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Took a tiny break and drew my OC... technically an irksona but it’s an experimental fusion between a rabbit and an irken named Ruf. (The Sir unit they made is named Mos and was programmed mainly for hacking)

Ahh Gah I was supposed to be writing a fanfic wasn’t I? I’m super sorry!!!

First I lost internet for a week... though that’s not an excuse I can write with no internet...

But during that week with no internet (second)... I was working on my animation peace for the project I’ve been chipping at over at @thezadrgate, my project where I’ve been storyboarding recapkid’s ZADR comic.

Ahh! AHHH Thank you so much ^^ yeah currently working on the next segment which is the Professor’s first real interaction with Zim. It’s gonna be interesting at least :D

So I realized this is a bit strange and maybe no one cares, but has anyone noticed how strange the tagging situation is?

I go into the zadr tag and there are a bunch of things that are either tagged zadr for no reason, tagged on something that’s generally invader zim, or tagged on something that is focused on mostly their friendship with no element of romance. I think the things that throw me off the most or random videos or pictures or words that have nothing to do with anything that’s related in the tags like they’re fishing in ever fandom just to get any sort of exposure.

Another weird thing about the zadf tag is sometimes it’s paired with zadr, sometimes people ask others not to tag it as zadr which I do understand completely. But some people put that zadr dni (do not interact) and I’m just like “but why? That means I can’t heart it or reblog with proper tagging? Seriously?” So I just give it a heart anyways as a kind of act of defiance?

I’m not trying to disrespect anybody but it just feels off. I want to scan the recent tag to see some fun or interesting concepts or art and I get a bunch of garbage I need to skim past to find the topic I’m looking for, as well as a bunch of people either saying “who cares about those anti zadr people! You’re amazing!” And “Yeah you’re right down with those zadr shippers!” Opinions are fine, and its good to know you’re not alone in your thoughts, it’s just flooding the tag like a river full of poop cola cans...

Right, I made the introduction chapter for this AU I created called Mindshare and I haven’t written anything in so long! I’ll definitely be expanding on this but for now, everything will be its own story with a slice of their life over the years.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21007967

I hope this can grow into something bigger once I get everything down. Gah I wish I had more time ;.; Hope you guys enjoy it! For people who don’t want to go to AO3 I’ll post the introduction under the cut~

This AU idea attacked me out of nowhere but I thought it could be interesting!

A lone irken flees from the Empire. Abandoning his name and his race he fled to a far off planet that was sure to not even be registered in the irken database and crashlanded after multiple decades of flying space. Salvaging what equipment he could, the big-headed alien made his way to a neighborhood to hide. Ducking into a kind of wooden shelter atop some strange plant structure, he runs into a small strange lad with a giant spike growing out of his head who practices science in secret away from his family. Surprisingly the child isn’t scared of the sight of an alien and offers him a place to hide out in exchange for a lab partner. 

Together they set up the underground lab and try to develop a human persona so the irken can come and go freely from the house under the guise of being a classmate. He takes name Dib, and together they build a plan. Under his parent’s noses, Jon Membrane with the help of Dib and his lab creates amazing scientifical progress that earns him scholarships, letting him be independent early and easily on his way to a successful career. Along the way, Dib takes his time learning about the earth and the living creatures that reside there but refused to leave in fear of being attacked. He gains a fascination with trying to solve the supernatural mysteries of the earth as a challenge to his own intellect, something his lab partner did not always approve of. Over time Professor Membrane became a gigantic public figure and opened up his own labs. Dib grew a little in height and needs to wear glasses due to his eyes slightly degrading from past injury (ocular implants had not been implemented yet because he was one ofhe older generation of irkens). He suggests to Dib that he joins him in furthering his science at the Membrane Labs but as predicted the stubborn alien refuses, instead he wishes to continue to take in human culture and continue his paranormal efforts. 

Not wanting to leave his oldest friend behind, Professor Membrane offers to adopt Dib as his own son. Dib uses the hologram disguise had been working on for years to assume a human image and finally steps outside to live his life out in the open. He officially joins the Swollen Eyeball network and can interact easier with Gaz, who saw him as an alien when she was a baby but forgot as she grew up. Moving on for his father, his sister and the earth’s safety he swore to never interact, deal, or aknowledge his previous alien life. He also (at the request of his longtime friend) wiped his mind to forget that aliens exist to keep him from harm. School was interesting, life was simple, and he enjoyed having a family to love.

Zim enters the picture, threatening his peaceful life. Dib has sworn off dealing with aliens, but the threat of the Irken Empire taking a real look at his own planet has him fighting tooth and nail with the annoying invader. Keeping his irken roots should of been difficult, but Zim seemed to be extremely blind when it comes to the world around him. The only one who seemed to figure him out was Zim’s SIR unit Gir, but that never seemed to be an issue. The past comes back in an ugly and chaotic way, making Dib fight tooth and nail for the place he called home for many years.

Dib hoped one day he’d be able to talk to Zim and convince him to stop his invasion attempt. After years of dancing around eachother and a few growth hormone alterations to grant him the illusion of aging like a normal person Dib is pretty sure he’s gotten to Zim a bit after all this time. Maybe they can finally be friends, maybe even something more. The problem with that comes down to two important things. One thing is that as long as Zim is still gung-ho about conquering the earth they can’t start any kind of relationship.

