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Viper (X-COM)

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About

Viper is an alien creature and a support-type character from the X-COM video game series. Although not sharing any connection with Earth, they strongly resemble snakes. It is canonically stated that all individuals within the Viper race are only female; in the X-COM community, Vipers are a popular subject of memes and fan art, including NSFW art.

Origin

On February 5th, 2016, turn-based tactics video game XCOM 2, developed by Firaxis Games, was released.[1] The game introduced a race of alien enemies known as vipers,[2] a true form of Thin Men, an alien enemy from 2012 game XCOM: Enemy Unknown.


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In the following years, Viper became a popular character among the X-COM fans, often being subjects of memes and fan arts, including Rule 34 fan art.[3]

Spread

The popularity of the character saw a surge in popularity following the April 14th, 2020, announcement[4] of the upcoming video game XCOM: Chimera Squad. On the same day, Redditor Mgmtheo discovered that the character card for the playable Viper character Torque claimed that she worked alongside XCOM 2 character Colonel Jane Kelly, with whom she formed a "close bond." The post suggested that Jane Kelly "had a viper gf" (shown below, left).

On April 15th, 2020, Twitter[5] user youdidntseemeh noticed what appeared to be a Viper brothel in the background of the promotional footage released for the game. The post received over 400 retweets and over 1000 likes in five days (shown below, right).


XCOM Chimera Squad: Jane Kelly survived the war, Jane Kelly had/has a viper gf. SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE" INQUISITOR VIPER ENEMY/ALLY REPOSITIONING POISON Hatched at a NeW Arctic facility In 2020, Torque spent the allen occupation as a tracker hunting down resistance groups. After XCOM won the war In 2035, Torque got herself out of detention by offering to train rookle soldlers agalnst ADVENT tactics. She worked alongside Colonel Kelly, and the two formed a close bond, paving the way for Torque's eventual placement in Chimera Squad. Torque Is a master of unit manipulation, using her long tongue to drag enemles from cover and pull squadmates out of harm's way. She can polson enemles to deal sustalned damage or bind enemles and prevent them from taking any actions. Detrand Replying to @XCOM @Firaxiscames You made viper brothels part of the lore, do you know what you've done? The x.com community already acknowledged being weirdly attracted to them, but you canonized it, god save us all.

The posts prompted a surge in the number of memes and fan art dedicated to Vipers in the following days, with notable posts being made by users on Twitter, Reddit and other platforms.

On April 23rd, an introduction video for playable Viper character Torque was released.[6]

Various Examples


НАНАНА SNEK GF GOES HISS NO YOU CAN"T HAVE ALIENS AND HUMANS WORKING TOGETHER !!!! XCOM IS A HUMAN SUPIORITY ORGINIZATION AND HUMANS ARE THE MASTER RACE. XCOM WOULD KILL ALL THE ALIENS, AND NEVER POLLUTE THE PURE PERFECT HUMAN GENOMES AND CITIES WITH THE FILTHY XENOS. Wow. I really shouldn't stick my penis in there ...However, L O S E CONT R O L OF THE SITU ATION FIFTY SHADES OF AYY FEBRUARY 5
I, for one, welcome our new Snakes overlords. This poster is a SNEK Do not believe her lies AW C'MON... AM I THE ONLY SANE GUY IN THIS WORLD WHO JUST WANTS A NORMAL HUMAN GIRL?

Search Interest

[1] Wikipedia – XCOM 2

[2] XCOM Wikia – Viper

[3] Reddit – WTF is with Vipers?

[4] Twitter – @XCOM

[5] Twitter – @youdidntseemeh

[6] YouTube – XCOM: Chimera Squad – Agent Profiles: Torque

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These are definitely a solid 4 on the furry scale (a 3 if we are very generous with wiggle room), but for scalies, making them be much closer to being furries than being monster girls, so finding them hot makes you a furry, and one in denial if you fail to see this fact.

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