Invader Tak - Tumblr Posts
when the zim is invading or something
shoutout to tak the hideous new girl btw. episode of all time
when magical sneakers from outer space gave dib superpowers that one time
future gaz design from that one piece of concept art
the invasion ends with you
Getting around finally to my rewatch of Tak: The Hideous New Girl, and something’s snagged a wrinkle in my head.
When I was younger, I really could not understand what was up with the first half or so of Tak’s introduction, and I honestly chalked up that entire “dating” montage between her and Zim as filler to pad a few laughs and minutes over until the big reveal. Like, she already had about all of the preparations together that she needed to get started on her revenge planet-stuffing plot.
She’d even been on Earth for a good while already, setting up and maintaining that weenie stand front, gathering resources, investing in a solid disguise, etc. if all she needed to do left was get Zim out of the way, and she had managed to track him down… I didn’t see the sense it made in her going the extra mile to enroll in the Skool rather than confront him at his base directly. I especially did not see the sense in her stalling her big master plan in order or read poetry or blow off an entire day humoring his deluded assumptions.
Well, I literally just realized- She had never actually met Zim face to face before the events of this episode. And the guy himself is probably something of a terrifying legend to the rest of his kind, for the context of his mission and banishment. This is the pipsqueak who single handedly ruined Operation Impending Doom I’s take off and recklessly massacred the previous batch of elite Invaders in the process. Said pipsqueak was also capable of knocking half the entire power grid of a planet out over some fun dip, had the balls to reject his own banishment, and still successfully convinced the Tallest somehow to return his job title.
Tak would obviously be aware of every bit of this. That’s why she went to the Skool first, and not alone straight into the lair of the most destructive and unpredictable Irken to currently exist. She was sizing up her opponent on neutral grounds, where neither of them would be able to break into an all-out, cover blowing fight yet.
The poem she read was as thinly veiled a threat/challenge as she could pass off in front of humans, but Zim was still supposed to get the intended message… if only he did not miss the painfully obvious reference to the Armada’s logo she made a part of her disguise.
And the next immediate thing she’s caught doing after pelting Zim with a set of bbq ribs?
I can vividly imagine how easy the lead up to that conversation probably was, too. Dib’s desperately liable to spill everything to the first soul that seems remotely interested in a single word he has to say when it comes to Zim. So, between that and Zim reacting to her first blow so obliviously, she already learned everything she needed to know- mostly, what an absolute fucking joke her potential rival turned out to be. From there really, it looks like it turned into a game of screwing around with him while she still had time to kill- maybe just out of amused curiosity to see how long Zim would try to keep the valentines antics up, maybe just for the sick kicks of inflicting more petty cruelty on him,
Maybe a little mix of both, actually.
“You can tell by comparing [Zim and Tak’s] laughs the difference between a dog that barks and a dog that bites.”
- Verywickedvenus, the comments section.
So I finally did my rewatch of the episode the other day and good lord…
I’m honestly just as baffled as her by this point.
Speaking of blissful morons, an extra compilation of Dib being strung along for a fool
Tak during that call she made to the Tallest, I’m sure:
Getting around finally to my rewatch of Tak: The Hideous New Girl, and something’s snagged a wrinkle in my head.
When I was younger, I really could not understand what was up with the first half or so of Tak’s introduction, and I honestly chalked up that entire “dating” montage between her and Zim as filler to pad a few laughs and minutes over until the big reveal. Like, she already had about all of the preparations together that she needed to get started on her revenge planet-stuffing plot.
She’d even been on Earth for a good while already, setting up and maintaining that weenie stand front, gathering resources, investing in a solid disguise, etc. if all she needed to do left was get Zim out of the way, and she had managed to track him down… I didn’t see the sense it made in her going the extra mile to enroll in the Skool rather than confront him at his base directly. I especially did not see the sense in her stalling her big master plan in order or read poetry or blow off an entire day humoring his deluded assumptions.
Well, I literally just realized- She had never actually met Zim face to face before the events of this episode. And the guy himself is probably something of a terrifying legend to the rest of his kind, for the context of his mission and banishment. This is the pipsqueak who single handedly ruined Operation Impending Doom I’s take off and recklessly massacred the previous batch of elite Invaders in the process. Said pipsqueak was also capable of knocking half the entire power grid of a planet out over some fun dip, had the balls to reject his own banishment, and still successfully convinced the Tallest somehow to return his job title.
