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Author has written 49 stories for Invader Zim. From time to time I hear I'm too harsh on Gaz, or I exaggerate Gaz, or I this Gaz or I that Gaz, or OH! this one this one... I take Gaz "too seriously." I can only wonder whether the countless multitudes who draw and write her completely annihilating Dib over a tin of soda, a scrap of pizza or a handful of cereal ever hear that THEY'RE taking her too seriously. All people ever seem to get from all this is that I hate Gaz. Okay, guilty as charged, Your Honors... but there is a great deal more to it than that. When I first got into this fandom, I kept finding fic after fic in which Gaz savagely brutalizes Dib over trifles... after which he acts as if she a) deserves or b) even needs, to be. "Protected." Adding my own angle on this howling absurdity was the only way I could keep my fist out of the screen. The Gaz in my work is what other fans have already warped her into. God as my witness, I cannot see one single whit of difference between the way I write Gaz and the way just about every single other person here writes Gaz. Yes, I fully realize Gaz is nowhere near this bad in canon. I am also fully aware that canon Dib is far from blameless. Their personalities clash so badly that they constantly rub each other the wrong way just by being themselves. Dib loves to talk as much as Gaz hates to listen. Where control is important to Gaz, Dib concludes, "What's yours is mine if I want to borrow it." As well, for all the threats Gaz so freely uttered to both Dib and Zim throughout "The Wettening," the worst thing she actually did in that episode was draw a monster eating Dib. She MAY have dropped the water balloon on him at the end with aggressive intent, OR she may have done it to revive him, because as soon as it breaks over him he snaps out of his stupor. "NanoZim" is similarly ambiguous. MAYBE Gaz thought it was just another video game, or MAYBE Gaz realized the danger he was in. Constructing both Mexican standoffs and elegant, brain-teasing "ally or enemy" ambiguities involving these two would be quite the writer's exercise, but is that what we see? No. What we DO see is Gaz hammering Dib into the floor time and time and (yawn) time again over soda/pizza/cereal. cuz liek zomfg taht awy itis wya teh funyer oer sumthign11! lolololol;o;poo It appears some even take Gaz as some sort of poster girl for the women's movement. Oh, PUH-lease. Do NOT make me laugh my ass off. Gaz and all her ilk actually UNDERMINE feminism. It's not enough to just have power; one must use it wisely, meaning only when necessary and only as far as one needs to. Gaz abuses not just Dib, but her own power as well, by exploiting her temper and stubbornness to serve only herself. Women and girls who act like her only justify the most repressive things the worst male chauvinists could ever say. "Women and girls who act like her"? YES. See "Scars to Remember" written by Dib's Kat. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1911148/1/Scars_to_Remember In Chapter 3, Gaz snarls, "Dib, get off the phone before I threaten your manhood." CHARRRRRRRRRMING. Then, a reviewer for that chapter actually posted that she would be trying that one on her OWN brother. "Only in cartoons"? Really. Don't some people only wish. This is the very opposite of peace between the sexes; it merely perpetuates the animosity and tension. I hate to speculate on how many Gaz fans may be doing similar things IRL without admitting it. Hitting someone who is forbidden to hit you back is no braver than hitting someone who is UNABLE to hit you back. Dib being older, and a boy at that, is expected to "defend" himself against this physical abuse somehow. Uh, how exactly is he supposed to do this? He can't very well raise a hand against her, that's for sure. The other characters would hate him (more), the viewers would hate him (more), and the fragile little wisp everybody is falling over themselves to protect would slaughter him. For my part, I wonder why so many viewers (including a few who would DARE call themselves Dib fans!) cannot get enough of Gaz savaging him in ways canon never even comes close to, and for no apparent reason whatsoever beyond sheer sadism. Okay, I've had some pretty awful things happen to Gaz, but at least I'm not trying to claim they're "funny" somehow. Even canon Gaz can go completely overboard with her infantile obsession with "Revenge!" putting Dib through endless hell over one miserable scrap of pizza as she did in "Battle Dib." Psst... the further Gaz's revenge goes beyond the original injury, the more injustice she herself is creating. People actually admire Gaz's brutishness and vindictiveness and confuse them with being "cool." When did these loathsome traits suddenly become anything to admire or applaud? How would you react to Dib if it was HIM swaggering around bashing HER brains out over a few scraps of pizza? Somehow, I do not think "cool" is the first word that would come to anyone's mind. Gaz's overweening zest for "PUNISHING" Dib leads me to wonder if she can take it quite as well as she can dish it out. Almost nobody ever writes this happening. In contrast, how many fics... to say nothing of episodes... end by punishing Dib many many many times over? Very shortly after I got into this fandom, I started speaking up about this because I figured that if