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like. i love the show dont get me wrong. but it really irks me (no pun intended) that the crew stresses that zin and dib are equals, and yet dib is the one that actually has character development and nuance put into his actions. hes changed from the show and his relationship with his family have gotten better

with zim? its the OPPOSITE

hes always written off by crew members as "oh, zim? yeah he wont ever change." the Main Character is stagnant. while the comics make dib's life better, they make zim's worse. 777, zim's only friend, is now only helping him because he has his kids hostage. you used to be able to make the case that red was a little sympathetic towards zim, now him and purple are interchangeable assholes to the point where they SWITCH COLORS in issue 4. zim himself is more 2d and has more of a Cartoon Badguy role to dib's Plucky Young Hero and it really doesnt feel like theyre on equal ground anymore. it just feels like dib is the new protagonist, and the traditional Cartoon Good Guy, and zim is just a joke without the CORE TENANT OF HIS CHARACTER, that being that hes not stupid, just misguided.

Zim has caused injury and death, but so far it’s been entirely unintentional.

He didn’t willingly kill Miyuki and Spork, they were killed by his creation that turned into a monster by pure accident.

He didn’t willingly kill his own people, he just doesn’t think of others outside of himself very often.

He destroys stuff and blows stuff up because he thinks that’ll gain him love and praise that he desperately wants, not understanding that Irkens are more specific and intentionally cruel with their destruction over destruction in general.

Zim is unintentionally dangerous, and I think that can be scarier than someone intentionally being dangerous.

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