20s. Chicana. Likes Invader Zim. TERFs can fuck off. Right-wingers can fuck off. SFW but I find antis obnoxious and they can fuck off. I tend to love emotionally stunted characters. I just voice my thoughts on media I enjoy. My favorite character ever is Zim. I just love that bastard bug baby so much.
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IDK if an AU like this already exists, but ZADR where Dib is an Irken scientist sent to earth to study its strange and unique creatures and supernatural phenomena and Zim is assigned as his bodyguard. What neither of them know is that they were both sent by the Tallest to get rid of them. Dib for his outlandish theories that are an embarrassment to the Irken scientific community, and Zim for the usual reasons. The Tallest expect Zim will get himself and Dib killed with his incompetence, but Zim actually takes his duty to protect Dib extremely seriously since it's his only shot at redemption for all the times he's screwed up in the past. He still has a secret agenda to try to conquer the earth in order to impress their leaders, which he pursues behind Dib's back while Dib develops a soft spot for the earth and it's magnificent specimens and wants it to become a preserve, protected from conquest or interference from the Irken Empire which would destroy everything unique and special about it.
I'm pretty sure in The Trial it's indicated that no one knew Zim was responsible for both Horrible Painful Overload days, the Tallest assassinations, or any of Zim's other crimes prior to OIDI until they saw his memories. So I'm rolling with the idea that he wasn't reviled by the general public until OIDI, only by those unfortunate enough to have met him in person.
Dib in this AU however, was doing field research abroad at the time of OIDI and gets so absorbed in his work he doesn't keep up with current events. So he knows nothing about Zim fucking up OIDI and the Tallest certainly aren't going to tell him because they don't want him to know they've set him up with an incompetent bodyguard on purpose. Dib initially does peg Zim for a complete moron, but since everything always seems to work out for them he eventually concludes that the insane Moon Logic Zim operates on must actually make sense in a way he simply can't comprehend. His methods may be unconventional, but he is a professional who knows what he's doing. After all, he must be if he was handpicked by the Tallest.
Part of Dib's assignment includes studying humans to see how advanced their tech is and assess them as a threat to the Irken Empire. To that end, he interns at Membrane Labs in order to get close to the Professor so he always has a finger on the pulse of human scientific advancement. He doesn't talk about his paranormal studies with Membrane, so Membrane thinks he's just a very bright boy with an aptitude for "real" science and treats Dib like the son he never had.
Since Dib is not Membrane's son in this AU, Gaz in an only child, but she still doesn't get a lot of attention from her dad. Growing up she put aside hobbies like video games to focus on science so Membrane would pay attention and be proud of her. But eventually she got burnt out on bending over backwards to earn her father's love and now she's a slacker who cuts class, blows off homework, and tries really hard to pretend like she doesn't care about being a disappointment to her father. Because what's the point if she's never going to be good enough to hold her dad's attention for more than 5 minutes anyway? Naturally, she resents Dib instantly when he comes along and starts acting like the child Membrane always wanted her to be. It gets even worse when Membrane convinces Dib to be Gaz's tutor and hopes that he'll be a good influence on her. Just like canon Dib, Irken Dib is kinda self-absorbed and oblivious to how annoying his enthusiastic info-dumping is. But it's even worse in this AU because he's not just yammering about a topic Gaz doesn't care about but actually mansplaining to her concepts she already knows. To be fair, she is flunking these subjects, hence why Membrane wanted him to tutor her. But she's only flunking because she's not trying anymore.
Zim's protectiveness of Dib makes him feel special and important after a lifetime of being treated like a joke in the Irken scientific community and he starts to believe they are what other species would call "friends". Maybe something more.
But actually, Zim does not care about Dib beyond his work obligations. He protects him only because his ass will be in huge trouble if he fucks up again. Canon Zim is already constantly anxious and paranoid about blowing his cover and being captured and dissected, so it really pisses him off in this AU that Dib does a lot of reckless stuff in pursuit of his research, like trespassing and hacking government files, which could attract unwanted attention from earth authorities.
