#because i didn't actually write any of them down in words orz

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speaking of megamind and weird alien anatomy, i was looking through some of my old headcanon doodles yesterday

i realized that one of my concepts was that instead of megamind's head actually housing an enormous brain (which irl would cost an ENORMOUS amount of energy to maintain with diminishing returns), he actually has a fairly human-ish sized brain.

instead, his skull is somewhat concave and most of the flesh in his forehead is actually adipose tissue similar in structure and function to a dolphin's melon. and also his sinuses are enormous and extensive and they have phonic lips similar to a dolphin's in addition to his larynx, so he can make dolphin-like clicks/whistles that sound like they're coming either out of his nose or through the center of his forehead.

the phonic lips are circled in red. as you can see i gave him quite a lot of them, so he can probably make a whole bunch of weird alien sounds.

i can't decide whether i want his melon to be squishy like a beluga or more rigid like most other dolphins. logically, the more rigid melon probably makes the most sense, but the idea of megamind having a squishy head is just so FUNNY to me.

#megamind #anatomy #alien anatomy #speculative biology #speculative evolution #there's actually a lot of cool stuff i did with his respiratory system too #i just need to like. decode it for myself #because i didn't actually write any of them down in words orz #he's definitely a bit of a kitchen sink alien tho lol #like i threw basically every weird biology quirk i could think of into him #i will probably dial it back if i ever write any actual megamind fic