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Summary: Roxanne could have noticed her interest in Megamind was more than hypothetical before he was staring up at her through three feet of green water and asphyxiating.
Author: @nientedal
Submitter: @felixvanhuss
Note from submitter: This fic (and the rest of the series that follows it) are AMAZING! Top tier hurt/comfort and for sure my fave Megamind fic.
#official fic poll#haveyoureadthisfic#pollblr#tumblr polls#fanfiction#fandom poll#fanfic#fandom culture#internet culture#Dive#megamind#megarox
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Fic update! Minion visits, we learn more about the origins of Megamind and Roxanne’s casual friendship, we have a little bit of world flavor, and Roxanne is quietly stressed out.
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Megamind (2010)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Megamind/Roxanne Ritchi
Characters: Megamind (Megamind), Roxanne Ritchi
Additional Tags: First Kiss, figuring it out one "wait I didn't mean to say that!" at a time, greasemonkey Megamind and Roxanne doesnt NEED to be a tag, but its worth calling out for the mental image, a collaboration creation, and we're not just talking about the giant robot
Summary:
Megamind has a script for every situation, except when those situations involve Roxanne Ritchi.
For once in his life this might turn out to be a good thing.
@nientedal and I wrote a fic! It was very fun and delightfully silly.
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wake your sleepy soul
by dalniente
Megamind/Complete/Chapters: 1 Words: 7,920
The Punktak had soulmates. Humans don't. This doesn't necessarily mean the two are incompatible. Soulmate AU: Your soulmate hears you when you sing. Written for Megamind Month 2019.
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A lovely fic with an interesting and original plot. There’s mystery, reveal, hurt/comfort, and cool details. I like Wayne’s character in this, as well.
#megamind#megamind 2010#roxanne ritchi#metro man#minion#megamind minion#megamind x roxanne#megamind x Roxanne ritchi#soulmate au#soulmates#telepathic bond#misunderstandings#hurt/comfort#fanfiction#fic rec#fanfic#alien biology#alien culture#platonic soulmates#romantic soulmates
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FAN THEORY SOMETIME EVENTUALLY: Hal is NOT Megamind’s Greatest Enemy
I’m back! Real life is consuming massive amounts of my time, so I’m afraid these Fan Theory Thursday posts have become sporadic. I'll try to write them as often as possible. Special thanks to Dalniente for suggesting this topic and sharing his fan theory! You rock! Please note: while fascinating, this blog article is going to get dark. IF DEPRESSION IS A TRIGGER, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! This post may also leave you with an uncontrollable urge to hug a certain blue super-genius. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
Finally, if you are that single strange individual who has been reading these posts for over a year without actually watching the movie… Well, I’ve probably given away nearly everything already, but nonetheless: SPOILER WARNING!
It’s clear to any fan of this wonderful DreamWorks film that Megamind has been through a lot. Not only was our favorite blue hero ostracized, bullied, and raised in prison, but we see him facing yet more hardships during the narrative. In fact, according to one fan theory, although his triumph over Titan is the primary story arc, the super-stalker is not the greatest foe Megamind faces.
It all begins with the blue man’s emotional turmoil. As I’ve mentioned previously in Megamind’s Psychology, the film’s protagonist seems nearly obsessed, at least during the first half of the story, with both his presumed evil nature and the idea of destiny. In fact, it appears that this has led him to construct his entire self-identity around supervillainy—something that only changes when his preconceived notions do. Such a drastic alteration, however, is often painful, and this one was no different.
Megamind, at the beginning of the film, obviously feels that fighting a nemesis provided his only reason for existing. This is because Metroman unwittingly offered mental engagement as well as something to work toward. More specifically, their fights were a perfect excuse for Megamind to invent, plot, and challenge his own brain. Without this, the blue man feels unfulfilled and purposeless. He clearly states that fact while he and Minion discuss creating a new hero. The thing is that, as Dal suggested in the Evil Lair Discord, losing his former adversary doesn’t merely leave him without an objective, but also disrupts the very stability of his existence.
“He wants his life back,” Dal explained. “Literally, he says this: his goal with the infuser gun was to get his life back to the way it was ‘when the world was perfect and rosy.’”
