#that's a tak tak. And I owe him my life. <- literally he appears for like two scenes in a voyager episode

[bumblingbabooshka]

Inspiration! Characters from Star Filled Oyster [Tapas | Website]

[oomisluvr]

sakusa takes care of a drunk reader, a drabble

synopsis: y/n is talking to a stranger about her sex life and kiyoomi is on damage control. it's an uphill battle to finally tuck her into bed. give this man a break, please.

“he be blowin’ my back out, girl.”

“she means we very gently and very passionately make love.”

“just beatin’ this pussy up!”

“i do no such thing.”

“absolutely drillin’ and killin’ my shit.” you motion with your hands. sakusa reaches out to stop you, a blush deep on his face.

“y/n.”

“this boy folds me like a pretzel.”

“y/n!”

“my ankles be touchin’ my ea- mmph!”

sakusa covers your mouth with his hand, “you’ve lost your talking privileges. give me your drink, babe,” you glare at him, defiance burning in your eyes. he glares right back, “now, y/n.” he looks to the woman you were talking and apologizes on your behalf.

you relent, releasing your grip on the drink you were holding. sakusa take it and relaxes the hold he has on you, "you always kill my fun, omi!"

"no, i keep you safe." his gaze softens and his voice follows, "c'mon, it's late now. let's get you home."

you're surprised by the gentleness in his tone. wordless, you nod, extending your arm for him to take and lead you out of the club. it's raining tonight, and sakusa all but demands you to stay at the entrance doors while he runs to get the car.

you'll get emotional if you think about it too much, about exactly how much he sacrifices for you. he accommodates for you in every aspect of his life, oftentimes without you ever having to ask. you're part of him, an extension of his own body. he quite literally could not live without you. he loves you, with everything in him. he really didn't have to come out with you tonight, but you know he did it because he cares about your safety.

when the car pulls up, sakusa jumps out, umbrella in hand, escorting you to the passenger door, opening it, and closing it once you got situated. you giggle at the little jog he does to get to the driver's side. the sound of rain hitting the windshield makes you sleepy. upon noticing your tired state, kiyoomi removes the jacket from his shoulders, draping it across your figure. you yawn, snuggling into the heavy fabric and allowing his scent to lull you to sleep.

the next time you wake up, sakusa's at the passenger side of the door, lightly shaking you.

"c'mon, we're home now." he stretches his hand to pull you out, closing the door behind him, and snaking an arm around your waste, bringing you to your shared apartment.

after fumbling with the keys, he unlocks the door and kicks off his shoes, turning the lights on. sakusa leads you to the couch, descending on one knee to remove your heels, fighting with the straps and buckles.

"try taking it off with your teeth."

"try tak- what the hell? i'm not doing that."

"awww, c'mon, you know you like my feet."

"y/n, stop being weird," you wiggle your toes, making him loose his grip on the clasp of your shoes, "and stop moving."

you giggle, still feeling buzzed from all the alcohol you downed, "i know you secretly have a foot kink."

"i do not."

"it's okay, it's okay," you soothe, roughly ruffling his hair, "it's just me and you here. you can tell me if you wanna suck on my toes. i won't judge," finally removing your shoes, sakusa stands to his feet, stretching his hand for you to take.

"i don't know where you're getting this from, but you need to go to bed. i think you're delirious." you pout like a child, not wanting the fun to be over.

"fine. only if you carry me." you flop back on the couch to emphasize your unwillingness to walk yourself, stretching your arms up, "please, oomi?"

you're so cute, but sakusa can't let you know that. huffing loudly, he bends down to pick you up with ease, arms hooked under your legs and back, "you owe me in the morning. i didn't sign up for this."

you giggle, enjoying the attention from him, "you're so strong, oomi. look at these muscles." you grab his bicep, "what is this? a bowling ball? is there bowling ball in here? did you eat a bowling ball?" sakusa fights back a smile, but a blush manages to break through.

strolling through the bedroom, sakusa drops you on the bed, leaning down to kiss your forehead, mumbling in your ear, "why are you only nice to me when you're drunk, hmm? pretty girl." leaving you on the bed, sakusa digs through your dresser, approaching you with your usual pajamas, "put this on."

