Line #29 Creator/NDStevenson


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3	Nate Diana Stevenson[[note]]Professionally credited as ND (pronounced "Indy") Stevenson, formerly credited as Noelle Stevenson.[[/note]] (born December 31, 1991 in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American comic-book writer and artist, as well as cartoon writer, who came to prominence as the creator of ''Webcomic/{{Nimona}}'' and co-creator of ''ComicBook/{{Lumberjanes}}'', though he’s most well-known for developing ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' for Creator/DreamworksAnimation.
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5	Before ''Nimona'' and ''Lumberjanes'', Stevenson came to prominence on Website/{{Tumblr}} for his "[[https://gingerhaze.tumblr.com/tagged/The_Broship/chrono Broship of the Rings]]" drawings and comics, reimagining ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' characters as modern day people on a road trip. In 2020, Stevenson published a collection of his autobiographical comics, titled ''ComicBook/TheFireNeverGoesOut''.
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7	He's married to Creator/MollyOstertag, artist of ''Webcomic/StrongFemaleProtagonist'' and author of ''ComicBook/TheWitchBoy'' series.
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9	On 2021's Trans Day of Visibility (which occurs on March 31), ND came out as [[https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1377305526908841990 transmasculine and bigender]], further [[https://www.imfineimfine.com/p/nate elaborating]] on his identity in June 2022.
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11	A friend of his got Creator/AaronPaul to call him a bitch. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2zFhZdd77E Yes, really.]]
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13	!!Works include:
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15	* ''Webcomic/{{Nimona}}''
16	** ''WesternAnimation/Nimona2023'': Co-producer, additional screenplay material, voice of Kwispy Dragon
17	* ''ComicBook/{{Lumberjanes}}'': writer, artist
18	* ''ComicBook/Runaways2015'': writer
19	* ''ComicBook/SensationComicsFeaturingWonderWoman'': artist
20	* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': story writer, episode writer
21	* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': story writer (1 episode)
22	* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Tova (2 episodes, 1 one-shot)
23	* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': story writer (2 episodes), script writer (1 episode)
24	* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'': episode writer (1 episode)
25	* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': showrunner, story writer, episode writer, [[DescendedCreator voice of Spinnerella]]
26	* ''ComicBook/TheFireNeverGoesOut''
27	* ''WesternAnimation/RonsGoneWrong'' ([[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ND_Stevenson Additional story material]])
28	* ''Webcomic/ThisPlaceWasHome'': writer, artist [[note]]A ''Franchise/StarWars'' fancomic inspired by ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' and ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.[[/note]]
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30	!!Tropes present in his works:
31	* AuthorAppeal:
32	** {{Magitek}} and SchizoTech show up frequently in his universes. ''Nimona'' is sent in an ambiguously medieval world, but has things like flatscreen [=TVs=], electrical power, and laser weapons, as well as some recent experimentation to derive fuel from magic. In ''She-Ra'', most of the princess kingdoms are powered by runestone magic, but there's some basic tech achievements and more advanced technology derived from excavated [[{{Precursors}} First Ones]] relics, and the Horde being almost fully industrialized (admittedly, this mix of magic and technology has always been an element of He-Man and She-Ra's worlds).
33	** Rivals from shared backgrounds who grow up to view the world differently and fight on opposite sides of wars. Bonus points if their interactions involves BelligerentSexualTension and FoeRomanticSubtext. Examples include Ballister and Goldenloin in ''Nimona'', Jubilee and Sanna in ''Runaways'', and Adora and Catra in ''She-Ra''.
34	** Female [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]] with an AbsentMindedProfessor demeanor. Examples include Dr. Meredith Blitzmeyer in ''Nimona'' and Entrapta in ''She-Ra''.
35	** Many of his villains tend to be pure-white-skinned humanoids with PointyEars. Examples include the Director in ''Nimona'' and Hordak, Horde Prime, and Shadow Weaver in ''She-Ra''.
36	** Big muscular women, notably Sanna in ''Runaways'', Rosie in ''Lumberjanes'', Huntara, Scorpia, and Adora in She-Ra form, and sometimes Nimona herself.
37	** Shapeshifters, such as Nimona in her titular book and Double Trouble in ''She-Ra''. ND is also fond of mentioning that he feels [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Zam Wesell]] of ''Franchise/StarWars'' was underused.
38	** And of course, [[CastFullOfGay lots of LGBT+ themes and subtext]].
39	--->'''ND Stevenson:''' Assume my characters are gay until proven otherwise.
40	* CreatorCameo:
41	** ND sometimes appears in crowd shots in ''Nimona'', along with other recurring bystanders and a lot of ''Lord of the Rings'' cameos. Nimona's undercut hairstyle is also based on one that ND had for several years.
42	** ND and Molly cameo in the ''She-Ra'' episode "Princess Prom". ND also voices Princess Spinerella and [[https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1262097166106939392 drew Netossa's doodles]].
43	* IResembleThatRemark: Throughout the run of ''She-Ra'', ND was known to tease fans by saying he and Molly were basically Catra and Adora. But after publishing a lengthy comic about the process of realizing he was queer (complete with a musing on how he wanted to be a shapeshifter), the joke became that ND's ''real'' representative on the show is Double Trouble (who is a non-binary shapeshifter).
44	* TeasingCreator: He's prone to claiming absurd jokes about ''She-Ra'' lore, such as claiming Catra's last name is "Meowmeow". He also admitted to having written a fanfic for his own series on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn; it's theorized to be ''Fanfic/DontGo''.
45	* WriteWhatYouKnow: Stevenson grew up in a fundamentalist religious environment before moving into gay circles and coming out as lesbian, and eventually as transmasculine. Several of his works like ''She-Ra'' and ''Runaways'' prominently feature kids being raised to enforce oppressive societies who discover they were lied to about the state of the outside world and that they were fighting for the villains. Special mention goes to ''She-Ra'', where the [[spoiler:GreaterScopeVillain styles himself as a benevolent-but-actually-tyrannical god of light]].

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