Cryptids, Emotions, And The Possible End of The World

Cryptids, Emotions, And The Possible End of The World (abbreviated as CEATPEOTW and sometimes called the Paklet AU) is the title of an Invader Zim fanfic series on Archive of Our Own by BamSara. The series began on December 6, 2019, with the work The Trees Have Seen You Savage, which was immensely popular. As of May 2022 it has five main works and two spin-offs. The series is still ongoing, however in Nov 2022 Bamsara expressed a reluctance to finish the series due to "oversexualization" of their work and the pressure to finish.Idk some folks and fandom people have put me off from it, Tumblr. Nov 25, 2022 (Accessed 11/25/2022)
BamSara created an FAQ for the series in 2021.Paklet AU (Cryptid, Emotions And The Possible End of the World: An Invader Zim AU on A03), Tumblr. Jul 1, 2021 (Accessed 5/1/2022)
==Works in the Series==
* The Trees Have Seen You Savage: Dec 6, 2019 - Jan 6, 2020. 24,804 words, 2,900+ kudos
* False Reflections: Jan 24, 2020 - Mar 23, 2020. 40,634 words, 2,700+ kudos
* Spacedust & Nightlights: Apr 10, 2020 - Apr 20, 2020. 16,437 words, 2,100+ kudos
* Stars Rival The Seas: May 11, 2020 - Jul 1, 2020. 34,767 words, 2,100+ kudos
* Galaxy Days: Jul 19, 2020 - ongoing. 71,858+ words, 2,900+ kudos
* Blood Pak: Oct 29, 2021 - ongoing. 20,402+ words, 900+ kudos
* In Which Shenanigans Happen: Feb 8, 2022 - ongoing. 13,796+ words, 600+ kudos
==Plot==
CEATPEOTW is a slow burn, queerplatonic, Invader Zim/Dib Membrane Cryptid AU. It's works are written as slice of life novellas (except for Galaxy Days, which is novel length) in which Zim and Dib hunt or encounter cryptids, and shenanigans ensue accordingly. The results are often angst, hurt/comfort, and fluff.
The Trees Have Seen You Savage starts the series with Dib hunting down a cryptid in the forest, and after he discovers Zim has followed him, the two bicker in the woods. Eventually they find a ghoul, and she chases them through the forest. Dib gets gored and Zim carries him to a hospital, saving his life in the nick of time. Zim becomes traumatized over the event and it causes him to become more protective over where Dib is and what he is doing, least he get himself killed.
In False Reflections, Dib plans on traveling a great distance to France to hunt ghosts. He convinces Zim to allow him to uses his spaceship, which Zim agrees to only if he is the one flying it. In an underground bunker they encounter the ghost, which infects Zim's Pak and causes him to hallucinate. In his out-of-mind state, he tries to kill Dib. Dib is able to snap him out of it by dripping holy water into his Pak. Afterwards, they recoup by eating breakfast together, and Zim shows signs of emotional trauma. 
In Spacedust & Nightlights, Zim takes a sleep deprived Dib into space under the impression Zim needed to get supplies. In reality, Zim was collecting materials to make Dib a nightlight to help him sleep.
Stars Rival The Seas introduces Gaz as a more frequent character. Dib, Zim, Gaz, and Gir go on a road trip to search for a mermaid. Dib nearly gets killed when the mermaid turns out the be a siren, and Zim has to save him, despite being allergic to the water.
Galaxy Days, the longest addition to the series, expands the AU immensely. After upgrading is spaceship to accommodate two people- particularly to accommodate a human- Zim and Dib fly into space to explore. Zim shows Dib around some planets he had been on before. A simple space-vacation ends up in more dangerous escapades than they expected, with other mysterious aliens trying to capture Zim and believing Dib was his slave. 
Blood Pak is a vampire AU spin-off of the series, in which Zim is an alien and a vampire.
In Which Shenanigans Happen is a 100 drabble prompt conglomerate, set in the same universe between other events.
==Reception==
Cryptids, Emotions, And The Possible End of The World received a large positive reception in the Invader Zim fandom, it's stats surpassing older stories from between 2012-2018 on AO3 in way of kudos. In the Invader Zim category, filtering by just kudos, The Trees Have Seen You Savage is the second most kudoed IZ fanfic as of May 2022. Galaxy Days, the fifth part in the series, is the third most kudoed. False Reflections, the second part in the series, is the fifth most kudoed. Stars Rival The Seas, the fourth part in the series, is the 8th most kudoed. Spacedust & Nightlights, the third part in the series, is the ninth most kudoed. The only pieces in the series not on the front page of Invader Zim kudos are the two spin-off pieces, Blood Pak, and In Which Shenanigans Happen.
CEATPEOTW became popular on Tumblr, likely due to it's author, BamSara, being extremely active on Tumblr and posting doodles related to the series almost daily. "CEATPEOTW" is it's own Tumblr tag and contains fanart for the series. CEATPEOTW has also inspired animatics on YouTube.
Later in the series Bamsara introduces original characters, both canon alien species from IZ as well as original alien species OCs. Fans have made fanart of BamSara's original characters, including their character Stitch, though Stitch is only a minor character. Stitch was later also included in their other fanfiction as a human, Solar Lunacy.
CEATPEOTW has a TV Tropes page.Fanfic / Cryptids Emotions And The Possible End Of The World, TV Tropes. (Accessed 5/4/2022)
===Comments===
====On Archive of Our Own====
====On Other Social Media====
==Fanworks==
===Gallery===
*so i read @bamsara’s fic., Buzzfeed Unsolved meme
*Sketchy drawing of what i thought Mustard looked like
*BASED ON @BAMSARA’S PAKLET AU SERIES, OR CEATPEOTW
*@bamsara ‘s new chapter be like
*He Left You Behind, You Know
===Inspired Fanfiction===
*Witness, inspired by The Trees Have Seen You Savage
*Woe Betide Flu, inspired by Galaxy Days
*Late night cup of joy, inspired by Bamsara's ZADR/F content
===Videos===
*by jupitertheegg
*falling for u || invader zim || zadr animatic
*Invader Zim animatic // Dream Sweet in Sea Major // CEPEW
*running up that hill [iz animatic]
*b t s t u || Invader Zim AU
*The Trees Have Seen you Savage
==References==
Category:Invader Zim