one of the more private gardens in the palace.

Ambrosius stands there in shock for a minute, “Ambrosius I uh- please-” “UHHH BOSS I DON’T THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR CHIT CHAT!!!”

And they don’t palace security is approaching fast.

Ballister runs to Ambrosius to give him a ‘hug’ when in reality it’s to give him the armour piece “please believe me, I didn’t mean to hurt anyone. I didn’t mea-” “OK BOSS TIME ITS TO SKEDADDLE!! LOVELY MEETING YOU!!!”

And Nimona grabs Ballister and runs

Ok that’s what i got for now, again feel free to add your own little additions and such I’d be happy to read them!!

#ambrosius goldenloin #ballister boldheart #nimona #prince ambrosius au #ballister x ambrosius #text post #royal au #this took me like 3 days to write

[the---hermit]

Nimona by ND Stevenson

The fact that I found out about this graphic novel only when the movie came out is criminal. It has all the criteria to on my shelves, but for some reason I had never heard of it before, I am happy I finally did tho. I loved this book. Graphic novels are one of my favourite kinds of books, and I love a good fantasy story. This one in particular has everything you might want from a good book. An interesting and engaging plot, cool characters you care about and a good balance between jokes and a more serious tone. The story follows Nimona, a shape-shifter who becomes the sidekick of a villain in a fantasy world that mixes knights and technology. Balister, the villain is strongly against the main institution of this world, and knows someone in particular who works there. This is the base on which the story is developed, and as I said I believe it to be very well balanced. I laughed, I audibly gasped more than once, I felt this book in all its emotions and loved it. I particularly liked the mix of classic fantasy elements like knights in a world that has a lot of modern and technological elements, it never felt weird, and ti's actually a pretty interesting concept for a fantasy story. Both Nimona and Balister are great character and I loved their dynamic. It's a very quick paced story, so I left wishing I had more time with these characters, because I really enjoyed spending time with them.

Since I read the book not so long after watching the movie I feel like adding a small segment on that. The two stories are quite different on several elements. But to be honest I loved both equally. In both versions of the story I adored the characters and their dynamic, and overall I found them both equally entertaining and emotional. I will recommend this story to everyone I know from now on.

#additional tag comment i loved how chaotic nimona is and I will never stop using the “i'm a shark” reply #2023 book #book #books #bookblr #booklr #graphic novel #nimona #nd stevenson #reading #book review #book rec #book recommendation #bookish #book cover #mine #the---hermit

[quitefair]

so, about Ballister’s origin...

alright so i’m a huge, huge fan of the original nimona graphic novel. and i’m genuinely a fan of the movie too! it did make some significant changes, but overall told the story it wanted to tell, and pretty much summed up the themes of the novel itself! it was an enjoyable ride!

but!!! there was one bit of the story that didn’t quite sit right with me. and it took me a while to realise what that thing was. (i didn’t want to make a post ranting about it without properly processing what it was that made me dislike this, so i let it ruminate)

anyway, after seeing this post, everything fell into place.

instead of ballister being a commoner rising to become a knight...

what if he was born outside the wall instead? 

(major spoilers for the graphic novel and movie below)

so in the original comic, the knights of the institution were all orphans, including ballister and ambrosius. they grew up and trained together, and were both considered among the most skilled and prominent knights of the institution at the time. however, everything changed when they were pitted against each other in a jousting match. the director gave ambrosius a weaponised lance (similar to ballister’s sword in the movie). its weight threw ambrosius off balance and caused him to lose against ballister during the joust. in a fit of jealous rage over losing, he fires the lance at ballister, causing him to lose his right arm and ruining his chances of ever becoming a knight.

all of this is implied to have happened because the director wanted ambrosius to win the joust. perhaps because of the way he looked. white skin, blonde hair, all the ideal societal characteristics of a hero. nate mentions this in a recent article as well talking about the movie.

while ballister... well. he didn’t. and now he also doesn’t have an arm. it was also implied that the director didn’t like that ambrosius and ballister were close, didn’t like that her perfect hero had a weakness, probably thought that ballister was not good enough for her poster child, idk. so yeah, she killed two birds with one stone. (except in this version no queens were harmed lmao)

the way they translated this into the movie was... well. interesting.

so now, gloreth has a bigger role in all of this. which is cool! it ties in so well with nimona being gloreth’s beast, and the entire reason that the city and the institution exists in the first place. this was actually one of my favourite changes to the comics that they made for the movie!!!

but! what i didn’t like was that our boys were no longer orphans. ambrosius is now the descendant of gloreth? which is why he’s the poster boy of the institution? and the one with the weight of familial expectation on him? 