Furthermore, he does not share Dib's fascination for earth creatures and paranormal phenomena. He just sees everything as weak and inferior, begging to be conquered, and a waste of time studying and gawking at. He feels no guilt about going behind Dib's back and plotting to throw him and his research under the bus to advance his own career by conquering the planet he loves so much.
Dib meanwhile is struggling with conflicting loyalties between the Empire that never appreciated him or anything he cares about and the community of conspiracy theorists he's infiltrated in order to learn more about earth cryptids and Gaz and the Professor, who are like the family he never had.
Dib ends up choosing the earth over the Empire just as Zim finally makes a move to conquer the planet and reveals how he was working behind Dib's back the entire time. Zim is disgusted with Dib's betrayal of the Empire, but also glad to be relieved of his obligation to protect him. Dib is heartbroken to learn that Zim never liked him.
But then after the two of them split up and become mortal enemies, with Dib trying to protect the planet he's adopted as his home and Zim trying to destroy it, Zim starts to feel a nagging sense of longing and regret. Maybe there was something he kinda liked about Dib after all. Maybe it was sort of pleasant having someone around who didn't know his past and treated him as competent and trustworthy and appreciated everything Zim did for him. But whatever. He's a traitor and a sentimental weakling, and now just an obstacle in the way of Zim achieving his life's ambition.
as a former unknowingly queer and undiagnosed neurodiverse child, i agree ^^ that may not have been the writers' intention but it's crazy that now so many of us can relate
There are no neurotypical Invader Zim fans. If you were ever a fan of that show, you're on the auDHD spectrum now, and not straight. Dib Membrane has converted so many AFABs Eric Trueheart took notice and called him a "Butch Girl Icon".
invader zim really gave us the most fan favorite and long awaited characters after 20 years of waiting, in the last 3 pages of the final issue of the comics ;___;
Wait, so I believe at last year’s Florpus Anniversary screening someone said Jhonen said Skoodge is living in Zim’s basement and just isn’t seen in the movie.
But in the original comic timeline, which we know is meant to cover about a year since Zim experiences his second Halloween and Christmas during that run, Skoodge never reveals himself as intended in the unfinished episode Day of Da Spookies. This comic meanwhile, takes place in an alternate timeline which began the same as the original comic run, then veered into another direction resulting in ETF and 3 other post-movie comics, culminating with this one. Since the post-Florpus run was only 4 issues we can assume that less time has passed in this continuity than the original comic timeline.
In the original comic timeline, even though much more time passed without Skoodge making an appearance, it’s still possible that Skoodge was laying low in Zim’s base all that time and Day of Da Spookies or some alternative story which would see him reveal himself could still possibly happen at some indeterminate point in the future. But this comic appears to show Skoodge out conquering another alien planet in the name of the Irken Empire at a much earlier point in time. So either he snuck out of Zim’s base without Zim ever knowing he was there in the first place, or he was in fact not ever there in the first place.
So is Day of Da Spookies now officially decanonized? Because we have two lines of continuity now, one where Skoodge never emerges from the basement after more than a year, and one where he’s clearly shown to not be in the basement at an earlier point in time with no indication he was ever there. Technically it’s possible Day of Da Spookies still happened offscreen, but in the absence of any evidence for it, I wouldn’t consider that a reasonable argument. It’s the same kind of insane, lazy logical fallacy that people like MatPat use to justify literally any theory. “I made up a bunch of stuff there’s no evidence for, but you can’t prove that it didn’t happen offscreen despite absolutely nothing that infers it”, which you could say about literally anything one could make up.
It’s interesting to consider because I think for a long time the fandom always treated the unfinished episodes as if they were canon since they would’ve been if the show weren’t cancelled. But when the comics started up I remember Jhonen made a statement about not wanting the comics to be a receptacle for old stories. The only comics that ended up being adapted from old episode ideas were ones from scripts that were never released. Like the Pants Aliens comic intended for season 1, which never got the green light from Nick because it was too similar to Jimmy Neutron’s pilot episode, or “GIR’s Big Day” which was heavily reworked from the description Eric Trueheart gave of the original episode concept.
I can definitely see why Jhonen wouldn’t want to use the comics or a series revival to enshrine any of those old episodes into official canon. I think it’d be kinda disappointing for fans to wait so long only to pick up a new comic or tune into a new episode and it’s just a story we already got 15-20 years ago with all the jokes and twists and turns already spoiled for us.
