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Probably!

The Elders seem to have a Thing about letting their subjects have too much freedom to procreate - you have the Sectoids who are all cloned from the same base, the Vipers are only allowed one singular male to bring in the next generation... It's easy to extrapolate from that, that our human norm of monogamy and marriage is outright discouraged among the Elders' subjects. You don't want your cannon fodder devoting to each other or to their children more than to their gods.

As such, Vipers (and likely, other aliens) probably are more likely to form polycules, or at least are more likely to have their own hook-up culture which is far more normal and less stigmatized than it can be among humans. Granted, the Elders probably don't like it that much better, but banning sex/romance entirely would be impossible. Better that (to the Elders' minds, at least) their subjects consider each other replaceable just as the Elders do.

I wanted to know if you could make Glamrock Bonnie and Monty sleeping in each other's arms :3

Thank you!!

It really makes me want to read up more on them or inspire me to write something

No worries, I'm glad you (and others) like Bond so much!! She does kinda benefit from being a little to the left of the stereotypical Tumblr Sexyman™ LOL

I'm sad that the Thin Men went by the wayside in general after EU/EW! I understand why they weren't in XCOM 2 (aside from the Speaker), but I would've loved to see them back in Chimera Squad as more than a background asset cameo (there's thin mint action figures in stock in some maps). Nothing against the Vipers, but the Thin Men were way more charismatic and charming, and whenever I play too much XCOM 2 I start to miss them. Replaying EU/EW tends to come from the sheer Desire to see my beloved thin mints in action again

What the hell do you serve a species consisting entirely of the intergalactic war criminals' elderly care home, when they don't have mouths to eat with 🤔

At least they won't ask when they're getting grandchildren, they don't want grandchildren how dare you contemplate the notion of reproduction that isn't strictly under our direct control, but on the other hand they're going to hog the conversation anyway and talk all at once so you can't get a word in edgewise

Understandable-- sadly, I need the hyperfocus to swing back around, right now my brain is preoccupied entirely by XCOM lmao

I'm 99% sure I know who you are tho so I'll just link you to one of the few things in the tag you don't seem to have seen yet uwu

Oh definitely. As soon as the aliens came down, the alien fuckers emerged. Canonically.

I just have the one (Bond)!

Bond being a Thin Man who got into the humans' rebellion when XCOM HQ fell, and thereby never got modified back into her true form. She did get alterations similar to the Speaker's, in that she looks more believably human, but her eyes still give her away. Her work for the Rebellion is to regularly infiltrate ADVENT and sabotage it from within; if she needs to go undercover, she uses contact lenses, makeup, all the sexy spy things.

Bond is, personality-wise, the sort of prideful person that is mostly a façade but isn't very self-aware that it is a façade. She thinks she is, indeed, very proud of who she is and what she's capable of, and in her defense she can be quite judgy towards others who aren't as good at her particular areas of expertise (namely, infiltration). She's a hard worker who recognizes her own efforts. However, she's also the sort of person who believes her value is not inherent, that if she isn't being useful then what the hell is she here for. She also has a weak sense of self outside of her work, and wouldn't be able to describe her own personality if asked.

As for how others describe her, she's charismatic, versatile, a quick decision-maker, casually flirty and a bit of an attention-seeker. Her moral compass is a bit of a mess, in that she has no qualms about the dirtier parts of her job, doesn't even blink when presented with even the most depraved behaviour, and has a habit of playing Devil's Advocate when explaining the motives to those things even when she doesn't agree with them; but there are certainly things she would never choose to do, and she does have a streak of compassion that comes out whenever an ally needs help— something she doesn't hesitate to do, but simultaneously feels somewhat ashamed of, due to the indoctrination of the Elders.

(She's very much like a cult escapee that never fully unlearned the cult's teachings, essentially. Even long after leaving the service of the Elders, if asked what she wants for herself and her own life, the only answer she knows how to give involves being in service to someone else. Insisting that's not a valid answer just confuses her.)

She still considers herself a Viper, and most other aliens also refer to her as a Viper, regardless of her resembling human. Funny enough, I wonder if other Vipers would question the idea of Thin Men still being Vipers, or if they'd see them as an offshoot the way Berserkers are to Mutons, or if they're even further removed like Archons are to Mutons 🤔

But on that note, while she was growing up among her fellow Vipers, she had a reputation for being a "kiss-ass" and a "teacher's pet" lol

I'll hold off on this request for Bigger Project reasons. ;3