#iz roboparents

[starpaw0007]

Someone needs to take spotify

away from me....

[reynaruina]

CZ - The Minigolf Fam (relevant to upcoming comic) Bonus doggo who didn't wanna be in the picture and the Audience, who's being Normal abt them

[chickdinner]

roboparents stuff :]

(Z4DRS/IRKENXCHILD DNI eu acho meio paia colocar isso em todo santo post, porém é necessário 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️)

And some stuff that literally came to me in a dream. This is based off a dream I had. A boring Christmas episode (LITERALLY nothing else happens besides Dib monologuing for like 10 minutes while waiting for his dad and Gaz to rent a car for the holidays for some reason)

The second image above the cut was supposed to be an alt fit for ZIM but then I decided to add the roboparents because frankly I like them very much. Goated characters

Also yes I drew more robomom im so sorry I put robodad on the sidelines...

[ms-scarletwings]

Zim and Gir have to go off world for a while. Important A-plot business. Eats up quite a few days of Earth time.

Naturally, Dib notices their absence and takes this as the perfect opportunity to make another break-in attempt at Zim’s base. Gets past the gnomes with one of his magazine doohickeys or science gizmos. Stops cold in his tracks after landing in the living room. There’s a heavy, colorful fog lining the ceiling in ghostly wisps. A foul, akrid odor clings to the air.

Sitting on the couch, covered in cheesy crumbs, open bag of space-Doritos beside him, is Invader Skoodge. Dib has never heard of or seen Skoodge. The guy is open mouthed and staring blankly at the Monty Python sequence playing out on the TV screen. He doesn’t seem to notice the new presence until Dib gives a confused “Um���.”

The line of drool that was threatening to reach Skoodge’s shirt retreats back into his mouth. He turns slowly and stares hard at the intruder for a second of focusing. “Oh…” He smiles and greets with a “hey guy” and a half-hearted wave, and then he sinks a bit deeper into the sofa with a complacent expression.

“Bloopin” is playing in the background during this whole thing.

[taksstuff]

Please they've got smth going on

[sapphorror]

I will NEVER get over Zim glancing at GIR and Minimoose before he points out that there's no one that could possibly be used as a hostage against him

[ouchmaster6000]

An AMV I made for Invader Zim, set to the band Patron Saint of Plagues

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[stump-salsa]

i love when a villain has a little weirdo robot assistant who does fuck all. maybe two. go girls give us nothing

[inbarfink]

I mean, the thing about Zim is that despite what he might say, he is absolutely capable of love and affection. It’s just that he only expresses it to a very select assortment of people.

First and most obvious one is probably his relationship with the Tallests. Which tends to be a lot less just a ‘loyal soldier duty bound to serve his leaders” and is coded a lot more like…. “Child overeager to please his neglectful parents”. I mean, the entire emotional crux of ‘Enter the Florpus’ is built on this. 

Zim isn’t just motivated by a pure ideological belief in the Irken Empire’s conquest, or by the desire for the fame and accolades that come with being a successful Invader. I mean, those ARE factors. Zim is both a true believer in Irk’s imperialist ideology and very interested in feeding his ego. But he’s also looking for a more personal sort of emotional validation specifically from the Tallests. One that he’s desperate for, but we know that he’s never gonna get.

(And that’s not just because Zim sucks. Even if he could somehow stop being a walking disaster area and a giant millstone around the Empire’s neck, that desire for the Tallests’ love would still be a fool’s errand. We’ve all seen how they treat poor Skoodge.)

In addition to that doomed attempt at an emotional connection, Zim can sometimes be kinda affectionate with his various robotic minions, which obviously goes back to the whole…

Yeah, that.

And that same episode ends with him having a very similar sort of response to Robo-Dad and Robo-Mom picking him up.

And then there’s, of course, his M-Lab Robot Minions in 'Enter the Florpus'. All named - and all grieved by him. 

His extreme reaction to Lawrence specifically dying shows he did apparently see them as individuals.

But as far as we can tell both the Roboparents and the Robot Army are not, like, sapient? I mean, AIs like GIR or the Computer are characterized as basically Machine People - but these robots barely seem more sapient than my laptop. And as much as I love my laptop it’s not gonna, like, love me back.

Speaking of GIR, he’s another example of someone Zim shows genuine care for. I mean… he can absolutely be pretty mean to him at times…

But any sort of kindness from Zim has to be graded on a Curve because he’s so terrible. ‘Hobo 13’ demonstrated to us very well just how horrible Zim can be to his subordinates - rude, inconsiderate, pretty much deliberately sacrificing them not just for his personal gain but also just for his own petty amusement. 

And it’s notable that’s not how he treats GIR. Who he expresses actual concern for…

And he pretty easily acquiesces to GIR’s capricious desires even when he clearly sees them as Stupid and frivolous. 

This scene is especially notable. I mean, this is Zim actually feeling bad about the fact that he made someone cry and trying to de-escalate the situation. Maybe for other characters a moment like that would be no big deal, but this basically the softest Zim has been through… all official IZ media. And it was a scene with GIR.

 And meanwhile GIR himself… didn’t really register any of this - either Zim’s frustration or his attempts at sort-of comforting him, because he was only sad about having eaten his cupcake and not being able to eat it more. 

