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“You’re our only hope.” 🥊

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TINY

eenie weenie

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I imagined that during the 4 year timeskip, Edred and Winston probably ended up actually becoming friends, at least the vitriolic best bud type, and now they're the only ones who can insult the other

I came up with this really sketchy and totally improvable comic of a heartfelt conversation between the two that, in my head, improves their relationship and lets them become friends over the shared love for Melinda/Emma. To be honest I don't even know if this is out of character (probably is) but I had fun picturing this. Check the alt for more clarity ;)

Hope I made justice to the prompt😭 I will draw the others I got soon!

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then you never really knew me at all

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First drawing I did of Edred hehe

As soon as I finish exams I'm gonna get on with the requests! Thank you everyone who sent ideas :D (I'm referring to prompts, headcanons and such regarding uwe which you can still send through ask)

(tbh at the start I thought my posts were going to be seen by just two or three people LOL I'm really grateful ty again<3)

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I read the comic in one sitting less than an hour after finishing the movie, and wow I have many Thoughts™.

- It's very obvious the two versions were meant to cater to different audiences AND tell different messages. I don't get why people are going "But the comic was better! It had more nuance!" just because Nimona was easier to root for in the movie.

- The comic was written back when ND Stevenson was still trying to process a lot of stuff, so all the characters are morally grey/straight up evil and the climactic battle is between a Ballister who regrets turning against Nimona, even if it was to save others vs. a Nimona who's too hurt to care if her lashing out was going to hurt innocent people.

- By the time Nimona got a movie adaptation, ND was a lot more secure in his sexuality, so the climactic battle was Nimona vs. the Director, the symbol of religious oppression and bigotry. It's not just about your friends turning on you because you're "too much" for them anymore, it's also about a society that would rather bring itself to the brink of ruin than coexist with you.

- (I totally get why people were upset about Ballister's surname change, though. Like come on, the media dubbing him Blackheart just to be mean was RIGHT THERE).

- Nimona's metaphor for not shifting is such a neurodivergent thing. Even in the comic, Nimona's parents insisting she's a monster who replaced their daughter is reminiscent of the changeling myth, which is what many parents thought their neurodivergent kids were—changelings who replaced their "real" children.

- Ambrosius being trained to cut off HIS BOYFRIEND'S WHOLE FUCKING ARM instead of merely disarming him is a very cop thing to do. As much as cops claim they're trained to de-escalate situations, their training still teaches them to treat everyone as a potential threat, and that level of constant vigilance can turn anyone into a trigger-happy/arm-choppy bastard. Even the Director, who can use a sword but probably hasn't actually fought someone in ages, STILL can't see Ballister reaching for the squire's phone without assuming he has a weapon.

- And on that note, the Queen getting killed simply because she was trying to reform the Institution and allow commoners to become knights? That's the best "no such thing as a good cop" metaphor I've seen. Because even if there ARE good cops and they ARE in leadership positions, the system will crush them before they make any meaningful change. It's not a good institution that turned rotten, it's an institution that only exists to spread its rot and refuses to be good.

- That's why Ballister's characterisation is so different in the movie vs. the comic. Comic Ballister had 15 years to come to terms with his trauma and the Institution's evildoing, while Movie Ballister is still freshly traumatised and hasn't found a way to define himself beyond the role he was assigned by the Institution.

- Not to mention Comic Ambrosius was not very noble to begin with and genuinely believed Ballister was better suited to villainy than heroism, while Movie Ambrosius never wanted the glory that came with his lineage in the first place and only antagonised Ballister because of indoctrination he needed to unlearn (which he did, all by himself, after witnessing the lengths the Director will go to just to kill Nimona).

- It really shows how important it is to surround yourself with loved ones who are open to change. Comic Ambrosius can love Ballister all he wants, but he'll still blast his arm off because he thinks Ballister deserved it anyway. Movie Ambrosius will stop to question what "the right thing" even means, even if he didn't love Ballister enough to defend him unconditionally.

I have so many more thoughts bubbling beneath the surface, but I'll probably address them some other day. In conclusion:

[ID: A pink-haired Nimona grinning evilly while holding up a knife.]

Watch Nimona. This is not a request.

Edit: Added more thoughts!

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I've been thinking about why Dimitri has taken on Edred's identity seemingly much more easily than Emma/Melinda and Alfie/Seng. I mean, Alfie/Seng has accepted being Seng fairly easily but the big issue is that he clearly has trouble balancing what he's seeing in the cosmic realm with what is happening in the physical realm (again raising the question of are these the *right* people to be picked for Reincarnation? Were they supposed to get hit by the beam later? Or was Copernicus not supposed to come back in *this* time?). But anyway I think Edred hasn't really noticed as much personality bleed-through as Emma/Melinda or Afie/Seng because Dimitri actually really likes being Edred. We know he's a showman, we know he's a romantic (and was likely interested in Emma/Melinda while not having a clue who she was), and we know he's passionate about magic, and here he is stepping into a literal role as a romantic, magical swordsman. As far as his issues with his reincarnation, he has said that his mind is clouded and this incarnation also seems to get his shit wrecked a lot more than his previous incarnations--He's got the abilities, he's willing to play the role, but I don't think it's a 100% thing. It might also be another reason why he wants Emma to step aside for Melinda (aside from the 'love of your multiple lifetimes' part)--like, he can't actually keep the act up for much longer.

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It was not my intention but this kinda became a uwe fan account oops-

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Winston as Edred's host (or as I have lovingly reffered to the idea as, "a never ending cycle of 'stop hitting yourself'")

I actually just saw it in kazachokolate's post! You guys have big brains ngl

Here's my version :)

Idk it seems a bit too diluted to me, maybe I'm gonna draw more of this to explore the idea better, but for now enjoy wavy hair and groom suited Edred hehe (Winston is probably gonna try to chop his hands off with the razor just to keep the sideburns ON his face)

Oh, and now he can only swear in bri'ish

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I love this goofy big eyed man

Good to see even on the verge of disaster, the animators still manage to squeeze in some Edred expressions.

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Go read the first tags please😭 (facts btw)

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GUYS what if you give me requests of headcanons or silly stuff about unicorn warriors eternal? I would LOVE to draw 'em!

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Angsty Edred moment: ugly crying and hopeless fighting as soon as Emma/Melinda gets snatched away... then back to the wet puppy sad slump for the next 4 years

I crave more content I can't believe the first season already ended ;-;

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Edred and Winston

So these two have been in the Cosmic Realm for 4 years (Cosmic Realm time) while Emma was in the mortal realm. My hope for season 2 is seeing them acting as vitriolic best bros. Only they get to insult each other, no one else does. I mean they've had four years to fight together and essentially get to know each other so yeah...we need some best bud action going on.

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Coming on here from twitter as a shy lurker is such a free gasp of air?? Like I was scared shitless by how easy it was to receive backlash and to start discourse and um it was hard to distinguish actually good but understandably aggressive points and just straight up bullying and toxic behaviors of living in a social media bubble. I wanted to start posting art and such because there are so many inspiring artists on there but um, well, I think you know how it's going right now.

Now I feel free and safe enough to enjoy the experience to the fullest, thank you tumblr community for the care you put in this site🥹

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Nimona listening to Ballister explain how to convincingly portray Ambrosius and his subtle mannerisms and quirks

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This is concept art, so not a spoiler but...it's here to state something: Dear reader, we cried for Nimona. Across the whole movie.