Dib Idly Humming Flibba Dibba Hoinka Smeedge (its Still Stuck In His Head From The Whole Florpus Adventure)

Dib idly humming Flibba Dibba Hoinka Smeedge (it’s still stuck in his head from the whole Florpus adventure) at the Skool and Zim groaning when he recognizes the tune. Shouts at him to cut it out immediately. Turns out at some point that song was basically the space equivalent of “Friday” or “What Does the Fox Say” and he could never stand it. The lyrics are also absurdly vulgar in another language.

i will defend to the grave that literary analysis IS enjoyable and a valid hobby but it's amazing how a hyperfixation on The Character will have you writing essays for fun

*coughs * aHEM…

It’s not “if GIR had a gun” it’s “if it ever occurred to GIR to use the city-leveling arsenal he already possesses outside of brief threats in duty mode”

To anyone in here thinking that Zim would try to wrestle away a glock from GIR, the show itself has several moments of the exact opposite happening, in fact: Zim trying to upgrade GIR’s military capabilities only for the little guy to immediately disarm himself in favor of nonsense like filling his jet thrusters with tuna fish. GIR is violent and dangerous not in a “toddler wielding a gun” sense but in a “toddler putting every small animal or strange object it finds in its mouth” sense. And in the case of GIR “getting a gun” as in gaining the motivation and competence to actually those devices on Zim or any other character in the show, we had “GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff”, and thankfully the series survived it.

Zim, GIR, and Minimoose all have weapons practically stitched into them that could probably vaporize you in an instant, stuff that would put any Earth arsenal to shame. What they don’t have is the competence to wield them well.

[Image ID: A book next to a significantly larger book. The first book is labelled “Invader Zim”. The second is labelled “Invader Zim if GIR had a gun”. A small section of the second book’s pages are shaded blue and the rest is shaded red. There’s a colour code guide at the bottom, showing that the small blue section represents “conquering the Earth” and the big red section represents “trying to get the gun off GIR”. End ID]

In a nutshell, he takes his priorities and social skills after his father. Dib’s not brooding for craving companionship, he’s chasing recognition for what he wants to make his life’s work, and there is a difference between the two concepts, even if they are arguably adjacent.

Dib really spent 12 years of his life friendless only to watch some alien kid walk into skool and befriend Keef in his first week with minimal effort like dads and random cab drivers

I already know that height is most of the reason no one likes Skoodge back home, but kept wondering why Irkens think he’s also incredibly ugly on top of the short thing. Like, Jhonen knows how to draw/design hideous characters. Skoodge isn’t disfigured, or blemished, he’s… cute. A goofy silly little blorbo. He looks like a squishmellow??? He’s adorable to us, he’s a beloved fan fave. But he’s so darned ugly to them. Didn’t add up until it hit me.

He’s built like the Irken equivalent of a damn pug.

World like this needs more butterfly/moth photos in it. Here’s a few of mine.

Salt marsh moth, Estigmene acrea

Sachem Skipper, Atalopedes campestris

Pearl Crescent, Phyciodes tharos

Eastern Tailed-Blue female, Cupido comyntas

Bent-Line Dart, Choephora fungorum