with luminescence being brought up again, i must admit... i kind of loved dib and selpas chemistry more than zim and dibs. which is really saying something, because i was really enamored with how you wrote them((as in zadr)) both! dibs just too good with everyone...
I've actually had a couple people tell me that! Somehow their chemistry is just through the roof and I did not mean to write it that way, it kind of just...happened.
I think part of it is that Dib is snarky, but Selpa takes the sass up to eleven. Zim can be caught off guard by Dib's sarcasm and not understand it or know how to respond, but Selpa always has some kind of snappy comeback ready which makes an already-tense Dib even more frustrated. 😂
And they've got a lot of baggage - when they met, Selpa was basically toying with Dib's life. Partially because it's what an Irken would do, but moreso because he's got a sadistic streak despite being a "good guy". Then Dib ruins Selpa's mission, his entire reason for living, so I think there's probably a lot of resentment there that they'd both like to work through if they could ever overcome their stubbornness.
This went on a lot longer than I meant it too, I just have a lot of thoughts. 🤣 Anyway, Luminescence Part II is in the works.