okay i have to admit, i've never played Pathologic. i'm too scared, but i fell in love with the tragedians. They're so funky, look at em go doing who knows what.
do you think that every costume is just stuffed into this ridiculously large trunk that lives on the tour bus and every show night gerard just sticks his hand in and grabs something and the whole band claps at the reveal
You're lost in a world of funhouse mirrors
Twisted for eternity
Bending light in a way that shows
Refraction of hipocricy
Whimsical, dear, your lies are clear
Now, who the hell would've ever guessed?
Might I hear your thoughts on Skoodge? His possible personality and headcanons?
I LOVE SKOODGE! He's such an interesting character, he's extremely capable, he invaded Blorch home of the slaughtering rat people before anyone else, but he also continues to fall victim to Zim's schemes, both as a smeet and a fully formed Irken soldier. At the same time, he should know better, right? He must be both extremely intelligent and resourceful to succeed on his mission, yet Zim takes advantage of him both in the past and present.
Many people have suffered because of Zim, and they all hold it against him, want revenge, want to see him suffer. But Skoodge escaped with Zim to Irk's surface and was thus involved in him causing Horrible Painful Overload Day Part 2, then he proudly stood by his side on Hobo-13, and was kicked into the den of a monster by Zim. Yet, He was supposed to return to Zim in the unaired episodes, living in his basement and occasionally showing up to help him with his plans. And it's so fascinating to wonder why, isn't it? Why does poor little Skoodge have so much more patience with Zim than all the other Irkens?
And then his relationship to his own height. Short Irkens continue to be ridiculed and punished by Irken society, but when Skoodge is called ugly by Purple, he grins and points out that he is also short. He takes pride in his shortness, and everything he's accomplished, even as that must be near taboo in his society. Short Irkens simply are not deserving, and have nothing to be proud of, they're taught that all the time. (Skoodge was especially taught this, when his height explicitly sent him to invade the worst planet marked for conquest.)
Skoodge is by far the nicest character on the show. we don't see him interacting with a huge cast of characters, but he acts friendly towards Zim, which basically no one else does. In this show where the two main characters are failures of their respective worlds, and the entire setup of the show is that Zim and Dib are both assholes, and also will both forever fail their missions, Skoodge is a friend-shaped, cheerful and nice guy, who by contrast is also one of the most successful people in the show. That's probably not on purpose by the writers, but isn't it an interesting contrast?
So yeah, Skoodge may be a slapstick comedic relief punching bag of a character, but he has so many interesting details about him that I love to see explored.
I personally think, that Skoodge is a team player. Not necessarily a leader, but he is good at and likes to cooperate. He is not naive, but he is outreaching to others, offering friendly smiles and help where other Irkens wouldn't. This is not something usual among Invader ranks, and so he is often seen as foolish by his peers, Zim included.
I think that he has misunderstood some of Irken propaganda. Where the message is to do everything for their great empire, Skoodge has always taken that to mean, do everything for the sake of other Irkens. But individual Irkens don't matter the way the whole does. So while Skoodge is a capable Invader, a nagging thought in his head is that, 'we should improve society somewhat'. And Irkens are not taught to criticize the reality they live in, so Skoodge's only tool is to maybe hope to be a good influence and inspiration to all the other short Irkens out there. He's not had much success yet.
I love his relationship with Zim. How come he decides to move into Zim's basement? Because he likes Zim? Respects him? Has nowhere else to go and is lonely? It's so interesting, I would have loved to see the dynamic of Zim having an Irken associate on earth, it would have been a new component to the 'Zim vs Dib' fight, like another Irken just seems more substantial than his robot henchmen, you know? It's someone who's known Zim since smeethood, and who knows what it was like to grow up on Irk.
You know, we need to make more unhinged looking magical girl designs! Maybe a gamer here and there, she’s just a gal u know, that unhinged look is just an outlet for all that gamer rage /j
Their name is Adachi Michiko ! Main powers include mind control and electricity (sounds op Ik but there r a buuunch of setbacks)