The problem, of course, is that this is easier said than done. Megamind feels like a ship adrift in the ocean with no compass or destination, and like many of us would in those circumstances, he falls into making some bad decisions. Those choices only make his predicament worse. After losing the his excuse for the battles and inventions that gave his life meaning, Megamind begins a relationship with Roxanne under a false identity, has a massive argument with his only friend, Minion, and chooses the worst possible person to imbue with superpowers. (You can read more about what might have led to that particular misstep in Why Did Megamind Choose Hal.) All of this ends badly.
Let’s look at the argument first. Not only does the blue man likely feel terrible for hurting his friend—there is ample evidence that he does care about Minion—but, following their fight, his henchfish walks out, presumably for good. This is significant because it further destabilizes Megamind’s reality. Minion was far more than a, well, minion.
“It was Megamind and Minion against the world,” Dal said, describing that incident. “And now it is just Megamind.”
It must have been hard enough to be an isolated refugee from a destroyed planet, but without his only friend, the blue alien is truly alone. That loneliness further increases when Roxanne, the only other person to have positive interactions with Megamind during the film, rejects him.
This remains true even though Roxanne Ritchi’s feelings in that moment were both justifiable and reasonable. Upon discovering that the man she’d fallen in love with has been lying about his identity and is, in fact, the same supervillain who regularly kidnapped her, the woman feels understandably shocked, betrayed, and upset. However, it appears likely that that may not have been the way Megamind saw things. Once again, Dal offered some insights
“Roxanne is furious with him, and reacted to his feelings for her with something I read as shock and some incredulity, but which I think Megamind would be way more likely to read as disgust,” he stated. “She insinuates that she thinks he is truly evil, which he would be very willing to believe, at this point.”
Heartbreak is never easy, but when it follows on the heels of other personal hardships it can be even more devastating. The blue man’s emotional response to this final blow is beautifully portrayed in his shattered expression and a single hopeless word: “no.” This is because Megamind truly doesn’t believe she would ever be with him. (He states later on that, being the bad guy, he can never “get the girl.”) This is precisely why he found it impossible to reveal his true identity to his date—although, to his credit, it appeared he was attempting to summon the courage to do so before his disguise failed. He believed that the only way he can have even a taste of romance is by pretending to be someone else.
Add to all of this the setback in the blue man’s emotional growth and it’s not difficult to see why he might be so strongly affected. As mentioned in an earlier post, The Warden, there is evidence that Megamind was pushed into supervillainy from a young age. Thanks to his interactions with Roxanne and a little initial reevaluation of his life, he had started to believe that perhaps he actually could be good until everything fell apart. As a result, his journey to heroism stalls and, had his integrity or will been less strong, he might have abandoned it permanently.
When the cumulative impact of these events is considered from a psychological standpoint, it is frankly amazing that Megamind’s melancholy is not even more severe. He has essentially lost his job, so to speak, his sense of purpose, his best friend, and the girl of his dreams all in a short period of time. As Dal expressed it: “as far as he knows, he has lost everything.” Considering that, when this occurred, he was already emotionally scarred by being orphaned, bullied, and raised in incarceration, the man’s resilience is certainly noteworthy. However, that doesn’t mean he was immune; far from it. Dal pointed out how one scene, following his breakup, illustrates exactly how bad Megamind’s emotional state had become.
“When he gets back to the Evil Lair, he has not slept. Minion is still gone… And [Megamind] does not sleep. He gears up to fight Titan in an untested battle suit, and says that line about: ‘It's time to go down in style.’”
At first glance, viewers might assume that the blue man is referring to Titan going down, or perhaps to himself inevitably losing the battle and returning to jail, but Dal suggested that the statement may hide a darker meaning. Megamind might, on some level, intend for this battle to be his last. It’s possible that what he really means is that he wants to go out with a proverbial bang.
That’s right. Megamind, at this point in the movie, has developed situational depression, perhaps even passive suicidal ideation. He has hit rock-bottom, he feels his life has crumbled into pieces, and his actions have become reckless.
“I do not think Megamind cares a whole lot, in that moment, whether he comes back from this fight at all,” Dal explained. “I think he is desperate and angry and upset and self-destructive… But also, he does not actually want to die. This is an important distinction. He wouldn't mind being dead but he does not want to die; he wants his life back.”
This fan theory makes sense. Keep in mind that re-establishing the status quo was, after all, the entire reason for creating the Infuser Gun in the first place. What the former villain really wanted in that scene was to return a sense of stability, order, and purpose to his existence. This may also be why, when everything else falls apart, Megamind appears to fixate on his battle with Titan.
