#i like to think he'd hoard dangerous magical artifacts and breathe sparkly pink fire that leaves a painful chemical burn

[invadergrabass]

needed to draw zim as a little creature

[emeraldspiral]

#i like to think he'd hoard dangerous magical artifacts and breathe sparkly pink fire that leaves a painful chemical burn

Yes to this, but I also feel like all Irken dragons are known for hoarding snacks, while Zim specifically also hoards dangerous artifacts. Or at least he’s constantly trying to find artifacts and hoarding books and maps and ancient scrolls that claim to lead the way to artifacts of doom he intends to use against the kingdoms of man and claim their lands as his territory.

His sparkly pink fire is not actually fire, but like a toxic gas or something that leaves chemical burns. Like mustard gas or something. The only thing that stops him from using it all the time is that like Godzilla Minus One, it actually burns him too when he uses it. He can regenerate, but it still hurts like a bitch.

He can shspeshift into a humanoid form, which he uses to pose as a human while searching for artifacts. Unlike most Irken dragons, such as Tak, whose human disguises are flawless, Zim can only shift halfway, leaving his human appearance with some extremely obvious dragonoid qualities still on display. Despite this, only Dib suspects him of being anything less than 100% human. Because dragons either look like dragons, or are indistinguishable from regular people. Whoever heard of a dragon posing as a human who still looks like a dragon? No dragon trying to disguise themselves would look like that on purpose. Poor Zim was just hit with the ugly stick when he was born.

needed to draw zim as a little creature