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Garrett Hawke
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Tracer, Widowmaker = gay
Soldier 76, McCree, Reaper, Hanzo = gay
Reinhardt, Torbjorn, Mercy, Mei = bisexual
it is known
edit: I would like a gay hero tho, it would fit the diversity thing they're going for and it could just be there as a nice detail. visibility is important imo
Soldier 76, McCree, Reaper, Hanzo = gay
Reinhardt, Torbjorn, Mercy, Mei = bisexual
it is known
edit: I would like a gay hero tho, it would fit the diversity thing they're going for and it could just be there as a nice detail. visibility is important imo
Red Arremer
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I'm not asking for representation, I'm saying that it would be nice. I even specifically said that I don't mind if there is none.
But it always makes me happy to see one or more of the minorities I belong to represented in a game, especially one as big as Overwatch. I'm not mad if it isn't or decrying the lack of them as being bad, either though.
You can confirm and include a character's sexuality without "designing the character around it". Having a gay character does not mean that it has to be an effeminate man wearing a pink leotard, who is shooting rainbow lasers and dildo rockets out of his plush-clad gun while commenting at how firm McCree's butt looks like. A mere statement within the lore that the character is married to another person of the same gender is already enough.
I agree with this though, which is why I acknowledged the lack of any sort of statement about the characters' sexuality beyond the 2 that do. I appreciate that Blizzard isn't making a big deal out of the characters' personal details and rather would put their visual design, personality and playstyle into the foreground.
Kayo Police
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What if you just replace the old characters with younger versions of the same play style.
I mean fighting games do this all time ala Soul Calibur.
I mean fighting games do this all time ala Soul Calibur.
optimus8936
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Baby Dva?What if you just replace the old characters with younger versions of the same play style.
I mean fighting games do this all time ala Soul Calibur.
Lucio.
Jet Black is them only skin you need.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
What if you just replace the old characters with younger versions of the same play style.
I mean fighting games do this all time ala Soul Calibur.
They already kinda did that with Ana. Plus Soldier 76 and reaper.
Which is kinda eh. If they want to do that we should get young reinhardt too.
Pretty much. His Gold elite one is okay but the legendaries are all terrible.
optimus8936
Banned
And technically, sort of, Bastion. Depends how much time there was between the short and the present time of the game.
Red Arremer
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Imagine us having 2 characters that are actually married to each other and they have adorable remarks during their pre-match dialogue.
I really like the blue visor on the epic one with the painted-on skull face.
Garrett Hawke
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But what if Mercy/Genji, Symmetra/Junkrat, Widow/Tracer, Reinhardt/Torbjorn, and D.Va/Lucio all got married and all had cute dialogue together
But seeing his cute face in the selection screen fills me with vigor and inspires me to play better!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Red Arremer
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Yeah, I've noticed it before.
My favourite interactions all are pretty much tied to Ana. I love her and Reinhardt complimenting each other at how well they look for their age, and the one where McCree goes "Always an honour fighting by your side, ma'am", and Ana responds with "Oh you've always been a charmer~."
"I told you to clean up your darn socks off of the living room floor!"
Garrett Hawke
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what do they do with those balls 😱
optimus8936
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And Tracer and Winston.
Aw rubbish.
A Sentient Keyboard
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I never want to face pre-fan the hammer nerf McCree ever again thank you.
Oh sorry, I thought you wanted a character defined by their sexuality. I don't really mind if they do release the sexual orientations for each character or to introduce a new character that is gay but I'd like it to be addressed for all characters or it would be just weird. But it might upset the fan base with all the shipping lol.
Is this because she can travel in time? Like she's talking to herself from the past/future? That would be pretty cool if so!
ViewtifulJC
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it's 2016 for christ sake
they're all gay
they're all gay
Garrett Hawke
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and mercy and Torb because we need it like air
It's great. Mercy has a dupe quote, too. Get healed/buffed as her and she might say, "So that's what that feels like!"
You know yet another reason why Widowmaker sucks?
