#competent zim AU

[reynaruina]

🦇 🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃 🦇 from the CZ Boys! Dib kept his costume a secret until now...Silly Dib! He should know he can't keep secrets from Zim!!

[zharizard666]

Felt compelled to draw these two after seeing really cute fanart ^^

[hou497]

An approaching

I can’t get enough of @reynaruina ‘s AU, THE STORY IS GENUINELY SO CAPTIVATING AND THE COMICS OF IT ARE SO <333

[bonniecupcake]

Fanart of @reynaruina's Competent Zim AU

I fell in love with this AU and couldn’t stop thinking of it. It's very interesting how you've made different ways the story could go 🖤

Thanks for making this AU, I love everything about it ❤️

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There was made fanfiction to it! The person made it so good! ❤️

I thought we were friends - Duelkittens - Invader Zim [Archive of Our Own]

I'M SCREAMING!!!

[valexombie123]

Un dibujo que no termine que quería hacer de zim y mini alce y el que empecé después

A drawing that I did not finish that I wanted to do of zim and mini moose and the one that I started later

[abrthephantomq]

Chapters: 19/? Fandom: Invader Zim Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dib/Zim (Invader Zim), Dib & Gaz (Invader Zim), GIR & Zim (Invader Zim) Characters: Dib (Invader Zim), Gaz (Invader Zim), Zim (Invader Zim), GIR (Invader Zim), Gretchen (Invader Zim), Torque Smackey Additional Tags: Competent Zim (Invader Zim), Non-Linear Narrative, POV Second Person, POV Third Person, Older Dib (Invader Zim), Tall Zim (Invader Zim), tall is relative -- but Zim isn't like 3ft tall, Enemies to Lovers, competent Dib (Invader Zim), the author plays with punctuation in Zim POVs, I have done my best to be consistent Series: Part 1 of System Works (Firsts) Chapter 19 Summary:

2024 - Dib confronts Zim on just how many times Zim has fucked with his memories -- which, of course, just leads to more questions.

(Also can I just be like holy hell I’ve written nearly 40k words of this? I’m so proud of me. <3)

[fairytypingg]

a new challenger approaches

i whipped up a quick lil fanart 4 @reynaruina 's competent zim au!!!! except i put melvin in it bcs hes my baby and would totally b a rival 4 dib's attention,,, zim has his 1st experience with jealousy ;)

i seriously adore this au, so i had to do SOMETHIGN 4 it!!!!

[v1p0]

My Universe...

ZADR/TAGR Alien Stage AU

Upon Zim's betrayal on his truce with humanity and the Irken armada conquering Earth, Tak was assigned as Gaz Membrane's guard. She knew that the human had talent, but she also knew that the competition was harsh and competent. With a worry that she wouldn't recognise of having, she disguised herself as human to participate against the ones who could erase her happiness from existence.

When the turn of each other to participate together came, she wasn't worried at all. She never feared death, nor did she think she would really die, her pak could always bring her back as new. What she didn't expect was for her life to collapse, for her love to be returned, or for her heart to be found, only to be broke.

AU made between me and @red-roka <3

[whumping-valentine]

Aliens + Whump 👽

Alien whumpee who gets captured by a scientist who wants to study them.

Alien whumpee who crash lands in the woods, and is found by a crazed conspiracy theorist who wants to keep them trapped in their home all for themself, scared the government is going to take them away.

Alien whumpee who crash lands in the woods, and is found by an alien enthusiast. They help tend to their wounds while learning all about alien biology. Maybe caretaker is also a mechanic and tries to help repair their ship to get them home.

Alien whumpee who's the size of an apple. A group of immature teens put it in a shoe box and take it home. Maybe there's multiple. You know that Hamster Hell YouTube video? Yeah, basically that but with small aliens. (TW: claymation animal abuse if you click the link)

Alien whumpee who's a part of an invasion program that's incredibly taxing. The training program treats them like living weapons, who's only goal is to compete the invasion for their leaders. They're nothing more than discardable drones. Perhaps the alien successfully infiltrates human culture, and in the midst of their deception they get a little too lost in the role. Is this still a part of the act, or have they come to care for these humans they're supposed to be invading? Perhaps the humans are much more thoughtful than their own. Perhaps Earth has become their home... (I'm absolutely obsessed with an Invader Zim AU of this idea you guys)

Alien whumper who kidnaps one person from each planet they invade, collecting various species like they're trophies.