(okay i lied this kinda slaps but it wasn’t explored as much as i’d liked. anyway wouldn’t it have been great if this was a limited series instead of a movie? lmao im going off track.)

but the weirdest part for me, and something i still felt difficult to accept, was that ballister... was a commoner. a commoner that was chosen to join the institution and to become a knight.

and it’s a controversial decision?

youre telling me that in this sci-fantasy world of super monster cops, that the only way people that can become a monster cop, is through nepotism????

and consider this: most of the commercial stuff aimed at kids, teens etc (kwispy dragon for example) sends the message that maybe, just maybe, you, the commonnest of commoner children, could also rise up and be a super monster cop hero?

there’s also the fact that in our current day and age, the story of the underdog gets the most attention and press? wouldn’t the crowds be ecstatic over a kid from nowhere, rising up among the ranks to become one of the most promising potential knights in this institution?

so yeah i dont really understand why the general population have gripes against ballister becoming a knight (it’s shown at the beginning during the whole montage that there’s some people who aren’t vibing with it) douchebag knights maybe yeah. but i don’t see how the general public wouldn’t be anything but supportive, and would turn on him so fast.

unless.... he wasn’t from the city itself.

you only really hear about the wall partly through the film. you’re shown that the city grows and that there’s a wall built around it during the intro cinematic, but nothing is mentioned until quite significantly through the film. which is odd... considering how important it is to the story. gloreth built the wall to keep the monsters out. to keep us in and to keep them out. the propaganda of there only being monsters outside the wall, and only good and respectable citizens live within the city walls.

(how does the wall keep us free? the wall keeps out the enemy. and we build the wall to keep us free, that’s why we build the wall, we build the wall to keep us free.)

which would make a ballister that came in from outside the wall... well.

1. it would make the director’s statement of ‘cracks in the wall’ make more sense. in a literal sense, ballister couldve come into the city from a literal crack in the wall. which also ties into the metaphor of gloreth’s walls/propaganda cracking. and the fact that he’s now rising up to become a knight? corruption from the inside? it makes the director’s motivations hold more weight.

(also having the director be a descendant of gloreth rather than ambrosius would make more narrative sense but that’s a whole other post)

2. now the public would have more reason to not trust this guy. it’s easier to spread propaganda about him once he ‘kills the queen’. a monster infiltrating the ranks. and then he’s allied with a monster shapeshifter nimona?

3. the parallels between ballister and nimona??? would be even more prevalent??? both literal outsiders. hated by everybody for basically no reason other than that they’re different. and the fact that ballister accepts nimona when gloreth didn’t?

4. there’s also the fact that throughout the movie, the concept of the wall protecting the people from the monsters outside is questioned - are there really even monsters outside, when we’ve never seen them for ourselves? what if you guys are lying to us, what if youre WRONG? and ballister becoming a knight might’ve been a step in the right direction towards pushing against those stereotypes, but the director wasn’t having any of it.

so yeah, those are my thoughts. the movie is still insane though i rly love it. but a lad can dream about what could’ve been, yeah?

#nimona #nimona movie #nimona movie spoilers #ballister blackheart #ballister boldheart #nimona spoilers #lol yeah this came out longer than i thought it would (as usual) #meera talks

[thethiefandtheairbender]

just a disclaimer: i’m queer and nonbinary (afab) as can be, so all of this is from a personally queer perspective? i also know that i don’t tend to really jive with ND stevenson’s work (she-ra didn’t quite work for me) either and if you loved the movie, great. i just gotta drop thoughts somewhere because well

they’re less than positive

like “nimona” wants to be a Queer movie so badly, but the entire humourous basis of the character herself is that she is 1) young looking (despite being immortal) and 2) appears to be AFAB and isn’t it funnily jarring when little girls want to be violent instead of cute and sweet? 

She doesn’t want to be a monster, but clearly genuinely enjoys destroying things (again: basis of the bulk of her character humour, and one of most defining character traits) with no regards to anyone who gets hurt or could get hurt in the process. 

also this is Entirely Personal preference but while the animation was stunning, the contrast in the medieval aesthetic and modern day technology just continually brought me out of the movie. which is too bad, because treasure planet and it’s 70/30 rule and aesthetic blend of old timey and big technology is one of my favourite things ever, but i think Nimona being 50/50 just... didn’t work for me. was also slightly disappointed that i figured out who the actual bad guy was before the queen’s death (and yet another movie with a black queen who Dies Instantly / a movie with literally queer men of colour being technical side characters to a white, allegorically queer main ‘female’ character). 

Ballister is a great protagonist, but due to his opposition of everything Nimona is personality and scheme wise, it feels like they’re almost running around in two separate stories. As well as like - he wanted to enjoy the Elite, Privileged, fighting force? An elite, privileged, entirely based on birthright system ruled by a Black queen before it was called into question, when it’s also a pretty clear allegory for the Police? The fact that this isn’t resolved - what’s going to happen to the Institute, is it going to be reformed or even better yet, disbanded (‘defunded’), is entirely left hanging as a plot thread, which doesn’t happen matters.

Halfway through the movie (specifically Nimona’s “or that sometimes I want to let them [kill me]”) is when I finally started to feel emotionally invested, but like two scenes later when Ambrosius’ stabbing was over dramatic rather than just letting the tone hold, I looked into the camera just... so incredibly unimpressed. The monopoly and shark dancing didn’t help.  

“She’s my friend.” “Aren’t I more than that?” so there were no aspec people in making this film. Got it. And Ballister’s heel face turn into calling Nimona a monster is also very quick, especially when his whole arc this movie is being unfairly demonized himself by the very same thing/people that are demonizing Nimona as well. The sheer harshness and length of the scene is also much longer and given time than him saving her, leaving that feeling kinda lopsided as well.

And Nimona’s issues I think are very evident in the fact the movie lets us see all the damage she’s causing at the end when she loses control, which is sad and tragic for her... but does not excuse or remove the real harm she’s bringing hundreds of other people. This is mitigated when she sacrifices herself to save the city, but given that her problem wasn’t necessarily selfishness so much as recklessness, and given that Ballister had literally just talked her down from suicide, it’s... Muddled to say the least.

