How Megamind falls in love with Roxanne Ritchi.
pre-movie, canon-compliant, T rating
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“So, Megamind,” Miss Ritchi says, “are you really an alien, then?”
Megamind blinkes in surprise.
“I—was not aware that was ever actually in question,” he says.
“There are some rumors that you’re a superpowered human with a genetic mutation—”
“No,” Megamind says. “I’m not human.”
“And do you have a superpower?”
This is great, and i love it. I love how Megamind stonewalls inquiries about his motive and backstory with “destiny” and “because I’m evil”. I absolutely adore the description of space, beautiful and terrifying, and the LONGING we see from both Roxanne and Megamind. Megamind realizing he said too much and fleeing at the sound of the alarm is excellent, as was his parting one-liner. Roxanne’s intervew skills are on-point; I’m super happy that she got to interview Metro Man az well.
The bit where she tried to ask the tough questions but was silences by someone off-camera was brilliant. Also! I am wildly curious about reactions to the interview from the general public, and about how proceedings seem from her perspective! The interaction and dialogue is excellent. I also loved the panic-attack at the end. This is great. This is fantastic and wonderful and amazing, and I am greatly enjoying it! Thank you so much for writing this! 😀
Thank you so much! I was really nervous about getting Roxanne’s interview with Megamind right–it’s such an important moment for them–so I’m very glad to hear you liked it so much.
Megamind is really trying to deflect those questions, but Roxanne is skilled enough that he ends up telling her more than he planned–when he talks about the existence of good requiring evil to ensure ‘good’ doesn’t go too far–that maybe sounds like supervillain melodrama, but he’s obliquely talking about the fact that he doesn’t trust Metro Man specifically not to go too far with his ‘heroism’.
And her interview with Metro Man! I’m pleased that the someone-off-camera silencing Roxanne when she tries to ask the hard questions thing worked for you; it made sense in my head–Megamind has made Roxanne a big player in the villain and hero game, so much so that Metro Man can’t afford to ignore her any longer, but Metro Man (and his press handler, etc.) still has more social power than Roxanne, so she’s not able to push as hard as she wants to.
I’m really happy you’re enjoying the fic; thank you so much for telling me! ❤
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