#hi I wrote this on a whim in like 20 minutes lol

[beachedmessagebottles]

Brothers in Arms but like Literally

Spoilers for the first three volumes of Pokémon Adventures! / Some from 4-6!

Summary: Blaine has possibly never been more terrified in his life. A blatant untrue statement. He’s a scientist, he’s worked with Team Rocket, oh, he’s also biologically linked towards the monstrosity sitting on the counter in the Master Ball. Its an intelligent creature- clearly, as it’s psychic powers are unrivaled, cloned from Mew, cloned from him. It knows what he’s done, it is his bloodline, as he is its.

Blaine has possibly never been more terrified in his life. A blatant untrue statement. He’s a scientist, he’s worked with Team Rocket, oh, he’s also biologically linked towards the monstrosity sitting on the counter in the Master Ball. Its an intelligent creature- clearly, as it’s psychic powers are unrivaled, cloned from Mew, cloned from him. It knows what he’s done, it is his bloodline, as he is its.

He can change, he can repent his sins, but Blaine can’t expect forgiveness from anything or anyone. Red says they can change, start over, he’s a smart, kind-hearted boy, but Blaine knows of grudges and resentment. Team Rocket needed him alive but as a traitor he suspects they’d also like his head on a pike afterwards. Does the cloned Pokémon share that, he doesn’t know. Killing him kills it too, but maybe it’s not afraid of that consequence. He is terrified of that consequence. (As most men are when met in the face of death.)

It glared at him from inside the Pokéball. It seemed ironic how capsule like the device was, despite it could hold it. Wires and broken glass fill Blaine’s mind, sedatives in the liquid doing nothing to quell its wrath of unnaturally being born. He knew of many balls being shattered, splintered, so unrecognizable the Pokémon inside could not come out. A Pokémon’s rage is astounding because of their powers and strength, a human cannot compare. Is he even human anymore is a hypothesis for later, right now it’s ‘Am I going to stay alive for even ten seconds?’

He is not… Completely defenseless. If it decides to throw him against the wall instead of the spoon attack, he has Rapidash at his side. Though that is more for retrieving the Master Ball, he doesn’t dare throw it in such an enclosed space. Though a master of Fire types, the lab feels suffocating, and it’s not because of smoke.

“Right, here we go… I’m going to release you- From the ball, I mean. It’s all fine.” He coaxes the creature, as if it’s a mere Caterpie infestation. Its glare never stopped, and Blaine can feel sweat down his neck. Its a matter of trust. Trust to not hurt and be hurt in return. Either way, it can be easily snapped like a twig, he has to be gentle rather than rip off the bandage.

His hands lay rest on the device, he waits a moment for Mewtwo to react, it moves slightly, flinches, when his touch comes near, despite the pissed off ‘I’d like to kill you’ look, its still a Pokémon, still has stimuli, a heart. His arm writhes slightly, but he grins and bears it.

“I won’t hurt you, not anymore.” Blaine says as the capsule becomes undone, stepping back so there’s enough room for release. Moment of truth. His breath is held. Mewtwo exits, looking around its surroundings. Perhaps that’s a good sign- it should already know that from its energy, so glancing around is perhaps instinct rather than knowledge of the situation. Its nose twitches, and it settles, staring at Blaine. Nervously, he extends his hand.

“It was a mere suggestion by that boy, but it’s a good one. Shall we start over… friend?” Blaine hesitates on what to call the creature. It looks at him for longer, like an eternity, but at least it’s not attacking him or the lab. (Though the latter is the least of his worries. A lab can be replaced, not exactly a human being.)

A four-fingered hand nestles in his palm, and Blaine laughs. He laughs hard, tears prickling at his eyes, concealed by his sunglasses. Mewtwo recoils at this.

“Not at you, not at you…” Blaine reassures it, “It’s nothing, I assure you. I’m just glad for the chance… My brother.”

[jmdbjk]

JM Welive & JK Welive #3-4

Jimin’s Welive:

My god, he looks SOOOO good. All these years, when Jimin makes comments about how he looks, I always think, “omg, Jimin, you always look great!” He looked especially fantastic during this live though he admitted he’d had a sore throat and his voice was a little rough. He reassured us he took some meds and he’s fine.