And all of this ties back into the murky gender allegory of the movie. At its best, it’s very effective and very emotionally resonant (Nimona’s actual flashbacks and a couple of her conversations with Ballister. I can definitely see why people like it - hell, even I like it. “This monster is a threat to our entire way of life!” “What if we’re wrong?” kinda perfectly encapsulates were it falls flat to me, because queerness Is a threat to our current systems - capitalism, racism, cisheteropatriarchy founded on white gender essentialism. Queerness, particularly of gender, disrupts and should disrupt all those things; it’s a political identity just as much as personal one, both by choice and by societal circumstance.

TLDR; found the second half of the movie, overall, much stronger than the first, but with some bigger structural pitfalls. Animation was gorgeous, sense of humour didn’t overall work for me but that’s a personal thing, queer allegory was good but I would’ve liked some of the implications to be taken farther. I appreciate the movie for what it says about freedom of expression vs demonization by the upper class(es), and I think it’ll really resonant and be important to queer youth in their teens (a stage I am long past) figuring themselves and their place in an increasingly anti-trans political climate out, so I’m very glad it exists. It just wasn’t particularly groundbreaking, and wasn’t particularly up my alley. Which is kind of what I expected, but I am disappointed that I didn’t enjoy it more as a nonbinary person who loves story deconstructions, fantasy, and animation

#nimona critical #nimona spoilers

[semper-legens]

125. Nimona, by ND Stevenson

Owned: No, library Page count: 256 My summary: Notorious villain Ballister Blackheart wants to strike a blow at the Institution who failed him so many years ago. He's logical, precise, efficient...so when anarchic shapeshifter Nimona appears on the scene, he's thrown into disarray. When the pair of them discover an Institute conspiracy, they have to scramble to protect the world. But what else will they uncover in their search for the truth? And will they both survive it? My rating: 5/5 My commentary:

Nimona! After the movie came out, it seemed like a lot of people were suddenly getting back into Nimona, which I 100% endorse. I read this a while ago, it was (highly!) recommended by a friend, and I devoured it in one sitting, if memory holds. That was a good few years ago, though, and in the intervening time I had forgotten most of the story, so when I saw it drift through the library I couldn't resist picking it up for myself. And then going out and buying a copy. Turns out this book is really good, who knew?

I just love the dynamic between our two main characters here. Nimona is a spunky girl, naturally anti-authoritarian and punky, with a crude sense of humour and a tendency towards ruthlessness. She just appears to Ballister Blackheart, local Villain who is working to take down the oppressive Institution, who has a strict sense of justice and moral code. Naturally, despite their common goals, they are at odds as to method. Blackheart is exactly my favourite kind of character - an angsty man who is doing what he believes to be just and right despite the entire world being against him. Also he's totally in love with the Institute's Hero, Ambrosius Goldenloin. And Nimona is just anarchic and chaotic, totally willing to cut that Gordian knot and get down to brass tacks. She's really fun to read, and their dynamic as a pairing, with Blackheart slowly learning to like her and Nimona almost becoming more domestic in his presence, is very cute. Their arc is well-earned, and despite it being heartbreaking I really like that Nimona just straight-up disappears at the end. This isn't the kind of world where characters get neat happy endings tied up in a bow, and it would have felt disingenuous to include something like that. Nevertheless, the ending feels satisfying, and that's always great to see.

Meanwhile, the other reason this story is cool - it's very, very easy to read as a queer metaphor. See, Nimona's a shapeshifter, and doesn't really have a default form so much. She's a raging monster or dragon just as much as she's a cat, or a human. The fact that ND Stevenson is himself trans makes this way more interesting. Bodies being fluid, that identity shifting constantly and being perceived as monstrous by an oppressive authority, becoming the monster because that's all anyone has ever expected of you, the definitely-gay Ballister going from perceiving himself as a Villain to a Hero, Ballister being cast out because he's not as palatable a hero as the golden-haired Goldenloin, the Institute being the ones to break up Ballister and Goldenloin's relationship initially…there's so much going on here with gender and sexuality, and it's absolutely delicious. And yet, it's never preachy with it. The metaphor is present, and it's not particularly hidden, but it's never so explicit to feel glaring or out of place. It's very well-done, and I have to commend Stevenson for it!

Next up, back to 1800s America, and a Black community struggling to survive.

#Nimona #ND Stevenson #bookblr #book blog #book blogging #5

[bazzybelle]

Current Tag Game

Thanks for the tag, @phinofthestorm @windsweptinred and @mentallyinvernation

Current time: 11:17 AM

Current mood: Honestly, emotionally drained. It's been a week.

Current activity: Answering this questionnaire, listening to Speak Now (Taylor's Version), procrastinating cleaning my house.

Currently thinking about: That's a loaded question my friend...Let's see: My rabbit's food intake (he's had a VERY rough week), cleaning the house, my WIPs...

Current Obsession: In general, definitely Sandman. I had wanted to read this comic series for years (since meeting my husband in 2012), but it's a very heavy series. Essentially, I wasn't in the right headspace to dive into Sandman's many existential themes, until 2020. So I listened to the Audiobooks and feel deeply into the lore and the characters and the amazing world building. Then the Netflix show came out last year and Dreamling became a Thing.... Yeah sorry, I'm stuck here.

