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Name: Dib Membrane
Age: 12
Canon: Invader Zim (OU | including the show, movie, and comics)
Canon Point: After the end of the comics

Personality Traits: (6 - 10 core traits.)
- Excitable
- Inquisitive
- Paranoid
- Stubborn
- Hero Complex
- Cynical
- Bad at picking up on social cues
- A mix of prideful and self-loathing (has a lot of pride in his intelligence and is self-conscious about pretty much everything else)
- Resilient
- Obsessive

Fears: (4 - 6 fears.)
- Being institutionalized against his will again.
- His world being destroyed, or enslaved by the Irken Armada. Bonus points if it's somehow "his fault" or he failed to stop it.
- His Dad forever writing him off as a "crazy" disappointment.
- His intelligence or cognitive stability genuinely declining.
- Ending up like "Zib"; a version of himself who was so desperate for approval and to be the one to save his plant, that he ruined his mind and body by fusing himself with alien tech, then accidentally destroyed his own universe during a mad attempt to kill off the Irken Armada.

Values:
- Critical thinking skills
- A dark sense of humor
- Family

Hope: To save his planet, prove to his Dad that the paranormal exists, and make him proud of him.
Regret: Believing Zim and even sympathizing with him when he had a depressive spiral over his "Great Leaders" abandoning him/not believing in him. That moment of letting his guard down ended up unintentionally giving the alien Invader an advantage that almost led to the destruction of his family and the Earth.
Best Memory: Him and his family coming together to defeat Zim and stop the Earth from getting sucked into a black-hole (Florpus-hole to be more exact).
Worst Memory: The many, MANY times he died during an endless time loop that Zim unintentionally set in motion. The worst of which might just be when Zim's cute little dog/robot murdered him and cooked him into a meat pie...for the second time. (He thankfully doesn't remember the first time, though he did see photo evidence of it and heard the gruesome details about it.)

Powers:
- Had something surgically implanted in his head that makes him immune to having his memories altered by time fuckery (for example, he was stuck in a time loop and after it was implanted, he could remember everything from every following loop, while everyone else had their mind wiped every time the loop restarted).
- A genius: Not a power exactly, but he's incredibly intelligent. He's obsessed with the paranormal and has a vast knowledge of the subject. He's also particularly skilled at investigation, infiltration, and working with technology. He's able to make his own high-tech contraptions from scratch and can hack into, rework, or reverse engineer advanced alien tech.

Arrival Choice: Accept - Gives up his tongue (no one ever listens to him anyway)
Soul Weirdness?: Nope
Writing Samples: (At least 2, within the last year.)
Link 1: Top Level
Link 2: [X], [X]

Permissions | Content Warning

PLAYER

NAME: Roach
CONTACT: skittering_roach
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: EST / Medium to slow pace depending on work schedule
BRACKETS/PROSE: Usually brackets when I'm making starters, but I go with the flow when tagging out.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Need a warning for content involving internal parasites, but I can usually still deal with them so long as I know what I'm getting into.

!CONTENT WARNING!

Invader Zim was a pretty dark show as far as kids' media goes, and an even darker comic. While the show/comic is a dark comedy and most of these events were purely played for laughs, it will likely end up being played straight in RP at times.

There's a blanket warning for child endangerment, since Dib might be smart and arguably mature for his age, but he's still only 12.

Additional Content Warnings For Possible Mentions of -
Body horror, sci-fi horror, medical horror, gross out humor, child abuse, parental neglect, child death, gore, and psychological abuse/manipulation
I'll add a warning anytime these come up in a thread.

OPT-OUT: X

IN CHARACTER

PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Yes, so long as it's age appropriate. He might be amicable to it, depending on the CR he has with your character. If he's not, he'll squirm away from it.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Yes. For death or serious injury, I would like if you asked first, so we could plot it out a little.
SHIPPING: Not looking for romantic CR with Dib, but I'm very go with the flow. If our characters are around the same age and have CR leading in that direction, I might reconsider. Absolutely no ZADR or DATR. Not even one way. It makes me uncomfortable, so please just don't.
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: Feel free to read his mind, ask if you need information on what's going on in there. Ask before using mind control on him. I'm here for it, but I would like to plot that kind of thing out a bit so we're both on the same page.
MEDICAL INFORMATION: Possibly gonna add to this as I re-watch/re-read the series. Needs glasses (not sure about how bad his eyesight actually is without them), has OCD and PTSD, is allergic to dog and cat dander, and is most likely suffering from depression.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: VERY touchy about people insinuating he's "crazy". Even a more well-meaning attempt to address real problems, will likely be met with avoidance, aggression, or defensiveness.

OUT OF CHARACTER

BACKTAGGING: Yes
THREADHOPPING: Yes, but if it's for more serious threads, please ask ahead of time
FOURTHWALLING: Yes
NOT INTERESTED IN: N/A

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

VISUAL: A scrawny looking 12 year old boy. About average height for his age. Latino, with a complexion that's usually more pale, but tans very easily. Has spikey black hair and glasses with round frames. Usually wears a black trench coat, because he fancies himself akin to a noir detective. Supposedly has a big head, but that might just be the universe gaslighting him.
AURAL: Voice
OLFACTORY: Stinky pre-teen who doesn't take anywhere near as many baths as he should, because he's "too busy saving the world". Probably thinks "AXE" makes up for it. It doesn't! Force this boy to take a shower!
DEMEANOUR: Can be distant and spacy with most strangers, almost cold. But it doesn't take much for him to warm up and get talkative. Just getting him on the right subject will do it. Can still tend to be pretty spacey and borderline self-absorbed, if not intensely (uncomfortably) focused and throwing out a barrage of questions. Overall, he comes off as not very socially aware or used to extended conversations. Can also be a bit of a pretentious know-it-all at times, and doesn't have much respect for other people's time, space, or property (though, he at least tries to do better if he's called out on this).

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