Within the first 22 seconds, someone texts him because his phone vibrates once... he looks down... who is it? Is it his manager saying we leave in 20 minutes? Or someone else who wants to order chicken and look for something to watch on Netflix? ... ... ... he wanted to say something... but he didn’t... 

Anyway, Jimin continues and says “here I am alive and well!” and came to tell us. He’s seen our comments. His album is coming soon, it’s almost ready and he’s got lots of stuff in store for us. [squeeeeeeeeeee!!!!1!!] He even filmed something earlier in the day but he couldn’t talk about it. 

When he was talking about working with Taeyang, and specifically the MV, he said something to the effect that he realized he has been living comfortably like a child in a warm home... did he mean he realized how pampered he’s been as a member of BTS? I wrote about my impressions of the Vibe MV and I was not very complimentary of the production... is Jimin confirming that the conditions were not up to what he’s been used to? 

He was choosing his words carefully and I’m sure the reason he said it was to self-reflect on how fortunate he is. Perhaps he realizes his solo work process so far has also been very easy compared to other artists trying to make music and be successful. Jimin has a whole company behind him that can cater to every whim and he’s able to work with almost any producer he chooses and he’s able to have a lot of guidance in things he’s less experienced in.

He says he’s happy, doing the things he wants to be doing. He’s experiencing new things including being a fashion ambassador. He says happy things are happening one right after the other and I’m thrilled for him. It’s so good to see him in such a positive headspace because 2020 through 2021 were suckass.

He says he’s living the busy life and then (randomly?) mentions he has been watching Suchwita... 

After someone asked him if he saw Taeyang watching that old video of young Jimin singing/dancing to a Taeyang song, Jimin says he was so embarrassed and wonders how did he ever become Bangtan... hahahahahahahaaa... 

He talked more about Paris Fashion week and wanting to talk more about his work but he can’t say anything right now. Jimin is excited, y’all. I’m excited for him, it’s going to be so fun when his album is released!

JK Welive #3: Jungkookie has reached a certain status where he doesn’t answer to anyone. Though the members told him not to drink while live broadcasting... Jungkook is a man on a mission. 

And then boyfie shows up in the comments...

[That man’s mega-watt smile when he realized his Jiminie was in the comments... be still my heart... ]

He kept looking for Jimin in between laughing at Bam who was chasing the green dots swirling around on the walls.

He really wanted Jimin to be there... lol. 

And a screen shot of Jimin’s comments with Weverse translations:

When Jimin said “It’s night” he meant Bam, he saw Bam... “Bam” means night. And with the emojis... sobx5 It’s Bam sobx5

Jimin: (laughing) kekekekekeke don’t do it when you’re drunk kekekekekekeke (that amount of keke-ing is falling over laughing keke-ing don’t you think?)

Also Jimin: I am at another location for work, kekekekeke sobbing emoji... kissy face emoji (!!!)

Also Jimin: have fun with Army, I’ll be back after work (!!!) silly face emoji

I want to ask Jungkookie and Jiminie exactly who is acting more shameless these days?

JK Welive #4: 

Welp... the man on a mission didn’t count on Netflix’s big nope. From what I saw, Kookie was enjoying his chicken, beer and his Netflix show. 

Kookie did happen to tear his eyes away from his chicken and tv   program and saw Jimin back in the comments.

And Armys were quick enough to save this for us before the live got deleted... Jimin’s comments on the deleted Welive #4...

Jimin: commenting that Kookie is just sitting there watching TV with the live on... 

Jimin: (laughing) kekekekekeke you’re cute with the gloves on kekekekeke (he is falling over laughing again).

Jimin: (laughing) kekekekekekekekeke I want to tie your hair neatly kekeke

And lastly: (Korean OP clarified the wonky Weverse translation because apparently, Jimin dropped his formal language and spoke very informally/cutely) I gotta go, eat plenty, baby. (!!!!!)

Confirmed: Jimin and Jungkook are... still flirting in front of our morning salad. Like, I-want-to-tie-your-hair-back-eat-well-spend-time-with Bam-and-Army-babe-I’ll-be-back-later-after-work NUCLEAR level flirting.

