Short Moderate Length List of Small(ish) Things I Appreciate About The Wettening
Dib being conspicuously absent from the opening pan of the classroom, only to cartoon-teleport into existence at Zim’s desk the second Zim starts expressing mild apprehension at the sight of unfamiliar weather. This kid spends his time just hanging around staring at Zim, waiting for him to show the slightest sign of discomfort, confusion, or unease in order to immediately taunt him about it—and the surrounding chaos, if anything, is just an opportunity to come watch even more closely. We all already knew this, but it still kills me to see it in action.
Also, he’s animated popping up from below, and like… were we meant to interpret this as him just chilling underneath Zim’s desk? No, absolutely not—but is it funny (and, to add to the hilarity, miraculously somehow not completely unbelievable within the context of the show) to imagine that he was? Yes. Yes it is.
Zim confidently walking out into a downpour he has already confirmed to be acidic just because Dib implicitly dared him to—no one’s looking, Dib hasn’t even said anything or made a claim against his humanity, Zim just can’t stand to give Dib the satisfaction of seeing him vulnerable or afraid of something (which backfires pretty spectacularly, since I’m pretty sure ‘writhing on the ground shrieking in indescribable agony’ is a significantly worse look in terms of appearing vulnerable, but all’s well that ends in Victory For Zim, I guess).
Also Zim's little baffled gesture right beforehand like he's silently asking Dib to confirm he's not hallucinating the rain dance (he does not receive an answer)
Gaz presumably seeing Zim sneaking up behind her brother, saying nothing and making no reaction that’ll tip Dib off… only to immediately be made to regret her choices when she gets caught in another splash. Shows her for trusting Zim to be at least a little bit cool about tormenting Dib (honestly, we see her exact fitting justice on Dib at the end of the episode, but I cannot imagine she wasn't still planning to do something equally petty to Zim).
The faucet drip scene and the underlying awareness that this is just what Zim and Dib do to each other during class. Every day. It is, in fact, probably one of the least disruptive forms their constant warfare takes on a routine basis. Suddenly I understand a little bit of why their entire class hates them.
Also Dib’s happy face while he's terrorizing Zim into a shell-shocked stupor is absurdly cute and heartwarming. If I cropped that picture no one would ever guess what he's smiling about. This kid? A sadist? Impossible.
“I don’t even feel good about winning this one,” and it's said with his hands clasped together, practically vibrating with glee, his expression vaguely reminiscent of a teenager in the throes of hormonal infatuation (the hypothetical object in this case not so much being Zim himself as a personified abstraction of Zim’s suffering). If someone hit him with the Return of Keef happy goo in this exact moment, I am completely certain it would kill him. His statement is only true insofar that a more accurate term for his current state of being would probably be euphoric. I take back everything I’ve ever said about Zim being unreasonable in this episode—he was merciful.
Also this face the moment Zim gets up and starts threatening him. Zim still isn't even all that intimidating at the moment, but Dib knows he just fucked up. Maybe he's getting flashbacks to Dark Harvest.
Dib’s ridiculous water balloon device. Seriously. I feel like it gets (reasonably) overshadowed by the sheer absurdity of Zim’s entire operation, but it really is so amazingly stupid and pointless in a way that is… not dissimilar to the ultimate Irken water balloon. Not only is it really not necessary for the task it's meant to accomplish, it's actively detrimental in that it slows Dib down, blatantly telegraphs his attacks, and reduces accuracy by a significant degree. The only actual benefits I can think of would be the exponential increase in force and range and the instant accessibility of a water supply—the former of which is totally unnecessary in this scenario and the latter being possible to accomplish with a much simpler device (or even just… a water tank). To summarize, it is an incredibly impressive feat of both skill and creativity in design that is also completely and utterly useless! Which is just the perfect demonstration of what I mean when I say Dib really does share nearly all of Zim’s flaws, just to a less obviously ridiculous degree—he comes off just calm and clever enough to pass as moderately reasonable at a glance, and in some ways, that makes him more of a potential flight risk than Zim. At least that's a lunatic you see coming.
Irkens are collapsible, apparently
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I love the idea of Monkey!Reader for many reasons but like, imagine an isekai’d monkey reader (or just one without a home to return to) who is lamenting not being able to go home (whether or not because it’s simply not possible or because there’s no way they can go home as a monkey) only to be met with Wukong who just like…casually flicks their ear or somethin and goes “Your a Sun now. Sun Y/N. Bam. Now you have a home.”
Like he’s super protective of the monkeys on his own mountain and considers every single one of them to be his family so I think he’d just immediately call dibs on M!R (or any other monkey in need of a home for that matter)
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I have this thing where the more emotionally invested I am in a fictional character, or the more time I've spent developing them in my head, the less willing I am to share any of my thoughts about them or talk about them ever. In my head I'm like "yeah you could say I'm the certified [character] lover" but literally none of you will ever know that about me because I have never mentioned that character once.
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While I do love Cinderella in Ep. 4 of Neverafter, I suspect that something deeper is going on than “the princesses are good and are doing the right thing, and the fairies are bad and doing the wrong thing”. It’s too obvious and straightforward, ESPECIALLY for a Brennan Lee Mulligan Horror Season. Also, the undead fairy from Ep. 3 said that she was trying to fix the Neverafter — reiterated in her efforts to convert Gerard to her side (I think they were the same fairy? If not, my point stills stands). Meanwhile, Cinderella and the princesses want to change their stories and take control of them — and for good reason. However, given the information from the other characters’ vignettes, it seems as if there are stories that have already been written and/or have predetermined “happily ever afters”. So it seems that while the fairies are clearly wicked, their efforts to preserve those preset happily ever afters may actually be working to end the Neverafter and save the stories/universe. And while the princesses are clearly morally good and just, what they are trying to accomplish will destroy the world by worsening the Neverafter. If this is the case, it presents an interesting moral quandary for the PCs, especially with the manipulation from both sides, seeing as some PCs WANT their predetermined endings while some want to write new endings.
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hi shima! thoughts on an asu/kiri/eugeo polycule?
I love Yujikirisuna I think it's really cute!! Also the general concept is hilarious bc I feel like Kirito would be super guilty about catching Feels for Eugeo while he's dating Asuna but then Asuna sees Eugeo and she goes oh no yeah. I don't blame you at ALL just look at him. Look at his butt. He has a cute butt. And Kirito's just like oh 😳 Oh okay 😳
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you are the lesbian zadr person yes.
i bring to you one thing to ponder, Vixen by Destroy Boys. has the Vibes™️ to me lol
First: I love how that’s a statement and not a question.
I’ve been dubbed “The Lesbian ZaDr Person” by a mutual so I guess it’s official now.
Second:
How dare you pull up and be so correct? /j
This is just Zim after she realizes she has feelings for Dib. Like, I have the entire plot of Galaxy Girls in my head (and like two handwritten journals), and it makes even more sense than you know. 
Congratulations, I’m adding this to the playlist.
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