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the funniest thing about zim is that in many ways, hes exactly what irkens idealize: hes driven by the mission, worshipful of the tallest, unable to accept failure, and an absolutely ruthless and vengeful little dude. hes exactly what they want from a soldier and its probably why he made invader at all in impending doom 1.

and yet… hes so goddamn incompetent, and almost entirely because hes so eager to please and unwilling to accept failure (and dont forget that petty streak). he has to lie and reframe his failures, because the irken empire doesnt fail. he has to take revenge on those who hurt him because the irken empire does not let insolence go unpunished and is quick to make an example of those who do not perfectly fall in line (remember when the tallest threw the wrong guy out an airlock for saying he didnt remember what a fuck-up zim was? and then theyre just like ehhh you all get the message)

hes like gods funny little joke on the irken empire for their massive hubris and war crimes. he internalized alllllll their ideals perfectly, and then he went and fucking set his own planet on fire. even sending him off to earth on a fruitless “invasion” couldnt save them from the empire’s most loyal servant

irk absolutely deserves all the chaos zim brings them, and i hope one day he serves them to death

all of this is double funny when you realize that the cure for all their zim ills is for the tallest to disband the empire and stop invading other planets. thats it! zim would go along with whatever they said because the only reason he wants to be an invader is because its what his tallest say the best irken are meant to be. if they said only the best of irkens learn to tap dance hed break his legs learning how to please them

god i love this little green punishment to his people

The idea that Invader Zim is some perfect Greek tragedy was not the take I expected to hear today