Anon who is trying to make a big deal out of this formal greeting Jimin and Jungkook do all the time... I’ve seen them do this repeatedly... this formal polite-bowing-hello-nice-to-meet-you thing they’ve been doing that I’ve seen at least 4 different times now and is some inside joke of theirs. Just another one of those things that’s between the two of them. I can hear it now... at some point in the past, someone could have, maybe, who knows... said to them... “hey guys, chill a little, y’all being really loud, as in totally obvious with the hickey/touchy-feely/bedroom eyes”... and one of them said “what are we supposed to do? act like we just met?” And they ran with it (laughing all the way.)

BAHAHAHAHA!

Anyway. Nothing has changed. They are fine.

I hope they put #4 live back up after clearing any copyright claims on it and putting stickers all over that chicken box to hide the logos... [hears Hobi repeating “he never listens” while both of us shaking our heads].

[u1travi0lett]

Happiness is a butterfly • J.M

James Patrick March x fem! Reader

Warnings~ mentions of death but apart from that nothing.

Plot~ literally just james comforting you after a bad dream but then you babying him after he finds out it was abt him.

Type~ fluff

AN~ I apologise in advance for this I wrote it on a whim and it’s absolutely awful but I wanted to post something so here it is. Also this is literally not proof read or anything, it took me around 20 minutes to write so there is probs so many mistakes lol :)

All of a sudden, she awoke, panting in the dimly lit room. Her body drenched in sweat as she began to panic. Her eyes darted around the space, trying to find comfort within her surroundings.

The room was silent except from the soft snoring of her boyfriend, James, as he slept peacefully besides her. She sighed in relief at the sight of him, biting her lip as her eyes began to gloss over.

‘it was just a dream, ‘ she reassured herself. ‘he would never hurt me.’

Although, she told herself this every night, without failure, she would have nightmares about her ‘beloved’ boyfriend brutally murdering her. Not only were these dreams horrific, but they were damaging too.

Not only towards y/n, but her relationship as well. She knew far too well of what he was capable of and what he liked to call his ‘hobbies’. However, they never truly bothered her until now.

She began to grow scared of her boyfriend. Worrying that one day he may snap and her blood will be on his hands like the blood of his many previous victims.

She carefully removed James' arm from around her waist, causing him to slightly stir within his slumber. Cautiously, she got up, making her way to the en-suite bathroom within the room. Locking the door behind her as she entered.

A single tear escaped her eye as she slid down the back of the door. Once that first tear broke free, the rest followed in an unbroken stream. She bent forward where she sat on the floor, pressing her palms to the mat below her. No matter how many times she reassured herself that her boyfriend would never do such a thing, she still remained terrified.

—

James awoke from his slumber, turning to see his beloved y/n wasn’t laying besides him. He instantly began to panic, his breath hitched and his dead heart pounding against his rib cage. He jumped out of bed and began searching the room for any trace of his lover.

He called out her name but there was no avail. At this point a million thoughts were cluttering his mind. He began to worry that one of the evil souls within the hotel may have kidnapped her or that she packed her belongs and fled the hotel in the night.

All thoughts were soon thrown out of the window as he heard a faint noise coming from the bathroom. He walked closer to the door of the room, pressing his ear against it as he reached it, to hear, his lover sobbing softly on the other side.

His heart plummeted as he heard her delicate whimpers and cries.

What was causing such immense sadness for his queen? He questioned.

Was it something he had done? He just had to know.

James softly knocked on the door, causing Y/n to practically jump out of her skin as she wasn’t expecting anyone.

"Who is it?" She sniffed, trying to pull herself together but failing miserably in the process.

"It's me, dearest." James replied, his voice soft as he spoke.

"What do you want?" She asked in a rather harsh tone, causing James’ face to fall.

"For you to unlock the door my love, we need to talk." He replied quietly, feeling rather defeated.

Y/n sighed. No matter what she would always give in to James wishes. She carefully got up from the bathroom floor, momentarily inspecting her appearance in the mirror before sliding the chain from the lock.

Instantly, James twisted the handle of the door and opened it. Causing him to come face to face with his beloved y/n. Her hair ruffled and knotted while her usual rosy cheeks were mascara stained.

He instantly scooped y/n into his arms, hugging her close to his chest, but she stood completely stiff within his grasp.

"Y/n...what's going on?" He asked as he traced his hands up and down her back comfortingly.

The sudden warmth of James touch caused y/n to give in. She let herself relax into his embrace. Burying her head into his bare chest as tears, once again, began to escape her eyes.

