Hello; The name is Donna. I am an asexual. she/her/they/them 35 (married). I am a hobbyist who loves to draw comics/ character designs in my free time. This started as an Outlast/ Eddie Gluskin blog. Currently I am fixated on Invader Zim. Ask box is always open. This blog is a safe place for LGBT. Minors please do not follow me.
I wish you nothing but fulfillment and happiness. Do whatever you have to in order to take care of yourself. Also, this is a small, silly thing, but thank you for being brave enough to imagine a world where Irkens have a history and a sense of fashion.
Aw! -hugs
Thank you, that means a lot to hear. I never considered anything I post here brave. I often question how creative I really am. It's just a means to have fun ^^.
And somehow it consistently is fun, imagining the parts of the Irken empire we seemingly never get to see in canon.
The biggest reward I can get from developing my own aus/ posting my own fan content is encouraging someone else to develope/ post theirs. There's something endearing about fan content created and shared out of pure love/ or enjoyment/ or passion.
I'm actually doing a little better. A decent night sleep for once has helped.. The holidays/ new year was a series of headaches/ minor disasters that are being managed. Slowly, but surely rebooting mentally.
I'm like a shark swimming when it comes to drawing; if I stop I die XD. Exaggeration, but life is genuinely empty and dull without hobbies. I've learned this the hard way too many times.. Got discouraged, but haven't given up yet.
Even though Zim didn’t have a good ‘smeethood’, were there any funny memories of when Zim was in training?
Zim's fondest memories of his cadet days were of commander Poki, the ex-invader in charge of his entry-level invader training on planet Dooq.
Poki "..." *sigh* "You were born to be Zim-"
Zim "And Zim is amazing!"
Poki "You ARE amazing...in your own way. You're going to do great things for this empire someday, somehow. You are so much more driven than any cadet I have ever trained-"
Zim "Thank you, Commander Poki!"
Poki "But, Zim... Invaders have to be stealthy, subtle, blend in. You....stand out."
Zim "I see... You don't think I will become AN invader...you're saying I'm destined to be the best invader who ever conquered!"
Poki "NO! Zim, what I'm trying to say is-"
Zim *salutes* "Your faith in me is well-placed. I shall perfect my stealthy and blending skills and through your training become the best invader in Irken history! Thank you. I will never forget you, Commander Poki. I'm going to rename the first planet I invade after you! See you on the feild!"
I cant read the stuff very well, did Poki get pregnant or something?
(It's me; my penmanship is atrocious lol.
Since I'm pretty sure we'll never get to see Poki in the comics again, I made up a backstory for them.
Poki was the victim of abuse and exploitation as a young active invader. The result was an unauthorized impregnation which they were forced to terminate themselves in secret. This is one of several traumatizing experiences in their youth Poki struggles to live with later on. )
Poki "I was assigned to superior officer Zis as his co-invader during the first large-scale invasion ever launched by the Irken empire; Operation "Stealthy Doom."
The method of quiet infestation to weaken the enemy on their home planet before launching a head on attack by the armada was first proposed by tallest Shuuver, but the technology had not been developed nor the simulation research conducted and properly analyzed to successfully execute a multiple planet invasion until the reign of Tallest Lich.
Invasions were conducted slightly different in my day. Invaders were assigned planets in pairs. I was the youngest soldier to be encoded as an invader. I excelled in my combat training and I experienced a late growth spurt that pushed me onto the roster.
My co-invader, Zis was a wonder-drone and super soldier; a bloodthirsty warrior and longtime survivor. I was so honored to be apart of the first Irken invasion and to work alongside a pro like Zis. I was eager and naive; determined to make myself the most elite among the elite! Zis was my idol. I was desperate to impress him, which I failed to do miserably until we successfully conqured our second assigned planet.
Finally after decades of insults and repulsion he showed me what he claimed to be affection during our 3rd mission together. I did not want to lose his respect, so I obeyed him and submitted to his advances. The end result... drastically compromised our mission. Our tallest hailed us regularly, demanded progress. I was forced to lie to his face about the issue to avoid his outrage and a permanent demotion or worse.
The identity I worked so hard to establish for myself was about to be ripped away from me had I failed to act... I did what I had to do for tallest, empire and my superior soldier. It was the most shameful day of my life until the day we finally conqured Canceree.