Alien whumper who gets obsessed with a particular person from their recent invasion, deciding to take them back to their home planet to keep them as a pet.

Alien whumper who's job it is to travel space and study planets' most intelligent species. They're do this in less than ethical ways, and, unbeknownst to their boss, may smuggle one back to continue their studies off the clock.

Alien caretaker who finds themself having to care for a creature (be it human or otherwise) that they aren't too sure of. There's a language barrier, and they have no idea what biology the creature has. But they have to try.

[lethal-spaceship]

About your Invader Zim AU (which I loved, by the way), what would the Talests and Mr. Menbrana be like? (Can you draw please? ) (⁠⸝⁠⸝⁠⸝⁠´⁠꒳⁠`⁠⸝⁠⸝⁠⸝⁠)

THANK YOU!! And totally! I actually already drew Dib's family yesterday so this post was also motivation for me to do The Tallest as well!! I'm also gonna do a bit of a lore dump as well bc it's funny. Let's start with Dib's family then.

I actually had Gaz's design for 5 years now and she mostly was left unchanged except for a couple of palette tweaks. Also kept her alt pizza gamer hoodie.

Facts of DOOM 1. Membrane family are mexican. Prof. Membrane is himself a mexican immigrant while his kids were born in the US. All of the family members are bilingual and switch between Spanish and English at home. Gaz struggles a bit with her English tho but nothing too bad. 2. Prof. Membrane lost his arms AND wings to sharks. He really thought they were his friends... 3. Dib and Gaz are genetic clones of their father. They don't know it and don't really question where their non-existent mother is. 4. Prof. Membrane loves his kids even tho he is a very busy man. He might sometimes be an abscent father and be a little bit goofy silly but he always tries to make time for his kids and likes to organize family gatherings from time to time and lets either Dib or Gaz choose where they will eat and catch up that day. When it's Gaz's turn she chooses a crappy pizzeria place, when it's Dib's turn he prefers to stay at home with everyone to cook and eat mexican food together.

And, of course, The Tallest.

They are the new designs actually! Wanted to make them look... menacing and kinda have that ying yang energy sorta.

Facts of DOOM 1. The tallest leaders could be considered their own irken sub-species. It's rare to produce "the tallest" naturally but if needed then it could be done forcefully. The "tall irkens" which are not the current acting leaders are also considered to be really important members of irken society and treated like celebrities. 2. The Tallest are slightly more competent in this au. Red takes on the role of leading irken military and dealing with military related issues, while Purple is responsible for dealing with social issues. Both are giant gluttons and Purple is a bit more goofy than Red is. They also low-key act like a married gay couple. 3. The Tallest despise Zim. Obvious one, but they preferred Zim before he went on his insane murder-crime rampage. They see him as a crazy annoying child (which he is tbh) which they have a really hard time getting rid of.

[reynaruina]

Beneath The Mask

[zharizard666]

Zim getting ready to bother, belitle, brainwash his nemesis <3

[hou497]

Loved this comic, couldn’t handle not doing a drawing of it, it’s so cute <3

[paulkleestan]

I’m usually not a fan of Invader ZIM roleswap AUs bc I think ZIM and Dib’s personalities and motivations are very intrinsically connected to their respective race/role but realistically if one were to happen I think both would actually end up being COMPETENT in their roles.

Hear me out.