On a smaller note... I'm way too currently obsessed with how much Hades is eating and pooping. He was in GI Stasis on Tuesday and we almost lost him. It's been... it's been rough over here. He's ok. Death is a mug's game for him apparently. But now husband and I are just obsessively checking his food intake and how much he's pooping while he recovers.

Current favourite song: The same one it's been for like the last decade. Dreams by Fleetwood Mac.

Currently reading: Dreamling fics (specifically You create me against your lips by @delta-pavonis) (GUYS... THIS FIC!) (no but seriously... it's SO GOOD, and the art by @teejaystumbles makes me feral).

I also bought this beautiful Jane Austen anthology, so I'm making my way through it (currently reading the intro/biography).

Currently watching: I got Disney+ recently and it's got BOTH Boy Meets World and Criminal Minds so... randomly watching eps from both shows.

The next shows I'm planning on watching are Silo and I wanna watch Nimona.

Current favorite character: Hob Gadling from Sandman. He's just SUCH a guy. I already liked him a whole lot from the comics, before Ferdinand Kingsley rocked on up all "yes, but what if you loved him MORE?"

Not only do I love Hob's zest for life and hunger for everything, I love what he represents. He's the Human Everyman in a story about eldritch beings and supernatural magical beings. Hob's just there loving life. On the other hand, he is also the representation on what it means to be human. He is NOT a good man, but he keeps trying to be. Like humanity, he keeps trying to be better and to learn. Like humanity, he strives to grow and experience. He serves as a grounding presence for the otherwordly beings we meet in The Sandman series.

I dunno... I just think he's pretty neat.

Current WIPs: Oh God... Ok... so... I've got two in my Carry On list (Youth Without Youth and No One To Save) and three in my Sandman list (Hob Hanahaki, Reincarnation AU, and Grey's Anatomy AU). I also have a Renaissance/Queer coming out novel that I've been plotting out.

Tagging (no pressure): @carryonsimoncarryonbaz, @amywaterwings, @ninemagicks, @namistrella, @aroace-genderfluid-sheep, @wellbelesbian, @yellobb, @tryan-a-bex, @artsyunderstudy, @facewithoutheart, @stardustasincocaine, @blackberrysummerblog, @ivelovedhimthroughworse and @forabeatofadrum

#belle babbles #current things #tag game

[midnights-dragon]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Thank you so much for tagging me @zyrafowe-sny!! No pressure tags: @raining-stars-somewhere-else @kestrel-wylde @sir-ballister-boldheart @sarcastictissy @enigma-the-mysterious @kowalskiology101 @just-a-music-and-poetry-lover @fellshish @actual-changeling and anyone else who sees/wants to join, god i need more fanfic writer mutuals-

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Currently 144, most of which are one-shots but my amount of multi-chapter fics has been increasing lately. They're fun!

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

666,595 words.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

At the moment, Good Omens is my main, but other fandoms I've written a LOT for are The Owl House, Modern Family, Nimona, and Puss in Boots. I've written a lot of one-off stories for different fandoms all across the board, such as Loki, Spider-Man ATSV, Heartstopper, and The Umbrella Academy.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

into the light of the dark black night (Nimona) which also had a work inspired by it here, The Child Soldier (TOH) which is also my second most read fic, learning to love again (Nimona), bloodshed crimson clover (Nimona), and shackled conscience (TOH)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do, every time!! I love comments and I think that responding to them even it's something as simple as a thank-you and a heart encourages readers to comment more! I love my readers and want them to know that they are appreciated.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Probably a ventfic I wrote about Barney from Dead End: Paranormal Park, but for a more general one, but i might be hopin' about this (oh, what a sin) (Good Omens), which I actually originally wrote to be exclusively a Tumblr thing but it expanded to the point that I figured I might as well post it, haha.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I mean, I've written WAY too many fluff stories of Modern Family, so a lottt of those, but also That Lovely Autumn Serenade (The Owl House) really sticks out to me, it's one of the first pieces I did for Huntlow and probably the first all-fluff piece I did, and I went back and edited it late last year. It's cute!

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I have, actually! Several times. I've been told that I write relationships to be too codependent in stories where said codependence is always addressed as being unhealthy and is corrected into a healthier dynamic. I've been told that diagnosing someone with ASD in 2007 is ableist because the term ASD wasn't used by the DSM at the time, something that is entirely false. I have been told that the power set I gave to a god-tier-level-of-power character was wrong, and told that I should delete my entire fic because it was so wrong - which it was not. I've also gotten bots on my fics before!

I find it all quite amusing. Especially the ASD person because I responded with a multiple-paragraph explanation of the DSM's system of diagnosing in 2007 that I had researched for the fic in question. They, of course, never responded.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Absolutely I do. Most of it is kept private in the very depths of my google docs, but I have uploaded a few, all M/M and usually very praise kink-oriented. I have also uploaded 2 anonymously. guard thy mouth, thy serpent’s tongue (Good Omens) is both my favorite and most recent.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Nope, no crossovers, but I've definitely gotten inspiration from other media, such as the play Orestes and the episode Save the Cat from SPOP most notably.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I have! how did you two meet? (Puss in Boots) has been translated into Russian!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I have not.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Currently, it's absolutely Ineffable Husbands (Aziraphale x Crowley, Good Omens), and I have written nearly 150,000 words already for them in the short few months I've been in the fandom, all of which can be found here.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Askdjskdjkhfgh I have so many unfinished Modern Family fics since I fell out of that hyperfixation,,, but other than that I don't really have many unfinished fics that aren't smut that are my private Thoughts. I do have an old OLD Raeda fic that I found recently that I might finish just because I LOVE the TOH fandom, and writing for it was always so fun because the readers are very interactive and kind, but! We shall see. It's .... not very good.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue for sure, and I'm also very good at writing gory scenes and descriptions in general, as long as I don't get long-winded about it. I actually once wrote a little 'lesson' on dialogue and how to write it for a friend, and if you might find that helpful, feel free to check it out here. I'm also great at not getting too worked up over the imperfections of the first draft.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

