History YMMV / Ferris

** The fic's climax ended up strongly resembling ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. [[spoiler:The heroes attempting to undo the villain's nefarious plans? Check. A surprise attack on the heroes' base? Check. A combined force of basically every hero in the story so far launching an attack on the Big Bad or their forces? Check. BigBad gone nuts from the loss of their race facing off against Cap and Iron Man? Check. Oh, and Tony Stark dies saving the day. That's in there too.]]

** One of the troopers is a mixed-race South African Boer/Nigerian woman named Sophie Okoye. One of ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}''[='s=] closest friends and allies is a woman named Okoye. The head of Wakanda's armed forces and intel, in fact. And in Arc 3, Sophie Okoye does a spot of secret-agenting.

** During Chapter 11, [[spoiler:Tony wonders how they're going to assault an alien base if it's underwater, or on the moon. While the former is a references to ''Terror from the Deep'', XCOM 2's climax was also underwater.]]

** One of the troopers is a mixed-race South African Boer/Nigerian woman named Sophie Okoye. One of ''Film/BlackPanther''[='s=] closest friends and allies is a woman named Okoye. The head of Wakanda's armed forces and intel, in fact. And in Arc 3, Sophie Okoye does a spot of secret-agenting.

** Also in that scenes, [[spoiler:Sin Schmidt interrupts Loki's criticism with the critical information XCOM needs to win. Loki's a god, [[{{Pun}} so you could say it's divine intervention]].]]

** The Author notes mention that Pena is played by Michael Mando. Mando later got an actual MCU role in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''. The Vulture and his team repurposing alien and other advanced technology is a major element of the film.
** In Arc 3, we meet this fic's version of [[spoiler:the Sentinels, who are TheMenInBlack SHIELD agent cyborgs on Extremis instead of giant robots.]] In ''Series/TheGifted2017'', the Sentinel Division are a government division that deals with mutants.

** The Author notes mention that Pena is played by Michael Mando. Mando later got an actual MCU role in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''. The Vulture and his team repurposing alien and other advanced technology is a major element of the film.

** The Author notes mention that Pena is played by Michael Mando. Mando later got an actual MCU role in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''.

** Chapter 28 came out shortly after the Long War 2 mod for XCOM 2. [[spoiler:It involves operatives sneaking into a facility to gain access to secure enemy data storage, just like that mod. The writer claimed that he had finished the chapter a month earlier, before the mod was even ''announced''. The first chapter of Arc 3 also had an XCOM operative infiltrating the target to soften it up.]]

** Chapter 28 came out shortly after the Long War 2 mod for XCOM 2. [[spoiler:It involves operatives infiltrating a facility to gain access to secure enemy data storage, just like that mod. The writer claimed that he had finished the chapter a month earlier, before the mod was even ''announced''. The first chapter of Arc 3 also had an XCOM operative infiltrating the target to soften it up.]]

** Tony comes up with a Sonic Stunner instead of canon's electric one, based on the sound weapon Stane used to paralyze him in his first film. Preview footage for ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' shows [[spoiler:Tony briefly using what appears to be some kind of sonic weapon to stun Bucky.]]

** Tony comes up with a Sonic Stunner instead of canon's electric one, based on the sound weapon Stane used to paralyze him in his first film. Preview footage for ''{{Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar}}'' shows [[spoiler:Tony briefly using what appears to be some kind of sonic weapon to stun Bucky.]]

** Tony comes up with a Sonic Stunner instead of canon's electric one, based on the sound weapon Stane used to paralyze him in his first film. Preview footage for ''{{Film}}/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' shows [[spoiler:Tony briefly using what appears to be some kind of sonic weapon to stun Bucky.]]

** As of the end of Arc 2, [[spoiler:the fic predicted XCOM being steamrollered and becoming a resistance organization. As the author pointed out, he'd been dropping hints to that effect since the start of the Arc, well before XCOM 2 was even ''announced''.]]