"Shhh my love." James cooed, planting a soft, warm kiss onto her forehead.

Y/n's small whimpers and cries grew into something more as she stood there in her boyfriends arms. She clung to him, desperately, as he did the same to her.

James had no clue what was troubling his darling y/n, but it was something severe enough to cause her pain. Which caused him to worry deeply for her. He loved her more than anything to exist in this world. So seeing her hurt was like seeing his entire world crumble within his grasp. It broke his heart entirely to witness.

Y/n suddenly removed her head from James' chest to look up at him. Her eyes scanning every inch of her boyfriends face. In taking his beauty. Focussing on his perfection began to calm her.

James watched in childlike confusion as she did this. Wondering why she had been staring at him for so long.

"Your pretty." Y/n sniffed as she wiped her eyes.

"Pretty?" James questioned, obviously confused to why y/n had used such a word to describe him.

"Yeah. Pretty." She repeated.

James didn't know why or how but he felt his cheeks fluster as those words escaped y/n's mouth. The sudden redness of James' cheeks caused her to let out a slight giggle.

"My dear, you mustn't be calling me these things. You know it gets me terribly flustered." He chuckled, feeling triumphant that he made his lover laugh.

James then began to, softly, brush away the remaining tears on y/n's  face with his thumbs. Softly caressing her cheeks as he did so.

James loving nature caused y/n to be overwhelmed with a feeling she hadn't felt in a long time. Safety.

—

Time skip ~ 1 hour later

Y/n lay comfortably with her boyfriend. Her head rested upon his bare chest as his arms remained around her waist, pulling her close. He began to trace little circles on her bare skin with the tip of his finger.

He hadn't realised how much he truly missed this.

Although, James hated to admit it his favourite moments were moments like these; his lover laying in his arms peacefully, not a care nor worry in the world. Just him and her. Together for all of eternity. (he hoped)

It had been a little over an hour since James found y/n, they still hadn't spoken about the situation.

"Y/n?" James suddenly spoke.

Almost startling y/n as she was half asleep.

"Yes, James." She answered, burying her face into the crook of his neck.

"What caused your hurt?" He asked.

Y/n looked up at him in that moment. Realising the sheer amount of worry and concern he held for her.

"I had a bad dream" She replied simply, shrugging it off.

"About what?" He questioned curiously.

"You, James." She answered bluntly, turning her face away from his in fear of his reaction.

James face fell and his eyes grew sad as a reaction to his girlfriends confession. What had caused y/n to be so distressed was exactly what he feared it to be. Himself.

A few silent moments went by. Y/n with her back facing away from her boyfriend as tears began to form in his eyes. That was until he, unexpectedly, intertwined his fingers with hers. Causing her to turn to face him.

She realised how truly hurt he was by what she had said. She didn't even go into detail about what happened within her dream, she didn't have to. James knew immediately what she meant as soon as his name escaped her lips.

"Y/n, my dear, I would never, ever hurt you." He promised, his voice cracking slightly as he spoke.

Y/n felt tears form in her eyes as she saw her boyfriend in such a state. She held them back and held a brave face.

She couldn't breakdown in front of James again, not tonight.

"I know." She replied softly as she pulled him into an embrace.

At this point James was sobbing. Sure he felt embarrassed by the fact he was doing so. He hated being vulnerable in front of anyone, even his y/n. He didn't want to be seen as weak, less of a man.

Yet here he was, his face buried in the crook of his lovers neck as he sobbed softly. More vulnerable than ever. He felt safe in her arms.

He moved his head from her shoulder, planting it onto the centre of her chest. Resting his ear against it so he could hear her heart beating steadily. It soothed him in a way, listening to her heart beating as he clung to her.

James was telling the truth when he said he'd never hurt his love. In fact, a thought of harming her had never crossed his mind. Not even when they had first met.

This was unusual for James as when he would first meet someone, his first thought would be how he would kill them. But not y/n. Not a single thought of harm crossed his mind. The moment he first set his gaze upon her he wanted to do nothing but protect her. And that's what he set himself to do.

It was his purpose.

"Shhh baby." Y/n cooed, as she planted a soft, warm kiss onto her boyfriends forhead.

James looked up from y/n's chest and his gaze met hers. Their eyes meeting and their souls interlocking in that moment.

