Random thoughts

[maybeawriter6]

You know, it's kinda weird, but it took me forever to really get it through my head that the little blue kid who was picked on in school is really the Megamind we all know and love. I always felt this odd kinda disconnect between the two

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[talanigreywolf]

It always strikes me as neglegent behavior, on the teacher's part, for allowing such flagrant bullying to go on beyond the initial act. Part or what teachers do is notice signs of abuse on a student, to permit abuse to carry on under her supervision is plain criminal! It makes me wonder how she got the position or even if the school was licensed at all. The saddest part of it is that Megs had to suffer so much because of one persons flagrant disrespect of his difference.
I would so put that educator on blast if it were possible, someone would surely take action if only in my belief that not every citizen of Metro City could turn a blind eye on such treatment in what's suppose to be a safe learning environment. Then maybe the lesson learned wouldn't have been so cruel!

[maybeawriter6]

I couldn't agree more. It's worth wondering how things might have been different if they'd had a different teacher.
Then again... Say the teacher scolded Wayne. Say Wayne told his parents. Say they pulled him and their money out of the school. Say that money keeps the school going.
Maybe it wouldn't have mattered in that scenario. Maybe even an otherwise great teacher would have turned a blind eye. Especially since it was never explicitly said that Megs was actually getting beat up outside of the dodge-ball. (I hate dodge-ball...)
I'm not excusing his actual teacher, though. You can tell just from her body language and expressions that she's dumb as a bag of rocks and probably about as caring.

[filthy_animal]

I kinda wonder if it's the time, too. If Megamind is around 30-40 then this is also the... 70s? 80s? I'm not sure when those requirements as a teacher kicked in hard, I was in school by the 90s and by then teachers were getting smacked down hard with rules to go by.

[murasaki_yugata]

With that teacher it was worse than neglect. Look at her face when Megamind's getting ready to show the kids his popcorn-making skills. She looks utterly bored and unimpressed. Megamind worked so hard to create something that would impress the other kids and get their approval, but it's clear that she's given up on him before he's even tried. Not only that, but when Metro Man sets Megamind in the corner, Minion's flailing on the ground in his now broken-body and she doesn't lift a finger to help the poor fish. Also, when Megamind is being sent away from the school for the last time, look at the snarky way she waves goodbye to him. She may not have thrown any of those dodgeballs herself, but she was likely unkind and unsupportive enough to do just at least as much damage as any of the kids.

[missmartian23]

I always see it as groomed behavior on both Megs and Metz. What if the teacher was the one who set the rules from the beginning?

"Since you have all the superpowers and look just like us normal people then you are obviously destined to be good. YOU on the other hand *points dramatically at young megs* look completely different and have a superior intellect which must make you the bad boy."

Maybe she took the traditional comic book approach in this regard. scrawny brainiacs must be evil while super buff and handsome guys must be good.

*shrugs*

[murasaki_yugata]

That video gave me feels and got me thinking about something. It's somewhat tangential, but I'm gonna go ahead and share it anyway. (Warning: sad shit ahead

[lasersandspikes]

Thanks a lot, Mur. Now I'm crying...

But yes, that's exactly how I see it too. You hit every nail on the head! Especially that last part about reverting back to his childhood insecurities.

That shit is real; it happens to me all the time - which is why I fell in love with this character; I can relate to him SO WELL...

[murasaki_yugata]

I didn't mean to make you cry.... *hug*

But, yeah. Thankfully a lot of people cope with this sort of thing without defaulting to villainy. His past doesn't excuse his actions. But it explains them and makes him relatable.

I'm really glad this movie had a happy ending.

[lasersandspikes]

Oh gosh, me too...
If anyone deserves a happy ending, it's Megamind.

[maybeawriter6]

Indeed I did! Your videos are all very good. That one has a way of making me tear up.

[atom_u_b00t]

Little Megamind was never given a chance to join. I remember his excited and eager face, when he entered the schoolhouse. And he was refused from the very first time. He really tried to join and was disappointed again and again. I think, the only thing, Megamind really wanted, is to be normal, accepted and a random part of the society, but the others didn´t want him to be.
I also think, he enjoyed it really much, to do normal stuff disguised as Bernard together with Roxanne like going to the museum and doing bike rides.

[maybeawriter6]

That sums it up perfectly.
It was more than just being with her. It gave him a chance to be treated like a normal person. He probably didn't warrant a second look from anyone during that time, besides maybe people who recognized Roxanne, or who knew the real Bernard and were like 'what the heck?'
"To being normal." There's something just heartbreaking in his voice when he says that.
I've always said that normality is overrated. But I think people like Megamind are an exception. For them, normality is underrated.
The thing is, though, that Roxanne never treated him differently because he was an alien. She treated him like a villain, sure, but for all she cared, he could have looked like Bernard all along. She always treated him like a person. That must have been such a novel and precious thing to him. No wonder he fell for her.