#invaderstuck

The Braine twins are artificial clones of Professor Membrane, the leading scientist for the Alternian empire. That's why they both have the same sign (and the same sign as the Professor) and such similar names. They share a lusus, that being a robot but by the professor since they never had to fight their way out of the broodchambers. So that's the twins.

So, Zim! He was sent on a suicide mission by the Irken empire to invade the homeworld of one of their greatest enemies. No Irken has ever managed it, being sniffed out too quickly to do anything. They expected Zim to be killed on sight. The reason he succeeds and the rest of the Irkens failed is because all the other invaders tried to do espionage, positioning themselves as lowbloods with airtight cover stories. Zim just showed up wearing pink and declared himself ruler of the world so everyone just assumed he's a seadweller (maybe they're green I dunno? Have YOU ever seen one, huh?). Except for Dib, obviously, who everyone thinks is crazy for even suggesting such a thing.