James leant in, planting a soft, passionate kiss onto y/n's lips. At first she didn't kiss back as she was quite startled by his sudden movement. But as soon as she realised what was happening she kissed back. Running her hands through his untamed, black, curly hair as he softly caressed the back of her neck.

It had been a long time since they had shared a kiss like this. Sure they had kissed many times but those  kisses were different. They were quick and heated merely thoughtless, acts of sexual desire.

James had only kissed y/n 2 times like this previously. The day of their first kiss and the day they had first made love. Which made moments like this special.

These acts of contact were way more than just  sharing spit. It was as if in this moment they were connected. Bind together.

"Oh darling." James breathed as he parted his lips from y/n's.

He rested his head against hers, catching his breath as he stared into her deep y/e/c eyes. He kissed her nose gently causing her to let out a slight giggle.

"I am so deeply smitten for you." He continued.

"As I am for you." She chuckled, she then shifted so she was now laying on James' chest, which caused him to smile.

"I love you, y/n" He spoke softly, planting the softest kiss onto the back of his lovers head.

"I love you too, James”

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[lovelytonys]

100 great things about megamind

basically i just watched megamind and wrote down everything that made me go “hey that’s good”

1. The opening monologue slaps I literally do not care about your “cliches” it’s GOOD

2. “8 days old and still living with my parents...pathetic right?”

3. The idea that Megamind is inherently good since his origin story should have been his dad saying he’s destined for “greatness” but the greatness got cut off uwu

4. Literally just the fact that Megamind was about to go to the Rich Nice House and his destiny changed at the last second,,,everything about this movie makes it a cinematic masterpiece

5. “A baby! How thoughtful!” “yes yes I saw it and thought of you”

6. “While they were learning the itsy bitsy spider I was learning how to dehydrate objects and rehydrate them at will”

7. When you hear the Bad to the Bone guitar riff kick in,,,,,,heck yeah babey!!

8. J.K Simmons is here! yeah!

9. Will Ferrell’s voice acting is literally SO darn good like even just from the beginning,,, the funny affectation of whatever kind of accent that is,,,,,the expressiveness of literally everything he says,,,,,I’m not actively a fan of Will Ferrell or anything but he just did a good job ok

10. “His heart is an ocean inside a bigger ocean”

11. Idk why but I just love the phrase “you fantastic fish you”

12. Metro Man is such a fun character. Like. A hero who shouldn’t be a hero, but he just….is one? Someone who’s idol-worshipped and, despite his grandeur, doesn’t exactly deserve it?

13. MEGAMIND’S CHARACTER DESIGN IS LITERALLY SO GOOD like the vivid colors of his skin and eyes? His COSTUME? His hilarious proportions, between the giant head and the skinny & scrawny everything else? Superb, you funky little alien

14. All dialogue between Megamind and Minion is god tier by default

15. The twist on “damsel in distress” where yeah the girl gets kidnapped but she is so not distressed and has the intellectual power in the situation as she roasts Megamind at every turn and he can’t combat anything she says

16. “Oh potato tomato potato tomato”

17. “I’m shaking in my BABY SEAL LEATHER BOOTS”

18. THE ENTIRE EXCHANGE BETWEEN MEGAMIND AND METRO MAN ABOUT JUSTICE AND REVENGE AND THE MICROWAVE OF EVIL AND WARRANTIES

19. “Can someone stamp my frequent kidnapping card” “You of all people know that we discontinued that”

20. The way this movie manages to SO effectively establish character while diving right into the action and keeping with a fun, fast pace? The world & characters are set up incredibly well AND the start of the journey/ “break into the new world” hits at a brisk 20 minutes? Lovely work, Dreamworks

21. When Highway to Hell kicks in with the lasers and Megamind dancing at the police,,,,,this is nothing short of priceless

22. “Imagine the most horrible terrifying evil thing you could possibly think of and multiply it…..BY SIX”

23. When you’re a supervillain who takes over the city and you say “let’s just have fun with this” to the citizens

24. *whispering behind the door* “now slam the door really hard!” *snickering like a 12 year old girl* “move they can still see you”

25. “Did you think this day would come?” “No, no not in a million years, not ever...I mean yes”

26. “That’s called a window, sir. All the kids are looking through them”

27. Crazy Train is SUCH a nice touch, the fade into Alone Again Naturally is great. The use of music in this movie is absolutely A+, MEGAMIND DID IT FIRST AND GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY AIN’T SPECIAL (jk gotg you’re so special ily)

28. The images of Megamind’s destruction & deterioration of the city are so creative and funny

29. *to a desk toy bird* “What’s your vacuum like?”  

