When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon at any paid tier you will gain access to 24 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs, an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! As a special treat for this week, we are sharing one of our bonus Lez-tracurricular episodes! If you enjoy this episode, there’s a bunch more waiting for you on our Patreon. We can’t wait to see you there.  This week, Ellie and Leigh discuss the 2023 animated Netflix film Nimona based on the graphic novel by ND Stevenson (who you may recognize as the creator of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power!). The story follows Nimona, possibly the most nonbinary shapeshifter character ever made, as they team up with Ballister, an aspiring knight from a humble background who is set up and accused of murdering the Queen. Nimona is pretty disappointed that Ballister is not actually a villain mastermind, but decides to be his sidekick anyway in an attempt to help him clear his name. It’s all fun and shapeshifting sharks until Ballister starts to realize that his boyfriend Goldenloin really does not believe he is innocent and cannot see Nimona as anything more than a ‘monster’. Overwhelmed by the extent of the Director’s deception and the loss of everything he has ever known in his life including his relationship, Ballister turns on Nimona triggering flashbacks of being betrayed long, long ago. Things become intense and dark very quickly from here on, but honestly we get it. Everyone with any ounce of power in town would rather kill and destroy innocent lives than change or remotely challenge their worldview. They see Nimona as a monster simply because they are different and everyone grows up being taught to 'kill first, ask questions never'. We do ultimately get a happy ending, but not before being absolutely stabbed in the heart at least 12 times with the feels. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, Youtube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod.  Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Check out our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch. Every purchase directly supports our little indie podcasting team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices