#((Zim I’m so sorry lmao))
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beanie-based-being · 2 years ago
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Someone please save dib lol
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lightning-speed-bug · 2 years ago
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“So apparently there’s some sort of thing going on where some Starscream fragged a rat of some sort?”
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“I don’t know what that’s about but heh, sounds amusing at least!”
“Also sounds chaotic as hell.”
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spacegoathours · 10 months ago
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uhhhhh. uhhhhhhhh. uhhhhhhhhh.
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does this count as a request
YESITDOES. YES YEYSYEY SYEYSHFHJKFH
HOW WOULD THIS EVEN WORK I— WEHHHH ZIM DRESSED AS KICK I didn’t know I needed this till today
OK I’M SORRY I HAD TO FUCKING COLOR THIS RESPONSE, PINK HIT ME IN MY WEAK SPOT
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I’m fucking cackling shxhsjfhkfkg oh yea hi followers, invader zim is my second favorite show. for reasons that have too much history to explain, kick buttowski is my favorite show ever lmao
PINK THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME I LOVE YOU SO MUCH FOREVER WAAHHHHHHH 🥺💜
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cl0wnwormzz · 16 days ago
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Hey! I'm going to start writing headcanons and maybe oneshots
Ok so, I got the notification that my blog turned 3 years old on September 17th, and I've never really written anything lmao 😭 I wanted to start writing canon x reader to entertain myself and maybe revive some fandom. Btw sorry if my English sucks, it’s not my first language Here are the things I'm going to write about:
spider-verse splatoon sweet tooth (netflix show) slashers (jason, bubba, vincent sinclair, hannibal, predator, charles lee ray, billy lenz and maybe more) Sally face She-ra Dorohedoro Rusty lake FNAF security breach MHA Sky cotl Cookie run kingdom Error143 John doe Gravity falls Fran bow Little nightmares (i just write platonic stuff for the kids) Undertale The legend of aang/korra Adventure time Kipo Hilda Detroit: Become Human Playdead Inside
EDIT
Here are more fandoms!
The hollow (netflix show)
Gorillaz
Pigpen (webtoon) plz do request for minu fics
Don’t hug me, i’m scared
Salad fingers
Over the garden wall (the beast 😻)
Invader zim
Mandela catalogue
Stardew valley
Little misfortune (for morgo ofc, and for misfortune in a not romantic way)
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You can ask me to write stuff about any character from any of those fandoms! By the way, I'm feeling more comfortable writing headcanons, I'm not that good with one-shots but I'll try to do them too 🩷
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THINGS THAT I CAN DO:
Canon x reader
Headcanons
Oneshots (but i’m really bad at then lmao)
Fluff
Angst (but it will probably end with a happy ending, I'm a crybaby)
Smut headcanons
Comfort stuff
LGTB/Queer reader or character!
Autistic reader, we NEED more of those
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THINGS THAT I CAN’T WRITE:
Canon x canon
Canon x oc. Sorry, I'm afraid of reflecting badly on your oc lmao
Non-con
Big age cap
I will not write nsfw for child characters like gus from sweet tooth or fran from franbow. If you like that stuff go to therapy pls 🩷
Any weird fetish involving bodily fluids 😭
Yandere stuff
This isn't something I don't do, but writing a fem reader isn't my favorite thing (obviously I'll do it if someone asks for a fem reader) so don't be surprised if almost every post I make has a gn reader!
Well, I think it's already clear what kind of things I will NOT write, so I'm not going to put anything else so as not to make this too long lmao
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Well, that's all! Please make a request, I need something to do 😭
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skenisasleb · 10 months ago
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Heya Tumblr doomscrollers!!
Here’s some stuff about me you should know. :>
Rick Simper Alert 😇
(and very big tone tag user)
Socials:
Character.ai acc: @skenisasleb
Or here’s one of my bots to find me easier:
YouTube: lilypad
Toyhou.se: XSkenIsASlebX
Artfight: skenisasleb
Identification:
Gender: Agender!
I can be called whatever you prefer me to be. You can use any pronouns for me. Including Bingus. Especially Bingus./j
Age: 17; which means I am a minor.
Tone Tags I Use:
/j = joking
/jbiw = joking but i wish
/srs = serious
/nsrs = not serious
/ot = off topic
/sms = save my soul
/silly = being silly
/q = quote
/lyr = lyric
/idk = idk whats wrong with me lol
/p = platonic
/isimdrnlnmjakeiafbifb = I sit. In my desolate room. No lights? NO MUSIC?? JUST ANGER!!! Killed everyone…. I’m away forever….. BUT IM FEELING BETTER— (mostly a dumbass joke tag)
Mental ailments (😔): Neurodivergent; ADHD and autism (I only suspect it though; I am not professionally diagnosed)
Though my ADHD is much more apparent, so sorry if I make no sense sometimes LMAO
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Interests:
My interests change way too fast. Sorry if anyone follows me for a specific thing; I will most likely bail on that thing eventually 😭😭 (hyperfixations go brr)
Toilet Bound Hanako-kun
South Park
Raggedy Ann & Andy
FNAF
Evil Dead
Camp Camp
Invader Zim
Bravest Warriors
Cult of the Lamb
Rick and Morty
Moral Orel
Adventure Time
Over the Garden Wall
Smiling Friends
Ok Ko
Scott Pilgrim
Steven Universe
Good Omens
Popee the Performer
The Fifth Element
Craig of the Creek
Bluey
Friday Night Funkin’
Kick Buttowski (guilty pleasure show fr LMFAO)
The Amazing Digital Circus
Lackadaisy
Ranboo Generation Loss
Cuptoast
That’s Not my Neighbor
Mob Psycho 100
Roblox Regretevator
The Stanley Parable
Yaelokre
Music:
Wargasm (UK)
Lovejoy (Not a DSMP fan; just like the sound and Wilbur)
Kings of Leon
TV Girl
Mac DeMarco
The Killers
Arctic Monkeys
Paramore
Vacations
The Strokes
Fwango
Yaelokre
See my profile description for current hyperfixations and current status on art requests!!
Also, you can ship my OCs, canon or not, as long as its not sexual ^^
I ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECLINE CERTAIN ART REQUESTS, WHETHER BECAUSE IT’S INAPPROPRIATE OR SIMPLY BECAUSE I AM NOT INTERESTED. These are art requests, not commissions.
(I will add anything new to this if I feel the need to add more!)
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puppy--boy · 9 months ago
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pinned post // about me
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hi! welcome to my blog.
twoshotsoflesbianism->boob-gremlin-> joespookyregardinghappenings -> puppy--boy
basic thingies:
I AM A MINOR (not disclosing actual age)
you can refer to me as Vernon, Theo, Isadore, Ernest, or anything short for those :3c
It/he/they/any neos
I have a system side blog (@puppy--boys)
I’m a therian (my side blog is @cr33pycr1tt3r
ao3 (READ MY FANFICTION READ IT PLEASEEEE)
I’m taken by my beautiful partner :3 <33 (they don’t have tumblr tho ;-;)
I use crystals and believe in ghosts
I’m neurodivergent
I’m physically disabled (chronic pain) and struggle with chronic fatigue
Pisces/chaotic good
tone tags are helpful and preferred, but not required
there might be occasional suggestive posts, be warned. nothing super explicit, no nudity, but still
for my queer identity stuff n’ things, check out my pronouns page!
Fandoms (the ones with a star are special interests/hyperfixations):
Sherlock and Co✰
TLoZ✰
The Magnus Archives/The Magnus Protocol✰
Animal Crossing
Phineas and Ferb
Helluva Boss/Hazbin Hotel✰
Invader Zim
The Owl House
Gravity Falls
Pikmin✰
Morel Orel✰
Malevolent
plus a lot of others that I’m not gonna bother to list
Interests
Music (playing and listening)✰
Knitting✰
Sewing
Drawing
Beading/kandi✰
Paper crafts✰
Baking/cooking
Crocheting (occasionally)
Writing (fanfic specifically)
Animals
Reading
Gardening
Favorite musicians (there’s so many I can’t list them all ;-;):
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Mother Mother
Hozier
Glass Animals
Bo Burnham
Mitski
TV Girl
Weezer
Mommy Long Legs
Cannibal Corpse
Sorry Mom
Will Wood/WWATT
Chappell Roan
This is MY BLOG and I will do what I want with it. Bitch. also if you’re lucky, maybe i’ll post some art! You can ask me to draw or write stuffs, too (pleasepleasepleaseplease)! If someone 18+/ageless follows me I won’t follow back. Just a personal thing sorry. My beautiful mutuals are not included in that though (if someone turns 18 I’m not unfollowing them lmao)
If you want me to tag triggers, let me know, but I’ll only do it if we’re following each other.
if you’re a dick i won’t hesitate to block you :)
tags:
“suggestive” - suggestive posts
other than that I js kinda gave up on tags lmao
MUTUALS :D <33 !!!
@be-gentle-with-littluns-2 @edwardallenpoe @mybedroomceilingsbored @small-giggle @ch3rry-t0mat0
important things:
ACAB
BLACK LIVES MATTER
STOP ASIAN HATE
LANDBACK
QUEER RIGHTS
STOP THE GENOCIDES
NOBODY IS FREE UNTIL EVERYONE IS FREE
ANTIFA
user boxes below the cut :>
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asexual-spongebob · 4 months ago
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finally made adult designz for these guyz! :D
skoodge & tenn open a bakery 2gether like the good friendz they are. And then keef became a cartoonist + animator despite his parents disapproval lmao.
I gave tenn rollerblades or whatever they’re called for funnzies. I tried to go for an eighties vibe 4 them. I feel like I made them to pale looking . I also unintentionally made her look kinda Jenny from my life as a teenage robot 😭. I swear that was unintentional. Oh and then therez skoodge holding a take out bag for good measure.
oh yeah and then therez keef. I based his outfit off what my dad usually wears fun fact.
here are the adult designs for dib, zim, gaz and tak!
Speed paint!
I’m so sorry abt that audio/gen. literally one of the few I had saved 😭
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dontmindme2600 · 6 months ago
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Hi again......If you don't mind, can I ask, what are your top 10 (or top 7) favorite media (can be books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series)? Why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before......Thanks....
OH MY GOD I’D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE MY BAD BECAUSE I LEFT THIS SITTING IN MY DRAFTS AND TOTALLY FORGOT TO ANSWER THIS!! Anyways, top 7, in no particular order:
Hunter x Hunter: I’m not as into this as I was in middle school but it’s never left my mind. Definitely my favorite shonen, Togashi’s originality with the series is really refreshing. (I also love Yu Yu Hakusho by him!!) As weird as it gets the characters and story are always a blast to follow. The villains also go hard. I finished the 2011 anime and I have up to volume 13 of the manga! I’d love to catch up fully since it’s being updated again, but haven’t gotten around to it yet. It’s something that I’ve always been inspired by even if I don’t want to make something that’s gonna be EXACTLY like it anymore lol.
Cowboy Bebop: I tried to limit myself to one (1) Shinichiro Watanabe anime for this list, but his other stuff fucks as well. I love Spike. (bet you never would’ve guessed!!) It’s hard to put into words in a way that doesn’t sound incredibly dumb. But. Every character introduced has their own unique worldview, backstory, flaws, etc. It sounds so fucking stupid because yeah, that’s what a character is supposed to have?? But this anime does that REALLY well?? I think what I’m trying to say is that the show does a great job of presenting different lifestyles and perspectives without worrying about making the audience uncomfortable. The anime is all about human connections and how they impact the characters and I LOVE that. It was also pretty moving to me, lots of great emotional moments. The episode where they find Faye’s old cassette recording and the one with Gren’s death will always stay with me. (Also the Andy one, but only because I think it’s funny as hell.) Watanabe is my favorite anime director ever and if you love Bebop I recommend checking out some of his other stuff as well! (Also props to an anime director that isn’t afraid of diversity in his character designs)
Witch Hat Atelier: I’m not nearly as caught up with this as I would like to be but!!! I love the writing, worldbuilding, and characters. I wish more manga were like this. Not like, aesthetically, but like quality wise. Everything is done really well and the art and paneling is GORGEOUS omfg. Also Kamome Shirahama is a very cool and progressive person and it’s just nice to read a manga by someone like her. I’m hyped as hell for the anime and can’t wait to see WHA reach a larger audience!! (Even with all the bad stuff it may bring, lmao)
Invader Zim: This one is probably the most different from the rest of the list lol. I’ll rewatch a few episodes of this every once in a while. It’s one of the only shows I watch that actually makes me laugh out loud. I also don’t think I’ve really seen anything else like it??? Sure there’s stuff that’s it’s pretty similar to but you cant really say, “wow, this is exactly like ____!” which is super cool. There’s not a major character in the show that I can say I hate or even just am neutral on, I love them all. I’m not usually a fan of stuff the gross-out humor it does, especially in the first season, but just about everything else about it just lives in my brain rent free. I think it’s a really unique and funny show and I just vibe with it stylistically as well. Seriously, I love the art style and just overall,,, edgy vibe. I absolutely do not care that it’s a kid’s show and I unironically think it’s super cool lmao. I know should probably check out some of Jhonen’s other stuff but I haven’t done that yet…
The Ace Attorney Trilogy: This one is more so just Shu Takumi in general. It’s a hard choice because I love Apollo Justice as well, and I also considered Ghost Trick (also by Takumi) but Agh!! The trilogy is the most iconic to me so I’m going with that. I just love seeing and interacting with all the unique characters the series has to offer. I’ve always liked how Takumi isn’t afraid to stray away from the generic skinny anime designs for his characters, it makes his characters feel very unique and memorable. He seems to be against having most of his characters be one dimensional, giving them their own struggles and aspirations, regardless of if they’re a “silly” character or not. I love it! It makes them more memorable and enjoyable than many other visual novel characters to me. (Please remember that I also love Ghost Trick holy fuck it’s so good)
Yakuza 0: I’m going to be 100% for real and admit that I discovered this series because of a bunch of stupid clips I saw of it on YouTube. It wasn’t the dame da ne memes, this was before that. But like, clips of all the silly stuff you can do in game like dance, receive a chicken as a gift for winning at bowling, assign said chicken a position at your real estate business, etc. So I bought it on a whim looking for a laugh. And. Holy FUCK. I did not expect the actual real serious story of this game to hit me as hard as it did. Just a good, moving story. I was THOROUGHLY emotionally invested in both Majima and Kiryu’s storylines by like, chapter 2 for both of them. I think it made me cry?? The fact that you can experience both that and the stupid shit, on top of the fun combat, makes it an S tier game for me. I plan to continue with the rest of the series (so far I’ve gotten through Kiwami 1 and 2 and loved them) but 0 has so far been my absolute favorite.
Pokemon: It’s not a perfect series but I always find myself getting back into it for a while every year. I’ve been a fan since I was just old enough to read, what can else can I say? I don’t have a super deep reason for this it’s just something that’s always been comfortable and fun!! The worldbuilding, story, music, and characters, really shine through in some of my favorite games in the series. And regardless of story, the gameplay is always fun.
It’s hard for me to determine my favorite anything but for this I tried to go by:
-How often I ended up going back to these
-How much each work made an emotional impact on me (not just the deep stuff, can also include things like making me laugh)
-How much each of these inspired me (like as in inspired my art or made me think “I want to make something like that!!!”) I think I’ve thought to that at least once for everything in here! It’s actually kind of scary because they’re all so different-
I’m probably missing something here but this should give you an idea!! If I spend any longer on this I’m just gonna keep changing it lolllll
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lethal-spaceship · 6 months ago
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Yo I’m sorry if you’ve heard this before, but…
AU Dib be looking like husker from Hazbin hotel (character above) lmao.
I love the implication you made that I possibly received this comparison before idk why but I giggle so much because of it 😭😭
And I did not and tbh I do not really see the similarities?? Idk.
Also missed opportunity to compare Zim to Angel Dust and call it zadr. /lh and /nm on the whole post.
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domoroks · 1 year ago
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I'm sorry to bother you but I have to say I find Dib's treatment in the show/comics flat out uncomfortable a lot of the time. It feels like his whole role is to get treated like shit and fail at everything and it's not funny to me.
Also the opening of the comics pissed me off, it's basically mocking Dib for being fat and gross, I genuinely don't get why people praise it. There's also issue 5. It made me hate Gaz, it seems she never gets called out for her selfish and cruel behavior.
all in all the treatment for dib is ridiculous in my humble opinion. Of course- if you find it funny i’m not going to pull you apart for it, but his treatment does make me sad, mostly because there’s no bigger picture taken out of it for the show, movie or comics. Any younger children that might’ve been able to see the show, movie, or the comics might actually be bummed tf out because of there being no takeaway lesson- which also makes me sad LMAOO.
I see where you’re coming from!! it makes me upset too. The way all the characters are treated makes me so upset like on an emotional level- but that’s unfortunately how their universe works :((. not defending it or anything you know. Nick canceling the show really ruined any progress we would’ve / could’ve seen in the characters- and when they revived the movie and the comics came out you didn’t get to see much character development either- which- for me- a person who love’s character development- FINDS VERYY SAD. The creator states a couple of times though that the characters can’t really change- which upsets tf outa me. (that’s why my hcs are so heavy for Invader Zim actually.) ((it’s like parenting a thing you enjoy it’s genuinely insane.))
Gaz is mostly mean due to the fact her dad is never around- and Dib seems to be just too much for her. Also- the way her ‘mother’ (if they even ever had one) is never brought up. Though the way Gaz acts has always been pointed out ESPECIALLY by parents who viewed the show when it aired- they complained about her hate for her brother. Another instance of issues not getting to be solved with the time and creation of the show / comics- yet again sad. I’d also argue that the fandom played a big part in Jhonen’s dislike for his own creation. If you’ve known Invader Zim for long enough- the fandom is HORRIFYING. not to drag *it* in again but Zadr / humanxirken shippers tanked the fandom because it’s either a super toxic ship or literally p3d0ph1ll1a. (had to censor the word sorry.)
The fandom also has incest. which is disgusting beyond belief. I’ve only been a fan of the show for about 4 years now- but despite me posting my art for it, i don’t talk about it much with strangers because of it. All of the stuff that’s happened in the fandom drive Jhonen to literally end the comics with a groundhog day. I HATE GROUNDHOG DAYS. YOUR DISLIKE IS VERY JUSTIFIED!!
A bit of a tangent here but I have my whole AU with a more found family. Zim realizes his tallest dont care about him, Dib gets respected more, Gaz becomes a bit less harsh and Membrane fixes his fucking parenting issues. I understand Zim’s an old man but bro just joins the Membrane family and becomes a brother to Dib because he can. That’s just my coping mechanism for the show/movie/comics LMAO. like I said though your opinion is justified!! I don’t get to talk about it ever but the way every character’s treated and handled is honestly kinda sucky and maybe I just have high empathy and don’t like seeing others upset but i genuinely want the best for these little imaginary guys. I want them to be ok.
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amyisherenowitsokay · 2 years ago
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*stares very aggressively , I’m foaming from the mouth.*
Howdy-hey! I’m here to pester you abt your works! So I reread “From your memory” and I was like wowza and then I wondered…
What was your inspiration? That concept was just entirely new to me and in the good old year of 2011 I was practically ascending bc I was so invested in the story and it was actually the first fic I ever read from you. (and I fell in love teehee) So what made you write that or inspired yo to do so? Did you have an original storyline that was scrapped, and or changed ?
You don’t have to answer any of this if you don’t want to btw :)
I answer all my asks (eventually lmao) fish! Especially yours!
Long answer under the cut because I'm incapable of giving a short answer. Information about my own fics are constantly on the tip of my tongue ready to be spilled out at their first opportunity, and I'm incapable of resisting.
From Your Memory was actually genuinely inspired by the song mention in the A/N of the first chapter, which is Paramore's Ignorance. This is also where the title comes from.
"I'm not the same kid from your memory Well now I can fend for myself"
I listened to the original and acoustic version on loop. Basically what happened in teenage me's brain did was have an animatic in my head about how this song could figuratively apply to a fanfiction, developed the premise, and went from there.
This is gonna be really funny to explain because there's like legitimate scenes developed around individual lyrics in this song.
Ignorance sounds and sounded a lot to me like a dialogue. It sounded, to me, like one person was saying some parts, and one person was replying in a sort of escalating argument, but at least one party was 'ignorant' (huehuehuehue) of all the details about why they were even fighting in the first place. Based on that premise, the song will (hopefully) make more sense. I'm going to write the lyrics 'assigning' lyrics between two people, and tag them (1) or (2), depending on who I am is talking/replying, with 1 being Zim, and 2 being Gaz. I vividly imagined two people interrupting one another while fighting, hence a lot of the weird breaks.
This is gonna be so convoluted and I'm sorry ahead of time lmao.
Lyric Breakdown
(1) If I'm a bad person— (2) You don't like me (1) Well, I guess I'll make my own way (1) It's a circle, a mean cycle (1) I can't excite you anymore
Just on that dialogue, it's basically like. Zim starts off the story blaming himself for not being there when Gaz was injured, and wars between doing the easiest thing for Gaz, which is to shut up and pretend not to know her, or what he wants, which is to tell her the truth and re-involve himself in her life. Gaz is meanwhile obviously oblivious to his turmoil and is like "why are you even talking to me, you hate me." Zim of course originally chooses to aid her from the sidelines, but he's not happy about it. He essentially is "not allowed" to involve himself in her life anymore.
(1) Where's your gavel? Your jury? (2) What's my offense this time? (1) You're not a judge, but if you're gonna judge me (1) Well, sentence me to another life
Zim's resentment about the situation continues, especially with Dib being irritated about Zim choosing to keep secrets and forcing him to go along with it. Gaz is still like "dude what the fuck is your problem??" while Zim continues to be extra pissy, wishing things were different.
(1) Don't wanna hear your sad songs (1) I don't wanna feel your pain (1) When you swear it's all my fault (1) 'Cause you know we're not the same (no) (2) We're not the same (no) (2) Oh, we're not the same (1) Yeah, the friends who stuck together (1) We wrote our names in blood (1) But I guess you can't accept that the change is good (hey) (2) It's good (hey), it's good
At this point, Zim's dealing with being incapable of helping, desperately wanting to help Gaz, but not actually able to do so. He's just constantly watching her suffer without ever being able to help ease her pain.
Mentally, this was also just more arguing, but with Zim being forced to swallow the fact the meaningful friendship and borderline-relationship he and Gaz had developed is gone, and she's not interested in developing a new one the way he is. Things are different now. They simply aren't friends. He's done nothing for weeks but try to save her life, has had her literal blood on his hands, and now it doesn't even matter. He's got to move on, and he's got to continue to convince Dib that their situation has changed, and his idea is for the better. Lacking context, Gaz meanwhile is like dude take your angst and fuck off. She's also trying to convince herself that whatever is clearly happening behind the scenes, it doesn't matter, and she's better off keeping her head down.
(1) Well, you treat me just like another stranger (1) Well, it's nice to meet you, sir (1) I guess I'll go (1) I'd best be on my way out (2) You treat me just like another stranger (2) Well, it's nice to meet you, sir (2) I guess I'll go (2) I'd best be on my way out
(1) Ignorance is your new best friend (x2)
This is also another parallel back and forth, with Zim still coming to terms with Gaz genuinely not knowing their formerly intense, meaningful relationship. It's more resentment about what he lost. It's meant really sarcastically and snidely. Gaz, for her part, means it really literally. She doesn't have any relationship with Zim aside from 'that guy my brother hates,' and blows him off.
And of course, "ignorance is your new best friend" is pretty straightforward in its meaning. Gaz isn't Zim's best friend anymore, and all she has to keep her company is her new amnesia.
For this next part, queue Membrane (3). The really fun part is after this analysis, if you wanna go back and listen to this song nearly entirely from a Gaz vs Membrane perspective, it also can fit! From a Membrane-centric perspective, if you think of Membrane as he sees himself (aka not in the wrong), needing praise from the public, shrugging off criticism since it's "for the greater good," etc with Gaz (and Dib) shoving back at his preconceptions, it's easy to hear the dialogue. But continuing on, this part was mentally Membrane for me:
(3) This is the best thing that could have happened (3) Any longer and I wouldn't have made it (3) It's not a war, no, it's not a rapture (2) I'm just a person, but you can't take it (2) The same tricks that, that once fooled me (2) They won't get you anywhere (2) I'm not the same kid from your memory (2) Well, now I can fend for myself
This was more later in the story and/or right before Gaz lost her memory during her confrontation with Membrane, where Gaz knows what's going on, and Membrane's trying to convince her to cooperate anyways. Membrane is convinced this isn't something that needs to be difficult, while Gaz is warning him that she's dangerous now, has backup, and isn't going just hand over her independence at his whim.
Further Development
From that context, you can see that the story just kind of happened from there. I filled in the gaps. Why was Zim so mad at Gaz, and why wouldn't she know why he was mad at her? Originally, I wasn't sure who the (3)rd person in the lyrics was that Gaz was fighting with, but to me, it sounded like an authority figure. There's not a lot of those in the IZ universe, let alone one that Gaz would legitimately be threatened by, and eventually, it started to sound like an argument with someone gloating, and then someone who didn't even notice their gloating was actually cruel. They'd also have to be someone who Gaz knew since she was little. Someone she was invested in. Someone exactly like Professor Membrane. But then what would Gaz be arguing with dumb, well-meaning Professor Membrane about?
And thus, a metamorphosis occurred:
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This is a meme I made awhile ago for my Discord friends when we discussing From Your Memory. It also makes me laugh every time I see it because it's really spot on to the vibes.
I started to consider the angle that Membrane was actually the bad guy, which, when you consider how many times 'evil mad scientist who think they're in the right' was fed to kids as a trope (and still is, tbh), it was an easy jump. And THAT was when the story really started kicking in.
This was around the time I started to hear the 'Dib is a clone' theories. If Dib was a clone, why couldn't Gaz be? If you were a scientist whose entire life was dedicated to advancement for the betterment of mankind, why would that just be relegated to advancement in technology? Why wouldn't someone just a liiiiiiittle off find themselves stumbling right into advancing the evolution of mankind as a species, too?
So then Gaz and Dib became experiments. And if you were going to make a boy and a girl, you could argue it'd just be the typical white picket fence dream of having a son and a daughter. But if you're me, and grew up in a religious environment, the creation of a man and woman as a pair sound less like siblings and more like Adam and Eve. And that's where the whole 'Gaz is an angel with wings' things came from.
The origin of evil!Professor Membrane was mostly that I thought that no one would ever see that twist coming, but reading back through it, I can definitely see small-me taking digs at my own super-scientist parent lmao.
Evil Membrane is also so incredibly fun just in and of itself. Professor Membrane is the guy above all guys in Invader Zim. He's respected, well-loved, commanding, imperial in so many ways.
I simultaneously started formulating this idea that Gaz had amnesia to keep her from being too OP and dunking on everyone. So the story pretty much fell into place after that. Obviously, the amnesia had to be caused by Membrane, to reset his 'experiment.' Dib and Gaz, as his own form of Adam and Eve, were abominations. Abominations tend to be malformed in some way, meaning they were imperfect creations. Dib was first, and therefore more of a prototype. It'd explain why he lacked Gaz's powers, why she tended to be smarter, stronger, etc in the show.
I also deeply loved the idea of Zim being in love with Gaz, while Gaz is completely indifferent in a way that was atypical than usual ZAGR stories (including MHNY). Zim wasn't fantasizing for a relationship that could be, but pining for a relationship that had been. It made their will-they-won't-they dynamic painful instead of lovey-dovey-ooey-gooey-sentimental, and ya bitch is always down to mix a good dollop of pain into my stories lmao.
Changes Down the Line
This one I'm gonna preface with to anyone reading this: don't go digging through my reviews. I'm too old and my bones are too tired to stir up shit, or incite drama.
I lost focus/desire to finish this story somewhere around I think when Gaz got kidnapped the first time (ch 19ish). I had a whole (now lost to time/deleted) chapter of her being in a warehouse, losing her shit, and breaking free via her powers.
ORIGINALLY, in a world where that version of the story happened instead of what's published, this was going to lead to Gaz being an actual, active threat to humanity incapable of controlling her powers. There was going to be a scene where Dib has to really debate on killing his own sister, or let her destroy the world in a fit of grief. Zim and Dib turned against one another because of it, with Zim fully willing to let her destroy as much of the Earth as he needs to as long as she stays alive.
It was undecided whether or not I was going to make Gaz kill Membrane, or just get really close. Most of the end of From Your Memory was me winging it and losing steam, so I was going back and forth on it.
However, I did know Dib would eventually manage to get close enough for the 'moment of truth,' so to speak, but find himself unable to actually kill his little sister. That moment of humanity would snap her back to cognizance. She'd realize just how much both Zim and Dib care for her in their individual ways, and sort of collapse. They'd eventually disappear, and the rest of story would play out pretty similarly to the published ending (assuming Membrane didn't die).
This all was scrapped legitimately because of one singular review.
Someone, and I genuinely do not remember who but I vaguely remember getting into it in my A/N's with them a few times, wrote this really rude review about how predictable the story was getting, and wrote out basically that it was obvious that Gaz was about to have a power freakout, how played out that was, blah blah blah. In 2011/2012 however, I was like 15, so instead of rolling my eyes and/or patting myself on the back for leaving enough narrative hints that the entirety of my story could be devised from what was already published, I got really mad lmao.
So in an effort to not be 'predictable' and prove that person 'wrong,' I deleted the entire chapter and rewrote it to what's now ch 20. That whole storyline was gone just cause one review really rubbed me the wrong way on the right day lmao. I think there's even an A/N even at the end of 20 that mentions offhand the scrapped rewrite.
As a reminder, this fic was finished over 10 years ago. I am not interested and would in fact be really irritated by anyone digging up the review to go harass someone who probably isn't even active on fanfiction anymore (I mean god, is anyone? Lmao). But that is what happened, and it is relevant to the question, so there.
Additionally, I was debating on writing out a few prequel chapters and inserting them somewhere in the story. Maybe 1 - 3(?) chapters written out, with a beginning, middle, and end of how Zim and Gaz's relationship developed. Like a lot of small, detailed flashbacks of when Zim first started treating Gaz, some middle bits when they stared falling for one another and really began to allow themselves to lean on one another, and then the final kiss scene, just before Gaz lost her memories.
I don't know quite remember where I intended to put that. I had vague ideas of Gaz being knocked out, those 1 - 3 chapters of flashback, and then her 'waking up' right after she slips into a coma, back in the present. These chapters were never written, partially because I couldn't figure out where to put them, and then by the time I got to scenes that could work for that kind of transition, I was really burning out with the story and just wanted to be done with it.
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I think that's everything! Hopefully somewhere in this mess was a cohesive answer that answered your question! If I missed anything specific you were looking for, please let me know, and I'll be happy to answer! <3
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realbugmom · 2 years ago
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Hey this is embarrassing to ask off-anon but I’m so curious — are you actually a bug mom? 👀 if so, what kinda bugs do you have? I’ve recently (partially) gotten over my fear of the lil guys and now I think they’re so interesting!!
HI OMG I love your stories
Unfortunately I wasn’t allowed to have any pet bugs (a real shame, I always did like spiders)
But the nickname kinda has a couple origins
1. My mom’s nickname for me growing up was Miabug, I still use it when I play video games and it needs a name entered.
2. I went through a bug phase around 5-6 years old, I loved all things creepy crawly, and used to pick them off the ground to show kids at recess (which in hindsight is probably why I did t have a lot of people to hang out with LMAO)
3. Some of my earliest OCs are bug like aliens, kinda based off of the Invader Zim universe. Someone pointed out they looked like cool insects and I ran with it.
4. Third grade me wanted to be a firefly for Halloween, and to date that’s still one of my mom’s favorite costumes I’ve done. My gram made a translucent pillow thing attatched to a belt and we put an LED light in it. I wore aviator goggles, sparkly purple wings and a headband with pipe cleaner antennae.
On the way to the Halloween party, I heard Owl City’s “Fireflies” on the radio for the very first time. In costume, and my mom was just as excited. Whenever it came on the radio after that we’d turn it up. 2009 was a simpler time.
5. My club penguin username was some variation of my name with firefly in it
6. I feel like a lot of my writing process is just firing off ideas, and brainstorming until I find something to latch onto. Like a lightbulb moment of a firefly, or a bee constantly farting around from one point to the next (I can’t stick with one project at a time even if my life depended on it)
7. My grandmother used to be called “Bee”, and she was always as busy as one. She always seemed to have her shit together, and still have the energy to keep a positive attitude. Even now, my family still associates bees, and the color yellow with her.
WOW this got long I’m sorry. If you made it this far, I hope my convoluted ramblings make at least a little sense. Thank you for sending in an ask! 🐝
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celestial-sprouts-art · 2 years ago
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Nice 😏😏😏😏 MY TURRRRNNN you already saw the dadbrane ones right? I swear I’m gonna have to make like a separate post for the art lmao
Dib and zim actually got pretty protective over each other, like one day zim just stopped messing with dib and vise versa, and their classmates are still super confused
Zim tamed a pack of wolves. Nobody knows how, he just, is part of a pack of wolves, dib only found out when the pack showed up during recess and zim went and pet them. Sometimes the wolves show up at the house and zim lets them INSIDE THE HOUSE sometimes zim just goes to the woods to say hi.
Zims actually really good at sports, he just hates the teamwork part, (I’m looking at the nick tennis and baseball games) he still is a tennis person, and is actually really good
The second zim and dib were friends, the other kids feared for thier life, it was the schools most dangerous duo, one time zim was chosen for a dodgeball leader, and immediately chose zim, and when I say the other team almost cried, I mean it, they got SWEPT like a clean sweep.
The fist time zim got a real, genuine hug, he cried, because he was so confused
TW: suicide, this one is just angsty and like, progecty ig so like skip if you want: Zim tried to take his life once, swallowed a shit ton of human medicine cuz he thought it would be more “effective” dib found him when he wouldn’t wake up for dinner, zim survived, but he scared the shit out of everyone (sorry this one’s kinda sad no clue why I conjured this one)
Zim has a soft spot for baby animals, watches those kitten videos on YouTube and such
Red and purple actually got incredibly bored without zim, but they think he’s dead, sometimes they regret it. Not often but, sometimes
Zim can actually use the water in the membranes house, it’s the most clean water in the city, courtesy of membrane himself,
Zim really likes Disney movies, he will sit snd shush anyone that tries to talk during them, he really loves Lilo and Stich and Moana, (gee guess why)
Zim still had Phantom Pak legs, he jumps off a roof and lands flat on his face,
Zim likes pretty pink clothing, but would never admit it, considering he abandoned his irken uniforms of spite (kept boots and gloves) he always likes looking at the pink dresses at the mall
Minimoose smells like a marshmallow, and for being s robot, is very soft
Invader Zim scenario HEADCANONS:
Brought to you by dumbass ™️
Zim can eat as much as GIR can, but chooses not to, because it’s “impolite”
Zim and dib have “special no fight days” where they hang out or whatever like 4 days out of the month, except summer where it’s 5, when those land on school days the skoolkids act like the raptures coming
Keef once dramatically professed his love for zim in front of everyone (flowers a huge ass speech etc) and zim promptly threw up and beat Keef up after school for embarrassing him. Keef though he was playing hard to get (he was not. There was no love involved whatsoever.)
Zim fucking loves earth pastries, he will postpone his “evil plans” if dib bribes him with a couple of cupcakes.
^ when zim, gaz and dib were at a state fair, zim entered a pie eating contest, he just wanted pie, but it was the worst thing dib and gaz ever witnessed, he ate 3 pies in 5 minutes. It looked like the dark harvest but with blueberry pies. Dib still can’t eat pie, but zim did win.
Zim actually likes girs soap waffles, he just eats them in moderation
Since doughnuts are rarities for the tallest, the first time zim had a doughnut was when letter M brought them in for his birthday, zim was confused, ate it, and promptly cried at how delicious it was, like full on nearly sobbing, (his classmates were like “BRO?” “Is you good??!!”)
Membrane once invited zim over for dinner, because “he’s such a polite young man! With his passion for science, he’s a wonderful influence for you dib!” And zim was well behaved, dib however…..
Gaz and zim once played cuphead together, after fighting over who got to be cuphead (gaz won) they played… two dumbasses with anger problems playing a rage game…. Membrane and dib curled into a corner and cried of fear
Zim can cook actually really well because his time on foodcourtia, he just does not like to. He once cooked for a schools bake sale and dib accused him of buying it.
Zim hacked into the membranes Netflix account, and for some reason it cannot be removed, like he hardwired it into the account.
Zim and gaz and GIR Play video games together, (Minecraft, Roblox, supersmash bros, Mario kart and animal crossing are their specialties) “GAZ DONT CONSPIRE WITH THE ENEMIES!!” “Shut the fuck up GIR just found diamonds and if we don’t get to him he’s gonna die and lose them in lava”
If you have any please reblog this with them PLEASEEEE!!! I wanna seeeeeee
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xxhatchetxx · 3 years ago
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Divorce selfie :)
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“We could try finding ourselves. There’s nothing left for us to lose.”
“Zim still has something.”
“Your pak doesn’t count.”
“There are other things.”
“Liar.”
“Silence, Dib-filth.”
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space-n-sky · 3 years ago
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IDK how ZAGR can work when Jhonen confirmed that Zim is a thousands year old adult while Gaz is a kid... yet he also says ZAGR would have been endgame if he had to do romance. Was he joking about it or is Zim biologically a (presumably) perpetual young adult to where when Gaz grows up, it isn't illegal or creepy (Like everlasting adulthood, but still mortal)??? I'm more confused than I should be.
oof, the classic zim-age battle. I haven’t been in the fandom for a while so my memory’s a little rusty.
What I can say is that the “zim is 1000+ year old adult” is a recent statement on Zim’s age. Even then, when it’s brought up, it’s said in a joking context. I take everything Jhonen says with a grain of salt, canon isn’t something he prioritizes when it comes to zim, he bends what’s established to service the humor. In the 20+ year of the show’s existence, a good chunck of the viewers has assumed zim’s age was likened to the kids. Or that at the very least, he conveniently aged alongside the cast. I thought similarly when watching the show for the first time. But now that Jhonen’s been consistently joking Zim’s an “old man” (note, he doesn’t specify an age. He just. says “old man” hfjffj) it’s safe to assume he’s an adult. probably?? Even then, I’ve seen vet fans and mutuals say that the trial script would have clarified Zim’s as old as the Tallest. But then, what about the one zagr fanart on the staff’s fanart wall? what about the storyboard zadr doodles during production of the movie?? Joke or not, wouldn’t it be weird if not un-pc of the staff to pit the boys together like that?? Again, it’s all very muddy. It’s not my favorite topic to discuss because our only authority on the issue loves to play with canon like a cat with a ball of yarn. and violently ingest it. then hack it up like a hairball.
Ah, the zagr endgame claim. *wipes tear* It’s untrue btw. It’s a beautiful offspring of fandom telephone that’s lasted all these years :’) The IZ wiki is… um, highly opinionated on certain topics (Gaz’s supposed pyro abilities, for example) and there’s NO citation for this claim. I wouldn’t look to it as a totally reliable source…. I personally scoured the internet and youtube, I watched any Jhonen Invadercon interview I could (god. PLEASE don’t watch them. Fans ask intruding and embarrassing questions to the poor guy). I’ve yet to find him say zagr was endgame.
Jhonen’s depictions of IZ has changed. 2019 Jhonen wanted to focus on family and Dib’s dynamic with his dad. He wanted Membrane to be a prominent character. 2000 Jhonen was fine having Membrane waltz in and out of the kid’s life, even having Membrane be absent with a drone monitoring the kids in his place (cynical implications lmao). So even if he DID entertain the idea of zagr, his opinion likely changed. He’s had the comics to suggest an alliance between Zim and Gaz, or develop some kind of relationship. We kinda made progress with issue 16 with Zim realizing Gaz is tolerable to be around and wondering out loud why they don’t hang out more (which is shut down by Gaz lmao)??? But that’s it.
I’m sorry abt the confusion :( Do what you feel is best, be mindful how you engage in conversation abt stuff like Zim’s age to other fans. Zim’s an adult? cool. Zim’s ageless and doesn’t adhere to human standards of maturity? complicated, but ok. Zim’s a kid? alrighty. It’s something we’ll be forever divided on, unfortunately. So: To each their own!
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