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here’s a mini Goldenheart comic because these two have been on my mind recently
Akira x Hikaru x Yuki from Hikaru No Go
Ambrosius x Ballister from Nimona
Hisako x Erina from Shokugeki No Soma
Rio x Anzu x Riri from Romantic Killer
baby i fall in love again come every summertime
my personal HC
i keep seeing (hopefully mostly unintentional) whitewashed fanart of Ballister from the Nimona movie and i’d just like to remind any white people who may be doing fanart -
Ballister being brown is a very important part of the film. i know his skin is much lighter in the graphic novel, but as a brown person who watched the film it’s pretty obvious that they cast a Pakistani man to play him because on top of being a trans allegory, it’s also an allegory for racism. it’s intrinsic to the story told in the film.
same thing with Ambrosius being Korean. the story being told with the casting of Riz Ahmed as Ballister and Eugene Lee Yang as Ambrosius is of a brown man being framed to keep the power in the hands of white people, and of those in power using east asians (see: the model minority myth) to prop up white supremacy.
i could go on but i think you get the point. all that to say - the color of Ballister’s skin wasn’t just a choice made in passing to make the cast more diverse. same with Ambrosius. please make sure you’re representing that in your art.
AO3 is back up but I’m still writing Nimona headcanons
I feel like the main trio are all really bad at taking care of themselves
Nimona can go a long time without eating drinking or sleeping so it’s really easy for her to fall into a pattern of not taking care of herself until she’s sluggish and snappy
At first it was really hard for the boys to distinguish her food withdrawals from her normal chaos
When they do figure it out they make sure she eats and drinks at least once a day even if it small
It took a minute for her to adapt to this because she views taking care of herself as a hobby
But after a while she realizes that they’re just looking out for her so she goes along with it
Every once and a while Bal gets hyper-fixated on certain projects which causes him to forget to eat and sleep
Nimona once asked Ambrosius why he doesn’t do anything to stop these habits to which he responded “Oh believe me Nim I’ve tried it’s better to just let him get it out of his system”
Nimona still didn’t understand this and tried to force Bal to get up and take care of himself
Which just ended with Nimona being on the other side of a verbal thrashing and then quickly shoved out of Bal’s workspace
Ambrosius didn’t even bat an eye
Just walked around Nimona into the room with some food and water and then quickly left him alone
After that Nimona started to leave Bal snacks and pillows in his workshop when he eventually crashed
(And occasionally carrying him to his room when Ambrosius was too tired to carry him)
Bal also forgets to charge his arm
So it’s not uncommon for his arm to die and stay locked in that position
One time Ambrosius walked into the kitchen to find Bal hunched in an awkward position over his coffee and he didn’t flinch
Just gave him a straw and a kiss on his head before he left for work
Another time Nimona walked into the living room to find them cuddled on the couch
And they start their normal rant of “Ew gross get a room”
To which Ambrosius replied “I would if I could Nim”
She was quietly informed that Bal fell asleep and his arm died shortly after and Ambrosius has been stuck like this for hours waiting for Bal to wake up
Nimona laughed so hard they almost woke Bal up
They started storing chargers all around the house after that
So I have a headcanon that I kind of hinted at in my other post
But I’m fully convinced that Ambrosius’ shoulder is fucked after the movie (he also has scars because I said so)
Because no way in hell can this man take a blast like that to his shoulder and walk away perfectly fine
Nah that man will be doing PT exercises for the rest of his life
And this dork forgets to do his exercises until he’s literally on the floor writhing in pain
Bal has tried just about everything to get him to remember
He’ll leave notes around the house, he’ll remind him before he leaves for work, writing it into his workout routine
Nimona told him “Boss you’re being too soft” and quickly switched tactics
Now you might be wondering what method Nimona used and that’s simple he started blackmailing Ambrosius
Nimona started to warn Ambrosius “If you don’t do your exercises I’ll tell boss what happened to the last slice of cake” or “I’ll release the video of you singing at the top of your lungs while cleaning the house”
And the stupid thing is it worked
Ambrosius always says shit like “I should have left you in that box on the side of the road” to which Nimona responds with “Nah you’d miss me too much”
He also had a bad habit of getting sucked into little projects like trying to rebuild the city and fixing all the brainwashing that’s been going on since the institute was created
You know small tasks for one person
And this dork will stay locked in his office until Nimona and Bal drag his overdramatic ass out
He always makes a big deal about it too screaming shit like “Oh please help me the heroes of the realm are kidnapping me an innocent bystander while I was simply doing my job!”
