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anyway! the banana bread vendor at the farmers market is called "better than sex" but this year they changed it to "almost better than sex" which means the bread is just worse this year or girlie got some good dick since last summer

Au where everyone in the membrane family firmly believes in the paranormal, but no one agrees on which specific cryptids are real.

And then Zim shows up, but no one agrees on just what Zim is or what to do.

Dib thinks that Zim is a alien invader that needs to be stopped at all costs because “weird alien technology and green skin”

Professor Membrane thinks Zim is some sort of robot, cyborg or government weapon because he’s SEEN the amount of advanced weapons in his backpack, plus he once saw Zim lift a car with little effort. The green skin is some government made material.

Gaz takes one look at Zim and assumes “vampire”, with extremely sharp teeth, hatred of sunlight and superhuman strength and agility. Zim’s “advanced technology” is just magic that looks like technology (like a spelldrive) and the green skin is a genuine skin condition that vampires can have.

All of them want Zim taken down, but none of them are willing to work together because of all of them disagreeing on what Zim actually is and just HOW he should be taken down.

But the thing is,

we as the viewer never see Zim.

We see parts of him, like his PAK and the weapons inside, or hints of his green skin or his true eyes glowing in the dark, with the rest of him hidden from view. He hear him a couple times as well. But we never see enough for us to come to the conclusion of what Zim is by ourselves.

The Membranes don’t completely prove anything either, as Zim always escapes before any of them can figure out what he is and what he wants.

We are also never shown Zim’s perspective or what his true motives are. We are only shown the perspectives of each Membrane, who all have different opinions on what they’re going up against with their own proof for their own case. So Zim’s actions and behaviours throughout the show just confuse us more as we, the viewers are left questioning which of the Membranes are right, or if they’re all wrong and Zim is something completely different.

The things learned about Zim can point in any direction as well. Water hurts him, but only like 50% of the time. Is it because he’s an alien with some inconsistent way of protecting himself against water, a robot that’s waterproofed in some areas but not others, a vampire that’s only hurt by holy water or is it because of some completely different reason? No one will ever know.

"Once upon a time... a little collector came to this planet accompanied by their family."

This is a very big project I have done with the idea of retelling what I understood to be The Collector's backstory in a way that required no words at all: only visuals. Undertale fans may also recognize the style homage here, as well as relevance in music choice.

quick Tempered Fi design sheet since y'all liked her so much <3

You encounter a group of 3 genies, and they each grant you one wish. One genie will grant your wish exactly as stated. One genie will ensure it’s cast exactly how you want. The final genie will twist it to ruin as much as possible. But you have no idea which genie is which.

People are like “these animals have exoskeletons and these ones have endoskeletons” but no. It’s all exoskeletons, your exoskeleton is protecting your bone marrow which is where your soul (which is you) is. The rest of the stuff is extraneous decoration that Big Pharma wants you to think is important/

Charlie saving Angel Dust or if she was more demonic ahahah

its kinda trash

Honestly I feel like Charlie is the type of person who genuinally checks herself and her temper because if she ever had a moment where she loosed her shit, it would probably be the scariest thing ever. You know those type of people who are one of the most sweetest and kindest people you know, and the idea of seeing them angry just never crosses your mind? And then when you actually see them upset, and I mean genuinely will rip your head off in a second, it's the most terrifying thing you could ever imagine because you would never imagine someone so gentle being capable of this level of anger and fury.