Our success was a hollow victory for me. I did not enjoy watching the armada bombard the crippled planet's surface. I did not enjoy watching billions of crystal citizens vaporize on their own ground. I certainly didn't enjoy watching a beautiful and respectable culture be blasted into oblivion just to be replaced by a shopping center/ amusement park planet a year later...
I had tested our disguise technology on the crystals and lived among them for years. Some of them treated me with more respect and kindness than my own superiors and tallest. A noble woman considered me family and even trusted me in the presenceof her little nugget smeets...They're all gone now. Only a few hundred of their species live today...invaders are trained to not devolope attachments...but I must not have excelled well enough in that course.
Zis and I conqured the diamond planet of Canceree and forced the crystal people into submission, but I was never given credit for the victory in the data banks. I didn't want it.. I retired from invading after my third mission and was demoted to combat training instructional commander...
I helped prep the next generation of elite invaders until a recent injury on Hobo 13 rendered me unfit for military service. I sincerely hope the cadets I trained have better luck finding glory and a meaningful purpose in life than I did. If I could protect all of them, I would."
(Poki is an experienced soldier. They have been through a lot for the sake of duty and received littleraly no real praise or reward for their service and sacrifices. Sadly, Poki's story is a commonly told story among Irken veterans.
Cadet Zim completely soaking in commander Poki's elite coaching.
Young Zim just beginning to fall in love with the idea of becoming an invader has to be a trip. ^^
In my headcanon for Poki they were one of the pioneer invaders in operation "Stealthy Doom". They had conquered the crystal race, whose planet I named Canceree unless I think of anything better.
Poki carries around a lot of trauma from their young invader days. Part of it from abuse from their co-invader/ Tallest Lich (Invaders were sent in pairs in operation SD) and part of it is from genuine remorse. They had grown an unexpected fondness for the Cancereeons...they even had a favorite crystal.
Poki has many, but they're not proud of every war story.
Zee "I wanted to compete in blood sport when I was in training, but they told me I was "too pretty" for the arena. So...I made up my OWN game. I convinced a bunch of us to pitch in to rent the track space and 70 years of training and one invasion later here we are."
Yeet "I watched live streams of Blood-Blade since basic training! I never knew!! Teeee! I love it. I love ALL of it..."
Poki "Ready to test your wheels, smeetie?"
Yeet "Oh wow-- I didn't think you would actually let me try out."
Zee "Why not?"
Yeet "You're all so tall and lean and pretty and- and... I'm... not."
Zee "We're all average stature at tallest, smeetie and at least a century older. The wheels gives everyone an extra few inches; you'll notice."
Yeet "I DO feel taller in roller blades."
Poki "We make our own definition of "pretty" on the track. Get out there, soldier; go crazy!"
Yeet *eyes saucer-wide and full of stars* "TEEEEEEEEEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!"
Thank you @sweetiepie08 for the concept of an Irken roller derby.
Working on the track/ obsticals (suggestions welcome. My knowledge on the sport is limited beyond basic rules and a love of the uniforms ^^)
Zim "Every species has it's evolutionary disadvantages. Irkens have naturally longer lifespans than humans, even PAKless, but our natural birthing process is difficult and inefficient in terms of perpetuating the Irken machine.
Because of our advanced mass in vitro birthing methods, females really are not necessary, but--"
Tak "Hold it!! HOLD IT!! Stop right there, Zim! Shut your big stupid mouth before you spew any more of your male-squak nonsense! Why are YOU speaking on OUR behalf right now?"
Zim "I was answering a simple question."
Tak "You were answering WRONG!"
Zim *growls furiously
Tak "We can take over from here."
Poki "You heard the drone, march on, soldier."
Zim "Why are you on her side, commander?! You're not a female."
Poki " I'm not NOT a female and I don't owe you any kind of explanation. "
Zee "Yeah, ZIM! Poki is with us, so deal with it or get banished!"
Zim *sighs* "Fine, you shrill, pretentious tarts; this one is all yours."
Tenn *blows raspberries*
Tak "Well put, Tenn- babe. As I was saying... Iken WOMEN are in fact necessary. We do not exist to be walking decorations from a bygone era! We are workers! We are soldiers and sometimes we are tallest!! We as a gender have proven our mettle in every existing occupation in the Irken empire since the BEGINNING of the Irken empire! It's by the devotion of Dava, the ruthlessness of Kii and the tenacity of Miyuki we secure our respect and dignity as a gender.
