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Published: 2010-06-18 03:25:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 2573; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 0
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Description Spend all your time waiting for that second chance
For the break that will make it ok
There's always some reason to feel not good enough
And it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction, oh beautiful release
Memories seep from my veins
They may be empty and weightless, and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight

In the arms of the Angels, fly away from here
From this dark, cold hotel room, and the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of an Angel; may you find some comfort here

So tired of the straight line, and everywhere you turn
There's vultures and thieves at your back
The storm keeps on twisting, you keep on building the lies
That you make up for all that you lack
It don't make no difference, escaping one last time
It's easier to believe
In this sweet madness, oh this glorious sadness
That brings me to my knees

In the arms of the Angels, far away from here
From this dark, cold hotel room, and the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie
In the arms of an Angel; may you find some comfort here


Zim and Mala's theme!! (However, it really suited this moment in a role play.)

You may be asking yourself, "why on EARTH is GIR an angel? Did he die?!".......Yes, yes, he did die. Hoo boy, get ready for a long explanation.

In my fic, GIR contracts a bad computer virus - that's all I'm saying about that part. With many of my GIR-and-Zim-angst lovin' friends, I've done this particular RP where GIR gets deathly ill with a foreign and terminal computer virus that is basically the earth equivelant to cancer. In every RP, he pulled through in the end. Either, Zim would find the cure, fix it before it reached the fatal third stage, or simply put GIR's memories into a new SIR's body. However, both my friend and me were in a sad RP mood. We made it, that GIR did not survive the computer virus.
With continuous gentle words of comfort, Dib manages to convince Zim that "if he really loves GIR, he shouldn't let him suffer through any more days of pain." Rather than futilely try to find a cure, Zim heeds to Dib's advice and brokenly shuts the ill robot down; GIR's last words being "I....love.......you.....D.........danem", before passing away.
A broken hearted Zim is in his bed later that night, trying to find a way to fall asleep, when sudenly, two figures appear at the end of his bed: his late mother, Mala, and GIR.
After hugging the life out of GIR, Zim curls up into his Mameen's arms, like he never thought he'd do again.

(The RP is not done yet.)

(So yeah, that sums it up. Let me just say, I did NOT have fun doing this picture. I did at first, but soon it became so damn complicated. X__X I made a huge mistake in one of the layers that left me to manually color EVERYTHING, rather than use the fill tool. Not to mention that the sparkles and mist were done manually - without using special brush packages! The whole thing took 6 hours)

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Zim, GIR (c) JV

Mala (c) Me
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Comments: 169

scarletfan1 In reply to ??? [2010-06-18 04:52:44 +0000 UTC]

really

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 05:01:13 +0000 UTC]

Yep.

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 05:09:20 +0000 UTC]

cool
can't wait to see who wins the Taila contest of ours

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 05:11:36 +0000 UTC]

Oh, me toooo!

Did you enter I forget..

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 05:14:12 +0000 UTC]

no i didn't enter

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 05:25:49 +0000 UTC]

AW, you still have time

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 05:29:10 +0000 UTC]

nah i'm no good in drawing detailed clothes anyway

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 05:31:28 +0000 UTC]

Aww, you should try it.

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 05:56:09 +0000 UTC]

i think i'll draw her in Mexican clothing

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 18:34:04 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Two days left!

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 22:00:33 +0000 UTC]

she is done ^^
wanna see?

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 22:06:44 +0000 UTC]

YES!! Send it to the contest folder

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 22:07:42 +0000 UTC]

already did ^^

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 22:13:39 +0000 UTC]

Great. Judging will be in two days!

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 22:14:55 +0000 UTC]

awsome ^^

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 18:42:54 +0000 UTC]


i'm almost done with coloring her
i like the way she turned out but...

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 18:43:18 +0000 UTC]

But what?

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 18:47:40 +0000 UTC]

i messed up on her appearence

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 18:53:26 +0000 UTC]

Daw...

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 18:54:22 +0000 UTC]

yeah...but her clothes are nice and colorful!

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 05:33:23 +0000 UTC]

maybe...hmm let's see what nations have already been picked *looks at etries*

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 18:37:56 +0000 UTC]

Hawaii, Canada, England, Scottland..

