#kat rant

"Infant God, I have existed since these Lands were formed, and I have never felt the ether rebel as it does now. You fracture Nature's order. You make a plaything of Death and Fate. You tempt it to break. Cautious, Infant God, for if you break open the world, who knows what may emerge?" Does that not sound like foreshadowing?

I'm gonna say that I'm pretty good at predicting this stuff, because I predicted Woolhaven being a paid DLC that would add winter a year before it was revealed and even guessed that Ewefall would become a new location back in ~2023.

In my professional opinion, I believe the next update/DLC/whatever will expand on lore related to the Mystic Seller / their realm. The lamb messes with too much and causes problems that they have to go deal with, possibly even in a dungeon similar to the realm the mystic seller is from (which seems to somehow be connected to the gateway / where Narinder was trapped, so perhaps the afterlife of some sort?)

Another thing I think they MIGHT use at some point is this area on the map. It's always been a point of interest for me, it seems like it stands out, especially with the portal-like structure seen there. Considering that the other map POI of mine became an actual location (Ewefall/Woolhaven), I really trust my speculation here. Not sure what exactly it'd be used for (could be related to the theorized new dungeon previously mentioned, though I think the middle gateway where Mystic Seller is located makes more sense), but it's still something to think about.

early media (as in around the time it aired) for the show referred to zim as a kid, not just an alien disguised as a kid. modern invader zim media doesn't refer to zim's age at all. Jhonen has stated a few times that zim is older than any human on earth, but that only really indicates that irkens age differently than humans, since that means their lifespans are longer. you could always say that the early things referring to zim as a kid are retconned, but that just makes it so he has no confirmed age anyways.

multiple people who have worked on the show have made jokes about the ship throughout the years. Andy and Richard especially used to do this at cons. I'm sure most of yall have seen the mopiness of doom reading. one of the storyboarders on enter the florpus also made zadr jokes. if zim was actually intended to be an adult, do you really think they'd be so okay with making those jokes? especially since everyone knows Jhonen isn't the biggest fan of zadr.

if zim being an adult was really Jhonen's problem with zadr, why wouldn't he just say that? I haven't kept up with the fandom in a few years but I'm pretty sure every time he's expressed distaste towards zadr was when he said people were interpreting their interactions wrong. the way he talked about it after people reacted to the mopiness of doom reading sounded like he just doesn't (or didn't since it was a while ago) like shipping culture. especially since bro just made fun of anyone who thought them being so happy at being enemies again was cute. like man idk it sounds like he just doesn't like the ship, not that there's really anything wrong with it.

this is NOT to push anyone to liking zadr. if you don't ship it, that's fine! but I am incredibly tired of people going out of their way to try and make it seem like it's bad. believe me, I've hated popular ships, I know how annoying it can get. but trying to find or make up a reason for hating it will only make your fandom experience worse.

From the timeline we are given, Rami leaves for many years and is mentored under Kudaai, they come back, Yngya's remaining disciples sacrifice themselves (it is unclear whether or not Yngya had died before Rami's return), Marchosias arrives at Ewefall and later creates the gauntlets after discovering how the lightning works.