There's so much neat stuff here. Spoilers for the movie below the cut but just dang I love this
So many neat ideas for long-haired Ambrosius. Ponytail Ambrosius! He looks so cute!
There was going to be a magazine cover with "Goldenloin bares it all" and I like to think part of this is in reference to the two pin-ups Nate drew (Pin-up 1 and Pin-up 2). It's neat to see how much they were building up his celebrity in more ways. In other concept art, he was on more magazine covers, and he shows up as part of a parade. There are lots of concepts of Goldenloin fans.
Also this Ambrosius test is amazing. The weird Todd/Ambrosius fusion in motion lol But you can tell they even modified it later to turn it into Todd. He's a bit softer here in a way and just... fun. Todd cosplaying as Ambrosius/having a nightmare/dream about it aldkjalj
It was also interesting to see more confident Ballister. There's an animation test with him fighting some Institute guards, and it's very clear in early concept art (from that popular viral test back in 2021 as well) that he was more confident in earlier production.
More adorable Ambrosius/Ballister moments, and some cute Ambrosius. They're absolutely sweet.
And unfortunately one of the biggest losses in the movie: the amazing stuff they show for Meredith Blitzmeyer. At one point she was going to be covered in magic tattoos.
"For a long time, the character of Meredith Blitzmeyer was in the film. She served many different functions in many different iterations. At one point, she had a magical van that was bigger on the inside. In another, she was covered from head to toe in magical tattoos. And in another, she was the head of a vast underground society, called the Silver Society, comprised of all the magical creatures forced into hiding by the institute. Ultimately, the story went in a different direction, but her design and model were so beloved that she wasn’t lost but repurposed into The Queen." This all sounds so cool (except the repurposed into a character who dies in the first 10 minutes of the movie part T-T).
She has an entire spread. It's neat that she got to show up in some form (when they recycled her design for Valerin), but I love the idea of the Silver Society and her place in it and also Ballister having more friends and just ugh. These designs and world-building are so cool. I wish we'd seen all of them in the movie.
Also finally an eye dings chart! With everything clearly explained lol Neat to know I wasn't imagining some in-between diamond/square shape when Ballister is changing.
And this pride flags spread! There's a drag queen club! I just love all of this!! Seeing them spread throughout the movie is fun but it's neat to see the collection here!
Also this line: "In actuality, there has not been a monster attack since the first, so the fear and belief of the possibility is the only thing keeping the populace in check." It's neat to get confirmation of that.
Also a very much more violent Nimona was in the early/late-ish production lol.
José Manuel Fernández Oli talked on his Facebook collection of concept art about there at one point being an underground of outcast shapeshifters, and I don't know if that's what we're seeing here, but we were at least maybe also going to get more magical people (which matches the Meredith plans)??
Weres? People with fire magic? Satyrs? Demons? Elves? Or just a wider range of shapeshifter people. That would have been so cool.
There are environment designs for the Institute, Ballister and Nimona's hide-out, people designs, a few more test animations they haven't put up elsewhere, more Nimona shapeshifts (more dogs and cats, a second kind of gnome, more of her bulkier, muscular design, more types of dragons, a goat, more ancient Nimona concepts, plant monster Nimona, alien(?) Nimona, etc.). We nearly had goblin Director. Older Gloreth concepts... It's all really awesome.
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I love the interactions in Golden Heart where Ambrosius protects Ballister inside the institute with the other knights. But what about outside the institute?
For example, what if people tend to forget that Ambrosius is a person and get upset when they run into him on the street? And there you have Ballister to butt in when some fan or interviewer gets too mad/asshole at their boyfriend.
I don't usually write these things but it seems to me that it would be a good interaction between these 2.
If the ship name is "Goldenheart", suggesting Ambrosius is the dom...
Can we also make "Boldenloin" a thing when we want to make Ballister the dom?
Off tangent... Goldenloin? I don't know... I had a feeling Ambrosius was picked on for that last name.
"So, are your 'loins' actually golden, or are you just being pretentious?"
Cue Ballister coming to his defense, they're both picked on but they both held their own even more working together and so begins the childhood friends to lovers story.
[Edit] I just realize another name of Ballister is "Ballister Blackheart", so like... Another ship name would be "Blackenloin?" or "Blackloin"? Lmao, it's a funnier counterpart but slightly more perfect
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Sunshine/Moon , black cat/golden retriver energy but we all knew that already
Ambi (his name is so goddamn long) bleaches his hair and Bal always helps him with that. Even though all hair care Bal does himself is shampooning his hair(and that isn’t set in stone either)
Bal is night owl and really fucking hates mornings, while Ambi is morning bird and wakes up at goddamn 6 am just for funsies
Bal has SO many weird nicknames for Ambi (Bambi, Ami, Ambi, Goldie, and many more but I’m not that creative rn) and Ambi pretends to hate them(he loves them)
Both of them have so much anxiety. Like literally so much anxiety they could share with 10 diffrent persons and they would still have anxiety. Honestly they have even reasons simmiliar (crushing weight of pressure and expectations)
Bal’s love language is physical touch and quality time, and Ambi’s is acts of service and gift giving. I don’t make rules it’s pracicaly canon
Bal is so.fucking.petty and he holds gruges so fucking long(usually joingly)
Ambi is alergic to almost everything(I think I said it before but I say it again) and takes meds for allergy, cuz some are pretty intense. Better safe than sorry
Bal loves spicy food and he loves making it, but Ambi can’t eat most of it (stupid alergies)
Bal is totally the guy to stay late af to read/study/excercise/whatever and completely ignore fact that he need to wake up early toomorow. He insists he’s fine on few hours of sleep. He’s not. He gets really bad headaches, that he insist on ignoring. Ambi had to drag him to bed multiple times when they were younger (and now too). Ambi usually has reasonable hours of sleep, but sometimes he will get caught up in some work. But he’s definitely more likeyle to cooperate than Bal with going to sleep
Ambi is such a stupid dork I love him. Like yeah he is really smart, but at the same time no. You get what I mean? (maybeit’scuzhethoughtbalkilledqueen)