Tak would obviously be aware of every bit of this. That’s why she went to the Skool first, and not alone straight into the lair of the most destructive and unpredictable Irken to currently exist. She was sizing up her opponent on neutral grounds, where neither of them would be able to break into an all-out, cover blowing fight yet.
The poem she read was as thinly veiled a threat/challenge as she could pass off in front of humans, but Zim was still supposed to get the intended message… if only he did not miss the painfully obvious reference to the Armada’s logo she made a part of her disguise.
And the next immediate thing she’s caught doing after pelting Zim with a set of bbq ribs?
I can vividly imagine how easy the lead up to that conversation probably was, too. Dib’s desperately liable to spill everything to the first soul that seems remotely interested in a single word he has to say when it comes to Zim. So, between that and Zim reacting to her first blow so obliviously, she already learned everything she needed to know- mostly, what an absolute fucking joke her potential rival turned out to be. From there really, it looks like it turned into a game of screwing around with him while she still had time to kill- maybe just out of amused curiosity to see how long Zim would try to keep the valentines antics up, maybe just for the sick kicks of inflicting more petty cruelty on him,
Maybe a little mix of both, actually.
PIZZA PARTY ON PLANET DIRT HOPE 2 C U THERE
Don’t forget how Membrane literally swore a portion of his life toward vengeance against a possibly mythological figure because he once got socks for Christmas as a child (instead of the twelve cases of Uranium-238 he DESERVED).
Like literally put aside resources and god only knows how much time to stockpile an arsenal of high-powered weapons with the express intent to murder Santa, beloved icon of the world, should he finally encounter him. Hilariously over the top and petty, yet it sounds like the former though, doesn’t it? It’s precise, it’s calculated, and it’s compartmentalized.
What makes the huge difference between that and the characters who can’t seem to turn it off or keep them from going worlds further beyond targeted proportional retribution? Time to bring back one of my favorite Zingers with an addendum.
Zim, Dib, Gaz, and Tak are actually all horribly vindictive spiteful people to more or less equal degrees, but the interesting thing is that Zim and Gaz both exact vengeance in very specific, premeditated ways, which are often wildly out of proportion but once they feel like they've evened the score they will pretty much immediately forget about whatever pissed them off in the first place—whereas Dib and Tak are both ostensibly above being ruled by petty grudges, but very obviously boiling over with a constant resentment that sends them pouncing like rabid dogs at even the slightest opportunity or excuse to make the object of their ire suffer (and if they're both working towards their own self-serving end game that just HAPPENS to involve every terrible thing imaginable befalling their enemies, well... that'll just be a happy by-product of their personal success).
I don't I have any point to make here, I just like it when these freaks are all an overwhelming danger to society (and each other)
Two things about Tak this fandom keeps forgetting:
1. She’s officially not an invader
2. As far as Irken morality goes she literally did nothing wrong
Tak’s laughter appreciation post
TW:EYESTRAIN
Zimtober Day 1: Lurking
(Prompts from @snazzyrat )
God this took me 3 hours of pain and suffering. My fingers are so cold.
Very happy with this one though. For other zimtober stuff i will probably post every other day because of stuff i have to do irl. I do hope to finish all the days in the end.
(REBLOGS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED)
Process shots under the cut
Zimtober Day 5 and 6: Pastel/Different Universe
Got really lazy with this one, tryna catch up
Honestly I saw the word pastel and immediately thought of lovebug, so here you get lovebug au take with a 2k (not a ship pls no)
I genuinely don't know how pastel stuff works so this was real trial and error
Prompts by @snazzyrat
More under the cut
No process shots under I too lazy instead u get sneak peak for skeleton (which i was too lazy to finish)
I forgot to post this because I'm me
"For as long as I can remember, I've wanted someone like you
With a smile that shines like the moon
I want to STEAL ZIM'S GUTS
But I also want to give you hugs. -Love, Tak"
Since Zim got a poem from Tak about her getting revenge, Gaz should get a love one from Tak! :D
Also, I'll be making more TAGR pictures because they're so cute together, I'll also post ZADR ones too lol
Art dump of newer and older art dib-shit and doodle-shitles spam-ham
Drawings from June/july idk