I feel like Bal and Ambrosius have a lot of nicknames for Nimona “Nim” is the most common
“Hun” and “kid” are used a couple of times but not nearly as often as the weird ones
Like “tornado” “tsunami” “hurricane” and “forest fire”
And if we’re getting really sappy “starlight”
Now if you’re wondering where this one came from I’ll tell you
When Bal and Ambrosius were little beans Bal called Ambrosius “sunshine”
It was supposed to be ironic but after that he started calling Bal “moonbeam”
And Ambrosius jokes that Nimona completes their little astronomy shtick
She pretended to be grossed out and lets Bal hug her and Bal and Ambrosius pretended not to notice the tears on Bals shirt
got mermaids on my mind
JSHDJKSHDJSHJKD
WATCHHHHH NIIIMOOOOONAAAAAAAAAAAAAA God they all are so nice and dorky and auudgsasaherrrrrrrrrrrrrr my babies. They all kinda have a gay uncle swag (yeah, Nimona included)
Hi, yes. Guess who forgot to post the sketches until now.
Me
Anyways. Yes.
Nimona AU. Lots of potential for whoever you wanna toss into the roles. I started with Jango/Obi-wan (I may doodle more, but y'never know.)
If you want to scream at me over au ideas, please do. I will make a disc if prompted just for this. (Maybe)
If you look at the tags... :)
Allow me to explain my thoughts process:
The Queen King
Qui-gon Jinn or Jaster (depending who's Bal and Ambros)
The Director and Todd
Palps looks weird as hell as always.
Todd... Tarkin.. Toddkin... Tarodd..
Whatever, these two can kiss my shebs.
Ballister/Ambrosius - Obi-wan
You know at some point in negotiations he's made the face.
Ballister/Ambrosius - Jango
I was lazy also screw armor. Only one doodle.
Got stuck on Nimona, but (s)Maul was definitely an idea for sillies. Dunno. Could be Anakin, or anyone. Go wild. Hand didn't want to draw human Maul.
Hi, yes. Guess who forgot to post the sketches until now.
Me
Anyways. Yes.
Nimona AU. Lots of potential for whoever you wanna toss into the roles. I started with Jango/Obi-wan (I may doodle more, but y'never know.)
If you want to scream at me over au ideas, please do. I will make a disc if prompted just for this. (Maybe)
If you look at the tags... :)
Allow me to explain my thoughts process:
The Queen King
Qui-gon Jinn or Jaster (depending who's Bal and Ambros)
The Director and Todd
Palps looks weird as hell as always.
Todd... Tarkin.. Toddkin... Tarodd..
Whatever, these two can kiss my shebs.
Ballister/Ambrosius - Obi-wan
You know at some point in negotiations he's made the face.
Ballister/Ambrosius - Jango
I was lazy also screw armor. Only one doodle.
Got stuck on Nimona, but (s)Maul was definitely an idea for sillies. Dunno. Could be Anakin, or anyone. Go wild. Hand didn't want to draw human Maul.
"ARM CHOPPING IS NOT A LOVE LANGUAGE!"
Man, what is it with queers and stabbing? We know there's other ways of expressing love right?
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE GO STREAM NIMONA
also the way that the nimona movie showed that hate is a taught behavior?? the way that gloreth, the hero worshipped for slaying monsters, was fully accepting of nimona until her mother told her what to believe? until that generational bigotry was passed down? the way the director’s motive wasn’t even power like most evil government figureheads in media, but rather a fear of monsters destroying the kingdom because that hate had been instilled in her too, like it had in gloreth? the way ballister was also indoctrinated into hatred of “monsters” until he was just as outcast as one? because only then was he willing to change and learn?? and how even people with good hearts and good intentions like ballister and ambriosius and even the queen herself are still capable of perpetuating bigotry and unnecessary violence when they don’t take the time to understand or learn about the “others” they supposedly hate????????? i need to lie down
walks up to the microphone and leans in: Gloreth held a wooden sword pointed at Nimona in threat, causing one of her core traumas. So picture Ambrosius, post-movie, offering her the hilt of a wooden sword and asking if she’d like to learn how to use one. The inversion of it.
do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do-
Let's make this the new breaking news format. I am not even kidding
🏳️🌈🦈 Happy anniversary to Nimona, besides Spider-verse, Mutant Mayhem and the other amazing films that came out last year, Nimona is a film that deserves to be talked about.
One year since we met Nimona, Ballister, Ambrosias and many more!
With incredible performances, awesome animation and amazing themes of queer identity and representation, this film was Blue Sky studios final hoorah and the one of the best animated films of 2023 and all time!🏳️🌈🦈
IT'S THEIR MONTH GUYS
This is on Redbubble btw :
https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Ballister-and-Ambrosius-by-AlpineEthira/162026240.EJUG5
I want Ballister and Ambrosius to adopt me