“We see this in the way he interacts with Titan,” Dal stated. “He waits for HOURS before going to see wtf is up. He is dismayed to realize how far sideways his ‘turn Hal into a hero’ plan has gone, and he pulls out all the stops in goading Titan into fighting after all. He does not stop to think about whether this is a bad idea—he does not care. Titan is the one shot he has at restoring some sense of familiarity to the world… And he gets what he's looking for! He is so relieved to finally lose. Finally, for a few bright seconds, the world makes sense.”
That brief moment of emotional and mental clarity is also what jolts Megamind into action when he realizes Titan is homicidal. After reveling in a feeling of renewed purpose, the blue man suddenly realizes that his life can still have stability. That completely changes his outlook.
“At this point I think he is probably back to wanting to live, because this is where he finally displays some self-preservation. He felt okay for like three whole seconds and a fight; it's enough to get him into a less awful head space and into survival mode,” Dal said.
When Titan begins destroying Metro City, it pushes Megamind to overcome his internal struggles because he sees that the problem is much larger than its immediate effects on himself. This is important for three reasons: it reconnects Megamind with the world around him, proves that despite being a supervillain he possesses empathy, and provides him with a new purpose. All at once, the blue man understands that his reason for living doesn’t have to come solely from having a nemesis; it can be something bigger and more meaningful than that.
Thus Megamind defeats his greatest enemy: depression. The fact that he has to face this particular monster during the course of the narrative makes the former villain both more realistic and more impressive. It’s relatively easy to fight another person compared to battling darkness within yourself, and actually conquering the latter takes enormous strength of character. Yet Megamind does exactly that, becoming a better man and building a better life as a result. It serves to offer a message of hope to others fighting the same foe. The inclusion of such a deep and mature theme in this animated film is simply one more reason why it is one of the greatest things DreamWorks has ever produced. Little wonder that so many, even among adults, are devoted fans of this amazing movie.
#megamind#megamind movie#Megamind#fan theory#fan theories#megamind fan theory#megamind fan theories#fan theory thusday#emotions#psychology#depression#depressed#enemy#megamind roxanne#megamind x roxanne#megarox#Minion#megamind minion#dreamworks#dreamworks animation#DWA#deep dive#meta#analysis#character analysis#megamente
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Sometimes I get confused about which author I am reading again cause I don't look at the title or the author then I see a character I didn't expect then realize ah yeah this story uses this backstory.
Cause there's several different siblings Roxanne has in fanfics.
Drew- her introverted scientist big brother (Shows up in Dalniente's works or Nientedal)
Rose- her trans sibling with a relationship with Salim and has a kid in one fic (Also shows up in Dalniente's works)
And Marnie- who gets married to Joy in Tea with Topsy (Impatientseamstress or buginateacup)
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Even More Fic Recs
We’re still doing it, folks! All of these are single works, and if you’re curious there is a fic recs post coming that is all series, no single fics. So be on the lookout for that if you’re curious. Long post, fics under the cut
i missed me more by AslansCompass
a Percy Jackson and the Olympians fic about an aro/ace child of Aphrodite. Because if living in a world where an actual love goddess exists is hard when you’re aro/ace, imagine being the daughter of that goddess.
this fic IS part of a series that I will recommend later - for now this is the only work i have bookmarked
when the sun came up, I was looking at you by suzukiblu
did you ever want a hilariously funny miscommunication story that is also set in space and is full of Poe/Finn/Rey? If you did, this is the one for you! The premise is that, since food is so rare on Jakku, proposing involves people giving each other food as a gift. Rey arrives in the resistance and hilarious miscommunications ensue
Trade by SassySnowperson
hurt/comfort? Tatooine worldbuilding? A canon divergence where someone takes care of Obi-Wan and gives him the attention and love he deserves? That someone being the combined forces of Owen Lars and Beru Whitesun? THIS ONE HAS IT ALL
Mischief is its Own Reward by dalniente
this is probably the best Megamind fic I’ve ever read. A fake dating story where Roxanne brings Megamind with her for the holidays combined with copious amounts of fluff, pining, getting together, and open, honest communication! So good! My fave! Best fic!