30. “GOING OFF THE RAILS ON A CRAZY TRAIN SIR”

31. Haven’t yet mentioned how lovely the animation of Megamind’s face is! Every single frame, he’s so expressive

32. Mispronunciation of words like “school”, “Metro City”, and “melancholy”

33. This voice cast in general is so good like it’s not just big names phoning it in for an animated movie, they’re fully into it

34. Real Bernard doesn’t get much screen time but he’s hilarious

35. “Typhoon Cheese”, whatever that was gonna be

36. The juxtaposition in body language & facial expression between Real Bernard and Megamind Bernard,,,,,actually just the way Megamind’s physicality is transferred to the other characters he disguises himself as. Great stuff

37. Megamind’s off-the-walls high energy is so fun and electric

38. “This is a bad idea” “yes, a good idea for the greater good of bad” “maybe it seems good from your bad perception but from a good perception it’s just plain bad” “oh you don’t know what’s good for bad”

39. Ollo? Oh, hello

40. “I’m just yelling at my…..mother’s urn”

41. Megamind and Minion just saying “code” before things that aren’t in code. This movie is so good with its running gags, they don’t feel like “oh haha they used that joke again!” they feel like inside jokes between the characters I love it

42. Megamind fighting himself as Bernard while complimenting himself, COMEDY GOLD

43. The various occurrences of random life-altering things happening on a whim to the wrong people, like Hal getting the superpowers and earlier Metro Man being molded into a hero and Megamind landing in prison as a baby

44. The forget me stick

45. Space Dad and Space Stepmom

46. Every character Megamind inhabits always retains Megamind’s eyes

47. MR BLUE SKY PLAYING OVER HAL’S DISASTROUS TRAINING SEQUENCE AND THE FALLING IN LOVE SEQUENCE THAT INCLUDES DONKEY KONG AND MEGAMIND WEIRDLY TEXTING ON A FLIP PHONE (gotgv2 who? Don’t know her)

48. Roxanne’s positive influence making Megamind genuinely want to make the city better uwu

49. ROXANNE AND METRO MAN WERE NEVER A COUPLE! Lovely trope subversion

50. Tropes in this movie in general are so fun. This isn’t some uninspired genre parody. They don’t just subvert tropes in the exact way that you’d expect. I feel like the way that this movie plays with the superhero genre often feels unique and creative

51. Bernard’s character design kind of slaps tbh. The turtleneck, the hair, the glasses, all very nice

52. When Hal calls Roxanne “a really good looking one I’ve got my eye on” like she’s meat or something as opposed to Megamind valuing her personality…..makes ya think u know

53. T h e  b l a c k  m a m b a a a a a

54. “Maybe I don’t want to be the bad guy anymore!” and Megamind & Minion’s subsequent falling out that served as a precursor to the disastrous date with Roxanne- it happens pretty much exactly halfway through the movie. Some people look down upon following structure to a T, but sometimes it’s satisfying when a movie perfectly follows structure and this movie’s structure is flawless

55. “Good luck on your date” “I will” “That doesn’t even make any sense” “I know”

56. Right after fighting w Minion when Megamind looks in a cracked mirror and frowns at his reflection but then changes into someone else, into Bernard, and then smiles? THE CINNAMON TOGROPHY, THE STORYTELLING

57. When Hal is just an incel whose feeling of entitlement is framed as disgusting and he’s not supposed to be sympathetic and Roxanne’s rejection of him is not framed as evil but rather completely justified? VERY epic of them, this movie would have SMASHED the pop culture scene if it came out today

58. The GRAVITY of the part when Roxanne accidentally reveals Megamind in the restaurant is so powerful that I can STILL barely watch it even though I’ve seen it so many times

59. The part that immediately follows where Roxanne shuts down Megamind is SO well done. Roxanne is giving out some harsh words to our dear protagonist, but she is not framed as the bad guy. The great thing about this scene is that they let Roxanne call out Megamind on how he’s been a jerk and she gets to be RIGHT. How very cash money of them! The emotion here isn’t anger at Roxanne because she’s ~being mean~ to Megamind. It’s a sting over the fact that she’s right, and the heartbreak over the dramatic irony of us knowing that Megamind is becoming a better person and Roxanne having no idea. Now Megamind is left with a decision that will show who he truly is on the inside: he could either retreat back into safe, evil ways for the rest of time because it’s easier to be bad because then no one expects anything from him and rejection is easier to handle, or he could ultimately choose to grow from this and recognize how he was wrong and how he has to change. The execution of this midpoint is exemplary.

