Zim is an adult and Dib is 12 LMAO
Okay. This is the very last time I’m gonna say ANYTHING about any of this. From now on I’m just gonna delete asks or ignore any other nonsense because fuck, come on.
1. JV only said that recently. Before he said Zim was basically a teenager. JV has always said whatever shit comes to his mind. He’s rarely ever genuine. And he also has always had a weird kinda of aggressive relationship with the fandom.
2. He’s a fucking alien?? From a different planet?? Time is fake?? Can irkens even die from old age?? are the immortal?? What does time mean for them?
3. I don’t ship Dib with him at 12, LMAO. They’re enemies and pseudo friends rn. But, if we play in the canon, and want to move beyond what we’re given in the show/movie/comic, and explore the world then yeah like real life, characters age and grow and it’s fun to do character examinations and what things might be like one day. like this implies that we’re ONLY allowed to create stuff as it is in the show. not allowed to explore the amazing world we’re given. which would be boring as hell.
4. I’ve shipped them since I was 11. You ain’t gonna stop me now with shaky arguments.
5. Do ya go into people’s inboxes and tell them this if they ship ZaGr or DaTr?? Ships with equal age gaps?? But happen to be ‘straight’?? I’m sure this isn’t something you’re considering but, it WAS in the beginning of the fandom. People were very homophobic.
6. I’ve been in this fandom for nearly 10 years. And I’ve shipped it for 10 years.
7. Age gaps are also not pedophilia. I’ve never fetishized Dib’s age in any thing. I don’t even fetishize the age gap.
8. The two of them have ALWAYS been portrayed as equals. There’s hardly ever any kind of unequal power dynamic which is a big part of the problem of age gap ships. But, the two of them go toe to toe, in intelligence, resources, determination etc.
9. JV may have suddenly decided to say that Zim is an adult after literal YEARS of saying otherwise, but Zim is also never really portrayed as an adult. he’s an main character in a child’s show. Kids are supposed relate to him.
10. And also the show itself may be spouted as a child’s show but, its always been understood as going beyond age. I think we can see that with the sheer amount of fans it’s gathered from all ages. JV created JTHM. A very much adult Thing. Much of that dark humor and adult themes leak into the show. I guess I’m saying that in opposition to many kids shows that are designed JUST for kids and therefor have a higher chance of being harmed by fandom’s tendency to create NSFW or graphic images…the harm is less here. We have people who are in their 20s or 30s rn (like me and several of my friends) who WERE kids when the show came out. And now they’re not and they still love it. This isnt just a kids show. it never really has been. And we’re allowed to enjoy it.
11. It’s not even like…fiction. Wherein one character is a young person and the other character being shipped is an adult. It’s a young human person and a alien. It’s fantasy, science fiction. It’s literally impossible. (Unless something wild happens soon and we get aliens that are over 100+ years old tomorrow)
12. Many people who like ZaDr or any ship really are people who use them for coping mechanisms. I don’t count myself as one of them (anymore) but, I know several others who do.
13. IZ and ZaDr literally saved my life when I was young. Or at least motivated me to stay alive in a VERY dark time of my life. It made me laugh. Made me create art and writing. I made friends and a community. But, I guess that’s moot now.
14. Don’t we have more important things to be worrying about?? Like…idk the Amazon being burnt? or Climate Change? or the re-rise of fascism? Or idk real life pedophiles that are harming real life children. And not people shipping two dumb characters from a dumb show??
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