ZIM mostly fails as an Invader not just because he doesn’t think things through but because he’s not subtle enough to sneak under the radar and effectively gain the trust of the humans/quality information because he’s too busy fighting Dib. Remember that his role as an Invader is not to destroy Earth but to exploit weaknesses and gather intel - something Tallest Red reminds him of. // But if he was a human that wanted to expose someone he would be loud and persistent and sadistic enough to get the attention needed to expose the alien and would probably use underhanded tactics such as planting “evidence” and setting traps to capture the creature. He is also self assured and arrogant enough to gain confidence from his fellow humans and manipulating them into believing what he says (as seen in FBI Warning of Doom and Hobo 13)

Meanwhile Dib is a lot less self confident and loud than ZIM and is dismissed by most of his peers because he lacks the blind confidence and manipulative nature that ZIM has. // But he is an effective spy as shown in Rise of Zitboy where he finds a break in ZIM’s security system and is quiet enough to go unnoticed to the point that ZIM takes him in as an intern in the comics and doesn’t figure it out until he exposes himself intentionally. He would probably make an excellent invader.

[flight-of-the-sacred-eagle]

Invader Zim except it’s a rodeo au. Which means the Membranes are actually a rodeo family who compete in rodeos all over the country.

They’re world famous, with Professor, or I guess in this case something different (Rancher Membrane? Cowboy Membrane? Just Membrane?) being a multi time national rodeo champion bull rider. He was forced to retire after a bull gored and crushed his arms to the point of needing amputations. He now lives vicariously through his children, specifically Dib, while managing the ranch and doing sketchy science (because he’s still insanely good at it). Said sketchy science is possible due to him becoming friends with an even more sketchy scientist with even less regard for people. The horse he rides the most is a very sweet and caring quarter horse mare named Clementine, who is a bay with a white blaze.

Gaz is a barrel racer and a damn good one. She’s won first in a couple big rodeos, with her quarter horse named Shadowhog. Shadowhog is a black mare with a white blaze and socks and is just as standoffish and angry as she in. Gaz still enjoys video games, but not as much. She also is the best trick roper in the family, and has experience in break away roping. She’s really good at it, but prefer barrel racing since she thinks it takes more skill. Dib thinks she’s making fun of him, but she really isn’t. She’s dabbled with bronc riding but is too lightweight. She is using in charge of herding on the ranch. She also is still one of Membrane’s creations.

Dib is a tie down roper who desperately wants to get into team roping but like. He has no friends. He’s fairly good at tie down roping, though hasn’t won anything. Membrane wants him to be a bull rider. Dib would rather die. He has a curious, playful dappled gray quarter horse mare named Mothman, and is still in love with the paranormal and would rather explore it than compete. Membrane hates this. Dib kinda loves horses and spends a lot of time with not only Mothman, but the other horses on the ranch like Shadowhog, Phoenix, Megera, ET, and Professor. Dib is also still a clone because Membrane is still stupid smart and has access to less than ethical equipment.

Zim is still an alien. He still wants to take over the earth. He was still banished. The only difference is that he lands in the country when Dib is about 15. Membrane happened to have a flyer for a ranch hand up and Zim decides the human thing to do is take a job. His base is in the shape of a barn that’s right outside of Membrane Ranches. Membrane gives him the job and a cowboy hat and Dib is immediately like “that’s an alien Wtf” but Membrane ignores him. And then proceeds to insist on having Zim trained as a steer wrestler due to his strength and gives him a palomino quarter horse gelding named ET (Dib finds the irony hilarious), who is irritable and must be bribed with treats.

The ranch is named Membrane Ranches and has thirteen horses (four ranch horses- Clementine, Peggy (Appaloosa mare), Foodie (paint quarter horse gelding), and Generator (bay quarter horse gelding); two barrel horses- Shadowhog and Megara (chestnut quarter horse mare with white socks); one tie down roping horse- Chupacabra (paint quarter horse stallion); one steer wrestling horse- Covenant (buckskin quarter horse mare); four generic roping horses- ET, Mothman, Phoenix (nearly white quarter horse gelding), and Doppler (black quarter horse gelding); and one bronc- Wildfire (bright chestnut mustang with a white blaze and socks); as well as sixty head of cattle.

Dib gets tasked with teaching Zim the ropes of steer wrestling and ranch work. They try to kill each other between the very much forced lessons.