"no." you resist.

"y/n."

"put them on me." you kneel up on the bed, manipulating your arms and back to reach the zipper of your dress, dragging it down and shimmying out of the loose fabric, "look, i made it easy for you."

sakusa will never get used to seeing you in just a bra and panties, and his face turns beet red at the sight. you're sitting on your thighs now, legs folded behind you, feet touching.

"you're so difficult," he sighs, his blush only deepening when he moves to touch you, "arms up." you giggle, shaking your head and crossing your arms, he clenches his jaw in an effort to focus on the task at hand.

"oomi~" you flirt, "i still have my bra on. i can't sleep with a bra on. it's not good for me."

"then take it off."

"take it off for me."

"y/n."

"i won't go to bed until you do."

"fine. turn around." you shuffle on the bed, your back now facing him. with anxious hands, he unclasps your bra, the soft fabric falling to the bed. your bare back greets him, and he bats away impure thoughts. before you can turn around, sakusa grabs your arms and forces the shirt on you.

"oomi! don't be so rough."

"then listen and i won’t have to be so rough,” yanking the shirt over your head, he sighs, “there. all done.” you’re scrambling to get under the covers when sakusa grabs your ankle, “not yet. you need to do your skin care,” you open your mouth to protest, but kiyoomi interupts you, “let me guess, you want me to do it?”

you nod your head in excitement, “carry me oomi!” scooping you up, he carries you to the bathroom, setting you on the counter space. you’re rambling about god-knows-what, incoherent and broken sentences flow from your lips. sakusa tries his best to listen, he really does, but he can’t tel the difference between makeup wipes and micellar water.

“sorry to interrupt you, angel,” he kisses you on the forehead to calm your protests, “but which one do i use? the micellar water, right? you said the wipes burn sometimes...”

“aww oomi,” you bring your legs to wrap around his legs, pressing him into you, “you know me so well,” you mumble against his lips. your arms wrap around sakusa’s neck, hands tangling into the soft hair at his nape, lips building a rhythm against his.

it takes everything in sakusa to stop you, but he knows where kisses like this lead and getting you in bed is top priority.

“no, y/n,” he breaks the kiss to peer into you, “you need rest.” his eyes are soft and full of love, “let me take care of you, baby. sit still, please.” you nod and give him a quick peck, a silent promise to give him the reigns. relaxing the hold your lags have around him, kiyoomi gets to work.

he dabs the micellar water on your reusable cotton pad, gently swiping it across your face. you close your eyes, humming and mumbling the words of a song he heard earlier. using this time, sakusa admires the softness of your face, love swelling in his chest.

“all done.” you kiss his cheek in thanks, moving to hop off the counter. his hands fly out to hold your hips, keeping you placent, “not so fast.” he moves away from you, searching through the cupboards to find all the pieces of your routine.

after gathering his materials, he starts with dropping a clear, cool serum on your face.

“remind you of anything?” you joke, giggling mindlessly at your own joke.

"stop talking."

"boo, go back to being nice!"

"shh!"

you sigh loudly, swinging your legs and humming louder. sakusa works moisturizer into your skin with such vigor, your body starts to move. for good measure, he squeezes your cheeks, making your lips appear fish-like, laughing when you whine, "oomi, stop! let me go! are you done yet?"

moving to put all your things away, he nods, "yes, y/n. all done."

"carry me back then!"

"i lied. you still have to brush your teeth." you open your mouth to speak, "and no, i will not brush them for you."

"but i'm tired!"

"too bad. look, i even put the toothpaste on for you." he hands you the toothbrush. you snatch it out of his hands and vigorously brush your teeth. smiling at your attitude, sakusa begins to do his own nightly routine.

looking at him through your peripherals, you admire his physique. he really is built like a greek god. shamelessly, you rake your eyes over his body, observing the contraction of his muscles; the way the light reflects from his skin. sakusa kiyoomi truly is beautiful. catching your stare, he pokes your stomach.

"stop looking at me."

"what? i can't look at you?" foam flies everywhere.

"not like that."

"like what?"

"like you want to eat me."

