>>118629495>>118633278Eric Trueheart, who wrote for the show and writes the comic, got pissed in an interview a couple years back when someone asked him about Tak:
>http://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/2016/09/19/invader-zim-interview-eric-trueheart-warren-wucinich-and-fred-stressing-tell-it-like-it-is/>AiPT!: Eric, I’m sure you want to stick a screwdriver in the next person to ask you this, but if I don’t do it someone in the comments section will get mad at me. So, ya know. Tak. Any plans for her? Her character’s popularity is staggering, especially considering she was only in one episode (personally, I like the dynamic you’ve developed between Dib and Tak’s Ship).>Eric: I will drop only this misty nugget of mystery:>THERE ARE NO PLANS TO BRING BACK TAK, OKAY?! SO STOP ASKING!>But for the sake of all the Tak fans out there, I will add that it’s only because Jhonen thinks Tak is a great character, and he doesn’t want to bring her back simply for the sake of doing it. If — or more probably, “when” — Tak returns, he wants it to be for a story that’s as cool as she is.>I mean, hey, we could bring back Tak every four issues and turn her into the Lex Luthor of the Zim universe, but would you really want that? The answer is no, you would not. Aren’t you glad we know what you want better than you do? The answer is yes, you do. See how good this feels?That was 2016. Basically, he's so irritated that Tak's fanbase won't stop asking him about her that he's keeping her out of the book. His other reason about not wanting to dilute her presence is reasonable, but the book has been going for 4 years. 1 appearance in 4 years wouldn't have hurt her presence; at this point he's just refusing to use her because he's pissed at her fans.
If they don't want fans to ask for her anymore, MAYBE they need to stop using her ship so often and name dropping her all the time like they did all over the second season, the movie and the comics.
