A poem. I don't write these a lot. So be happy.
Because of Zim
Maybe it's because we don't have anything better to do.
After all, at the point which fanfiction
Becomes passion
Becomes obsession
We lose a part of who we are.
None of us can accurately describe why we write
Or why we have to be here
Among the others
With reviews, updates and other things
Why do we need this website?
It's because of Zim.
There's something about that little Irken
Maybe it's his ranting
Or his robot.
He marches through our minds
Commanding us to write more.
And whether it's ZaDr, RaPr, ZaGr,
Or any other acronym
We continue writing fanfiction
All because of Zim.
Jhonen Vasquez truly did something evil
Eviler than before
More disturbing than Squee and Johnny
He made a world that we can disappear
Into a void from which there is no return
Content to spend our lives writing
We develop identities in which
We become someone we want to be
Maybe we really aren't that person
But who cares?
If accomplishment can be measured
By fanatics and their whim
Then Jhonen is a genius
Because we live by Zim.
And if Zim really was out to rule
He should have used cartoons
What better way to control a mind
Than the joy of Nickelodeon?
Who knows—
Maybe it WAS Zim
Behind the scenes, manipulating us
The Armada could be waiting
For us to give the word
When we all declare we love that world
More than we love our own
We could possibly be destroyed.
All in all, Zim has succeeded.
He controls our time
We've all gone a bit insane
Fanfiction is a part of us
And we know who to blame.
So maybe, if we want to fix this.
We could cease to write.
But as our sole outlet of joy
This would be stupid.
We're trapped.
Because of Zim.