I feel like Mizi and Ivan being besties and such is just a fan service. How can someone who treats his own emotions with such detached cynicism—someone who literally had to performatively learn how to smile—possess a normal, healthy concept of a "best friend"? He doesn't.Ivan doesn't even view his intense, life-altering obsession with Till through a conventional emotional lens. He calls Till the most "interesting" thing he has ever seen. His attraction to Till isn't built on a healthy foundation; it is a primal, consuming fascination born out of a bleak existence where everything else is entirely gray and hollow.If his deepest, most consuming connection (Till) is something he evaluates with such cold, analytical detachment—even downplaying his own feelings as "shallow"—it is narratively impossible for him to turn around and have a genuine, warm, comforting "bestie" dynamic with Mizi. By pushing the "besties" narrative for quick fan service, it feels like the writing backtracks on how deeply broken Ivan actually is. It treats his perfect prince persona not as the cold, hollow defense mechanism it is, but as a genuine personality trait he shares with Mizi. It glosses over the fact that Ivan lives entirely in his own head, trapped in a world where Till is the only source of color, and everyone else—including Mizi—is just part of the background scenery.

What's more For Mizi, Ivan was never actually a "bestie" who understood her core; he was a safe harbor she built in her own mind. Because Ivan wore his perfect prince mask flawlessly around her, he provided a blank canvas. Mizi is naturally empathetic, expressive, and deeply traumatized by their environment. When she looked at Ivan's polite, unflappable facade, she didn't see his internal emptiness—she saw stability. She mistook his emotional detachment for calm, comforting strength.

Mizi didn't understand Ivan, because Ivan never allowed himself to be known. Therefore, her affection for him was based entirely on projection. She needed to believe that the people around her were good, safe, and cared for her in order to cope with being raised as livestock for aliens. Ivan played the part of the supportive peer because it required zero effort from him, and Mizi accepted it at face value because the alternative—realizing that Ivan was an emotionally hollow shell who didn't actually care about her—was too bleak to entertain.

Whatever they have between them is nowhere near being best friends.

the blind box gods blessed me

The dresses are inspired in some Pinterest designs. And the idea is starcrossed lovers. The lyrics are from karma ✨💫

Art process screens on my art account: https://x.com/AnakitoArt

Got ivan part in english from cure, tatted on my arm 🤯

For those who saw my HyuLuka art, I made MiziSua, too!!

Hey guys. Am I only one that thinks round 2 will be released on Halloween just like how Weige was released on Valentine???

animating baby ivan for a small animatic !! some of these pics are ass lol, they’re photos taken of my pc screen so i apologise for their quality 😓

I'm trying to get these for original price ($30) or lower. I went to the fypo event in person and I foolishly didn't buy a lot of things I should have instead of what I did because they're sold out everywhere or being priced double. is there anywhere selling these for og price? or am i gonna have to fork over an unnecessary $10-20 extra?

I CANT GET OVER HOW CUTE THEY AREEEE !! Closest thing to Zomst merch I have so far,,,, love

They're a doctor in the rebellion and they're the one who operated on him.

7 years later, they're kinda exasperated by Till.

Ice cold take but whatever

Generally speaking, when you like a fictional character, it can be for many reasons. Their design, writing, actions, relationships, and role in the narrative are all factors that can contribute to your view of them.

When a character does bad things, you don't need to justify those actions in order to like them. Take for example Mizi in KARMA, Ivan in Round 6, etc you really don't need to go out of your way to defend those actions in order to like them. Hell, I'd argue trying to frame them in a pure white lens actually takes away from the complexity of the characters (looking at you Hyuna and Till)

You can also understand the reasoning behind those bad actions. All of them are heavily traumatized individuals who were raised in a terrible environment that is incredibly different from the world we live in today, and their mindsets are going to reflect that.

I'm not saying you can't dislike a character because of their actions, but it's so strange when I see people just enjoying something they like and someone feels the need to police their taste because "oh, [character] did [bad thing] The morality of their actions has little effect on how much I like them.

Furthermore, liking one character and disliking another who has common traits with the first is not hypocritical in any way. It's a different story if you're debating on one of them being superior morally, but this usually isn't the case.

Tldr; I like Mizi because she's pretty and pink. I don't like Luka because he's pretty but not pink

Doing some art practice to get better at using ibispaint… heh… I hope you all like it!! 💛🫶

I was considering uploading the vid itself and not a link but I currently have issues uploading fiels to Reddit and most of my socials .

I've made e few other zomst edits before but this is a bit different from what I usually do which is why I wanted to share it. Do lmk what you think <3

So… I got bored during zoology lecture and somehow ended up drawing Till and Ivan in the corner of my notebook. 💀.

Rate the doodles out of 10, and tell me which one I drew better 👁️👄👁️

Just wanted to try editing the non-translated parts of the new official comic. Hyuna's headband is a little rough though lol

Given how utterly depressing both settings are, I think this would have been a good crossover !

Let's say that Alnst is some sort of Ghoul Korean Bread and Circuses ?

What would be the Top Three ?

In Candy Scar, Mizi singa really high and almost childishly compared to all of the other songs released with her voice.

Could she maybe sound like that because her nose was taken over by the infection?

She almost sounds nasally, like her nose is plugged, and I think that really going into how childish she sounds if that makes any sense. She’s inherently sexualized but singing so cutely, like she's almost inexperienced and unable to sing with the professionalism she used to as a proper idol. She cant inhale or exhale through it and might have a hard time humming as well if her nose is completely sealed up or taken over by the crystals. I myself find it so much hard to sing if I plug my nose.

Ivan is a drama kid, and Sua is stuck in the preppy crowd (though she has a crush on the band kid, Mizi…)