this week it happened an incident in the italian senate, as they were victims of cyber vandalism when a hacker took control of the host’s screen and played a video of Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy where he shows her as the protagonist of a hentai. As expected, this went viral and in a short time Italian fanarts appeared welcoming cattail as one of the characters who were now related to his country, albeit in this strange way.
The video of the Zoom meeting of the Italian Senate went viral on social networks, where we learned that it is the creation of the animator juicyneko (@juicyneko1 on Twitter) and the voice actress Oolay Tigar (@OolayTiger on Twitter). In no time we came across fanarts of Tifa with the Italian flag, saying “RT if you know”.
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One of the users of the social network joked that now Tifa had become an important figure in Italian politics, while another calls Tifa the new president of Italy. What is true is that this incident will be remembered as one of the many incidents that arise from the covid-19 pandemic.
When the Italian senators decided to hold their meeting via Zoom, they did so with the intention of avoiding contagion, but they exposed themselves to the cyber vandalism. However, the truth is that the players have never shown such an interest in Italian politics as they have until now. “long live italy”, Says another fan who shares a fan art of Tifa saying Viva Italia.
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Although Tifa’s character is one of the most popular among cosplayers and fanartists, surely Square Enix did not imagine that her character would be used in this way. But nevertheless, Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy 7 It is now a symbol of Italian vandalism and the Italians have no problem with this.