60. “Do you really think I’d ever be with you?” “....no” the delivery of those lines is so good

61. “You were right! I was….less right!”

62. The Black Mamba is a god tier costume and the fact that it has its own theme song in the score makes it at least 6x better

63. WHEN BACK IN BLACK KICKS IN YEAAAHHHH (Iron Man who? Don’t know her) (Iron Man was already out at this point but how fun is it that this movie used TWO iconic mcu songs)

64. Megamind in the giant suit playing with cars

65. Hal SUCKS I love how much the movie wants you to hate him

66. The difference between Megamind and Hal/Titan/Tighten is so interesting to watch. How Megamind is the self-proclaimed “bad guy” but he’s not even out to do serious damage & it’s just a game to him, while Hal is out for blood but was created to be a hero

67. “Now it’s time for witty banter” “AAAAAAAAA” “I’m not really sure where to go with that”

68. “I’M CALLING A TIME OUT”

69. Twisting the Kryptonite trope by having Metro Man make up the copper weakness

70. “Does he have a hideout? A cave? A solitary fortress?” lol I understood that reference

71. “OW! MY GIANT BLUE HEAD!”

72. Metro Man’s confession scene is so good. Really, how often do you get a hero who feels that he was forced into being a hero? That’s usually a villain trope. Does the hero ever realize he doesn’t want to be a hero….and actually quit FOR GOOD? Again, the trope subversion is awesome

73. “I have eyes that can see right through leaaaaaaaad” that’s my favorite song

74. “You left the city to HIM! No offense” “no I’m with you”

75. “There’s a yin for every yang. If there’s bad, good will rise up against it.”

76. “I say we just go all GANGSTA on him” ms tina fey i would die for you

77. Megamind turns himself in to the police, the fact that he willingly submits himself to the punishment of being a villain at this point is a lovely and stirring way of showing the sense of justice he has deep down and showing his character development

78. When Roxanne gives Megamind a desperate & compassionate pep talk over live tv no matter what it means for her reputation :*))

79. When Megamind has 88 life sentences

80. “I. Am. Sorry!” *dramatically slides down door*

81. Megamind’s heartfelt and regretful admission of all his mistakes that brings his character arc to a head? Lovely

82. “Good luck” “WE’RE GONNA D I E! Hahahaha!”

83. “There is no Easter bunny, there is no tooth fairy, and there is no queen of England.”

84. MEGAMIND’S EPIC ENTRANCE BY COMING OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH

85. “Oh you’re a villain alright. Just not a super one.” “Oh yeah? What’s the difference?”

86. P R E S E N T A T I O N

87. METRO MAN THUNDER CALVES

88. Again with the green eyes continuity! Love that!

89. “Going somewhere? Besides jail?” *flies in a fancy pose*

90. When Megamind is ready to let everyone think Metro Man is back but Roxanne wants to see the real hero :*))

91. “This is the last time you make a fool out of me!” “I made you a hero, you did the fool thing all by yourself” SICK BURN

92. “There’s a benefit to losing. You get to learn from your mistakes”

93. WHEN THE DEHYDRATION GUN COMES IN CLUTCH

94. Minion being a drama queen lol comedy peaked in 2010

95. Minion’s Little Face

96. “GET BACK YOU SAVAGES” “Sorry he’s just not used to positive feedback!”

97. “Destiny is not the path given to us but the path we choose for ourselves”

98. When Megamind gets to parallel Metro Man’s entrance from the beginning of the movie and everyone cheers for him :*)) and he adds his own fun little twist by making a villain joke

99. “Megamind, defender of Metro City” “you know? I like the sound of that!”

100. Name a better villain to hero story. YOU CANNOT. Cinematic excellence. I am never disappointed.