The Trans Allegory in Nimona (2023)

hi I am non-binary

I'm trans and my trans friend was the first to reccomend me this movie, we joked it was not queer at all, I think we both related a lot to it despite one being amab and the other afab

the bit where Abrosius tells the director if she uses the weapon innocents will die and she replies "and so will the monster" was chilling and hit really hard as a reflection of real life attitudes and actions towards us

One of the best things I have heard about Nimona was this, "Nimona has no 'true form' every form is Nimona." That isn't the exact quote but that is the jist of it.

Nimona makes me cry everytime i watch it. I dont think ive ever watched a movie that felt like it was for people like me. Its my comfort movie now-

Not queer or trans in any way. Great video. Thank you

I can’t help crying every time I watch nimona, and I rarely ever cry while watching movies. The suicide attempt scene hits really hard, and the ups and downs of the movie and how nimona feels throughout it feels all too familiar. Genuinely my favorite movie, next to wolfwalkers perhaps. The way they present everything is nearly flawless, the animation style is incredible, the message it sends is very important, the representation is very important. I can’t get enough of this movie

I saw clips of this movie in trans video compilations. In particular, I saw the scene where Nimona turns into a small boy and says, "I am today." As soon as I saw this part of the movie, I was hooked. I needed to do whatever it took to watch the movie. I'm genderfluid (trans/enby), but it was only in the last year of my 30+ years of life that I figured that out. My entire life, I've loved anything to do with shapeshifting and never knew why. Mystique from X-Men, druids in table top and video games, and even had a pretty hefty obsession with the Pokemon, Eevee (You don't have to point out how obvious this is. Trust me. I know.) I loved the idea of being whatever I wanted to be and on top of that for no one to know that's not just who or what I am. It sounded like heaven to me because I spent my whole life being told I had to dress a certain way, wear certain clothes, like doing certain things, etc. because of my gender assigned at birth. For me, this movie is the representation that my inner child desperately needed when I was younger. To realize that it was ok to just be myself no matter what that looked like for me and no matter what others would say about it. I sacrificed so much of my own comfort for the sake of other's comfort. This has become my favorite movie of all time. I connected with Nimona the moment she appeared on screen in front of me. Even down to the chaotic queerlike gremlin energy. This movie meant so much more to me than I think I could ever even express with words. I no longer feel so alone.

Hmm...for a such a high quality video it kinda surprised me that it isn't as wide spread at it should be . Hope it becomes a bit more popular as I think your work is high quality with thought put into it. Keep the hard work☺! Also for me I got the message from Nimona that the world will hate you for being different , a lot of people with betray you but that doesn't mean your alone and there will always be someone who supports you. I didn't learn that message , I reabsorbed it . I knoew what the world does to people like me but I fully embraced it with this film. Love that the film didn't bomb in Netflix showing disney that outright blatant representation is better then making a random backround character LGBTQ which only can be seen for less then a minute and removed in wide releases.

I'm a trans woman and this movie talked to me to my very soul.

I love this movie so much !! personally i do see it as a trans allegory, but also as an allegory for borderline personality disorder. i also can kind of relate it to being a system a little bit,, but i connect it with bpd the most :3 i can really see all the people calling her a monster as bpd being demonized, and her relationship with bal as a sort of favorite person relationship. AA i could talk about this all day but i dont feel like typing it out

I am aroace agender (so trans nonbinary) Autistic, and I have ADHD, the more that I learn about the intersection between being neurodivergent and being LGBTQ+, the more that I am able to see how we are often vilified in media and the world, no wonder we all tended to have a high rates of anxiety, depression, and all of the bad stuff that comes along with those mental illnesses masking being one of the biggest and most harmful ones. I think that everyone here disabled like me or not, can agree that having to mask just to make it through the day is one of the most exhausting and mentally and emotionally draining things that a human being can possibly do. Honestly, can we all just create a world where we can all be LGBTQ+ and disabled without judgment? I am not asking for something perfect, I am just asking for something that is better then what we cruelty have because it isn’t working, and I am not looking forward to hearing how many members of the LGBTQ+ and disabled community are no longer with us, because someone didn’t see their lives as being equal to the lives of people that the powerful people in our society see as being more worthy than our lives. I think that I am going to scream inside of my heart right now and hope that all of these anti-LGBTQ+ laws are declared unconstitutional and that the cap on social security disability finally goes up.

YOU SHOULD LIKE TEACH ME HOW TO PLAY CASTLE CRASHERS :3

I love this movie, I watch it whenever I feel scared or depressed it's done wonders for me

Dude, there was no need to make a video essay, we all noticed the allegory And yet here I am, watching the video anyway

Ok I left a bit of a troll comment but I started crying at the 5th chapter. Great video.

11:55 Nimona doesn't have one true form, they are all her in one way or another, that is just the form the kingdom put her into

i adore this because i was able to show my boyfriend how the movie was for me (nonbinary), such a great video!

this was a great video to watch, i love nimona sm, really helped me accept myself more

Me personalty? I'ma say Nimona is Gender-fluid bc i'm gender-fluid and her responding to "and now you're a boy." with "I am today" is proabaly something I've said once.