#xcom commander

[korbensoi]

Well, autism be damned, my boys can throw grenades!

[purple-nautilus]

Yuri commandford pt3

[ionjuno]

some old (and new) sketches of my commander

[savior-of-humanity]

how the fuck did i forget to upload this. anyways. the commanduh........ (pose reference by albanenechi)

[ellikiins]

An inside joke for myself.

Some brief lore:

I did say Diane Whittaker was based off my childhood Sonic OC (Maria), who went through so many dramatic rewrites since her inception in 2004 (I was 9 and loved SA2). In playing XCOM (2012) for the first few times, I created my idea of who the Commander was. As a woman, the Commander should be a woman, too. Stepping in this role, I noticed her personality taking after Maria (both military girlies, obvs). Thus her physical appearance was inspired by an adult Maria Robotnik, her uniform based off my OC's uniform at the time.

I couldn't invent someone new for Fallout 4, so I stole Diane for it. An alternative universe where a Diane grew up to a happy, healthy young woman because she had no family heartbreak and trauma in her youth... to then find it in her adulthood instead as result of the Great War. Oops.

Shh, ignore my childhood Sonic phase and her love for Maria Robotnik, because this could go back even deeper...

Sorry if confusing, just keeping it a brief info dump to share my inner thoughts with the outside world.

I think if I were to update Maria again, she'd be a light yellow, but I wanted to keep her "lore accurate" lmao

[artfully-ellikiins]

1991 called. It's asking, "how is your family doing now, Commander?"

Diane is 15 here, with her younger brother Owen, her father Percy and her mother Adriene. The last family photos before they all fell apart. Although Percy looks intimidating, Adriene is really the powerful one in the family. The Whittakers have all the connections from the top brass of military and politicians through Percy, and richest of the rich business contacts from Adriene. And for that, Adriene is always trying to portray the ideal family to keep up with the Joneses. Owen here is tired of standing still and looking pretty for a picture, so staring into the abyss is the best the Whittakers can get him to behave for a photo.

To answer 1991's question: They are almost all certainly dead. Percy died in 1993 of pancreatic cancer, Adriene would be 96 in 2055 and Owen has either been turned to goo from the Elder's gene therapy clinic because he is simply related to the Commander, executed for simply being related to the Commander, ... or in stasis somewhere for... simply being related... to the Commander.... Yikes.... I want to throw a shout out for the Sims for always being a great tool for me to build characters before I draw them lmao

[etherealvoidechoes]

Some old and small sketches. Thoughts on Kamon's scars pre and post-invasion. What the Elders inflicted on him was and was not a drop in the bucket compared to what his family did to him.

At least Maker fixed the nerve damage that's been plaguing him since an incident with his half-siblings. It's gonna take him a while to notice he can emote better without straining the muscles of his face and then his left side isn't numb to the touch and doesn't get the random flares of pain anymore.

[leonilakot]

Order for one person for the game X-COM 🐍

[themorrignasystem]

On the opic of OCs

As a player of XCom Enemy Within, Xcom 2, and Xcom Chimera Squad, i have my commander is technically an oc

My fan cannon is that after the defeat of XCOM with the ending of XCOM Enemy within, the commander was sufficiently injured, so in a last ditch effort Central, Dr valhien, and Shen put the commander into a MEC to stabilize them.

The aliens caught the Commander, and put him into statis during the 20 year gap between Xcom Enemy within and Xcom 2, analyzing the tech to create the Advent MEC

During Xcom 2 the commander is found, and once rescued, reintegrates with his MEC suit to lead the charge, using SPARK weaponry

During Xcom Chimera Squad the Commander leads Chimera Squad, not choosing to go on missions due to his programmed combot doctrines.

[korbensoi]

I'm usually not the one to celebrate fictional characters' birthdays, but I think I need to start, like, right now

Happy birthday to my favorite doc! All juicy burgers for you today, my love <3

[purple-nautilus]

Yuri commandford pt.2

Central: I don't have a rose-tinted sunglasses for the commander

Also Central:

[savior-of-humanity]

alas. no writing energy. however i have been having severe xcom/call of duty brainrot lately so im torturing yall w/ my commander oc that i'll put on this blog (eventually)

[etherealvoidechoes]

“Are you even the real you? Or are you just some elaborate body double? A mockery of the Commander? A mockery of an old friend?”

Something all my Commanders do not want to hear, do not want to think about, do not want to find out, do not want it to be true.

What's the one insecurity your OC would be devastated to have used against them?

Bonus: do people know this about them?

[ellikiins]

Started this on June 11 2022, five minutes before midnight, inspired by Little Mix's "Salute" and its message of girl power of all creeds ("Get your killer heels, sneakers, pumps, or lace up your boots") Worked, and worked, abandoned, and now... March 5th, 2024 I have finished it. I feel accomplished, finally free and excited to share.

My biggest ambition was to have two versions: one of my Diane, my personal ideation of the Commander. Representing the strategic brains and power behind the entire resistance, my idea of the "killer heels" of the dynamic since I hc her to have many pairs. The other version was to be the female Avatar to present a placeholder for any one person's female Commander during the final battle (and to me, it's still Diane and calling back her roots as a Marine in her youth, a nod to "she's still got it.")

Everyone should be able to recognize Lily and her engineering genius, and of any front line soldier (my favorites here shown are Thérèse and Jane Kelly.)

[protemporescitor]

Peak Gaming - XCOM 2 x Mass Effect

[etherealvoidechoes]

I'm feeling a bit evil.

👎for Thaddeuas.

"👎 Is there someone your OC can’t stand, despite them being on the same side or sharing basic values?"

Bradford because the damn man won't give him any peace because that darn Avatar project tracker increased again and he needs someone to look over some reports for the 15th time. Someone's just asking to get their nose broken again.

Kidding! Man, I have to think for this one. I don't think Thaddeus would have had too many issues with the canon XCOM 1 & 2 staff. I would have to think of my OCs he would clash with since I know there would probably be a few. Will just say if you're an alcoholic and not getting that treated, are a sexist, and some other things, he will dislike you strongly even if you're putting in the work for the Resistance.

Overall, he's on good terms to friendly with my other Commanders.

Of course, there would be several soldiers that were pains in the neck he could barely stand, but for most, nothing they did reached the point of him discharging them.

I know any of the Council members that were just highly unreasonable in the beginning and got worse as the war continued he come to despise.

Read more because semi-long.

Hm, back in XCOM 1, I can see him having a lower tolerance for some of Geist's psionic shenanigans(testing and other things) and (somewhat) change in personality which also made him get highly annoyed with Vahlen and the Psionics division for some time as they feed off of each other despite the good results. He's trying to run a military operation not a clown house. That lower tolerance for Geist may continue once he recalls him when they meet again.

Hm, just thinking about it, Asaru would be on his shit list for a little bit once he learns who and why he lost his pilot wings. Part of him understands and knows Asaru didn't mean too much harm from it, but the man will forever be miffed and will ignore him from time to time because of that besides also questioning if that alien was controlling him the whole time back then (though deep within himself he knows Asaru didn't.)

Oh heck, thinking about it, this would be more or so his Chosen version, but Maker would be on the barely stand. But it's very complicated since his current state of being and having that constant devil on his shoulder has him highly volatile around any Elder, including Maker though the two are working together to undermine things. His brain just keeps ticking to the "shut up before I strangle/drain you" whenever Maker is getting philosophical or talking about the hypocrisy of his brethren.

I won't really continue on with his Chosen self since for his story he doesn't get the "proper" conversion like Jynn(and maybe the other two) as he will be a double-agent since his "conversion." But him and Hunter are besties.