ENDINGS. Fucking endings, Jesus Christ I cannot write endings. Also descriptions, I get way too strung out on them and then they go on forever and never stop. Also using way too many commas and dashes; I get way too obsessed with how things look and not how it reads.

Also also - titles. Summaries. Fuuuucking tags. Titles.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I've used bits of Spanish in my fics for TOH and PIB, but I always run it through a reliable translator (DeepL) and then add a note giving 1) the translations and 2) telling anyone who speaks the language to PLEASE correct me on anything, which people often do!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

The Lucifer fandom, way back in 2021! I wrote a redemption arc story for Michael. I edited it in full (rewrote it, really) last year because I will be completely honest, it was garbage. But I enjoyed that story and it's still my most read to this day.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

I have several, actually.

brought by the sunlight of the spirit (to pour into rain) (Good Omens) - if you do read this one, it can be VERY VERY VERY TRIGGERING, so take care. It's a heavy story, but one that was very cathartic for me. The premise is Crowley being tortured in the worst way by Hell, and Aziraphale helping to 'fix' what Crowley thinks is so broken.

Pull Up the Ladder When the Flood Comes (Good Omens) - Crawley saving children in Mesopotamia, and Aziraphale coming to his aid while struggling with immense religious trauma. Another one that was extremely cathartic for me, which is why I hold it so near and dear.

Butterfly Tattoo (Modern Family) - also can be VERY triggering (there's a common theme here, isn't there?), this is an AU story where Mitchell runs away in 1989 and struggles for a long time before coming to be happy and to love himself, and the story follows him as he reunites with his sister and father after 20 years of no contact. I did an inane amount of research for this fic and it's the longest I've ever written, clocking at around 50,000 words.

shackled conscience (TOH) - again, trigger-heavy. Pre-s2 Darius stumbles across Hunter bleeding out in the castle and tries taking care of him. Not a happy ending story, but there are a couple of brief sweet exchanges between the two.

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[byebyelemonpie]

byebyelemonpie's july 2023 recommendations

My july top 5 movies:

Nimona (2023, dir: Troy Quane, Nick Bruno) [First time watch] Nimona is a shapeshifter who wants to be an evil sidekick. This premise is already brilliant, but this movie adds to it a lot of love, acceptance and so many feelings that made me cry a lot, and it suddenly became one of my favourite movies of the year. Add to this wonderful animation and really funny sequences: genuinely a perfect movie. -

Rye Lane (2023, dir: Raine Allen-Miller) [First time watch] This was cute and fun! A very nice indie British romcom that is mostly set over the course of one day. Almost like Before Sunrise, but with more messy situations and, maybe, lies? -

Fire Island (2022, dir: Andrew Ahn) [First time watch] Five guys spend a week at a gay retreat on an island: will they find love? I still cannot get over how this movie is a queer version of Pride and Prejudice. I loved how clever it was at translating the story in a more modern (and more gay?) setting and I loved how well the characters were developed. -

Barbie (2023, dir: Greta Gerwig) [First time watch] My goodness, this was just a fun movie! The photography and direction were perfect in composing this story about the dolls most people grew up with. It was fun and lighthearted (the songs sung by the Kens were hilarious), but it was also a thoughtful piece of media talking about feminism and inequality, and the fact that not everybody knows what their place in the world is, but just being there is (K)enough. Just lovely. -

Another Cinderella Story (2008, dir: Damon Santostefano) [Rewatch after twelve years] This was a blast from the past! Sometimes I still hum to myself Tell Me Something I Don't Know, but rewatching the movie it came from was an experience. Recently I had also rewatched the Hilary Duff Cinderella Story, but I found the Selena Gomez one a bit more fun: maybe the dances and the songs made it feel less long? I'm not sure.

Favourite series in july:

Good Omens - season 2 (UK/USA, 2023) [First time watch] Aziraphale and Crowley need to take care of an Archangel with amnesia, make two women fall in love, and reminisce of their history together while not talking about any of that at all. Binge-watching this show is always tragic, because sure! I want to see my favourite supernatural entities do things and interact and fall for each other a little, but once I arrive at the last episode wide-eyed and speechless (actually in my notebook I wrote "Shaking Crying Screaming", but who's counting), what am I supposed to do to wait for the fated conclusion except re-re-re-re-rewatch the whole thing again? -

Little Women (South Korea, 2022) [First time watch] This is the story of three sisters who are poor and try to live in a rich world. What could happen if they found each other involved with rich people and join a long string of suicides, murders, money laundering, and political scandals? The three will have to investigate in the name of justice and to protect their family from the privilege and power that people who are richer than them have. It was very hard to watch the first episodes of this series: they were so heavy that I couldn't get through more than one of them without a headache, so watching this whole thing took me months, but I was fond of the characters and the cinematography being stunning were great incentive not to drop the series at all. -

