Rainbow Six Siege Wheelchair Operator

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Rainbow Six Siege Wheelchair Operator refers to an upcoming playable character from the 2015 tactical shooter video game Rainbow Six Siege. The operator, who is a wheelchair-bound female soldier controlling two military androids via a computer, was leaked on social media in late August 2024, inspiring reactions, jokes and memes.

Origin

On August 20th, 2024, X^[1] user @Shiiny77 posted two leaked clips of an upcoming operator (playable character) for a future season of the 2015 tactical shooter video game Rainbow Six Siege. The operator is a wheelchair-bound woman whose unique ability is control of two military androids, between whom she can switch. The post (shown below) received over 2,800 reposts and 23,000 likes in two days.

Later on August 20th, 2024, the videos were shared in the /r/Rainbow6^[2] subreddit, with the post garnering over 3,800 upvotes in two days.

Spread

In the following days, the inclusion of a wheelchair-bound character in a tactical shooter became a subject of discussions, jokes and memes on social media. For example, on August 21st, 2024, X^[3] user @georgi_fps posted a clip of Gustavo Fring's death from Breaking Bad, commenting, "Y9S3 gameplay leaked". The post (shown below) received over 330 reposts and 6,000 likes in one day.

Also on August 21st, Redditor buy_my_house posted an image of skid marks on a tiled floor with the caption "What Jackal’s gonna see from the new op". The post (shown below) garnered over 1,100 upvotes in the /r/Rainbow6^[4] subreddit in one day.

More memes and other posts about the leaked character saw circulation on X and Reddit in August 2024. Notably, several older Reddit posts that humorously suggested characters in wheelchairs for the game were reposted in the /r/Rainbow6^[5][6] subreddit, with users commenting about the correct predictions.

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