Zim is a shit ranch hand at first hates it because of germs. Dib uses this as an opportunity to lie and say all humans are fine with germs and Zim very reluctantly agrees. He does eventually start to get used to it, eventually becoming a fairly good ranch hand. He gets surprisingly protective of ET. ET gets surprisingly close to Zim, always nickering when he comes in.

Zim eventually gets told his mission is fake and Dib awkwardly comforts him. The next week he’s dragged to a rodeo (a massive one) and immediately starts getting very overwhelmed by the extremely loud noises and scents and the bumping. He’s not competing but Gaz and Dib are. Dib completely missed the tie down roping because he’s taken Zim away from the crowds and noise to decompress. (Not because he cares but because he’s not gonna let the alien do something stupid clearly).

Membrane is very annoyed.

A couple years later and more rodeos later Dib is nineteen and wins first at one of the largest rodeos in the country. Zim also competes and gets second. Dib (and Gaz who gets first in a lot of big rodeos) are invited to another big event. Zim comes with.

The night before the competition, Dib and Zim notice a runaway steer. Dib gets it around the head and Zim gets it by a hind leg. Dib realizes that holy shit they could be a roping team. At the same time a roping team is forced to drop out so the pair sign up.

They wind up getting forth. Gaz is thrilled that Dib is able to do what he’s wanted to do. Membrane is angry because he wanted to get Dib to bull riding after tie down roping inevitably wore him out.

Dib and Zim eventually become world champion team ropers. And they eventually make their own ranch. And maybe kiss.

[awesome-normal-heroes]

ZADF Headcanons in the Irken Dib AU:

*Zim is basically the same as in canon.

*But Irken Dib is quite different from Canon Dib; since supernatural stuff doesn't exist on Irk, Irken Dib focused on the path of alien science and didn't become an outcast like Canon Dib did.

*Professor Membrane is the Irken Tallest Blue.

*Gaz is the Massive's Main Pilot and she's well respect by Tallest Blue.

*Dib and Gaz used to be training partners together, before Dib and Zim meet.

*Dib became a successful scientist that Tallest Blue respected, but despite this Dib was very bored with his life.

*Then Dib met Zim and sees how chaotic/interesting/fun Zim is.

*Zim's quirks amuse Irken Dib and make Dib feel alive.

*Although Dib does get annoyed with Zim sometimes, when Zim goes too far...

*The Tallest (especially Tallest Blue) are shocked and disappointed that Dib is wasting his genius potential on such a small and insanely defective irken.

*The giant robot Zim used to ruin the first invasion plan was Dib's creation that Dib gave to Zim as a gift, so they were both banished to Foodcourtia.

*Zim and Dib escape the planet then Dib tries to convince Zim that they should fly away to a different world to live on, but Zim insists to return to Irk.

*The duo get the fake mission (with Dib knowing it's fake from the start, but not saying anything cause it's better then being executed) and when they get Gir, Dib somewhat fixes Gir, so the robot would be more competent (but still childish sometimes)...

*When they arrive on Earth, Dib is frustrated at how lazy Zim's human disguise is and still can't believe that most humans fall for it...

*When they meet a genius kid named Louie, Louie is one of the few that sees through Zim's disguise...

*Louie's parents are older sibling are all brilliant scientists and they're all too busy to be with Louie; they also think that Louie's dream is silly (Louie dreams of being a gadget-filled superhero like Batman or Ironman).

*Louie is calmer and humbler then Canon Dib, so he doesn't shout that Zim is an alien to the whole class and the class doesn't think Louie is crazy.

*But Louie does follow the aliens to their house.

*Zim hates Louie, but also sees him as a worthy foe (similar to how he feels for Canon Dib).

*Dib respects Louie a bit more then Zim, but he's still willing to destroy Louie if necessary.

*Dib LOVES the supernatural stuff on Earth; Irken Dib has a fondness for weird, strange and unusual things.

*Skoodge likes both of them.

*Tak hates Zim, but surprisingly respects Dib.

*Sizz Lorr hates both of them, but hates Zim much more.