#megamind fandom

[megamindfandombookclub]

Megamind Rules! Is now streaming through Apple TV for Australia, the US AND New Zealand! (unsure what service in NZ.)

Thanks for finding these links, @buginateacup !!

Great news for our friends on the other side of the globe! They can now watch our Blue Bad Boy on their own!! Please give it a watch! It's a fun show that left off on a MAJOR cliffhanger!!

Feel free to join our Evil Lair server and yell about it with us!!!

[erin-ashh]

No because you guys don’t understand, this is my favourite screen shot to ever exist in the entire WORLD EVER?????? Megamind’s nervous smile and Roxanne just being done, she stands on BUSINESS for her man!!!

I ADORE THEM

[moxiemitchi]

Minion for Minion Day!!! First time drawing him and he's so fun and cute with all his little danglies and stickie-outies!

[fandomcentral101]

Megamind and Roxanne Megamind Rules 1x01

[thoughtfulraven]

He's heeeereeee!!! I'll be getting him up on my Etsy probably this coming Saturday!

[thesunlikehoney]

ok but the thing that drives me up the wall with the megamind fandom is this pervasive idea of "oh he was actually good the whole time, he just needed to be given a chance" because-- NO!!! That Is Not How That Went.

the whole point of megamind isn't that he is some misunderstood hero, it's that he is The Villain!!! he revels in ruining people's day! he wants to be feared! he wants to cause chaos and mayhem and yeah it's all tied up in childhood trauma of his good intentions being continually and willfully misunderstood, yeah he made his choice to be the bad guy thinking there was no other thing he could be, but it was still very much a choice!

megamind still very much made that paint bomb and built that robot suit and kidnapped that reporter. stole that art. stole that money. terrified those people. rejoiced when he thought he'd finally managed to kill his rival. when he's depressed minion suggests a kidnapping to cheer him up and for a few seconds it works. the slave army segment on tv. like yeah it's all played in a very humorous way but megamind is not a good person, and that's the point.

it all comes down to that conversation with roxanne in the rain. because he's been lying to her. he's been lying to her for months and was fully prepared to keep on lying to her as long as he could get away with it, and she calls him out on it. it doesn't matter if he's nice, it doesn't matter if he makes her laugh, what matters is that he tricked her and lied to her and would have continued to do so. what matters is that he killed a man and terrorized a city. what matters is his actions.

when he apologizes to minion, he says, "please don't make this city pay for my wrongdoings." megamind has finally come to terms with the fact that he did some fucked up shit, and he is ready to take responsibility. for his whole life this prison has been home, but it's also still very much a prison. he is locked up to keep people safe. he is locked up as a punishment for his behavior. and when he is finally ready to put aside his villainy and become the hero the city needs, he leaves the prison for the last time.

no matter why he made the decisions he made, he still made them. he still hurt people. he has to make the choice to stop hurting people and start helping them. he has to make the choice to stop being the villain and start being the hero. it's isn't about the audience's perception of him shifting it's about megamind realizing he's gone too far and now he has to become a hero to save his city from the consequences of his own villainy.

[ric505]

MEGAMENTE VOLVIO!

[steponmedean]

OMFG WHERE'S THE MEGAMIND FANDOM AT??????

JUST ONE MORE YEAR PEOPLE

FINALLYYYYYYYYYY

I'M SO FREAKING EXCITED EVEN THO I HAVE TO KEEP WAITING I CAN'T-

The blue daddy's back 😭🛐🩵

[auratale]

Have A Mind-blowing Megamind Monday!

[inbarfink]

Anyways I know literally no one was asking this question but if Dr. Horrible were to ever watch ‘Megamind’, it’ll just get under his skin in such a visceral way. He’ll be so pissed off at it. Like, it’s got the brilliant, sympathetic Supervillain Protagonist who was bullied all of his life by the full-of-himself superhero and then… he has NO plan to improve the city once he takes it over? No ethos outside of the aesthetic? The superhero is played sympathetically?? The supervillain learns the error of his ways and becomes a superhero? This isn’t just an affront to how Dr. Horrible views supervillainy, but to his whole sense of identity.

For him, with his whole view of what supervillainy is and how the world works, this is like some Insidious Corporate Propaganda that exists for the sole purpose of watering down supervillainy, and the kind of resentment and frustrations at society that brought him into supervillainy, into something mainstream-y and placating that does nothing but uphold the status quo. 

