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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FAMILIAL KIND by PaintedVanilla for MartiansFromMars
Fandoms: Invader Zim
08 Jan 2026
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Zim is Irken. Celia knows this because she is Irken, too. Zim held her as a smeet. Zim is 7,000 years old, and a rebel, and he knows exactly who Celia is. He can't comment on that, though, on account of his PAK currently serving as a surveillance device for the Irken Empire. One slip, and The Hive will recognize his treason and execute him remotely.
So Zim is pretending to be a loyal Irken soldier, and on top of that he's pretending not to know that Celia is next in line for the Irken throne, and on top of that he's pretending to be a human middle schooler, and Celia is politely pretending not to know who he is, and Dib is fairly convinced that Zim is an alien, so Celia has taken it upon herself to gaslight him to hell and back about it, and Gretchen has a crush on Dib, and Keef has a crush on Zim, and Dib has a crush on Celia, and Celia is handling this remarkably well, considering she's also an alien pretending to be a human middle schooler, the major difference being she actually is twelve.
It sounds like a lot to balance, but rest assured, she does not need to get her parents involved. She is more than capable of handling it herself.
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- Part 2 of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FAMILIAL KIND
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THE LUCKY WINNERS OF SORREL'S STAR SHOW by PaintedVanilla for MartiansFromMars
Fandoms: Invader Zim
17 Apr 2025
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BROADCAST LIVE FROM RATUNE'S CAPITAL EVERY NIGHT AT THE CLOCK'S RESET! JOIN FORMER DELLMITE MILITARY COMMANDER, LAST OF HIS KIND, AS HE TAKES IN AND SENDS OUT MESSAGES THROUGH THE COSMOS!
TONIGHT, WE DECODE A MESSAGE DETECTED DEEP IN THE PRIMO QUADRANT, THE ORIGIN POINT OF THE IRKEN EMPIRE.
STAY TUNED! AS HE SCANS THE NIGHT SKY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL HEAR!
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- Part 4 of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FAMILIAL KIND
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e·piph·a·ny | /əˈpifənē/ | NOUN
>A MANIFESTATION OF A DIVINE OR SUPERNATURAL BEING.
>A MOMENT OF SUDDEN REVELATION OR INSIGHT.DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXISTENCE AND THEREFORE THEORETICAL TRUTH OF EVERY POSSIBLE FUTURE? ARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT THE RISK THAT ANY ONE OF THEM WILL BE THE FUTURE YOU FIND YOURSELF IN?
>YES. FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE.
>NO. FOR MY OWN PEACE OF MIND.Series
- Part 1 of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FAMILIAL KIND
- Part 1 of THE SHIP OF THESEUS
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The year is 2008. Scout is majoring in physics with a concentration in astronomy and a minor in computer science. Scout works at Olive Garden and has no friends. Scout is an alien. Specifically, Scout is an Irken. Since her mom died, Scout is the only Irken on Earth, at least that she knows of. She's handling the situation remarkably well, for someone who just learned how to read.
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- Part 3 of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FAMILIAL KIND
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Over the course of several hundreds of years of maintenance, if each individual piece of the Ship of Theseus is replaced, one after the other, is it still the same ship?
Celia Smith has forever patiently tolerated Dib Membrane's obsession with the paranormal, and his belief in technological innovation at all costs. But now for the big reveal: Celia is the daughter of Almighty Tallest Miyuki, the thought-to-be-dead true ruler of the Irken Throne. Now, it's time for Celia to leave Earth, a safe haven for Irken rebels, and participate in the fight against the Irken Empire.
In the wake of this reveal, and all that comes with it, Dib isn't willing to give up on two things: the opportunity to prove alien life exists, and the chance to stay with Celia. But he is blind to the agonies of the Irken Empire. As he faces the destruction of Irken culture and the devastation of trillions, he must make a choice. He can embrace the importance of culture, art, community and tradition, or he can hold fast to his own ideas about science, technology, and innovation. His decision may cost him the one thing he can't live without.
