Mass Effect's intricate character interactions are a significant part of what makes the franchise's games memorable for fans. An otherwise unrelated meme based on the Fast and Furious franchise has been circulating on the internet, and a fan's interpretation of it involves Mass Effect.
For the uninitiated, the meme has emerged from the release of F9, the latest installment in the big-budgeted Fast saga. The meme consists of Fast and Furious veteran Vin Diesel, as his character Dominic Toretto, being spliced into other franchises. For example, Vin Diesel has appeared with an unsubtle crop of his face superimposed on an image from Titanic (1997), where a caption says that "there's always room for family." Today, Toretto and his values toward family have recently made their way into Mass Effect.
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Redditor mathiuskesla has shared a screenshot from the original Mass Effect game, where two Geth stand opposite the Mako as it hovers in the sky. Toretto does not make an appearance in the image itself. But the fan's caption recalls the meme directly, stating "Geth ain't a problem when you've got family." The Fast and Furious film franchise has undertaken many different types of action, involving high-speed races and cinematic maneuvers performed with expensive vehicles. Considering the high stakes pursuits and stunts that Toretto and his crew have experienced in the franchise's latest films, it is believable that the crew would utilize the Mako in some fashion if they somehow entered the world of Mass Effect.
Mass Effect's M35 Mako is a six-wheeled utility vehicle that players maneuver uneasily throughout different terrains. But mathiuskesla's Vin Diesel meme has more ties to the game than just Mass Effect's Mako vehicle. As the protagonist Shepard, players encounter a number of colorful teammates throughout Mass Effect. Characters such as Joker, Wrex, and Liara play their respective parts on the Normandy and in the player's squad, if they are selected to accompany the player during the game.
Similar to the recurring crew of characters that has developed over the course of the Fast and Furious franchise, Shepard's squad in Mass Effect is a somewhat unconventional family themselves. The meme has a variety of different interpretations depending on which franchise it is used upon. Mass Effect's Mako does not race other vehicles or execute elaborate stunts, but mathiuskesla has found a way to make the meme deeply relevant to Mass Effect on a number of levels.
It is uncertain how long fans will be implementing Vin Diesel into their favorite franchises, but fans can enjoy this Mass Effect meme in the meantime.
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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Source: Free Press Journal