3 Will Be Free (Thailand, 2019) [First time watch] Three people find themselves inside a mob family affair and they try to escape, while getting to know and growing fond of each other. I loved the characters!! The three main character were very easy to like, from an audience perspective, but I found myself rooting for Mae most of all: she was the best character of the show, in my opinion. -

Abbott Elementary - season 2 (USA, 2022/23) [First time watch] As usual, this sitcom brings me laughter and happiness, and makes me think fondly of my time as a kindergarten teacher (which ended last May). The situations these characters find themselves in as usual are blown out of proportion and their response to them is always hilarious, but the fact that they could happen is very realistic and fighting for the right to a free education for all is very important. I hope that after the Writers and Actors' Strike this show will continue, because it is lovely, and one of the few US sitcoms from recent years that I enjoyed watching.

[byebyelemonpie's 2023 recs]

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[madlad-sadgal]

Finally, a Nimona-centric user! I’ve seen some accounts that sometimes post about Nimona, but this is one of the first I’ve seen that, like, 98% is just this masterpiece of a film! Also, thank you for such hyper fixating analyses on the smallest details! Glad to see someone else is completely normal about goofy cartoons filled with silly jokes for kids!

Btw, who is your favorite character? Mine is Ambrosius! His Arm-Chopping rant gets me every time!

Actually, when I first made a tumblr account, it was just because I wanted to be able to like all the Nimona stuff there was! Also thank you for the attention you've been giving my account!

As for the hyper fixation bit, I tend to do that! When I first watched the film, I was mostly fixated on the story and the plot, as well as the meaning of it, but after rewatching it a few times, I kept noticing a bunch of little stuff, and I just had to put them somewhere

AMBROSIUS IS ALSO MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER! I just find him so relatable! The pressure from his peers and the public being a lot, him not wanting all this glory that's brought on with Gloreth's legacy. And also just him ranting in his mind and keeping everything bottled up, just saying "I'm fine" and moving on. But yeah, injsut find him relatable. (he's also a great source of angst).

#nimona #nimona movie #ambrosius goldenloin #nimona 2023 #nimona netflix

[chimeofthecomet]

4, 14, 19, and 25 for the end of year asks !!

HIIII ION hope youre doin good c:

4 - movie of the year?

ok loveeee movies and without divulging into surrealist stick figure stuff i’d say another i loved wassss nimona !!! animated, lgbt, found family story, im HOOKED

14 - favourite book you read this year?

theres a lot of books i Started this year and kind of forgot about but one that i read the whole of in a sitting was this really sweet graphic novel i got (on the trip down for newsies !!) called “ the girl from the sea “ which was a girls selkie love story which. i was ALL OVER and fueled selkie au in my mind and altogether was a really cute read :3 Unfortunately the books now water damaged which is kind of fitting

19 - what are you excited about for next year?

Ouoououhh !! next year i’ll be going to university which is the craziest and scariest thing on my mind,, gonna meet new people gonna live on my own,, the ball is rolling up,, a year from now things will be very different but they will be good. ALSO SEEING HADESTOWN YIPPEEEEEEE

25 - did you create any characters this year?

this has made me realise i think abt my ocs all the time but i Literally have like three or four in total. This year ive been re-doing the ref sheet ( and still working on it im Slow ) for my baby darling beloved girlie esther,, figured out more story for her through daydreaming at night so basically im plopping this sad deer girl into a little village and shoving found family and love and girlfrienb into her via bakery :3

#asks #ocs

[nerdypixel]

FAVOURITE MOVIE GO

Ah thank you for the ask ❤️❤️❤️

Favorite movie... Oh god... I don't really watch movies all that often.

I think I'll go with Nimona or The Mitchells against the Machines, because those are the first ones that pop into my head.

Maybe "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel" which is an old Cinderella movie I love to rewatch around Christmas. It's very different to the American version, as it is based on the Czech version of the fairytail.

Don't get me wrong, I love drama and other stuff as well, but movies is more of a feel good short time thing. Mostly too short of a time to get a really good story.

Oh wait, Lord of the rings lol.

#ask #answer #trick or treat

[shinra-makonoid]

To anon m/m fiction:

Tumblr is very dumb, I had an anon asking for m/m fiction and I started a reply, saved it up in my draft then mistakenly queued it, then erased it because for some reason I couldn't edit it, and now the anon ask is gone... wtf.

So my reply to the anon asking about m/m fiction: I think about it but it's difficult because I know great stories that feature m/m but I'm not sure it makes them great m/m fictions you see? Like I think those are different and I'm not 100% what you're exactly looking for.

- Recently I started The Fall of the House of Usher and it features diverse LGBT people without it being a trope nor used as a narrative tool. so this is not a m/m fiction to me, but it is a good story featuring at least one m/m couple, another being mentioned, and some poly pairings. It's very dark and gore though so you gotta like that too. You can't imagine the relief that it is for me to see people being LGBT or poly and it not being a big deal at all.

- On the other hand, while I love Our Flag Means Death because it is funny and shows at least two adorable m/m couples, mention a few m/m pairings. I wouldn't call it "story featuring m/m couple" in that case I'd call it m/m fiction. The emphasis on the couples is very heavy and is a main narrative item during the TV show.