It's that arrogant, foolhardy male "We have smeeteries now, we don't need females" logic her mother control brain fought tooth and talon against when she stood in her birth-irken vessel! Kii never tolerated that tripe! Miyuki damn sure never tolerated that tripe!! Common cannon fodder males like Zim are threatened by our overall superiority to them and the value of our exclusive additional service to the empire!
...Excuse me; this is a passionate subject for me, and, well, the rest of us. Back to your question, in the first, second and early third era, before smeeteries, Irkens naturally gave live birth to large swarms of smeets, usually only once or twice towards the end of our lifespan.
Only a few, if any smeets in each swarm were born female. Harsh living conditions or a shortage in food sometimes caused swarms to be born entirely male.
After the Irks Final World War was declared over by the last 3 surviving tallest, the control brain technology was presented as a means to keep the unity and peace among the empire. The two male tallests at the time, Hitz and Soxx proposed the female gender be erased from Irken dna altogether, also claiming us to be "unnecessary".
Outraged, tallest Kii insisted females should continue to be cloned in case of an unforeseen disaster that shuts down the smeeteries for a devastating period of time. The algorithm used to randomize Irken dna is based on the statistics of natural Irken births from earlier eras so roughly one in every 40-60 smeets is born a female in the modern smeetery.
We may be the minority, but Irken women will always exist and find a way to thrive in this horrible Male-dominated world...
Zim "WOW, commander; that is a VERY dated uniform. When was this pic taken?"
Poki "Shut up, you. Do you want to stay safe in here while the empire celebrates Tallest Miyuki's 300th jubilee or would you rather I boot you out the door and leave you to the mercy of the taller trainees?"
Zim "Commander Person Poki, how many battles did you fight in the Irken/Planet Jacker war?"
Poki "Thought so. And 13, to answer your question. I was encoded as a rank 5 foot soldier while training in the academy."
Zim "Will I be promoted to a level 5 soon?"
Poki "You're.... *sigh*... you're gonna need to focus and DO AS I SAY, but you'll get there."
Zim "Yes, commander-person, sir!!"
(Young cadet-trainee Zim was stuffed down the laundry chute by a few taller cadets.
He tried crawling his way back up but got lost and wound up in the commander's personal lounge. Poki's three cans in and cool with it.)
Zim "Commander, I should confess something to you. I'm Zim...THE Zim. The one everyone hates."
Poki "Oh, honey...I know that."
Zim "You KNOW I'm Zim?"
Poki "I suffered a massive head injury. I didn't live under a rock the last two centuries. I know who you are, I just don't remember training you those years back."
Zim "If you know who I am and WHAT I am, why are you willingly spending time with me...in public?"
Poki "Two reasons: I'm almost 400-years old. I've made my conquests; I served in battle more times than I can count sober. I have nothing left to prove to these judgmental squaks...and I have fun with you. After everything I've lived through, I'm entitled to some fun, damn it."
Zim "That's why you're amazing Poki... I'm glad you don't remember me well enough to still hate me."
Poki "I don't think I ever hated you. I'm sure you just frustrated me as a pupil."
Zim "No....you hated me and you had every right to. You had me figured out; I was the worst invader. I was just too much of an obnoxious, dumb smeet to listen."
Poki "I said that to you? That's awful. I'm so sorry, Zim."
Zim "Why? You were right; I was untrainable."
Poki "NO, I was wrong! I had no right to say that to you. You were a cadet in need of guidance. It was MY JOB to mold you into a trained invader. You depended on me and I failed you. I'm so, so sorry, Zim."
Zim "You never failed.me; I made your job impossible."
Poki "Looking back on it, I was a lousy commander. I was a great invader, but I didn't have the patience and endurance to train others. I just took the position because I was burned out from my last 3 assignments."
Zim "You were a great commander! I would have followed you through an exploding sun if you ordered me to."
Poki "Thank you..."
Zim "What was it like, conquering Canceree? How much do you remember about your invading missions?"
Poki *chuckles* "More than I care to. That hogulous kick didn't knock out my worst memories. You don't want to hear my war stories..."
Zim "Yes, I REALLY do."
Poki "...Tallest Lych was in power when the Control Brains declared war against the planet Jackers. We were trying to snatch planets out from under them. Back in the day, invaders were sent in pairs..."
Zim having a heart to heart with his former invader trainer, Commander Person Poki. Poki survived Zim's mishaps on Dook, but since has suffered a brain injury on Hobo 13.
Still love Poki ^^ Glad they're in the comics. I wish they had been on the show.
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