I’m actually not going to go into this one too much because I’m working on a comic with this right now. His PAK is corrupted and his mind is essentially rewired by Pepito to be completely aware of every action he makes in an almost slow motion. Every step he takes, every word he speaks is repeated over and over like an echo, so he’s mostly quiet now and has to really think before he acts.
As and adult Dib and Zim are on relatively equal terms, Dib kinda realizes there’s more than just Zim to worry about and focuses his obsessions elsewhere. Zim never stops his conquests but it’s still the same ol wacky alien who crashes into bees.
Gaz essentially takes advantage of Zim and uses his tech to find Dib, while also keeping an eye on Zim as she does have a small soft spot for him because of his weird relationship to Dib. She basically keeps him close because she doesn’t want to lose anything else from her past. Zim goes along with it because he doesn’t really have any other choice.
Thanks for askin, the story is told out of order so I don’t really have a problem talking about it since I’ll be telling it in a non linear fashion. I’m happy people are interested 🙂
-Sen
Pausing here for today with some character notes
On faux-Mmy. I wanted to take his character and use it to describe good from the eyes of evil. The basic concept was to take what small pieces of him exist and his similarities to Johnny and warp it into something more putrid. Squee represents a good man surrounded by evil and Mmy represents an bad man surrounded by evil as well but I focus on his hyper fixations on certain people who he deems as worthy enough to be in his life, people he can force himself to identify as an equal and by relation- thinks himself as better than he is. But he’s not better and there’s no redemption for him, I enjoy making him suffer in every way. Johnny destroyed him with physical pain and Squee does it with mental anguish.
Faux Squee notes, Todd doesn’t care about anything anymore at this point, Mmy shows him what it’s like to embrace hatred and he soaks it up like a sponge. Jimmy realizes this after a while and ends up feeling like a baby sitter for a grown ass man who refuses to be helped. They fight a lot. I wanted a reason to give Squee a chance to experience the ‘fun’ of life in the worst type of setting, Todd sufferers through trauma but Faux-Squee thrives in it.
@ ppl in the zim and Jthm tags, sorry for the spam I just have a shit ton of art to post here- Sen
jthmaau – DoubleXXEyes – Invader Zim, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac [Archive of Our Own]
Link to the written parts of the story