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I ACTUALLY SOBBED AT THIS /SRS.
!!NIMONA SPOILERS!!
THE WAY BALLISTER BURIES HIS HEAD INTO AMBROSIUS...... I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
Perhaps my biggest issue with Zootopia was that despite focusing on issues of racism and prejudice, I always felt like it only did so in a superficial and barebones way. And this issue became harder to ignore after watching Nimona.
The racism within the world of Zootopia is less of a formidable obstacle and more just a mere hurdle on the track that just quickly jumped over. The biggest example of this problem is with the film's "main antagonist," Mayor Bellwether. Aside from being a crappy twist villain, we never see the effects she has had while she was in power, effects such as policies, laws, or other systemic powers she could've wielded to malign and oppress the predators of Zootopia.
But the way Nimona tackles the subject of prejudice just completely puts Zootopia to shame. For Nimona (the character), the malice she experiences is not some mere bump in the road, it's a suffocating presence that surrounds her on every side, one that she has to endure on a constant basis. Whereas the supremacism in Zootopia was this mere stomachache that fades as soon as it appears, in Nimona, it's this all-consuming cancer that infects every corner of society from government to law enforcement, to goshdarn cereal ads. And not only that but this culture of supremacism is also accepted by almost everyone in said society, much of the time without them even asking themselves why they're accepting it.
Many have argued that you shouldn't go too hard on Zootopia's social commentary because "it's only a kid's movie," but after seeing Nimona tackle the same subject with far more depth and nuance, I can't help but ask: "what's Zootopia's excuse?"
One thing I want to point out about nimona is that it captures tenderness in such a visceral way that I haven’t really seen in 3D animation before? Like the way the characters curl into each other and melt makes me go INSANE
![Nimona, looking devious and pointing at her phone, says, "Watch this, I'm going to show this meme to Ballister."
The meme on her phone says:
[me showing my mom a funny meme.
My mom:
Then there is an image of Pooh Bear squinting in a grandpa-like 'I dont understand what this says' kind of way at a piece of paper.]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/aa041a7a433d510bc80d115a099010f0/62e43daa41a8b646-60/s500x750/e4a776824c9e0d823be9aba755e10e459bf13cdf.jpg)
I really wish Ballister wore his grandpa glasses in the movie.
edit. He should have worn them MORE
don’t be fooled he actually loves his 1000 year old eldritch being daughter a lot
this is the end
hold your breath and count to ten
feel the earth move and then
hear my heart burst again
![[ID: A drawing of Ballister Boldheart from Nimona 2023. He's crying and holding up a thumbs up as blood gushes from his severed arm. Beside him is text reading "Tis' but a scratch." /end ID]
[Plain text: Tis but a scratch! /end PT](https://64.media.tumblr.com/c9300b15a5dce4281a1376f9306066ed/606253e9cc1d738f-ab/s500x750/fab67287445810a1a8ce189c832f3443acf04292.png)
Red string of fate au with Ambrosious and Ballister where the arm that ambrosious cuts off is the one their string is attatched to and now ambrosious has to go through the emotions of the fact he cut off his way of knowing where ballister is and if he’s alright and annanzhxhabhdxhgzgs
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