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- Part 2 of THE SHIP OF THESEUS
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PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF GREAT TRIUMPH OR UNTHINKABLE AGONY.
I will go from this place with you or I will die. I am Theseus, preparing for the Minotaur, sweet honeysuckle nectar on my lips. I must covey the totality of the circumstances, listen carefully. The pale blue dot I called my home will soon reflect no more light into my eyes. I do not want to perform this ritual, but my hand has been forced. Read the map. Not just the legend and its symbols. You are Daedalus, architect of the Labyrinth. The Minotaur is dead. The Minotaur was always going to die. Daedalus is dead. Daedalus was not supposed to die. The Minotaur has your neck pinched between its lifeless jaw. You were supposed to come home. Now I must abandon Ariadne and take my responsibilities as they come. How could this happen? What about our sunny morning at the kitchen table? What will our mother say? I must go from this place with you or I will die. You have condemned me to die.
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the bite that binds, the gift that gives by PaintedVanilla
Fandom Fight Club (1999), Fight Club - All Media Types
26 Aug 2023
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"dream me, oh dreamer down to the floor / open my hands and let them weave onto yours / feel me, completer down to my core / open my heart and let it bleed onto yours / feeding on fever down on all fours / show you what all that howling's for"
tyler unravels me, undoes my domestication, makes me ill fit for polite society. i stitch tyler up, leave him offerings, provide him a bed end to curl up on. this balancing act leaves us both frayed at the edges, fastened together, bitten and bound, fated like the lovers of valdaro.
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PS 🪐 this au has an art blog on tumblr :)
{ @irken-before-the-empire }hi hi soooooooo I am probably slipping into an invader zim phase which means obviously I have to come up with a fic/au idea to dive into show lore for reasons unknown to you or me
SO i wanted to do one concerning irkens in a time before the empire was established. before they had cloning and paks, and prehapes before a time their society changed into the hyper militaristic thing that it in canon is 👍 and how it even got there to begin with
anyway there is only really one irken OC of mine in here and that would be fir. Xim and Pak are technically OCs as well but they basically just supposed to be Zim & Tak but if they where in this era
so have fun reading (sorry my words are bad I tried - criticism is welcome but not if your just bashing on it and you don't actually offer any advice/help)
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- Part 1 of Irken Before The Empire
Bookmarked by PaintedVanilla
31 Mar 2025
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Familiar Faces by Chommi
Fandoms: Fight Club (1999), Fight Club - All Media Types, Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
26 Mar 2023
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Jack had always been a lonely kid, until one day he met his imaginary friend.
Him and his imaginary friend are inseparable until the day he meets a man who looks exactly like him.
Drama ensues
Bookmarked by PaintedVanilla
15 May 2023
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too much, too late by TheWholeEatingBreadThing
Fandoms: Fight Club (1999), Fight Club - All Media Types, Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
23 Dec 2022
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Getting hit in the face is a little bit like missing a step on the stairs. There’s this split-second point just before your brain recalibrates where you're sure your head will swing all the way back on your neck and the last thing you'll hear will be the crunch of your own spine. For this split second, you feel no pain. Your head is stuck in frame by frame, then, like someone snapped their fingers behind your eyelids, it's over, and you're reeling back, tasting blood in your mouth. Tyler says it's like adult baptism. Tyler’s full of shit.
(Tyler is real and he doesn't blow up anyone's apartment.)
Bookmarked by PaintedVanilla
15 May 2023
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Bathtub Mermaid by load_star for PaintedVanilla
Fandoms: Fight Club - All Media Types, Fight Club (1999), Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
18 Apr 2023
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Tyler and The Narrator share a cute lil moment together.
Bookmarked by PaintedVanilla
15 May 2023
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I hold Tyler’s feet while he does two hundred sit-ups.
Bookmarked by PaintedVanilla
15 May 2023