- Nimona, the animation has a m/m pairing but it's not a main narrative element, so I'd say this is a fiction featuring m/m couple.

- One of my favourite TV shows of all time is "Please Like Me" which is an Australian show about a guy who has a girlfriend but comes out as gay. It's more like a TV show featuring m/m because it talks about a lot of stuff like suicide, mental health, relationship abuse, abortion, divorce etc. The main character is a bit mean though and I saw it could make people have a hard time, I think he's just a weirdo. It doesn't portray sex or relationship as this perfect idea, it's a lot of weirdness and uncomfortableness but I think it's very realistic in its depiction, no homophobia in it from that I can remember.

There are a couple of movies I know that I went to see at the theater that seemed like they can be categorized as are m/m fiction:

- God's Own Country, a farmer boy working all day meets a hot guy and develops feelings. It's really... Gay. And sometimes a bit strange imo, it's not really romantic from what I recall (it's been a while). I didn't get a lot of attachment to the characters.

- Call me By Your Name, who is again very gay, though it feels more romance-y to me. Some people have a hard time with it because the main couple has a huge age difference. I love the songs in it. It's a movie in which you take your time, it bored me a little bit.

- My favourite of the bunch which is The Happy Prince, a biopic about Oscar Wilde. I don't remember anything about the movie, only that it moved me profoundly. It's dramatic, sad, lots of homophobia. It's more sensitive, dark and sentimental than the other two imo, which is probably why I prefer it. I need to watch it again. I took the opportunity to find back what was the name because I couldn't remember it. Not sure if that's what you'd desire to watch though.

Then I could go on video games but I feel like it's not the same especially if you wanna figure out if it's your jam or not.

Anyway hope that helps somehow a little bit? I hope at least one makes you think it is a good one. There are a few others that exist like Love Simon or Heartstopper but I feel like it's not adult enough, it's cute though.

Thanks for the ask, even though Tumblr ate it!

#anon #ask

[the---hermit]

some of my favourite books of 2023

I decided to put together a list of some of my favourite books of 2023. I'll write a couple of lines for each one, and leave the link to my full review as usual in case you want to read a bit more of my thoughts. The list is in no particular order, and I did not include any rereads I did during the year.

Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and the locked tomb series

I finally read this series and absolutely fell in love with it. Gtn was surely my favourite out of the three. I had an amazing reading experience. I didn't know what to expect and I was pleasently surprised by the very funny narration. It got into my favourites right away, and I cannot wait to reread it this year. (it's too complicated for me to describe the chaos that this series is so all you get is my general feels)

My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Kabi Nagata

This is a manga about the author's personal experience dealing with her sexuality and depression. It was an incredible read, I was not expecting to get as emotional as I did. It was a stunning book that felt incredibly honest, and I am so glad I read it because it had a huge emotional impact on me.

The Priory Of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

I think this is the book with which I had the best reading experience this year. I remember being intimidated firstly by the size of this brick of a book and then at the very beginning by the world I knew nothing about, but I got into the story so quickly. I remeber struggling putting the book down both in the evening and in the mornings, to the point where I had to run to my bus stop to commute to uni, because I spent too much time reading this novel. I adored it, it made me fall in love again with epic fantasy. I also think this could be a great starting point to the genre for people who don't read much fantasy.

A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers

This book went straight to be pile of my annual rereads. It was such a comforting read I feel at peace just thinking about it. This is the core of falling love with life again by focusing on the small things, and I am so grateful for this book. I have yet to pick up the sequel but even on its own this is a book you need to read.

Il Satiro Scientifico: Riprodursi Male curated by Barbascura X

This is a collection of short non fiction about reproduction exposed in a lighter tone with the goal of making science more approachable for a larger audience. It was amazing. It made me feel so motivated to pick up more non fiction that is not academia-related. I learned so much, it was a great note to end the year on.

honorable mentions:

The Sandman vol.11 - Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman in particular the short story about Dream. I have been thinking about that story non stop since I read it. It made me feel so emtional over a detail, I loved it. It's one of my favourite Neil Gaiman's ideas.

Nimona by ND Stevenson - I am one of those people who found out about this graphic novel after the movie came out and I loved it. I am still to this day making jokes related to this with my brother, it was one of my favourite graphic novels of the year.

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang - I decided to include this book mostly because I had a great reading experience with it. I was at the seaside, and I had the chance to fully immerse myself into this novel and overall had an amzing time with it.

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White - I have been thinking about this book so much ever since I read it. From now on if someone asks me a ya rec this is the book they will get. It was an amzing mix of dystopia and horror, and the themes of religious trauma and queer rage were used amazingly. It actually left me wanting to read more about queer rage.

De Profundis by Oscar Wilde - yet another book I keep thinking about. And the more I think about this book the more I fall in love with it, it might even be my favourite Wilde I have read to this point. It was not a light read, it was very emotional but I am so glad I finally picked it up.

#2023 book favourites #bookblr #booklr #book favourites #book recs #book reviews #book recommendation #reading #mine #the---hermit #just after rereading the books I included in this list i realized this was a very queer reading year

[agentstovring]

💛Smoshblr December Asks Day 23💙

What are your top 3 favourite books (/comics/manga/poems/etc...) and/or top 3 you would recommend to others?