"i do." you spit out the toothpaste, rinsing your toothbrush and putting it away.

you straightforwardness makes him blush, "tomorrow. i'm all yours tomorrow, but for right now-" he approaches you, his lean frame towering over your own, "-let's get you in bed."

you don't have to ask him to carry you; he does it anyway, throwing you over his shoulder and laying you on the bed.

"are you going to tuck me in, oomi?"

"what kind of question is that? of course i'm going to tuck you in."

i know i reference sakusa picking the reader up a lot but this man is 6'4" 176.8 pounds (192 cm, 80 kg) and could therefore bench press you without breaking a sweat, no matter what your weight is. my baby is strong. periodt.

[diloph]

If you're still interested in the fandom ask thing, Invader Zim.

blorbo:

h e r

I have not been subtle about this in the past, but Tak is my absolute, no-holds-barred favourite character in Invader Zim. Everything that's gonna follow this is an understatement if anything.

Now, I love the main cast a lot, worryingly so in fact, but Tak is on a whole other level. She's my overall third favourite character of all time and secured that place over better written, better used or just plain better characters altogether.

Why do I love her? Well, she's as cool as all hell for one thing. Tak blasts into the lives of our protagonists for a single episode, but boy does she make it count.

Tak appears in Zim's class and, delightfully considering it's a valentine's episode, is absolutely not Zim's love interest. There's a comedic misinterpretation of that, but the meat of the story of Tak: The Hideous New Girl is that Zim's actions have consequences and those consequences are out for blood.

Stopping Tak requires Zim, Dib and Gaz (plus GIR and Zim's computer, if you wanna make her sound even more formidable) all working in concert and despite the silliness of the show, they're pretty badass in their own right. What she's trying to achieve brings a kind of gravity that's not really seen in Invader Zim. We see her backstory and it's a lot more sympathetic than the baby aliens or Mortos, a lone speck with her career ruined, left in the detritus of her civilisation. If she succeeds and gets what she believes she's owed, then everybody on Earth is screwed, human or Irken.

(There was a wonderful, long-winded explanation as to why I loved Tak and what I wanted to do. But Tumblr decided to delete it because FUCK THIS WEBSITE AND THE TWO HOURS I SPENT TYPING IT.)

skrunkly: Dib. Again, lots of cool stuff written here, but Tumblr randomly deleted it.

His huge glasses give the impression that his eyes are huge, or that his spectacles are too big for his face. He wanders around in a long black trenchcoat and boots, trying to look older and cooler, rather than a dorky kid. I think it's important to note, that like the thing I mentioned for Tak's designs, Dib's can be cool, cute or silly and he's pretty much on the screen almost every episode. He gets a lot of a chance to let these takes on his design shine through, in many different combinations and I appreciate that.

There's also his personality. Dib's life is filled with horror, misery and miserable horror. It's spent thanklessly trying to save the world from Zim, some other horror, or trying to bring something to the attention of the world (whether its privacy matters or not, because he's a literal child guys, c'mon).

But he never gives up. He never gives in. He's passionately, loudly enthusiastic about the things he's into, even when so many of them try to kill him on a daily basis. Major props to Andy Berman for making him sound so energetic and likeable! He's an excitable kid who, despite living a life of misery, keeps on going and keeps finding things to get invested in, to like and to find joy in.

Dib sums up exactly why I like him, unsurprisingly, at the end of Tak's episode. From his perspective, his new friend turned out to be a monster like Zim. She used him to get information on his greatest enemy and had she succeeded, he'd feel solely responsible about getting the Earth doomed like that.

We focus on him with his radio-listening device, on the roof, while his sister in the garden below isn't listening to him at all. He has more than a little grounds to feel all soul-searchy, to feel bad about his lot in life, or to feel unnerved at how down to the wire things had been. What does he say?

"Look at it, Gaz. We've only seen what's come to us from up there! Don't you just wanna fly out there and... see it all?"

How can you not love him?

scrimblo bimblo: Gaz. This one might come as a bit of a shock to some people, but I also really like Gaz. She has some flaws, of course, I'd rather that she not bully her brother but the more and more I've watched episodes and written my daft stories, the more and more I've come to appreciate her. She's an unstoppable force, an immovable object, a voice of reason and still a little girl who'd rather play video games or spend time with her absent father than save the world.