You line up your shot in the spawn because you can clearly see a Hanzo or whatever getting ready to shoot you back. And as soon as the door opens, your teammates just HAVE to bump into you as they pass, fucking up your shot.
It's just....a Widow's life is hard enough, you know
You line up your shot in the spawn because you can clearly see a Hanzo or whatever getting ready to shoot you back. And as soon as the door opens, your teammates just HAVE to bump into you as they pass, fucking up your shot.
It's just....a Widow's life is hard enough, you know
optimus8936
Banned
Can Bastion even be gay 🤔
Kayo Police
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I wasn't talking about that. I was talking in the terms of completely different characters with different personalities under the same play style.
EX. Taki from Soul Calibur got replaced by Natsu in SCV, several others got replaced by younger characters that have a similar play style.
Wyndstryker
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You know yet another reason why Widowmaker sucks?
You line up your shot in the spawn because you can clearly see a Hanzo or whatever getting ready to shoot you back. And as soon as the door opens, your teammates just HAVE to bump into you as they pass, fucking up your shot.
It's just....a Widow's life is hard enough, you know
At least widows shot goes through the teammates and can still potentially make the kill.
Ana...well, that shot is useless on a full health ally.
WaffleTaco
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Honestly is any character confirmed to be gay/straight/bi or any other??
In the Overwatch art thread, there's tons of parings there with sexuality all over the place. I say let them eat cake. If a character wants to be gay they can be gay. If a character wants to be trans they can be trans.
In the Overwatch art thread, there's tons of parings there with sexuality all over the place. I say let them eat cake. If a character wants to be gay they can be gay. If a character wants to be trans they can be trans.
Red Arremer
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I would be. I love 76's no-nonsense grizzled veteran demeanour. And he's got some amazing quotes. Just like Reaper takes a jab at the edgelord stereotype, 76 exaggerates and jabs at the grumpy old soldier stereotype.
Hanzo on the other hand... God, what a dull character. Boring visually, boring personality-wise, boring lines, boring poses... everything about him is so stereotypical and one-sided.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
But his grumpy ass dadness is part of the charm!
S:76 is great.
There are way worse offenders on the roster as far as dull characters go.
optimus8936
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Red Arremer
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Hanzo.
Look at him, he's a cool Japanese guy with a bow. Honourable samurai man, who is always serious and badass. No humour, nothing that stands out visually. He always is all "look how professional and cool I am" with his voice lines/emotes/poses/highlight intros. He even has the stare at the viewer over the shoulder pose. Snore.
At the very least 76 goes "Damn punks, get off my lawn" and has a silly golf swing pose.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I dunno, his line with junkrat about his treasure is pretty out there.
Hanzo's backstory is interesting, and probably the most morally complex character as his troubled past is one he specifically caused himself and his pre-battle dialogue reflects that in how he is reminiscent of his old life while still saddened by where it lead. .
It baffles me how you can call Hanzo boring while praising Soldier. He's not even all that exaggerated from what I can tell. I don't see what makes him exaggerated. He's just straight up vanilla "Old Grizzled Soldier" with nothing that makes him even remotely interesting.
optimus8936
Banned
You could even call Rein an "old grizzled soldier" but no one finds him boring. That's not a very good argument for how Soldier is boring.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Reinhardt is more goofy than he is grizzled.
Bingo. Reinhardt is one big overexcited child. He just looks grizzled.
Soldier is very interesting to me as a member of the Overwatch cast precisely because Overwatch has such an over the top superhero cast. He is a contrast. The normal CoD dude who lived way too long and survived to see the world become one filled with heroes, robots, talking apes, and time travellers. When I play with a Soldier on my team, I feel that he's the guy who gives me a funny look but still does his job. When I play as Soldier, it feels like Contra where I'm a dude who got thrown into a crazy scifi world.
optimus8936
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But the dictionary definition for grizzled is "having gray hair"
So.....
unless there is something I'm missing?
Based on that, he's still a "grizzled old soldier"
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