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page one has finished being written and coded, now onto the gallery and queue
in the mean time, ask me about anything specific in the IZ lore, i have to much info :,3
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HELLO HELLO
i know it’s been a while but i plan to start posting again soon! keep an eye out for that :3
currently working on:
a site (omg)
a indepth timeline of the iz fandom (took SO LONG)
TON of posts related to xtremely kool merch
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Reminder everyone: ZIM canonically needs glasses!
I just like that fact :)
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Okay, so here’s the thing about Zim and GIR…
When talking about the idea that Zim might have some affection towards GIR - a lot of people bring up the fact that, like, GIR is even still functioning in the first place. After all, why would the Famously Sadistic and Callous Invader Zim keep around an evil minion who messes up as often as GIR does? Rather than scrap him for parts or just throw him in the trash? ….Unless he had some sort of emotional attachment to that minion in the first place?
But that’s… I’m actually not sure that argument 100% works. Because there’s one important variable that argument discards. GIR isn’t just a regular ol’ robotic minion - he is a special top-secret model SIR Unit personally gifted to Zim by the Almighty Tallests.
Zim cannot fully discard GIR as a worthless garbage robot that’s nothing but a hindrance to his mission the same way that he can’t discard Earth as a worthless garbage planet with no value to the Irken Empire - because that would be confronting and admitting that he is not actually a great and respected Invader in the eyes of his Tallests.
But I still think there are some other evidence to the idea that Zim likes GIR. Because, I mean, Zim is incredibly lenient towards him.
Zim… feels bad for yelling at GIR and making him cry.
Zim. Feels. Bad. For. Yelling.
This alone is incredible evidence for Zim’s affection towards GIR.
And that is absolutely not something Zim will do for just any minion. Just look at how he treats his Computer, and not to mention all those poor saps from Hobo 13.
The fact that in his deluded world, GIR is supposed to be a top-of-the-line personal gift from the Tallests certainly plays a part. But I also think that while these delusions might explain why he doesn’t throw GIR in the trash… Zim is very good at twisting reality and logic and his own ideology for the sake of justifying his own selfish desires.
If he actually wanted to hurt GIR, he could’ve very easily rationalized it as ‘you are supposed to be the bestest most prided minion in my army of doom and a personal gift from the Almighty Tallest themselves therefore I will hold you to a higher standard and punish you accordingly’. But instead he is incredibly lenient with GIR and his constant screw-ups and obnoxious whims.
So my read of why Zim is actually fond of GIR in his own weird way is very much tied to, like, a Big Thing about how I read Zim’s character in general. Which is, Zim’s delusion, like Ogres, has layers. Like, there are some aspects of reality that just genuinely never penetrated his thick Irken skull - and there are some things he does realize on some level even as he tries as hard as he can to convince himself otherwise.
So I think on some level, as much as he outwardly denies it, Zim is aware of how much he messed up things for the Irken Empire in ‘Impending Doom 1’ and how the Almighty Tallests really view him. This is basically how his thought process is described in the Pilot -
And it’s also supported with how Vasquez describes Zim’s similarities to Dib in some of the ‘Florpus’ interviews.
Dib is obviously painfully aware of the ways his father does not respect him - but for Zim to similarly want to prove his own amazingness to the Tallest, he has to be aware on some level that the Tallest don’t acknowledge that he’s amazing. And I think it also matches with his interactions with the various Tallests in the ‘The Trial’ Flashbacks. Because he wasn’t originally that feverishly devoted, eager to prove himself and deluded about being beloved by the Tallests as he is right now.
That’s a trait he has developed either in response to his spectacular failure in ‘Operation Impending Doom 1’ or just to Red and Purple - who already knew him beforehand and decided they can’t stand him - rising to power. He is aware on some level of how the Tallests perceive him, and while he cannot consciously acknowledge it, his behavior is him overcompensating for it.
And I think… Zim projects this aspect of himself on GIR. He sees himself in GIR. Not the self he wants to see, the hypercompetent and beloved Invader. But the self he keeps denying - a devoted and loyal minion who despite messing up sometimes (or rather, all the goddamn time), is always eager to please and driven to prove himself.
Which… is also not a fully accurate view of himself, but like I said, it’s Layers of self-delusion. But that’s subconsciously how he perceives his own relationship with the Tallests and how he perceives GIR’s relationship to himself.
So Zim being so tolerant of GIR’s constant screw ups, never really seriously punishing him, always putting him in important positions in his schemes, always acquiesce to his stupid and annoying whims… that’s because he sees himself in GIR, and that’s how he would like the Tallests to treat him, that’s how he pretends the Tallests already treat him, and so that’s the treatment he gives GIR. He believes he deserves these infinite second chances and high-ranking roles in all of the Empire’s universe-conquering plans despite his constant failures and that’s what he keeps doing with GIR despite being just as frustrated with him as the Tallests are with Zim.
And the thing is, because of Zim’s Extreme Projection to the Max - he kinda got the entirely wrong idea about GIR. Zim is not exactly that eager-to-please loyal drone of the empire - but GIR is not that at all, not even remotely. While GIR might have some affection towards Zim, he doesn’t care at all about the mission - much less being ‘allowed’ to do Important Things Vital for the fate of the Zim’s latest scheme. He would much rather goof off and watch TV then be given any sort of responsibility.
Again, the cupcake scene is very illustrative. Zim thinks GIR is upset because he feels very bad about screwing up their mission and thus is immediately forgiving - but GIR was only sad because he ran out of Cupcake to eat.