My story with Gaz was a long road. I was ambivalent to her at first, saw quite a few of her negatives, then I saw her VA, Melissa Fahn, mention that quite a few girls came up to her and cited Gaz as a character they were thankful for.

Looking into her, I found that I liked her wit, her dry and sarcastic humour, her ability to be scary despite the fact that she was only a little girl and genuinely never felt like she was in over her head in any scenario. Most little sister characters that made up her contemporaries were designed to be annoying or bland at best. Gaz was a character who, for the screentime she had, stood out from that crowd by being herself.

She didn't do stupid jokes. She only reluctantly dealt with Zim's antics, something her brother dragged her into, or some other insanity and she did so in a way that spoke volumes about her no bullshit approach. If something crossed her, it never had the chance to again, because she wasn't just threats. Gaz actively kicked ass when she needed to.

But neither was she a monolith. She liked pizza, she liked videogames, she wanted to go to the same terrible pizza restaurant she;s been going to for years, she likes pigs and she wants to, above all else, spend time with her father. Those rare glimpses of the human beneath the caustic personality made her caustic personality work more.

Sadly, it didn't last. When it came to both the comics and Florpus, they went in wildly different directions, each of them taking half of Gaz's personality and only half (and her changed clothing design, which also helped sap her of her personality). It was these changes, not the retcons like Dib's hair, that made me decide to interpret all the post-series stuff as alternative timelines, as well as Florpus copying issue 1's start.

In the movie, Gaz was mostly there, helped along by her VA, but she wasn't very effective. The Gaz of Old would have dealt with Clembrane by scraping him off of her heel. Zim's kidnapping of Professor Membrane would have ended equally unpleasantly. Instead, Florpus decided to focus on her "human" half, with the rather lacklustre reconciliation between her and Dib falling flat considering that "You're my brother, man." does not account for everything that happened prior.

Sure, if she matured offscreen, good for her. But it was offscreen and in a visual medium, that bloody well counts. I always imagined any sort of understanding developing between Dib and Gaz when they really got mad with one another under desperate circumstances. Neither is perfect and having Dib call Gaz on some of her shortcomings as well would have been ideal. It would make them feel more equal and more like people.

Still. Better than the comics. The comics canon decided to double down on Gaz being an apathetic gamer and kept her horrible streak. She actively got away with alluding to murder in one issue, of her own alternative self and alternative brother. Another, what-if tale, stated that even if she was "nice", she would still be a horrible blight on everybody around her and accentuated every negative she ever had to the extreme. While comeuppance was rare for Gaz in the show, it did happen at least a little, whereas Comics Gaz just felt like the author's pet monster.

And that's not fair. Gaz had her moments, good and bad. She deserved a proper examination of her character, which like the one for everybody else, we never got. It was just that her changes were so jarring and in my opinion, stood in contrast to her prior character, I couldn't help but take notice of them.

Boy, I bet you're regretting asking for Invader Zim in this thing. God knows what might've happened if there were more opportunties for characters.

glup shitto: I decided to go for an actually obscure one for this, so Almighty Tallest Miyuki. Never used in an aired episode, but she appeared in a script once and became a character that has sparked art, speculation and countless interpretations.

Who was the enigmatic female Tallest? Was she a saint? Sinner? The only good Irken or worse than Red and Purple put together? I've seen many different fan interpretations from all across the board and hope that I can add my own someday. I had an interpretation I'd like to try, though another show did a very similar character and I'd wonder if folks would accuse me of copying or drawing influence, so that might be subject to change.

Just be glad I didn't use Sizz-Lorr here, because he's a canon character that I've also decided I wanted to make shit up about.

poor little meow meow: Zim is only in this space because he's Zim. The dude, at best, wants to conquer humanity and enslave them for his empire. He's a dangerous, dangerous person in the middle of a school full of children and regularly causes people to suffer horribly. The fact that he's an incredibly likeable, memeable, funny and relateable character despite that is testament to the strength that he's given the show, on a mixture of writing, design, performance by Richard Horvitz.

What can I say about the mighty Invader Zim that hasn't already been said? Probably the not-that-common observation that much like his series, Zim is not the idiotic loudmouth he appears to be. He's clever. He's cunning. He has focus when he needs to. He's dangerous, good at improvising, inventive and very occasionally, scary as all hell.