This is why I get the impression that stuff like the Virooz arc and Zim’s nightmare in ETF exist to be stealth replacements for 10 Minutes to Doom and The Trial. A way to convey that the lore about PAKs and Irken existence evaluations is still part of the canon even though the episodes that were originally meant to reveal that information are not canon anymore.
Bringing it back Skoodge, it may indeed no longer be canon that Skoodge is, was, or ever will be living in Zim’s basement. But only because it wouldn’t be surprising to the audience anymore if that were the case. If they ever bring him back, it’s not going to be in a finished version of Day of Da Spookies, it’s going to be in a brand new story.
OK, folks, with the House about to open again, it's time to call, email, and write letters to your reps! Tell them NOT to vote for KOSA or any bad internet bill.
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Sadly, both AB1949 and SB976 passed and are now on their way to the governors desk.
We need him to veto them so they dont become Law.
If you havent Heard of the danger of those bills for the Internet , this post explain it thoroughly :
- Post doing a deep explanation on those bills here
I CANNOT emphasize enough how these would have a global effect on the Internet given that most websites and apps originates from California and not all of them could afford either following those bills or moving states.
Now, as the bills are on their way to the governor, we need Californian citizens to voice their oppositions to those bills to the Governor Gavin Newsome HERE
(Non California peeps, we are urging you to share this as well!!! )
Please keep in mind that calling with phone is much,much more efficient.
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Here are scripts you can use as arguments : (text/alt version below the read more )
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TEXT VERSION :
AB 1949
Hello, my name is (INSERT NAME HERE) and I'm one of the Senator's constituents from (INSERT CITY HERE). I'm calling to urge the Senator to vote NO on AB 1949, the amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2020. While this bill's intent is to prevent the sharing and sale of minor's information under the age of 18, the method it would intend to do so by is written far too broadly for it to be safely and reasonably implemented.
While this bill retains a safer standard of the business requiring actual knowledge of a consumer being under the age of 18 to be held liable for the sharing or sale of personal information, its wording is still too broad to exclude a default usage of age verification by online businesses in order to protect themselves from liability. Taking measures such as age verification, age assurance, or other data collection and analysis to determine the age of users. Even though measures like this have been proven to be vulnerable to data breaches no matter how secure they proclaim to be. Such as this year's largest discovered breach of AU10TIX, which supplies age verification to companies like TikTok, X, Uber, LinkedIn, Paypal, and many others.
As it stands, this bill is far too broad in its wording and enforcement of its age-specific measures to be considered a safe piece of legislation. Which is why I urge the Senator to vote in opposition to this measure.
Vote NO on AB 1949.
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SB 976
Hello, my name is (INSERT NAME HERE) and I'm one of the Assembly member's constituents from (INSERT CITY HERE). I'm calling to urge the Assembly member to vote NO on SB 976, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act. Although this bill has intent to protect the mental and emotional health of California's youth, the method this bill would intend to use could be counterproductive to that goal, or even endanger them further.
One of this bill's primary measures includes requiring verifiable parental consent to allow websites to display “addictive” feeds to minor users. However, the ways “verify” the identity and age of a responsible parent are often invasive and dangerous. Especially since these methods have proven repeatedly to be vulnerable to data breaches that can leak sensitive information to bad actors. Such as this year's largest discovered breach of AU10TIX, which supplies age verification to companies like TikTok, X, Uber, LinkedIn, Paypal, and many others. To determine if this is necessary at all would also require collecting even more data on minors and non-minors alike to determine who would even require these measures to be set in place. Especially when it would have control over someone's access to a website or application based on the time of day, as this bill would require in order to “reasonably determine” the user is not a minor.
The vagueness of this bill's text at all is dangerous as well. The broad-spectrum definition it gives of “addictive internet-based service or application” could cause an unintended censorship effect where minors and adults alike could be blocked from accessing information purely because some part of a website or application uses a “feed” which could arguably fit the bill's definition of “addictive”
With all of this in mind, I urge the Assembly member to vote in opposition of this measure to protect the privacy and safety of California's minors and adults alike.
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