And he would make a scathing review of it for his Blog, and he’ll try and play it, like, mocking and condescending and above-it-all. Like, this is just dumb slope for the masses, brainwashing junk food for babies - obviously he doesn’t really care about something so stupid. But, like, you can totally tell that it has touched a nerve. 

He would, however, have No Thoughts about Hal Stewart. Like, Hal’s storyline wouldn’t make him reconsider the way he thinks about Penny, and it wouldn’t make him feel insulted or defensive. He would mention Hal’s existence at, like, one line of his review and then go back into complaining how bullshit it is that Metro Man didn’t stay dead. Billy just doesn’t have the self-awareness to even notice any of the possible parallels between himself and Hal.

[megamindfandombookclub]

Megamind is still on Youtube for free with ads! Currently sitting at 15k likes! Let's get it to 20k!

Dreamworks is monitoring the watch numbers VERY closely! The more we stream it, the more likelihood we will get more content!

[erin-ashh]

[moxiemitchi]

He's a changed man, and he's ready to reenter society as a solid citizen!

[opal-inna]

I was thinking of Megamind’s theme of heroes being made instead of born and the parallels between Megamind and Hal.

You can see how Megamind is trying his best, but Metroman is more privileged, so Megamind gives up. He had always had bad luck, compared to Metroman, so he thought it was his destiny to be a villain. So when Hal seemingly has everything delivered to his doorstep, it’s destiny that wanted this to happen. Megamind believes that it’s up to forces greater than him that make heroes or villains. And Hal had all the gifts Megamind hadn’t, and he chose to use them for evil.

But then I looked deeper into it. I compared Hal with Megamind. Both of them were social outcasts. Both of them were nerds. Both of them were in love with Roxanne. Both of them were rejected by her. And both turned to villainy when things didn’t go as they had hoped. In a dark twist of fate, one could recite the famous cliche  “we’re not so different, you and I!”.

But obviously, they are so different. So what sets them apart?

Both of them wanted approval, but Megamind seeked acceptance from society and Hal sought to win love from another person. Both of them had a skewed idea of how human relationships work and both tried to follow in Metroman’s footsteps to get there.

But obviously, they failed. Because it’s not how it works. Again, they’re similar in this department.

And then it hit me.

Both of them tried to imitate Metroman to gain something- gain approval in their example. But you can’t just win someone’s approval, it’s up for them to decide whether they give it to you or not. And you may only get it by being genuinely good yourself. Even if both chose villainy, time and time again, Megamind proved himself to be good and Hal proved himself to be evil.

Here’s what I found so far.

Hard work

Megamind had worked hard and it gave him no results, so he thought it was meant to be. He put a lot of effort into creating devices that were supposed to imitate Metroman’s powers. Hal had everything given to him, which made him feel entitled to everything he desired. 

Humility

Both of them had been rejected and degraded. But Megamind had enough humility to reflect on himself. He didn’t blame Roxanne for rejecting him (albeit the scene where she tells him to apologize and Megamind misunderstands and turns it around is hilarious). Rather, he blamed his status as a villain. Though he didn’t blame his choice to become a villain, but his destiny to be one- “Villains don’t get the girl”. However, Hal had an advantage of a status of a ‘hero’- one given to him, not the one he chose. He feels entitled to her love, so when she turns him down, he blames her. He played his part of being a ‘hero’, but she didn’t play her part of being a prize. She broke the rules.

Megamind had also reflected on what Roxanne told him. He corrected his mistakes, cleaned up the city and returned what he stole. He didn't have to, but he did it to make her happy and made an effort to be actually good.

And Hal has been actively gaslighting and lessening her, just to protect his ego.

Relationship with Roxanne

Obviously, I also had to include their relationship with Roxanne, and oh boy.

I know I’ve talked about it for the entire time, but I need to go in depth, because it’s a whole thing. Bcos Hal didn’t just have had his powers handed to him. He was also privileged even when it comes to their relationship with Roxanne. Hal had lots of time to form a real connection and friendship with her, but he chose to treat her like a prize he could win if he played the game right.

Megamind was doomed from the start, because he’s a villain. Yet when given a chance, he showed her his true self, became vulnerable with her and they shared each other’s nerdy passions. Though under another person’s skin, he showed her his soul and they formed a genuine bond. Megamind proved to be a better person, because he showed her true respect, valued her for her positive traits and just treated her as a person. 

[stolascrowned]

Professional Sinnamon Roll by: StolasCrowned Sometimes Bernard does shit like this and it makes Roxanne feel like she is going insane. Based on (x).

[jottles]

to me this is the same guy