Florpus hit this balance far better than the comics, in which any sort of edge was drained away. Still, my gripes aside, Zim's staying power earned the series 20 years of adoration and likely at least 20 more.

Zim is a far, far more nuanced and interesting character than many of the detractors believe him to be and more's the pity.

horse plinko: Absent father extraordinaire, it's Professor Membrane! I don't hate him and have always been critical of his relationship with his kids, but only recently have I began to see more negative points in the character that are beginning to outshine my prior opinion of him, his loud and funny lines overshadowed by the uncomfortable spectre that his pre-teen kids are basically living by themselves and are not thriving as a result.

Only now am I beginning to sense that Professor Membrane has a kind of... arrogance about him. With Zim, arrogance is funny, but every time Professor Membrane acts about the fate of the world, it's less to help people and seems more to prove that he is, in fact, the best scientist in the world. Nothing else matters, not even spending time with his kids. I know what I said about Dib and Gaz before, but you can't deny that they'd at least be a little happier if their father wasn't in his lab 98%, speaking through a screen or pre-recorded messages from years prior.

While discovering Zim's identity probably wouldn't have been the change he needed (I could easily see him stopping Zim and taking absolute credit for it, including discovery of the alien being and so on), I think he should have been brought down a peg. Being emperically wrong, something he couldn't deny. A smarter scientist showing him up. Or, as Florpus did attempt, somebody calling him out. Only with stakes and consequences. Don't have Dib be upset, have him angry. Have it be Gaz getting incredibly pissed off with his absent parenting.

Ah well. Onto the character I hate.

eeby deeby: Iggins.

God almighty.

I hate Iggins.

With every fibre of my soul. My being. He is the antithesis of everything clever about Invader Zim, everything funny, everything cool, or cute. All that stuff I said about the other characters, even the negative or critical stuff, was done from a place of love, no matter how flawed.

Iggins is a creepy, annoying, ugly waste of an episode. Gaz's triumph over him should've been complete and we'd never have to see him again, even in background shots. He contributes nothing other than stupid sounds, ammunition for the "lolzrandumb cartoon!" that I hate detractors of Invader Zim to bring up, as if it never did anything risky or intelligent.

And to compound it, while writing this bit, my character examinations of Tak and Dib deleted themselves. So, to reiterate, I hate the little bastard, will never accept any positives towards him and will kill Iggins horribly in my fic out of bitter, bitter fucking spite.

FUCK IGGINS.

[krizaland]

MAYBE SOMEEEE hcs for Tak vs Zim for the reader since I just went through all your hcs and I like the way you write rivalry

YES! I AM HYPED! Today’s your lucky day, Anon because I’ve already had a story planned for this!

Be warned: There is some angst up ahead! Keep some tissues nearby!

You and Tak had been dating for over a year now! Tak never thought she would ever be capable for affection at all, let alone for it to feel so nice! You made her feel loved and respected. She never had to prove herself around you.  After she revealed her alien self to you and you didn’t run away, she knew you were the one.

After falling in love with you, Tak had decided to give up on her quest for revenge against Zim. Of course she still hated him with a burning passion. So she never went with you to Skool to keep herself from ripping him limb from limb.

You never really cared about Zim until Tak started to vent to you about how he ruined her life. Now you despised him just as much as she did.

Unfortunately for Tak, She wasn’t the only Irken in love with you.

Zim had also caught feelings for you! At first, Zim panicked! He couldn’t be feeling affection for a filthy human!  He was planning on kidnapping you to ask you why he was feeling this way about you but he scrapped that plan when he saw the way you glared at him in the hallway.

As terrifying as you icy stare was, it set his insides on fire. Zim found himself in a hurricane of emotions that grew stronger by the second. After having a meltdown in his lab, Minimoose suggested that he ask you out to keep up appearances.

Zim liked that idea more than he’d care to admit.

The next day at skool, Zim arrived with a large slab of meat. 

“What’s with the meat, Zim?” Dib asked in his usual suspicious manner.

“This meat does not concern you, Dib-monkey!” Zim snapped as he begun to search for you.

