Elizabeth Membrane

a lil ask blog for a lil zadr smeet (main blog: katsandanxiety)

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hey everyone! it’s been a crazy few years! i’m currently 17!

my “space dad”, as i called Zim when i was a kid, came back to earth and i finally officially met him! turns out there was this whole war going on in space that i didn’t even know about before, and Zim got all caught up in it! first he was fighting for the irken empire, but he realized a lot of bad stuff about them, so now he’s in the resisty! funny name, i know 

and now i’m in the resisty too! with both my parents, and auntie gaz! i’ve met so many new people! right now, i’m on a big ol’ space ship of resistance fighters!

oh and uh i have a girlfriend now..! she’s still back on earth for the moment but we talk through special communicators that are directly linked to each other! her name is jewel, she’s been my best friend for a long time and now we’re finally together! <3

i’m open to answer questions anyone has about all this! haha a lots happened 

-liz

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Elizabeth, honestly, you should tell your father what you saw, it's just advice. Maybe it was just a flirtation between friends, but if there is a slight possibility that it is not, you should tell your father, that way they can know if it is something serious or not, if it is not, nothing will happen, yes It is, well, we will avoid a greater tragedy, better sooner than later, right?

okay.. yeah, you’re right. 

Dib: So here’s the thing, from my perspective...

I know that while Zim and I were separated all those years, Zim and Sev were seeing each other for a part of it. Zim told me this recently, and I could kinda guess from the way they look at each other. And, I mean, I also tried seeing other people in those years on Earth, not that it ever worked out for me, because I didn’t know if I’d ever see Zim again. I don’t think about any of those people anymore. 

Zim told me he’s ultimately chosen me because he still has feelings for me, as I do for him, and he wants to be there for Liz. Sev is supportive of that, too. But I get the impression Zim is not over Sev, even if he doesn’t want to admit that. If Zim has feelings for both of us, then I am open to trying to work things out between all three of us. I like working with Sev, I respect him, and I’d like to get to know him more. I admire what he’s done for Zim, to really help him become a better person, honestly. I mean, Sev was the one who pushed Zim to come back to us, even though he knew Zim was going to choose me. 

But I’ve started to feel bad making him “choose”. Whenever I ask him about Sev, it seems like he doesn’t think he can tell me how he truly feels. To be fair, though, I’m still trying to figure out how exactly I feel about it, myself; the idea of some sort of poly situation. I basically just got Zim back, and I’m still sorting through all of THAT baggage too. And with Zim and Sev still flirting apparently, I don’t know... I do want Zim to be honest with me, and to be happy, but I think I do still need some time before something like this. 

I can talk to Zim about a poly relationship in the future. But I have other personal fears that come with that. What if Zim ends up only liking Sev after all? What if Sev is actually the better person for him instead of me?

I just don’t want to lose him again.

Yeesh, that was a long, complicated relationship drama dump there... Sorry, guys.

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Would you consider yourself a gamer

i love classic, old games the best! auntie gaz and i played them a lot while i was growing up

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Hey Liz 💚 What's your favourite thing about yourself? And what's your favourite thing about your dads?

about myself? hmmm let’s see... I love how i’m stronger than i look! i’ve been through a lot, and i’ve been severely ill due to my weakened immune system, but i always bounce back and i’m still here!! i’m a fighter!

my favorite thing about my dad, dib, is how he’s always on my side no matter what! and he lets me curse in front of him ahaha! 

my favorite thing about zim iiiis... well, i still need to get to know him more, but right now, i can say i love his laugh. it’s loud and boisterous and unapologetic and makes me smile when i hear it. 

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I mean, your dad knows about Zim and Seven right? I'm sure Zim told him! Right?

I asked dad what he knows about zim and sev’s relationship. he told me what zim has explained to him: 

sev was the one who actually helped convince zim to come back and reunite with us; to own up to his past mistakes and start making up for abandoning his family. he wanted to see zim take responsibility. it’s obvious to dad that there is a lot of respect and trust between zim and sev. apparently they’ve been working closely ever since zim joined the resisty and sev got broken out of prison.

makes me wonder what their relationship was like before dad and i got here...

dad seems to respect sev, but also i feel like there was something dad wasn’t telling me. which i guess is fair, cuz i didn’t tell him exactly what i thought i saw either.

i actually do see all three of them together a lot, planning, organizing and carrying out missions and stuff for the resisty. they’re kinda a power team.

maybe the “flirting” i saw was nothing, or joking, or dad doesn’t mind it, or something. i dunno. grownups are weird.

i like sev and all, but if something shady actually is going on at my dad’s expense here, i’m gonna be super mad...