Because that’s the thing, while GIR does have some level of affection towards Zim at times…

He doesn’t really show that same level of care. I mean, in pretty much all of these examples, GIR puts his own desire to give Zim physical affection over Zim’s clear discomfort and disgust. And in general, while GIR vaguely acknowledges that Zim is his master - he often disregards or ignores Zim’s orders and requests. And not just when it comes to being ordered around in yet another evil scheme -

But also when the situation is just clearly basically hazardous to Zim’s very life. 

(Which is very much in contrast to Zim, who, again, is actually emotionally invested in GIR’s safety)

While some of GIR’s inability to fulfill Zim’s commands can be attributed to his lack of mental focus and general stupidity - his absolute lack of care and regret about these situations seem to imply that, like, GIR might follow some of Zim’s orders when they seem fun, and he might like Zim in the sense that GIR is generally incapable of genuine malice. But GIR is never going to care about Zim, as a ‘Master’ or as a friend, as much as he cares about his own hedonism.

And of course, we all know that if GIR was capable of actually focusing on anything and remaining grounded in reality - he would very quickly realize that he actually hates Zim quite a bit. 

And that’s, like, the whole Tragedy of Zim. He is a being capable of kindness and friendship - but he always ends up only caring about beings who will never care about him back.

Due to Irken indoctrination and also self-inflicted due to his own ego (like, it is no coincidence that the People Zim Actually Cares About are the two beings Irken ideology obliges him to acknowledge as his superiors and then a bunch of robotic minions who are supposed to be 100% obedient to him.) Zim only loves those who will not love him back.

Except for Minimoose. That relationship is 100% wholesome.

[invader-zim-takes]

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[reynaruina]

CZ Pride family pic! they posing for a card to invite all Zim's classmates over for a pride themed party :D

[anodyne-violence]

Zim's roboparents need more love so here's some prompts:

Zim wants to "infiltrate" someplace but he's not allowed to be there without parental supervision so he has to take his roboparents along.

The roboparents are the chaperones at a skool dance/field trip.

Zim needs a car for some reason but he can't drive it himself because he's perceived as underaged, so he has to get his roboparents to drive him around.

The principal wants to have a meeting with Membrane and the roboparents to discuss Dib and Zim constantly fighting at skool.

Zim and his parents get invited to a party by some new neighbors looking to make friends. Bonus points if some of the party-goers for some reason are charmed by Zim's parents and try to initiate affairs/talk them into swinging with them.

Building off the idea from Roboparents Gone Wild where they start to think they're Zim's real parents, what if they just gradually became more and more sentient and started not just treating Zim like their actual son, but acting more like actual people with lives outside of Zim? Like, they start leaving the house on their own to hang out with the neighbors or inviting people over for coffee. They start arguing with each other about feeling suffocated or unappreciated in the marriage. They rant about aspirations they had to give up or accuse each other of sounding "Just like my mother/father" and Zim is just like, "What are you two fucking talking about?" Robodad has a midlife crisis, buys a corvette, and starts flirting with girls in their 20s. Robomom tries to have an affair with Membrane.

[short-and-ugly]

ranking iz characters by ease with which ive written them so far

ms bitters

minimoose

computer

zim

roboparents

skoodge

prisoner 777

tak

dib

gaz

lard nar

gir

[vortship]

Are there any moments or episodes from the series that still hit you like it's the first time you experienced it? Sorry if that's worded a bit weird.

IZ QUESTIONS!

OH did you mean Backseat Drivers From Beyond the Stars? I legit cannot think of one flaw in that ep. For one? WE SEE VORTIANS. TWO OF THEM. After hearing about Vort throughout the series, Backseat feels like a culmination of what we've learned. Their planet is conquered and these goat people want retribution. Not to mention you get a newfound perspective on the differences between Red and Purple's personalities. Red jumps into action while Purple tends to panic. I love when Red is running the diagnostic and Purple is like TF U DOING.

Lard Nar is amazing too, he's such a noble leader but you can tell the idea of starting a resistance scares the shit out of him and he's got these two sides of him warring at all times. He's such a neat little guy. He knows he wants to do what's right but on the other hand the armada is actually terrifying so can you really blame him? And lets not forget his friends who are hilarious but kind of useless. The Resisty is so valid.

Backseat is also one of the funnier ones! "Go home and shave your giant head of smell with your bad self" "...okay there's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said." The roboparents insisting Zim play in the toilet. "DID ANYONE THINK THAT WAS COOL? PLEASE RESPOND." Red's adorable weird little boxing doll of himself. We love 2 see it.

I could go on and on but Backseat is just 👌👌👌👌👌

[sinekrovych]

Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of our favorite TV series and fandom! If I'd been hit just a little earlier, I probably would have done it yesterday. :3

In any case, I congratulate all my fandom friends on our common little holiday :D

Вчера состоялась 20-я годовщина нашего любимого сериала и фандома! Если бы меня вштырило ну чуть чуть раньше, то я вероятнее всего бы успел это еще вчера :3

В любом случае, поздравляю всех товарищей по фандому с нашим общим маленьким праздником :D

[theriseofthepies]

I'm not sure why, but I love roboparents