I’m probably gonna get a lot of hate on this, but I sympathize with Godot. His mental illness (age-regression, re-living trauma, overconfidence, addiction, etc.) is similar to mine and i get why people think he’s an asshole, I understand that, but i think people need to look deeper into this guy before slapping the “unsympathetic douche” status on him because he’s fucked up inside, and i’m not just talking about his being poisoned, i’m talking about the fact that he probably had a shitty childhood and covered it up with overconfidence (which is what i do, and i had a shitty childhood). I don’t usually sympathize with antagonists, but Godot is my exception. He’s redeemable. He’s not like Manfred Von Karma, who is literally a murderer and an asshole to his own kids, and literally NO ONE could be more unredeemable and unsympathetic as Kristoph Gavin. What i’m saying is, give Godot a chance, because under the assholey shell is a broken soul who’ll probably never fix itself right.
I know next to nothing about cuphead, but honestly, feel free to ship yourself with any character from any fandom. You won’t be hurting anyone by doing it. On the contrary, it can be quite fun to make self inserts or ship characters with your ocs. That stuff is awesome since you’re having fun. Feel free to show me any art or fanfictions or stuff you have about that, I’m super supportive and would love to see it!!
So lots of people love Purple and think that he is the nicer one of the
tallests but I personally prefer Red. I find it really interesting his and
Zim’s interaction. Why? Lets see some examples:
1.
Red was the one who gave his sandwich to Zim which is a
pretty big deal because the tallests seem pretty selfish about their food later
on. He probably did this because food usually calms down other irkens (like him
and Purple) while it doesnt seem to work on Zim. I mean Zim can get excited
about food fe: nachos but when he is serious he doesnt let it divide his
attention. It also seems that Zim remembered Red’s offering because he also
made sandwiches to the tallest when he wanted them to visit Earth.
2.
It was Red who planed out the whole sending Zim away to
a secret mission. It seemed that Purple didnt know what to do with the
situation and he seemed more annoyed and angry at Zim than Red. And while the
whole sending Zim away to die seems cruel it still raises some questions fe:
Why didnt the tallests just throw him out of the airlock like they did with
other irkens? or Why didnt they just send him to a trial? It seems that they or
at least Red is more careful around Zim. And this is where my third point comes
up.
3.
Red also tries to avoid confrontation with Zim. He
often lies to him and sweeten his situation up unlike Purple who outright talks
badly about him and wants to kill him
off even to his face. fe: The hobo13 episode where Purple outright called Zim
insane and was happy about the possibility to see him die while Red immediately
tried to cover up his slip.
4.
Red also shows interest about Zim’s experience on Earth
and humans. They had a pretty decent talk while Purple thought the whole thing
was ridiculous and he even asked him if they should see Zim’s progression on probing day. (Even Purple seemed confused why Red even pay attention to Zim)
5.
He also
let Zim to annoy him for three hours because he was curious how long the other
irken could last. He was angry and desperate but he didnt stop him before.
6.
I am not saying that Red doesnt enjoy torturing Zim
because he was excited about shaming him in front of other irkens and just like
Purple he likes seeing him suffer but he also seems to be more patient with
him.
7. For me Purple always seemed more cruel because he has
no problem to hurt other irkens fe: throwing them out of airlocks, throwing Sir
units at them…
8.
Both tallests seem to cause suffering to other
irkens especially smaller ones. Fe: The probing day, Bob the table drone and
Skoodge who both of them found disgusting. Red didnt even want to be close to
Skoodge. It seems being fat and dirty is a very unattractive for irkens which
is strange cause the tallests themselves can be very dirty and sloppy with
their food and I also wonder why arent they fat because they always drink or
eat and they dont even walk around. And as much they hate smaller irkens they
dont seem to care about Zim’s height anymore or at least they dont shame him
because of it. Maybe because Zim doesnt react or because he still challenge
them on their levels.
9.
Even in the show and the comics it seems that Zim has
some kind of malice towards Purple. He was the first one to die in Dib’s
imagined life and in the comics Zim said he hated the Purple character and
wished he would die. Maybe Zim is angry at Purple because his constant abuse
towards him and others or maybe because Zim and Red used to be friends but
Purple stand between them?
10.
Zim also sees Red in a different light. In the Dib wonderful life of
doom episode while he kinda let Purple to get killed he showed Red in a
very different way compared to how he normally acts. Red usually very
well collected and can keep his cool even in dangerous situation like we
saw in the backseat driver episode meanwhile his version of Red
immediately panicked and fleed from the danger and even let Purple die.
Maybe he imagine Red more emotional and cowardly because of his
behaviour towards him or maybe he knows the real Red who is scared but
just tries to keep up his strong leader facade.
11.
Red
and Zim also have lots of things in common. I mean they both like destruction
and blowing things up and they can be patient with crazier people and they can
also focuse when they need to and they both can use technology very well.
Idk for me Red lots of time treats Zim like and
older brother would treat his annoying little brother.
I also think that the tallests lots of times
arent just annoyed with Zim but they actually afraid of him. Maybe because of
their past they saw what he can do or maybe because he was and still is the
only one who can stand up against them . I just really want to know more about their past
and I hope we can see more about their smeethood in the comics.
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