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I keep thinking of a scene in the Code: Safeword universe where these two utter nerds roleplay as something from Star Wars- where he is from the Empire and she is a Rebel fighter who he captures and he has to “interrogate her.”

Imperial Entanglements

Roxanne, securely restrained, watches as Megamind places each of the objects he intends to use in a neat line on the metal table. He looks up at her with a wicked smirk and her breathing picks up. He must notice her reaction, because his smile widens.

“Why don’t you tell me the location of the Rebel base now, Commander Ritchi?” he asks, voice smooth and persuasive. “You know you will, sooner or later.”

Roxanne raises her chin.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” she says.

He raises an eyebrow.

“Oh?” he says. “So unfortunate. It would have been easier for you if you had cooperated, Commander.”

“Easier for you, maybe,” Roxanne says.

His grin turns sharp and he picks up the first of the objects.

“Oh, yes, easier for me as well,” he says. “But much less fun. And I have confidence that I can make you talk in the end.”

Roxanne writhes in near-ecstasy, tugging uselessly at her restraints. So close, so very close–almost–

Megamind, evidently seeing the signs of her impending climax, lowers the setting on the toy he’s using. Roxanne gives a little scream of frustration and he laughs, damn him.

“Tell me the location, Commander Ritchi,” he says.

Roxanne curses at him fluently.

“Aren’t you ready for your torture to be over, Commander?” he asks. “All you have to do is tell me.”

“I–I–”

Panting, Roxanne gazes up at Megamind–who’s looking very hot and flustered, his face flushed and the collar of his Imperial uniform slightly loosened. She licks her lips and his eyes follow the movement.

“–let me go,” she says. 

Megamind blinks, surprised–not by the words, but by the tone of confidence, she thinks.

She licks her lips again, tilts her head, arching her neck. Megamind’s eyes track that moment as well, before snapping up to hers again.

Roxanne smiles at him, slow and deliberate.

“Let me escape,” she says,  “and the two of us can go there together.”

Megamind’s eyes widen.

After an exciting escape which involves Roxanne convincing Megamind to defect to the Rebellion, the two of them ‘stealing’ weapons then running and hiding all throughout the Lair from imaginary Imperial troops, commandeering a ‘spaceship’, battling their way through an attack by Imperial starfighters, and finally arriving safely at the Rebel base, Roxanne admits to herself that perhaps that roleplay session got a little bit away from them.

But neither of them mind, so it doesn’t really matter.

Idk if you’ve answered something like this before but, what do you think would have happened if Roxanne hadn’t accidentally turned off Megamind’s disguise watch in the restaurant?

I really think that he was working himself up to telling her who he really was and quitting villainy! 

His comment to Minion about how Roxanne ‘will never find out’ who he really is–I think that is him trying to deceive Minion, to downplay this whole thing. No, Minion, of course I’m not wearing cologne! No, of course I’m not going on a date with Roxanne! No, of course she’s never going to find out who I really am; this isn’t a big deal!

But it is a big deal.

The novelization of the movie actually implies even more strongly that he’s planning on quitting villainy, and that he wants to tell her who he is. He says, when the two of them are talking about Megamind, “maybe he’s met someone who changed his outlook on things. He might be thinking of hanging up the whole villainy thing altogether.” Not wanting to be the bad guy isn’t something he just blurts out to Minion on the spur of the moment; he’s actually thought about it.

Megamind wasn’t planning on telling Roxanne in the restaurant, of course, but I do think he was planning on telling her–probably after the date, when he took her home.

His question to her about whether or not she’d still like him if he ‘was bald and had the complexion of a popular primary color’–that’s him testing the waters and also maybe him dropping a hint, I think. And maybe Roxanne’s response isn’t entirely encouraging, as she tells him that you should judge people based on their actions, but it’s also not the most discouraging thing ever, either. She doesn’t tell him that his ‘random non-specific example’ sounds ugly or unappealing, and she doesn’t just laugh off the idea. 

She says that you should judge people by their actions, and Megamind knows that a lot of his actions haven’t been good, but he’s planning on quitting villainy; he’s made a new superhero; he’s cleaned up the city and returned all the things he’s stolen, and so maybe, maybe–

He’s not lying when he tells Roxanne that he never thought she would actually be with him, but Megamind’s always been willing to attempt impossible things.

So I had an idea (for a fic) which is that Megamind’s parents managed to put themselves into stasis – at some point in time (before, during or after the movie’s plotline) their craft is discovered orbiting an outer planet. They’re of course dismayed that they were revived too late to be there for their son – but they bond with him, and teach him, Minion and Wayne as much as they can about their homeworlds. Thoughts?

Ah, thank you for the prompt! This could be a really interesting story–and it would definitely be a very different story depending on when they arrived. Having them arrive there while he’s still Evil Overlord would be very angsty, while a storyline in which they arrived after the events of the movie would be more light.

And since my headcanon for the M’ega includes kidnapping as a proposal, having them arrive actually *during* the Metro Man day kidnapping could potentially be hilarious.