Do you like getting way too worked up about polls involving ships?
Then this might just be the tournament for you! This blog is still a work in progress but I thought it would be fun to pit multiple Invader Zim rarepairs (basically anything that ISN'T ZaDR, ZaTR, ZaGR, TaGR, DaTR, or RaPR) against each other! No hate against any of those prior ships, absolutely not. They're great. But there's other fabulous ships in this fandom that get lots of love too. ZaSR. TaTR. PMaZR. DaLNR and Za7R. And many more! So why not show some appreciation to these rarer ships. AND MAKE THEM FIGHT FOR OUR AMUSEMENT
Pairings will be chosen via nomination. Not sure how many I'll actually put into the bracket yet, just depends on how much interest this bracket gets and how many unique nominations are received. Once the form for that is open, I do intend for people to be able to send in multiple pairs if they'd like.
This is just a general interest/advertisement post! More shall come soon! But for now, feel free to check out the about page for more information and give us a follow, send asks if you have any questions, etc!
Heart, keep racing
Let's make mistakes
Let us say "so what?" and make worse what was already pretty bad
This secret is safe
No reason to throw it away when there's love to be had
I keep thinking about this animatic by @kittykathalo and I had to draw something inspired by it haHA
so hereās Zim about to get some serious loving from Sev. They deserve it
ZimVoid concept pleases me very much. It allows for many multishipping shenanigans... like a number of ZimsĀ āin the family wayā talking to each other.
In order from left to right, these Zims are in relationships with Dib, Vortian (former) Prisoner 777 (they are together members of the Resisty), Skoodge, and the Almighty Tallest Red and Purple.
Dibās Zim is always trying to get the others to quit derailing every conversation to chide him forĀ āconsorting with the enemyā.
Resisty Zim is just grouchy because he needs to get back to his mission.
Skoodgeās Zim is actually on his second litter and hasnāt slept for far too long.
The Tallestsā Zim is too braggadocios and insists he should be in charge by virtue of carrying smeets for their Irken leaders.
Naturally, no one is getting any escaping done any time soon.
i still dont know who to ship. zadr or zapmr. on one hand, zim is a 70+ year old alien and dib is 12, but both have childish mannerisms and mindsets. on the other hand, both zim and the prof are adults and similarly boneheads, but the professor has canonically seen zim as a child and dibs school friend. both are morally bad, zim being an adult but zim also being seen as a child by everyone. solution: i ship zim with my own irken oc lmao
Itās cool! You shouldnāt be forced into shipping something just cuz theyāre popular. If you canāt stomach either of those two, you could try shipping ZiM with characters from the show that are shown and proven to be of similar age to him and who treat him as an adult (although ZiM always ended up doing them wrong in one way or another).
Shipping him with an OC is imo an amazing way of exercising your creativity in developing backstories and (if enough effort is put in) can even be more engaging/interesting than whatās given in canon/fandom.
Here are some other options though if you want to search for some other fanmade content (yes Iām a multishipper. feel free to unfollow if any of these ships or any of my opinions bother you, I apologize for that):
ZiM x Tallests (any iteration) has been my guilty pleasure ship before I thought of shipping him with Prof Membrane, especially in the context of them studying in the academy together. This ship does have a major power imbalance though. In Short Supply by ckret2, is an absolute masterpiece of epic (155+k words) proportions that look into a serious relationship with Purple and Zim (features MPREG and it is incomplete though).
ZiM x Skoodge or ZaSr is also really cute and a lot more wholesome than other ships. Thereās not much info on Skoodge but!!! heās one of the few characters who CAN appreciate ZiM for who he is and actually likes him in canon. It seems a bit one-sided though but with fanon anything is possible! There is a lot of fanart on Tumblr for ZaSr.
ZiM x Tak or ZaTr, if enemies to lovers is your thing, then this ship is also possible. They can have the same rivalry-like relationship like ZaDr and many fanfics on this ship are more on the serious side. This ship has a hostile in canon of course but for some, this just adds ammunition to the shipping fire. Fanfics where they actually band together to fight against the Irken Empireās plans of universal domination are common themes.
ZiM x GIR, this is crack. Just pure crack. But ZiM did promise the moon to GIR. I canāt verify the morality of this ship because I donāt even know how to classify this. It also has cute fanart. Could be treated seriously (not necessarily romantically, just relationship-wise) in angst-like scenarios (i.e. ZiM failing horribly in conquering Earth or GIRās SIR programming acting up revealing that GIR hated being subservient to ZiM).
ZiM x Prisoner 777. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE REALLY NOT COMMON. tbh I stopped shipping it when it turned out that ZiM legit kidnapped his kids but!!! it had potential! It offered a glimpse into ZiMās life before coming to Earth and his past as an Irken Scientist (where headcanons like him working with 777 happen). I believe there is some fanart on deviantart but even that was rare.
******CONTROVERSIAL OPINION INCOMING******
(There is another ship I wonāt mention since it is controversial and I personally donāt care much for it but I wonāt begrudge anyone for shipping it because everyone can develop their own headcanons and create content on their likes and as long as things are shared/tagged properly so people who dislike it canāt stumble upon it accidentally. There is absolutely no need for excessive fandom policing and negativity. Exposing yourself to things you absolutely hate so you can rant about it (or do any sort of action against it) is your own choice but on the other hand you could try to not let it bother you too much and stay in areas where you can participate in the positive sides of fandom. BUT excessive defense of something (ship or character) considered ābadā by portions of a fandom is not effective either imo, cuz you can argue until youāre nearing suffocation and it still wonāt decrease the negativity, so stick in your own lane too. We donāt know the persons behind the screens and that includes factors such as cultural background, age, personal history etc and we shouldnāt have (of course this matter is a lot more complex than a post about Invader Zim ships could explain))
******END OF CONTROVERSIAL OPINION******
SO YEAH, HERE ARE SOME INVADER ZIM SHIPS INVOLVING ZIM.
Zim canāt eat nourishment or products that contain meat, dairy and other animal proteins. Therefore, Zim is basically a vegan. However, Seven has a carnivore diet because he has sharp teeth.
So, when they eat together as a family, there is two types of menus at home: vegan food prepared for Zim and food for 777 and their kids.Ā