I waited for anybody else to do so, I would have one very long wait indeed. I still seem to be largely (though not quite completely) alone in this. If more people here got it about Gaz... that savaging her own brother over NOTHING! and then getting to hide behind behind the edict that Boys Don't Hit Girls makes her not any kind of "cool" or "admirable," but the lowest kind of a coward... then I could take down all these banners and give everyone a rest once in a while. Check this out; IT'S AMAZING!: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/42773041/ It's an illustration for "Puppy Love" done by Victoria Hughes. (Thanks again!!) Oh, and I've got a page there too... http://dibsthe1.deviantart.com/ I don't usually do this, but I'm happy to make an exception here: -Slash is the descent into no longer being taken seriously as a fandom. Post this in your profile if you agree. | |||||
1. Gaz's Prom reviewsJust in time for prom season! Every girl dreams of The Perfect Prom... even Gaz...Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,750 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 4-18-10 - Gaz & Dib - Complete2. Mistletoe reviewsShortly before Christmas, the ancient Druid custom is revived in Ms. Bitters's classroom.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,763 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 12-19-09 - Dib & Zim - Complete3. To Hell With Gaz » reviewsWhen Gaz dies, where will she go? Suggested by Zim'sMostLoyalServant.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Horror/Humor - Chapters: 7 - Words: 11,105 - Reviews: 54 - Updated: 10-29-09 - Published: 9-20-09 - Gaz - Complete4. Cancer reviewsDiagnosed with cancer, Dib weighs his options. Yes. I was in just THAT black a mood.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,087 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 9-20-09 - Dib - Complete5. Dib's Luck reviewsDib has to catch a plane, but it isn't easy. Will he make his flight? Some naughty wordies.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,014 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 4-16-09 - Dib - Complete6. Gaz's Nightmare reviewsGaz herself is plunged into a nightmare world, a ghastly, unspeakable horror that in her waking life she is unable to even imagine.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,120 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 4-16-09 - Gaz - Complete7. Warm Fuzzies, Too reviewsAnother fluffy, gooey, heartwarming, sweet little family moment at the Membrane household! Membrane doesn't hit anybody this time, I promise. Really. Heavy sarcasm alert, though.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,225 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 4-16-09 - Complete8. The Cake Is A Lie reviewsAfter a lifetime of mastering video games while meting out horrible doom to anyone who rubs her the wrong way, Gaz gets her reward.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,767 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 1-18-09 - Gaz - Complete9. Stille Nacht reviewsThe title is German for "Silent Night," but the rest of this fic is definitely in English. As Dib prepares to throw a snowball at Zim, he remembers something which Darkbootie told him happened one Christmas during World War One.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,168 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 12-20-08 - Dib & Zim - Complete10. Christmas Day Warm Fuzzies reviewsA somewhat estranged relative comes to spend Christmas Day with Gaz and her father. Another warm fuzzy Christmas family moment!Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 737 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 12-20-08 - Gaz & Prof. Membrane - Complete11. Christmas Eve Warm Fuzzies reviewsGaz is feeling lonely on Christmas Eve until someone steps in with the remedy. A warm fuzzy Christmas family moment!Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,317 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 12-20-08 - Dib & Gaz - Complete12. What Really Happened: Game reviewsYes. Another Gaz one. I knew I was going to do another one of these! I just wasn't sure what the situation would be.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 837 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 10-6-08 - Dib & Gaz - Complete13. Jump reviewsDib sits on a rooftop looking up at the stars. However, some passersby believe he went up to the roof for a completely different reason.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,912 - Reviews: 22 - Published: 10-6-08 - Dib - Complete14. The End of the World » reviewsThe world ends. Request by ZimsMostLoyalServant. NOTE: If you think I've been writing too much Gaz lately, you can just read Chapter One; it's 97% Gaz free!Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,070 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 7-24-08 - Dib & Gaz - Complete15. Baby Gazzee » reviewsGaz reveals her emotional age. Now she has a babysitter... TAK! Guest hosts: the Mythbusters! Special request by ManosHands. NOTE: If you think I've been writing too much Gaz lately, you're going to want to skip this one.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 7 - Words: 13,014 - Reviews: 43 - Updated: 7-23-08 - Published: 7-17-08 - Dib & Gaz - Complete16. Double Attack reviewsDib enters a chess tournament, but none of his classmates care. Will anybody show up to encourage him? . . . Read author's notes please and thank you. I have a question.