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freddie and grace make me so goddamn insane. you get a romance dialogue option when talking to freddie before you even get to choose grace's core attribute. any of the other love interests, if you choose them, will fall in love with grace over the course of the week. but there is no version of the game where freddie hasn't loved grace for years. she died for grace because she loved her, and she told grace not to bring her back because she knew things couldn't be the same between them after she died for her. if you reciprocate freddie's feelings after her confession, she looks absolutely stunned, like she hadn't expected her love to be requited.

i'm so glad i romanced her on my first playthrough (and second lol). it feels so right. i love persephone's and pan's romance paths plenty, but freddie is grace's familiar anchor in the world of magic and greek gods she was thrown into, and it feels so great at their ending together to see grace's old life and new life just become her life. her life with freddie.

stuckinapril

i said it was my favorite piece of media that i’ve hyperfixated on since the tender age of 12 and have not let go of since. i didnt say it was a Good piece of media

arguablysomaya

the genius of megamind (beyond the obvious genius ofc) is that it's superman parody actually presents a genuinely unsettling depiction of the "hero" that I like wayyy better than "what if superman was evil" or "what if superman was wrong"... it's "what if superman didn't care"

jessilynallendilla

I wouldn’t say he “didn’t care” more like he was burnt out

He played the role since he was a child and now is in his what 30s? 40s?

He knew there was never any real danger with Megamind in charge so decided to pursue something that’s a passion and doesn’t come naturally easy to him

but it was still a dick move

roughentumble

(via @uwugenides )

lydiathespiderqueen

One of the things that always jumped out to me about this reveal is that it implies that Metro Man was also the very first person to recognize that MegaMind wasn’t really evil. He knew his nemesis wouldn’t actually hurt anyone if he won, he knew that this universally reviled pariah never really had any more choice than he did.

The rest of Metro City treats MegaMind like a real, sincere, serious threat once he’s unopposed, and it takes them a while to learn otherwise. But Metro Man? He’s not surprised to see him and Roxanne working together, he doesn’t act like there’s any kind of threat beyond his cover being blown. He wastes no time in coming clean once the cat’s out of the bag. He’s been working with this guy all his life. Besides his own mental health, I get the impression that he also recognized that this would be good for MegaMind too.

I just really love how in a superhero pastiche that asks “Is the villain really so bad, and the hero really so good?” the answer is “no, but that’s okay”. It’s okay that Metro Man isn’t a paragon. It’s okay that he has to take care of himself. It’s okay for him to step down and live his own life. It wouldn’t be okay for him to leave people in danger, but it’s pretty clear he knew he wasn’t doing that.

And it carries to the end. MegaMind becomes the city’s new protector, but it’s clear that he’s still got some issues to work through, and he’s getting help working through them. He’s got a support network, he’s willing to put in the effort, but he’s not the shining paragon Metro Man was believed to be. And he doesn’t NEED to be that paragon. He’s still good. He’s still protecting people. And he’s not alone in it.

God, there’s just so many shitty “Superheroes would have character flaws too, and that’s why they’d actually suck” deconstructions floating around, it’s nice to see a story that acknowledges that no one can live up to that kind of role, but that’s okay!

silver-tongues-blog

megamind once again proving to be the best modern superhero movie

aqueerkettleofish

And another thing.

The trope of "Hero has existential crisis, decides not to be a hero" has been done and done and DONE. But it always ends with some great evil rising and the hero realizing he MUST step up.

It's unique-- and honestly, kind of important-- that MegaMan goes "Nah. I'm really done. Someone else can take care of it, and yes, I'm looking at you, villain."

ansdrela

traducido por thekorrasamipunk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

vethbrenatto

Vax + “Pickle”

otterlyart

“Darling, take the mask off.”

someoneoffthestreet

Percy: Well, Cass, I need to go and do some self-discovering before I come back and help with Whitestone, I guess I’ll see you around

Percy, like a week later: HOLY SHIT CASS YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED

criticalsorcery

I broke the world for us

someoneoffthestreet

Oh? King Uriel’s making a proclamation? With the whole council present?

Sounds lovely. Sure hope :) nothing happens :))

laurasbailey

CRITICAL ROLE vs. THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA

SPARK OF REBELLION (1x06) - PART 2

alucardsinep

*throws this at the critrole fandom and runs*

pattithebard

I’m SO glad they included the scene where Scanlan throws Percy’s gun in the acid but I need everyone to see how legitimately pissed Taliesin was at Sam when he did it during the campaign

loquaciousquark

critical role | the legend of vox machina

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acre-of-wheat

Aw! She does this because she can read lips!

What a wonderful paranoid character! What a clever little touch!

your-turn-to-role

also. i understand if they didn’t have time to include it

but if you haven’t watched c1 and you’re just watching the legend of vox machina, in episode 3, between vax losing consciousness and vex having a gut feeling vax is in trouble? i need you to know that this happens bc it’s just. such a good character moment

(also when vex gets there her first two arrows both crit)

Liam: Wait. As that happens, and as my consciousness fades away, I don’t say anything, but here’s what I think in a split-second. I think of my friends that I have spent so much time with. I think of Keyleth, beautiful, walking under the trees. I think of my twin sister as a young girl, folding up linens with our mother. I think of my sister as an adolescent in lessons, smarter than me. I think of the woman she grew into. Hiking over many, many, many miles together. My best friend. My best friend, Vex'ahlia. And before I can think no more, I say a prayer to [The Everlight] to watch over my friends and keep them safe.

Matt: With that thought cast out, the darkness swallows your vision and unconsciousness takes you into the cold, wet grass on the floor of the courtyard surrounding the palace. A small shiver runs down your spine, Vex: a feeling you haven’t felt before. A feeling of sudden and immediate sourceless dread, and in that instant you know that there is almost no time.

Laura: Can I use Hunter’s Mark and sense where Lady Briarwood is at that moment?

Matt: Yeah, she is actually at this point, beyond the palace walls. You can sense and knowing the palace walls. You were expecting a second floor, it’s that direction but just outside the walls of the palace. And you guys just got your weapons.

Laura: I take off running in that direction.