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 18:43:15 +0000 UTC]

i pick Mexico

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 18:44:58 +0000 UTC]

Great! You can draw her with those....rattle things. Maracas

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 18:47:00 +0000 UTC]

of course!
i never pass up a chance to draw maracas
i also gave her a sumbero ^^

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 18:53:20 +0000 UTC]

Yay!

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 18:55:01 +0000 UTC]

i should be able to post it today

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gembutterfly In reply to scarletfan1 [2010-06-18 19:05:35 +0000 UTC]

Can't wait!

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scarletfan1 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 19:10:34 +0000 UTC]

okay ^^

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rebemci In reply to ??? [2010-06-18 04:12:41 +0000 UTC]

thats so sweet

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gembutterfly In reply to rebemci [2010-06-18 04:14:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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rebemci In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 04:18:34 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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Vee-Ro In reply to ??? [2010-06-18 03:46:12 +0000 UTC]

Just looking at this picture has me crying again.... I'm choking out laughter cause GIR is just so adorable.... but gosh the situation is just so sad.

You are so good at the layering... I honestly could not have done anything CLOSE to this. I'm so glad I didn't either, and ruin the moment for myself... you did an infinity x a thousand times better than outstanding...

Just... the whole picture was so well done... and everything the characters are doing... their stances... it's just perfect.

You're amazing Cryssy, you know that. I hope you know that, and I hope you never forget it.

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gembutterfly In reply to Vee-Ro [2010-06-18 03:48:38 +0000 UTC]

Let me tell you, photoshop takes years and years to master. I'm still just a rookie, and I've been using this for five years. Layering is something I only learned two years ago, makes things so easy. Opacity is something I've learned just this year. ^^ Takes a lot to improve.

And you are just the sweetest, I hope you never forget that!

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Sierra627 In reply to ??? [2010-06-18 03:34:38 +0000 UTC]

hehe...I recognized what we did in our RP in your artist's comments XD

Still, that is sooo sad that Gir died

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gembutterfly In reply to Sierra627 [2010-06-18 03:36:34 +0000 UTC]

XD, so far I've done a robo posis RP with tree people

I know... Zim lost his best friend...

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Sierra627 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 03:53:11 +0000 UTC]

Poor Zim

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gembutterfly In reply to Sierra627 [2010-06-18 05:11:53 +0000 UTC]

YEp.

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Sierra627 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 19:09:39 +0000 UTC]

*huggles Zim*

That song is beautiful, but soo sad

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gembutterfly In reply to Sierra627 [2010-06-18 19:12:38 +0000 UTC]

Zim: EWWW, a hyuman is touching meee!!

It suits Zim and Mala.

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Sierra627 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 19:17:00 +0000 UTC]

it does ^^

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gembutterfly In reply to Sierra627 [2010-06-18 19:21:30 +0000 UTC]

How are you?

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Sierra627 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 19:24:00 +0000 UTC]

eh....my grandma's having a yard sale right now. She wanted me to keep some of my college stuff downstairs for the summer...I go outside and find my lamp, jewelry box and invader zim magnets out on a table. That I use at college. I saved them all.

After that I was like "I need a drink", so I had some Mike's Hard Lemonade lol

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gembutterfly In reply to Sierra627 [2010-06-18 19:33:03 +0000 UTC]

You're selling your Invader Zim stuff??

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Sierra627 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 19:42:42 +0000 UTC]

No, my Zim magnets were in a box downstairs with some college stuff (lamp, bookends, jewelry box). I was keeping that stuff downstairs so my livingroom wouldn't be so cluttered. Grandma forgot it was college stuff in that box, so she put it all outside.

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gembutterfly In reply to Sierra627 [2010-06-18 19:44:03 +0000 UTC]

LOL, could have gotten sold!

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Sierra627 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 19:46:06 +0000 UTC]

I know! I was pissed that they were out there!

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gembutterfly In reply to Sierra627 [2010-06-18 19:46:40 +0000 UTC]

LOL, she didn't know

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Sierra627 In reply to gembutterfly [2010-06-18 19:54:34 +0000 UTC]

...she is so friggin irritating...

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gembutterfly In reply to Sierra627 [2010-06-18 19:57:49 +0000 UTC]

Not more than mine!

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