Stranger Than Fiction by cereal
did you finish Broadchurch wanting Alec and Ellie to get together and be a cute, slightly oblivious couple? Read this, it’s awesome
richochet by PaintedVanilla
this is just...an excellently in-character fic where Alec is forced to confront his feelings when he and Ellie end up on a date together. Plus there’s sweet family banter between Alec and Daisy and just go read this one it’s great
A Quiet Night At Home by nightrose
A ‘Sherlock comes back after Reichenbach’ story where it’s calm and fluffy and soft in all the right ways. The best post-Reichenbach story out there, it did for John and Sherlock what an entire tv show couldn’t - gave them a happy ending. And it did it all in less than 700 words
To See a Soul by slothemperess
a double whammy soulmate au and wingfic! This story lived rent-free in my head whenever I thought about Jarida from the time I first read it on FFnet until I was finally able to track it down and bookmark it on Ao3 so, you know...it’s awesome and you should give it a read
Having It Sorted by AlabasterInk
a Harry Potter crossover where the Sorting Hat becomes friend and confidante to a group of immortal spirits. You guessed it, it’s an RoTBTD fic and it’s brilliant!
you are a paradigm by 1electricpirate
the first and so far only Potterlock story I’ve ever read, this one is excellent and makes me happy in all the right ways. And I’m not the only one, judging by the amount of collections this story has been added to
Intervention by Asidian
ugh, this one hits me in the feels. A post-Avengers story where Thor finds out that Loki’s punishment by Odin was far worse than he could have imagined and goes to Tony to ask for help. Full of hurt/comfort and family bonds, this fic singlehandedly reversed my expectations of Thor in the fic I write
It is gory so beware, but not at the expense of the story
To Be Modified As Necessary by ignipes
did you ever wonder what the ten rules the Avengers needed to live together peacefully were? Find out in this excellent story!
Regulus Black and the Way Things Changed: A Not!Fic by imaginary_golux
like the title says, this isn’t really a fic. What this is, is a series of bullet points re-telling the entire Harry Potter saga from the ground up with the premise that Regulus Black becomes the turncoat that Dumbledore takes in. It’s absolutely not canon-compliant but that doesn’t matter because it’s funny enough to make me die laughing
Harry Potter and the Lack of Lamb Sauce by imagitory
it begins as a story based off the premise that instead of Slughorn, Gordon Ramsey is hired to be Harry’s potion teacher in his sixth year. It ends as a complex re-telling of the sixth and seventh books from the perspectives of several different witches and wizards all caught up in a war that is spinning them out of control. Seriously brilliant, you should read it. Even though it’s 99 chapters long
wonderterror by peradi
the Skywalkers, being descended from the Force, are not entirely human. A fic in three parts exploring that concept. Full of eldritch horrors and Skywalker drama, I wish this story was canon
How Far the Stars Fall, How Bright They Burn by Jahaliel, Ms_NothingSpecial
I’ll admit, I’m not that well-versed in the Clone Wars lore, but that almost doesn’t matter because the lyrical writing and amazing premise of this story makes up for that in spades. This is an AU where Order 66 doesn’t go as planned thanks to Force intervention and that’s just the tip of the iceberg
Feathers by SolarMorrigan
a character study of an autistic Newt Scamander and how he functions in a world that feels like it is designed to overwhelm him. I feel seen by this story, go check it out
Severus Snape and the Midnight Tea by inmyownlittlecorner
what is it like teaching potions to Luna Lovegood? And will she teach Severus something in return? A beautiful story about Severus and Luna in the oddest of friendships.
Let’s Do the Same as They by halotolerant
a Captain America story where Bucky, Peggy, and Steve run into another trio who has a similar relationship to theirs. A crossover between Captain America and Singing in the Rain doesn’t feel like it should work, but it definitely does and leaves me wanting more.
Mandala by Roberly
another soulmate au, this one a Sherlock story where soulmates find each other by coloured swirls that form matching unique mandalas on each others arms. Lots of worldbuilding and an ending that made me laugh out loud!
A Cloak of Moonlight by Gehayi
an evocative, richly-told story that takes the story of the 12 Dancing Princesses and expands into a world with lore and backstory. This story also fleshes out the princesses a bit more and makes their story more sympathetic and tragic and...oh just go read it. I can’t do it justice
How These Days Grow Long by Never_Says_Die
I read this story once, years ago, and I never forgot it. It’s a Walking Dead AU where Daryl and Glenn were dating before the apocalypse and got separated at the start of it. It’s a journey of a story that makes me feel so many things, especially Daryl and Glenn emotions. I had never thought of shipping these two but by the end of this fic I was convinced of their relationship
Ryan Bergara and the WTF Patronthingy by raven_aorla
to round off this list, yet another Harry Potter AU! This one is a crossover with Buzzfeed: Unsolved with lots of friendship and hurt/comfort included!