With how distractible and chaotic and generally detached from reality GIR is, it’s… kinda hard to determine when he’s trying to obey Zim’s orders but failing and when he just never really gave much of a shit about them in the first place.
But he’s usually not even a little bit bothered or upset about the idea that his inaction has put his ‘master’ in mortal danger.
I guess the funny thing is, like, there are times where Zim needs an extra pair of arms or eyes on board - times where he needs the skills of… maybe not GIR but at least a hypothetical fully-functional SIR Unit. But there are many other occasions where GIR is nothing but a burden and annoyance to him and the thing is that they both would’ve been happier if GIR was just allowed to stay home to watch TV and eat babies but Zim keeps putting him in important positions because Zim likes GIR but he’s unable to understand what GIR is actually like beyond an image of all the projected insecurities he can't admit about himself.
And of course, as we all know, if GIR was actually driven to fulfill their mission - that turns out very bad for Zim very very quickly.
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The IZ comics have 15 extremely cool artists and here's a slight guide on how to identify them :3
Aaron Alexovich
- typically more dynamic and what i would describe as a “scratchy” artstyle
Issues: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 16, "Gir's Big Day", "Holiday Special", "The Dookie Loop Horror"
KC Green
- very silly and colorful style, creator of the “this is fine” comic/meme
Issues: 6, "Bitters and the Witch", 31
Dave Crosland
- more detailed style, similar to Alexovich but a bit cleaner
Issues: 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, "Invasion!"
Sarah Andersen
- another very silly style, though simpler than KC’s, creator of the “Sarah Scribbles” webcomics
Issue: 11
Warren Wucinich
- main artist and letter-er, typically stays fairly true to the original style though is a bit more round and curvier
Issues: 12, 13, 14, "Tales of Bitter", "The Evil Ms.Bitters", "Sweetheart Bitters", 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, "Tales of Stuff What Did Not Happen", 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, "Dib's Dilemma"
Ian Mcginty
- fairly detailed and feels 3d at times, typically a cover artists (see here)
Issue: "Ms.Bitters' Bugs"
Sarah Graley
- ANOTHER silly style :3, this time more chibi than the others with flat colors
Issue: 26
Maddie C.
- i don’t know how to explain it but squishy, similar to the original style but instead of being mostly flat/sharp lines it’s more curvy (dib being the best example)
Issues: 27, 29, 30, 38, 46, 47, 48
Mady G
- sil,,,,ly, everything just flows together really nicely, very stretchy and expressive
Issue: 28
Kate Sherron
- similar to Wuncinich but id say its a bit more 2d
Issues: 32, 34, 35, 37, 39, "Sugar & Spice"
Meg Casey
- very expressive and curvy
Issue: 32, "ZIM No More", 49
Fred C. Stresing
- tastes like mint ???????, i dunno how to explain it but very cool, i like zims faces
Issues: 33, "Warlocker ZIM", 49, "Zim's Greatest Plan"
Tait Howard & Matthew Seely
- uber chibi, very big eyes
Issue: 36
Dean Rankine
- only 2 pages so i cant really say much but cool
Issue: "SuperZIM"
Drew Rausch
- extremely shapely if that makes sense
Issue: 41
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Has anyone else noticed how absolutely bizarre ZIM acts during The Trial? His speech isn’t him- he talks overly casually in the episode, uses phrases he normally doesn’t, uses a notable amount of rhetorical questions and sarcasm (notable because it’s something he rarely does), and his tone and enunciation is unnatural for him and exaggeratingly optimistic yet unsure at times, like he’s pleading for people to defend him. His behavior is abnormal too, not as serious or high-strung as he usually is, he aggrandizes himself way more than usual, and acts unbelievably stupid and unaware of the situation.
And it’s all intentional. He isn’t oblivious to the situation. He definitely knows he’s defective and that this day was coming, he had planned the charade and scripted possible responses in preparation. There’s no reasonable justification for his past deeds, and he knew this trial would end with his deactivation. He did what he frequently does and attempts to use a positive thought process to stop himself from breaking down, but this time he tried extremely hard and cranked it up to full, trying to use fake enthusiasm in hopes it would make himself happy during his last moments, awful moments, (and it may have worked slightly), and hoping that these seemingly neurotypical speech patterns/tone (because often he’s monotone, formal, and uses a unique vocabulary) and laxness with the circumstances would influence the Control Brains, even just a little (as unlikely as that is, but ZIM was desperate, it’s life or death and he won’t go down without trying).
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found some goodies by scrolling trough old posts from @zimages and added to my public compile
neat!
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i forgot to also hand over dib's telescope, given to me by my friend (again) so, enjoy!
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managed to get some new concept art i've never seen before thanks to my friend :) (it wasn't in my massive pile yet, but it's there now)
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woahh
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i forgot to post today uhhhhhhhhhhh i’ll fix my links instead
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all the covers i could find :]
i think the iz fandom under appreciates the official art
LIKE LOOK HOW COOL THIS IS
literally adorable
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as far as i know there isn’t a way to play anymore :[
The Doom Game was a online game on nick.com.au released august of 2018, im unsure of when it got taken down
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i think the iz fandom under appreciates the official art
LIKE LOOK HOW COOL THIS IS
literally adorable
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(please note that this isn’t to criticize either actor. i just find the difference between these two actors interesting!)
i found all the lines that richard dubbed over for the pilot (provided on the nickelodeon website) and played them next to billy west’s original recording. enjoy!
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