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,135 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 7-10-08 - Dib & Zim - Complete17. Karma Circle 09: And They Called It Love reviewsWhat happens when the recipient of constant abuse keeps hearing that it means "love"? I got the idea for this months ago, but I've been saving it for a special occasion.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 545 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 7-6-08 - Dib & Gaz - Complete18. Warm Fuzzies reviewsHere's the reason Dib keeps treating Gaz so much better than she treats him. NOT literally. Grab your hankies; you never knew I could be such a softie after all. I made just TWO little changes, and they're so tiny, I bet you'll never even notice them. AUInvader Zim - Rated: T - English - Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,486 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 4-1-08 - Complete19. Working It Off reviewsAdult Gaz is having a bad day... a bad day for Gaz that is. How is she going to work off the bad mood she's in?Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,412 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 3-18-08 - Gaz - Complete20. Witch Hunt » reviewsHistorical AU. One age's crackpot is another age's saviour. Hath the jury reacheth a verdict? COMPLETE. WARNING: Character Death.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 4,186 - Reviews: 29 - Updated: 9-8-07 - Published: 7-25-07 - Dib & Gaz - Complete21. Karma Circle 08: Committed reviewsGaz tells a psychiatrist about all the ways Dib bugs her.Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,342 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 5-24-07 - Dib & Gaz - Complete22. Gay Pride reviewsDib comes out as gay and goes to his first ever Gay Pride parade. Believing homosexuality is the fastest way to destroy human civilization, Zim heads for the very same parade. Yes, this IS a joke... APRIL FOOLS!Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,148 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 4-1-07 - Dib & Zim - Complete23. Karma Circle 07: Heard Through the Wall reviewsA near fatal attack by Zim puts Dib in the hospital. He tries to tell everyone who did it... but yet again who do you think will believe him? Crossover with St. Elsewhere... 80s medical drama, granddaddy of ER. Would make ER look like a walk in clinic.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,345 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 2-7-07 - Dib & Gaz - Complete24. We Don't Sell Dib Stuff reviewsThe other night on dA I typed the words, N!ck doesn't sell Dib stuff, one more time and finally saw them differently. I started writing, and the next thing I knew, I had this...Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,006 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 1-31-07 - Dib - Complete25. Scratch My Back And » reviewsDib tries to strike a deal... any kind of deal... with Gaz, but will settle for keeping the earth safe. Finally completed.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 8 - Words: 22,732 - Reviews: 58 - Updated: 5-22-06 - Published: 6-3-05 - Dib & Gaz - Complete26. Karma Circle 06: The Fingerprint of God reviewsProfessor Membrane sees convincing proof of the Higher Power that he never believed existed.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,541 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 5-18-06 - Dib & Prof. Membrane - Complete27. Karma Circle 05: A Long Tall Drink of Salt Water reviewsIn GTOP, it seemed as if Gaz's thirst for revenge would never be satisfied. But what happened after the events of this episode?Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 911 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 5-14-06 - Dib & Gaz - Complete28. The Professor's Lab reviewsWhat does Dib and Gaz's father do down there all the time? AU. Very AU.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Angst/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,428 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 5-7-06 - Dib & Prof. Membrane - Complete29. Retribution reviewsWhen Gaz finally learns to make the punishment fit the crime without going any farther, there's something else that she figures has to be repaid. Gaz's POV. One shot.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,476 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 5-2-06 - Gaz - Complete30. Puppy Love » reviewsSay, what did happen to the puppy Dib and Gaz used to have? Final chapter up.Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 12,907 - Reviews: 43 - Updated: 4-15-06 - Published: 1-1-06 - Dib & Gaz - Complete31. A Perfectly Normal Prank reviewsTo prove how normal he is, Zim plays a prank on Ms. Bitters... but Dib is watching. Can Dib stop Zim without getting caught himself?Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,246 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 4-13-06 - Dib & Zim - Complete32. Walls reviewsWhile trying to figure out what to do in Gaz Taster of Pork, Dib sits in a MacMeaties and is joined by a hungry hobo. Addresses the question of whether Dib. Loves. Her.Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,038 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 4-6-06 - Dib - Complete33. Future Dib reviewsDrabble. No connection whatsoever to the episode of the same name. How the world of the future looks back at Dib. One Shot. Rated for some controversial content.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,074 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 3-16-06 - Dib - Complete34. Registered Alien reviewsDib finally finds a government agency that believes in aliens. To those who've been missing Zim, he's in this one!Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,743 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 1-15-06 - Dib & Zim - Complete35. Memo to Jhonen reviewsOne shot glimpse into a boardroom. Rated for safety. I got the idea for it while exchanging a few thoughts with a dA correspondent. CrystalMew, this one's for you!Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,555 - Reviews: 23 - Published: 1-5-06 - Complete36. What Really Happened: Cereal reviewsDrabble. What would have happened that time Gaz ate the last of the cereal and Dib called her on it. Finally, at long last, Dib and Gaz as they REALLY are.Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 962 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 1-1-06 - Dib & Gaz - Complete37. Believe REVISED reviewsEverybody calls Dib crazy for what he believes, but is what they believe any less insane? Very brief.Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 130 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 12-7-05 - Dib & Gaz - Complete38. Karma Circle 04: Auntie Gravity reviewsAfter the wake of Dib and Gaz's mother, a relative on their father's side of the family drops by for a visit. Some violence, but in flashback only. Original character.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,635 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 11-26-05 - Dib & Gaz - Complete39. Karma Circle 03: Older Brother, Younger Sister reviewsA tale of justice and retribution, inspired by a folk tale from... yeah, Korea! How'd you know?Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,266 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 9-9-0540. Karma Circle 02: The Changeling » reviewsDib becomes convinced that he is actually the offspring of babyswitching trolls, and tries to return to his rightful family.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 5,831 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 7-26-05 - Dib & Gaz - Complete41. What Makes the World Go Around? » reviewsA few selected characters ponder the question of what makes the world go around. DIB! COMPLETE!Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 6 - Words: 4,882 - Reviews: 35 - Updated: 7-10-05 - Published: 6-3-05 - Complete42. Karma Circle 01: Hell on Earth reviewsAn angle as badly needed as it is sadly underused. On a broiling hot summer day, genuine justice finally DOES does arrive in a most unexpected form. Not character death exactly, more like character disappearance.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,418 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 7-6-05 - Dib & Gaz - Complete43. Perpetual Emotion » reviewsDib and Gaz are at cross purposes. Much Dib and Gaz angst but Zim lightens things up. Warning: Violence and two brief scenes of animal suffering.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 10,258 - Reviews: 21 - Updated: 2-26-05 - Published: 2-21-05 - Dib & Zim - Complete44. Dib's Christmas List reviewsCooling down after another frustrating incident with Zim, Dib makes up his ideal Christmas wish lists. Checking it twice... references, but nope, no actual violence in this one!Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,288 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 12-23-04 - Dib - Complete45. Can You Picture This? » reviewsSomething to tide you over until I figure out where to go from here. Dib takes photographs of Zim and shows them to the powers that be. Still less violence again. And... well, a very different kind of ending!Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 11,778 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 12-23-04 - Published: 11-19-04 - Dib & Zim - Complete46. The Day Before the Nightmare » reviewsThe last day before Zim and Gir arrive. Lotsa Membrane family stuff.Invader Zim - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 3 - Words: 7,203 - Reviews: 22 - Published: 10-29-04 - Dib & Gaz - Complete47. Dib Believes in Ghosts » reviewsLong before Zim's arrival, Dib finds a book on how to conduct a seance and tries to find someone else who is interested.Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 4 - Words: 5,739 - Reviews: 19 - Updated: 10-22-04 - Published: 8-30-04 - Dib - Complete48. Enough to Wake the Dead REPOST » reviewsREVISED and REPOSTED! Ms. Membrane dies, leaving two young children, Dib and Gaz. Thank you all for the feedback... it is MUCH appreciated!Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 5,876 - Reviews: 22 - Published: 10-16-04 - Dib & Gaz - Complete49. And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon reviewsWhile it may not have seemed so at the time, this was to be the last happy day in the Membrane household. Dib is three Gaz is two. Ms. Membrane's POV.Invader Zim - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,351 - Reviews: 27 - Published: 9-22-04 - Dib & Gaz - Complete