Of course, Dib had to follow him but Zim didn’t care. All Zim could think about was wooing you.

The moment he laid his yes on you, Zim felt his insides heat up again. He swallowed hard as he approached you with the slab of meat.

“Y/N human!” He announced as he cleared his throat.

“What do you want, Zim- Oh god. Why do you have that slab of meat?” You groaned as you hoped it wasn’t for you.

“You have been chosen for the honor of BEING MY LOVE PIG!” Zim sang as he held up the meat.

“What?!”

“Now FEEL HONORED! An take this meat! It’s burning my hands ” Zim demanded as he shoved the meat in your face.

Dib was about to intervene but quickly realized that he didn’t need to.

“Get that out of my face! First of all, I’m already dating someone and Second, even if I wasn’t I still wouldn’t date you’re a delusional narcissist who’s too stupid to take responsibility for his actions!”  You ranted as you slapped the meat to the ground.

Dib’s eyes nearly burst out of his glasses! That rejection was so harsh that he almost felt bad for Zim.

“Now you better leave me alone or else!” You snapped as you turned on your heel and left the scene of the murder.

All Zim could do was stare at the fallen meat in shock for a moment before finally collecting himself.

“Geez, Zim that rejection was rough. I actually feel kinda bad now.” Dib admitted as he rubbed the back of his head.

“Save your sympathy, Dib-worm! I haven’t been rejected! Zim never gets rejected!” Zim denied.

“What are you talking about? Y/N literally just said-”

“ZIM NEVER GETS REJECTED! Clearly this ‘someone’ Y/N filled their sweet head with filthy LIES!” Zim interjected as he snapped a finger into Dib’s face.

“Or maybe, they’re just not interested-”

“DO NOT QUESTION ZIM! Clearly I’ll need to find this ‘someone’ and teach them a lesson” Zim’s voice morphed into a cold growl as he spoke.

After Skool, You met up with Tak at the park like you always did.

Little did you know, that Zim had followed right behind you.

“Hey, Tak.” You groaned as you sat next to her.

Zim let out a gasp but stayed hidden.

“Why do you sound so upset?” She asked sympathetically.

You paused for a moment. On one hand, you didn’t want Tak to know that Zim was hitting on you but on the other hand, you didn’t want to keep secrets from her!

You took a deep breath and decided it was best to be honest with her.

“Ok, don’t freak out but...” You swallowed hard as you looked down at the ground.

“But what?” 

“Zim kinda sorta asked me out today!” You blurted out as you squeezed your eyes shut.

“He WHAT?!” Tak screeched as she looked about ready to explode. 

“He asked me out and it made me sick to my stomach! Don’t worry I told him to fuck off!” You explained as you felt tears form in your eyes.

However, before Tak could say another word, Zim interjected.

“So it’s YOU who has been infecting my sweet Y/N with filthy lies!”Zim roared as he emerged from his hiding spot.

Both you and Tak gasped as Zim marched forward.

“Y/N! Don’t listen to her! She’s evil! She just wants to take my job!” Zim snapped as he grabbed your arm.

Tak’s eye twitched the moment Zim put his grimy hand on your arm.

It was already bad enough that Zim ruined her chances at being an invader but now he was trying to take away the only source of happiness she had?!

Without thinking, Tak let out an enraged scream and tackled Zim to the ground.

Soon the two Irkens were throwing hands!

Biting and punching ensued. All you could do was watch in horror as you watched the carnage.

Unfortunately, Zim had noticed a sprinkler that was going off and decided to throw Tak in it’s direction.

Tak let out a scream as the water not only singed her skin but glitched out her disguise.

“You see?! She was an evil alien all along- OW!” Zim was cut off by your hand colliding with his cheek.

“How dare you! I told you I was taken you asshole!” You roared as you rushed to Tak’s side.

“Tak! Tak! Are you ok?!” You wailed as you helped get her out of the water.

Tak panted as life returned to her body.

“I am now..” she panted as she caught her breath.

“Here. Use this.” You insisted as you covered her with your scarf

“Thank you, Y/N.” She heaved as you lead her away from the water.

“This isn’t over!” Tak snapped as she shot Zim a glare.