#percy jackson and the olympians#star wars#star wars sequel trilogy#star wars original trilogy#star wars prequels#Megamind#broadchurch#Sherlock#brave#rise of the guardians#Harry Potter#Avengers#MCU#fantastic beats and where to find them#captain america#Singin' in the Rain#12 dancing princesses#walking dead#buzzfeed unsolved#fic recs
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Sweater
This is another piece of fan art based on the fanfic “Mischief is it’s Own Reward” by @nientedal ! The idea of Megamind in a penguin sweater was too cute and since they have let me draw fan art for some of their fics in the past I figured it would be ok? ^^ https://archiveofourown.org/works/21938521/chapters/52359529
#nientedal#dalniente#Megamind#megamind fandom#megamind fans#fanfiction#Fanart#fan art#based on a fic#penguin#penguin sweater#megamind in a sweater#not completely accurate to the scene though#He is supposed to look more awkward#or be sitting down#but I did this#digital fanart#based on fanfiction#mischief is its own reward#megamind in a penguin sweater is just too cute!!
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guess who watched Megamind recently XD
#megamind#he deserves comfy sweaters#also I was reading Mischief is it's own Reward#by Dalniente on Ao3#and they had very good headcannons
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Gills and Spiracles!
I wanted to do some quick anatomy doodles to show where Megamind would have his spiracles and gills in my fics (Dalniente's too!), and I'm making them everyone else's problem
So I meant to draw arrows, forgot, and literally cannot be f'd to do it now, but the spiracles are the water intakes at the collarbone: they open and close over and over, which pulls water in via pumping action, and the water moves downward into the gill cavities, then over the gills and out through the gill slits between his ribs.
The gills are in no way attached to his lungs, meaning no, he cannot blow smoke out of them from a cigarette even though that would be funny as hell. It's a separate respiratory system from his lungs entirely. He CAN breathe air alone through them, in a pinch, but it's not comfortable or efficient-- think of when a fish is out of the water; they can still breathe for a little while but it's not very helpful, and they will dry out.
How I write them is they seal flat to his skin and look like subtle scars. When they're open, they resemble shark gills-- clean openings with no frills to them. His entire body is basically hairless and streamlined for swimming in the water, fast swimming, bendy movements. Dude's a fish and a ferret and a cat all at once and I'm here for it and if it's NOT what Dreamworks originally wanted for his species well oops too late fandom kind of decided for you, bye <3
Also, a bonus meme:
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Paul Smith Fall 2022 Ready-to-Wear
Photos courtesy of Paul Smith
#fashion#paul smith#fall 2022#ready-to-wear#scopophobia /#he said the goal was 'modern wearable clothes'#i can see dalniente in MANY of these suits
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A very special fish watches over a special friend’s egg. Inspired by the Megamind fic, “Monotremata” by Dalniente.
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Hey Rings fic committee team! Give me your best Vegas Elopement songs and the song Roxanne walks down the aisle to!
#Rings#Megamind#fic by comittee#@displacerghost#Friend Ghost!#@dalniente#Friend Dal!#@elf-kid2#@owlinabasket#same hat!#the fic that kidnapped me and flew me to vegas has nearrly two chapters done already!#Megamind fandom#song requests
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Inspired by Dalniente on AO3 this time. I swear I was paying attention to everything else but Brainbots in bowties!
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So! I was in need of warm-and-fuzzy feelings and I was in Christmas mood, so I went back to check my FFnet favorites and behold!
I found out that one of my favorite author for the Megamind fandom is on Ao3 as well, so here's a fic rec of the fic I've binge-read in the past days:
Mischief is its Own Reward by dalniente
Roxanne is Sick And Tired of being bugged about not being in a relationship. Minion sees an Opportunity and Seizes It. This results in Megamind traveling home with Roxanne for Christmas as her "boyfriend." Fake dating? YES. Only one bed? CHECK. Oblivious characters? YEP. Mutually-requited pining? WE GOT THAT TOO. Megamind getting the cuddles he so desperately needs? OH YOU KNOW IT. Written for the Secret Santa Fic/Art Exchange 2019.
This story deeply resonates with me, so reading it again was a pleasure!
Hope you'll like it as well!
#megamind#fic rec#megarox#roxanne ritchi#minion (megamind)#OCs#fake dating#pining idiots#the fluff#hurt/comfort#awwwwwwww yisssss
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