Look out fan fiction world, I’m gonna write a proper ZADR fanfic for the first time! Hope I don’t crash and burn it haha.

The thought wouldn’t leave my head XD

Zim’s Pak gets thrown away moments after he gets plugged in, being a defective right out the gate for not activating the body right away. The tiny smeet body is burned and the Pak thrown out into space, labeling it an empty shell and scheduled to self destruct, not realizing the self destruct would not activate with a mind operational inside it. After being tossed out like garbage it actually ends up on earth and gets picked up by Professor Membrane, who happens to be in the process of trying to keep his recent cloning experiment alive. It had lived to two years old before starting to show signs of cellular decay that all clones went through. He decided he was going to pull the plug on the Dib program and start over to spare his son a painful death, but miraculously the machine violently buried itself into the clones back. Cells repaired themselves and the child got healthier. The professor decided to leave the device on his back alone in case it murders him along with the other scientists that tried to analyze it.

So Dib grows up and the professor uses the improved cell blueprint to also create Gaz, but there are complicated situations that arise. His son seems of have gone insane, constantly yelling and arguing with himself. He seemed to have reading and writing problems on certain days, instead drawing gibberish and alternating between strange hisses and clicks. One time he caught his son in the lab trying to create some massive weapon of destruction only to start rolling around on the floor clutching his head before locking himself in a closet. The professor is sure he’ll grow out of it.

Dib hates his life. Ever since he could remember he’s had a voice in his head. Along with having to be hooked up with some strange life support his father invented (that couldn’t come off or else his cellular decay would start up again and kill him) he also had to deal with a screeching maniac in his brain who was dead set on conquering Earth for the “Empire”. The counselors and therapists told Dib it was just a chemical imbalance while he thought the voice came from his desire to rid the earth of all the stupid people in his life that bullied him. Despite having to deal with a destructive personality he also wants to study the paranormal world instead of working on standard science. Thankfully as the years dragged on the voice mellowed out. They came to some agreement that ended up working out in both their favor. Not only did they create a robot together from some of his dad’s old junk, they also made a few deals to keep the peace (a week of the Voice’s favorite snacks in exchange of teaching Dib to read and write a made-up language it knew) Funny enough, sometimes Dib feels like the voice was really not his own. In that fantasy, he even imagines giving the voice a hug because of the sadness he can sometimes hear. Their friendship is minimal, and their rivalry is big, but they somehow work.

Zim knows his name, he knows his objective. He knows he’s an irken who somehow is attached to a host that someknow kept it’s own mind. The body he’s latched onto is primitive, insignificant, and weak. The only thing that fights Zim is the mind. It’s somehow fun to banter with the other creature despite his captivity. Zim won’t admit it out loud, but he doesn’t mind the time he spends with the Dib human.

Food is revolting (but it’s not all bad, especially the sweet sugary kind). The atmosphere is filled with pollution to the point it would of made him and the host sick ages ago (but the trips they take to hunt in the woods for the fake creature Bigfoot [hey! Bigfoot is real and I’ll show everyone! Especially you, strange voice in my head!] and stay up at night to watch the stars). His superior and advanced mind is being wasted in this learning establishment for Smeets called Skool (but collaborating with the Dib human to take down their opponents feels just as fun as conquering planets). He can manipulate the human like a puppet if he wishes to do unspeakable acts of evil (over the years he decided fighting the human and hurting him wasn’t worth it. The only time he really can have full control is at night, and he mostly cleans the room and makes sure the homework is finished when Dib gets too tired).

With this time and freedom away from his species, Zim wonders if the seventeen years in a human mind has affected him in any terrible ways. He wonders if one day he would be able to finally see Dib through his own eyes. If the human would still want to be with him if he got an irken body. What would he do if he found out the enemy and friend he’s been with ever since his activation would turn on him for being an alien? He shouldn’t care, he was born to be an irken invader after all. Maybe the human would join him and be his slave (partner) when they can see eachother face to face. In order to figure that out Zim devised a plan. On the human’s eighteenth birthday he planned a celebration the human would never forget, as well as a gift that was long overdue.

I’d love someday for a proper body swap romance fic ;.;

Zim and Dib would be a dangerous but as predicted amazing swap with them learning about each other through odd circumstances

How about Tak and Gaz switching, giving Gaz of Irken power while also getting Tak into a bout of trouble. Tak would probably be in hell trying to deal with not only he annoying human but asks the Irken she hates he most in the world. Maybe Gaz can teach her not all humans suck.

Yes yes the old tale as old as time story with two people at a coffee shop. But hear me out a bit!

What if Dib is working at the coffee shop and figures out one of his regulars looks like an alien bent on taking over the world. He wants to reveal him but has no way of going about it because he can’t follow Zim to find his house. He wants to straight up poison Zim’s coffee after being taunted by the little green alien but Zim threatens to report Dib.

In the end, Dib just spies on Zim while he hangs out in the coffee shop sitting by the window and typing away on his laptop. Approaching Zim might be difficult but the patience might wield unexpected results.

The best ship is an alien ship, cause they abduct us and take us off on a wild adventure of danger, intrigue, and knowledge across the stars ^^