Oh, here we go, we're in my house now! (Obligatory "I could never choose just three" disclaimer here)

Microserfs by Douglas Coupland - I love the way Coupland writes, and this is my favorite of his fiction novels. It follows a group of programmers who leave their safe jobs at Microsoft to risk at all for their own start-up. It's funny, sweet, and very nerdy. (Other gems by this author: Generation X; JPOD; The Gum Thief)

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - I'm obsessed with the story of Achilles and Patrocles, and this retelling still far exceeded my expectations. It's beautiful, epic, and impossibly tender. It's the first and only book that's ever made me audibly sob.

Nimona by ND Stevenson - Stevenson started Nimona right here on tumblr, when they were an art student! The comic follows Nimona who wishes to become a villain's henchman, and Ballister Blackheart, the "villain" in question. This comic is full of heart, it's hilarious, and I'm forever in love with Stevenson's art style.

And now, I hope you're warmed up, because I'm about to rec you. (I'm sorry, that's very sexual; forget that part.)

I put recommendations under the cut, please check them out!

ALSO, if you like quizzes, I have a uquiz where I recommend you books based on your answers! You can find it here; and my ask is open if you wanna talk about your result :)

Thank you for asking!

I obviously recommend my three favorites listed in this ask, but I also recognize that they're not for everyone, so here are three others:

If you like comic books and feminist history, I recommend "Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World" by Pénélope Bagieu A collection of short comics about iconic women who have left their mark on the world throughout history. Gorgeous art style, factual history, and a lot of humor. (Translated into over a dozen languages, in case English is not your favorite; I read it in Danish myself)

If you like classics, but not the 'fancy ladies talking about marriage while needlepointing' kind of classic, I recommend "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas You're probably at least somewhat familiar, but just in case: The young d'Artagnan goes to Paris to become a musketeer, joining forces with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis in their efforts to take down the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu. The writing style is surprisingly modern, making it more readable than many classics of the time; and it's dramatic, swashbuckler-y, and fun.

If you think horror and comedy go hand in hand, I recommend "John Dies at the End" by Jason Pargin/David Wong John and Dave are slackers all but sleepwalking through life in their small town; until they do a mysterious drug at a house party and gain the ability to see the supernatural. Turns out their sleepy town is chockful of horrific creatures, and now that John and Dave can see them, they're putting up a fight. It's a genuinely funny read, but it also scares the shit out of me. And it's a series! There are 4 books in total, so far; in my opinion, each one is scarier than the one before.

#ask #replies #books #literature #wallpaper-inside-my-heart

[mtngh0ul]

𝙿𝙴𝙾𝙿𝙻𝙴 𝙸'𝙳 𝙻𝙸𝙺𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙺𝙽𝙾𝚆 𝙱𝙴𝚃𝚃𝙴𝚁 !

favourite colours: red. i love red. i am also partial to green, some blues, and even though it's not a colour, black. most of my characters are themed around the colour red, actually, which makes mtn such an outlier in comparison lmao. it's ok tho, i fucking love my greens too! favourite genres: sci-fi and fantasy have always had my heart. oh, and historical stuff. the sci-fi thing has been sticking with me since i was little bc of stuff like jak & dexter and ratchet & clank, fantasy kinda started with this ps2 final fantasy game i have vague memories of + spyro, and historical stuff is traced back to assassin's creed and even god of war. and some western game. that's not even mentioning movies and stuff LMAO i live for these genres so much. favourite music: rock is EASILY the top for me. the artist most consistently in my top bands on spotify is linkin park, and that's because i was literally raised on that music. along with bon jovi, guns n roses, evanescence, nickelback... also no surprise that ghost just hits the Right Spot with their music, but my reigning artist this year was starset. and RIGHTFULLY SO. sci-fi electronic rock has been my absolute fucking jam and devolution has been on repeat. funny enough, my second type of music is pop, though i think that's mostly lady gaga... and then synthwave has been my more "unpopular" favourite genre. favourite films: ooh this is a tricky one... but one of my all-time top films is the original blade runner. i love dystopian futurism with all my heart, and i even read the short story it's based off of (do androids dream of electric sheep)! i also loved captain america the first avenger (periodic piece technically), aliens (SPECIFICALLY the second one), hellraiser up to three, the greatest showman, deadpool, inception, and uhhhh... yeah. most of my favoured fantasy things are game based. favourite series: ahem. westworld, altered carbon, dragon age: absolution, the legend of vox machina, house of the dragon... there's been a few. and look, listen, westworld was legit the first one i thought of because it was fucking AWESOME. getting my head around the first season was a nightmare, but it was so worth it because it has similar premises to blade runner and it's also meant to be in a world that mirrors the wild west? loved it. altered carbon gave me my sci-fi dystopian fix with some phenomenal storytelling imo, dragon age absolution may have been messy but the games have been a safe haven for me for SO LONG, and vox machina had me losing my mind. i watched it with my mother. (and i was thoroughly more entertained by hotd vs. got. thanks aleera!) last song: last song was talking in your sleep by the romantics, currently is square hammer by ghost! last series: i believe it was prehistoric planet with aleera! last movie: i think i sat down to watch nimona with aleera because she hadn't seen it before. i'm... pretty sure. i don't actually watch movies often anymore. currently reading: LMAO i don't read. oops. currently watching: not really anything, besides some youtube stuff. i haven't thought about picking up something new to watch.

tagged by: @divinehr ! thank u nerd tagging: ummm u

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