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so i saw something kinda weird today

zim and sev seem…. close

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you’re right! GIRLFRIENDS!!!! 

(this was my human disguise)

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Hey, Liz! I hope your space dad paid you back for all those missed birthdays - it’s the least he can do.

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Must of sucked knowing that your dad saw you as so much of a regret and a shame in his life that he felt a need to literally redeem himself and disappeared for your whole childhood.

it definitely does suck that i was seen as shameful.. i know it has everything to do with the Empire and what it teaches irkens, but still.. it sure would’ve been nice to have zim there, my irken half, while i was growing up, of course. 

i wish he hadn’t been ashamed of me. 

i really don’t know for sure he won’t leave again. if that happened, i don’t know what i’d do! though i’d be more worried about my dad. i don’t think he could handle that heartbreak twice. 

i’m just treading cautiously with zim, myself. i don’t entirely trust him yet, but i’d like to eventually, when he proves to me i can. i still need to get to know him better. my dad obviously knows him really well, and i see them starting to get close.

...like i said, i’m treading cautiously, but i am hopeful things will be okay. it’s nice to see dad so happy right now. he says zim really seems to have changed for the better. 

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what happened when zim came back?

it was.. pretty intense to say the least. 

really emotional for dad. there was a lot of yelling and fighting and anger, and then there was crying, and then hugging.. and then talking things through. zim opened up to us about what he’d been going through. he gave dad and i the explanation we deserved. he told us he’d left the irken empire, and told us about joining the resisty. zim wanted to own up to the fact that he’d had me, a hybrid, and there wasn’t anything wrong with that despite what the empire had conditioned him into believing. he was now fighting for my right to exist, i realized.

after a while of catching up, dad and i decided to join the resisty too, because the cause was important to us. dad had always wanted to go travel through space, after all, and i gotta admit i was curious too! i wanted to learn everything about my irken side. and along with taking back the invaded and conquered planets, we wanted all irkens like zim to be free one day. and maybe there’s even more hybrids out there, like me, or natural born irken babies who still deserve support!

plus, dad definitely was not letting zim get away again. 

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Why did Zim go? Where did he go?

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Can't believe zims a deadbeat dad smh

yeah it’s been kinda awkward between me and him since we reunited.. i don’t really know how to act around him. i want him to like me cuz i’d always dreamt of meeting my “space dad”, but at the same time i’m still kinda mad, and i know i shouldn’t need his approval cuz he is the one who chose to leave. but... yeah. it’s weird. it’ll take some time.

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What where your dad's like growing up?

i was born with a pretty weak immune system and, still now, have to take medication every day to help strengthen it. so dad always worries over me getting hurt or sick. i spent a lot of time indoors to protect myself. 

i’ve always thought gaz was really cool! she actually got me started making art to help pass the time indoors, and now it’s my favorite thing to do still! and dad isn’t just a worrywart! he spent a lot of time with me. he’s always been protective, silly and accepting. though as i got older, i started to tell he had a sadness about him too. he missed zim a lot. i was kinda angry that zim hurt him like that by leaving us. but they’re trying to work it all out now. 

i think it’ll be okay.

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Hey Liz,

1, how is your girlfriend,

And 2, how did you get together?

jewel’s doing great! she’s currently back on earth and we miss each other a lot, but we video call every day! <3

we actually grew up together! we went to the same school and everything! though she didn’t know i was half alien until much more recently. i wore a fully human disguise to school all the time and whenever i was around anyone who wasn’t family. 

jewel was the first, outside family, to see me without my disguise. i trusted her with my life and had to show her who i really was. i felt like hiding it from her was lying! and i couldn’t pretend anymore.

it didn’t exactly go well at first, cuz that’s a big thing to spring on someone... but i meant a lot to her and after processing it, she was able to get past the shock and still love me for the real me! that’s when we became official! 

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WHAT is dib wearing

like I said— he’s REALLY excited to be in space

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I didn’t realize I had anon messages turned off, but they are now turned on! sorry about that everybody! send all the anons u want haha

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Out of all your family, who is the family member you are closest to?

definitely my dad! dib, that is! he’s always been there for me growing up, even when zim wasn’t.

here he’s posing for me so i could get some painting practice in haha

he’s very excited to be in space- even more so than i am! it makes me happy to see him so happy