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[HK-47]

I mean this is the same game where nobody is bothered by how the attackers on King's Row are technically committing mass murder by slaughtering thousands of omnics in a ghetto with an EMP blast.

Something tell me there was suppose to be a bad guy faction at some point. It so weirdly brutal.

 

[Newtype-001]

The denials of Gency on Twitter
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😋😋😋😋😋😋😋

Alo here😃😃😃

 

[jediyoshi]

How do shippers justify the characters shooting each other in the game?

Like do you just force yourself to change characters or something? Or do you pretend it's rubber bullets?

Unlike TF2, the events of the game aren't canon, they're not meant to represent anything.

 

[Fersis]

Alright all your bastards saying that Pharmercy is dead!

#1: Pharah has her Raindancer & Thunderbird alts that people thought were weird and out of place. Why would an Egyptian character have outfits referring to Native Americans?

#2: The outfits have a huge resemblance to the Eyak/Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian people, which were tribes in the Pacific Northwest (including parts of Canada).

#3: In the scene of Pharah having dinner with the mystery man, the shots of the TV in the background seem to hint that they're having dinner in Canada.

So why would Pharah have outfits that don't connect to her mother's Egyptian heritage? Because they connect with her father's Native American heritage. And she's in Canada having dinner with him for Christmas. She's being a good daughter and seeing a father she probably doesn't get to run into as often as her mother while her wife is away on work.

PHARMERCY IS NOT DEAD

#TeamPharmercy

EDIT: I think #Tracer is trending on twitter. Good stuff Blizz!

 

[Jamie OD]

So any chance the thief on page 3 was a sneak peak of a future character? I figure Blizzard hid a clue or two about something that's coming to the game in the future.

 

[Duraigo]

Had to make this

 

[mollipen]

Those skins use pacific islander patterns not native american ones. They are more Samoan and Maori, less american native

They seem to fit into this kind of style, which connect to the Pacific Northwestern tribes:

 

[besada]

Man, poor Winston, all alone, no one to ship with, the only one of his species with intelligence, doomed forever to rub one out while crying.

 

[Data West]

I mean this is the same game where nobody is bothered by how the attackers on King's Row are technically committing mass murder by slaughtering thousands of omnics in a ghetto with an EMP blast.

not an issue if you're playing Zarya

 

[Nirolak]

Something tell me there was suppose to be a bad guy faction at some point. It so weirdly brutal.

When it was an MMO, I'm guessing Overwatch and Talon were opposing factions.

 

[Stone Ocean]

the genji/mercy thing isn't romantic, genji just feels indebted to mercy for making his badass robot suit and bringing him back to life. Pharah's having dinner with like... her dad, it looks like? And not calling her mom, which seems kinda rude tbh.

Spoiler

that's what i'm telling myself anyway

I too have romantic candle light Christmas dinners with my dad.

 

[HK-47]

Lucio is a Brazilian and his skins basically paint him as a Canadian. Why would a Brazilian have no non-English voice lines, a frog skin that is a near perfect homage to Deadmau5 (a Canadian) and two hockey skins? It's evident that Blizzard had different visions for characters along the way and was willing to repurpose them for the final character. Pharah probably started in concept as a Native American, or was imagined to have some Native parentage.

They should have kept him as Canadian and just done a Brazilian at a later date.

 

[I-hate-u]

Lucio is a Brazilian and his skins basically paint him as a Canadian. Why would a Brazilian have no non-English voice lines, a frog skin that is a near perfect homage to Deadmau5 (a Canadian) and two hockey skins? It's evident that Blizzard had different visions for characters along the way and was willing to repurpose them for the final character. Pharah probably started in concept as a Native American, or was imagined to have some Native parentage that was thrown out at some point.

You tell her, orthodoxy1095.

 

[Wanderer5]

Had to make this

Oh my god.XD

 

[Gai Murakumo]

Lucio is a Brazilian and his skins basically paint him as a Canadian. Why would a Brazilian have no non-English voice lines, a frog skin that is a near perfect homage to Deadmau5 (a Canadian) and two hockey skins? It's evident that Blizzard had different visions for characters along the way and was willing to repurpose them for the final character. Pharah probably started in concept as a Native American, or was imagined to have some Native parentage.

I believe that Lucio was born in Brazil but grew up mostly in Canada hence all the Canadian/Hockey stuff that he has.

 

[Beckx]

not an issue if you're playing Zarya

problem solved

wait unless you're the defender

fuck

 

[Orochinagis]

the genji/mercy thing isn't romantic, genji just feels indebted to mercy for making his badass robot suit and bringing him back to life. Pharah's having dinner with like... her dad, it looks like? And not calling her mom, which seems kinda rude tbh.

Spoiler

that's what i'm telling myself anyway

Phara kinda hates her mom no? And anna is officially dead like Morrison

 

[Nirolak]

Man, poor Winston, all alone, no one to ship with, the only one of his species with intelligence, doomed forever to rub one out while crying.

The other space apes still exist. They're just all still on the space station.

 

[Data West]

I too have romantic candle light Christmas dinners with my dad.

spaghetti and wine on a dimly lit, cramped room with only a lantern on a snowy night

you know, dad stuff.

 

[NightShift]

Glad to see Blizzard doing their own thing and not listening to the fans. With certain new additions, I was expecting the canon to be a mess of trying to please everyone at the same time.

BTW, Tracer has good taste.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Something tell me there was suppose to be a bad guy faction at some point. It so weirdly brutal.

The whole One Big Overwatch Family! vibe always gets broken for me when I remember that Torbjorn, Zarya, Junkrat, Roadhog, and kinda Reaper are huge ass racists against omnics, and that Widowmaker assassinated omnic MLK.

 

[Nerokis]

Aww... That was sweet. Overwatch is the gift that keeps on giving.

Also, in case anyone wasn't aware, there's a pretty well done motion book version of the comics. This is how I've preferred to read through them.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Man, poor Winston, all alone, no one to ship with, the only one of his species with intelligence, doomed forever to rub one out while crying.

Everyone does joke about him

"Hey winston, hows it hanging?"

 

[HK-47]

Unlike TF2, the events of the game aren't canon, they're not meant to represent anything.

TF2 with that superior story integration.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Battleborn has gay characters....................alright I'll be quiet now.

 

[Nirolak]

the genji/mercy thing isn't romantic, genji just feels indebted to mercy for making his badass robot suit and bringing him back to life. Pharah's having dinner with like... her dad, it looks like? And not calling her mom, which seems kinda rude tbh.

Spoiler

that's what i'm telling myself anyway

I don't think Pharah knows that Ana is alive at the point this comic takes place. She was still running around as Shrike, and just teamed up with Soldier 76.

 

[Okami Haundo]

I came here to say just how friggin adorable I thought this comic was, like holy crap. I never really "ship" characters, nor have I followed this too closely for Overwatch but... Tracer was always gay to me, and she's been my favorite character since day one. Thanks Blizzard!

I hope that people who claim they'll stop playing now genuinely do so. I need to get back into Overwatch...

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Had to make this

rofl perfect

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Man, poor Winston, all alone, no one to ship with, the only one of his species with intelligence, doomed forever to rub one out while crying.

He's got peanut butter.

He'll be fine.

 

[Gai Murakumo]

Battleborn has gay characters....................alright I'll be quiet now.

Battle what?!?!?

Spoiler

Just kidding Battleborn gets shafted once again.

 

[HK-47]

Had to make this

This is what I wanted.

 

[Beckx]

The other space apes still exist. They're just all still on the space station.

but are they hot

 

[Illucio]

Tracer is

Spoiler

a lesbian!?

yes! Just yes!

YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

 

[Tomat]

Had to make this

Ya done good.

 

[besada]

The other space apes still exist. They're just all still on the space station.

I don't think it'll reach.

 

[BY2K]

Had to make this

Thank you for this.

 

[Durrzerker]

Everything about them is native american. Go to Roadhog if you want islander stuff.

Oh i confused pacific northwest and pacific islander. My bad sorry. Hers are pacific northwest tribes which are american yea

 

[maouvin]

Had to make this

Excellent.

Thread keeps delivering even among dem Gency apologists <3!

 

[I-hate-u]

Winston has Athena to keep him company. He's good.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

So are 76 and Ana just sitting in wartorn hellholes waiting to do heroic shit all the time? Because they are too old to bone and love like the rest of the cast?

 

[orthodoxy1095]

I believe that Lucio was born in Brazil but grew up mostly in Canada hence all the Canadian/Hockey stuff that he has.

I have absolutely never heard that. Show the receipts on that.

 

[chaobreaker]

Looks like people are starting to mass downvote all the homophobic posts on the Blizzard forums.

But I just saw a post of someone demanding zoophile representation in Overwatch &#128530;

 

[Angelus Errare]

Mercy + Genji confirmed

E-MER-GEN-JI (if only his name was Jengi)

 

[broncobuster]

Is Tracer's girlfriend one of Rein's daughters?

 

[Ser Booty]

I'm patiently awaiting a passionate fan's diss of Genji/Tracer's girlfriend ala the Hi I'm Daisy Rosalina diss (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s_XVdA1PZA)

Widowtracer and Pharmercy fans get on it.

 

[Data West]

I like to imagine Rein, Brigitte and Torb go around neighborhoods visiting kids. Rein reads to the kids while Torb woos the moms.

Sadly the Overwatch picture doesn't match up with that

 

[Beckx]

Battleborn has gay characters....................alright I'll be quiet now.

back at HQ, Randy Pitchford keeps calling the marketing team in to his office. "MAKE THEM ALL GAY!" he screams. Then "ANNOUNCE THAT NONE OF THEM ARE GAY! HAHA!" it's been going for hours

it's a bad day at Battleborn HQ

 

[Nirolak]

Is Tracer's girlfriend one of Rein's daughters?

No, we've already established Pharmercy isn't a thing.

 

[Hellwarden]

I just want more focus on my man Junkrat...

...also make him and Symmetra a thing.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Something tell me there was suppose to be a bad guy faction at some point. It so weirdly brutal.

As Overwatch evolves/if OW2 is ever a thing, they need to take the Rainbow Six Siege route and have the attacking and defending teams be completely different casts.

I too have romantic candle light Christmas dinners with my dad.

nothing says romance like a coleman camping lantern in a cheapo looking italian joint with the news on in the background