It did me as a suprise when they announced that Tracer was gay back then. I ed to relate a lot to this hero tbh, but that stopped when she was announced gay e even though i’ve been told I look a lot like her. I a…
Contents:
- OUR THOUGHTS ON OVERWATCH'S TRACER BEG GAY
- THE BT REACTNS TO TRACER BEG GAY OVERWATCH
- TRACER BEG "GAY". MA ME FEEL A CERTA WAY. ALIENATED
- Y, 'OVERWATCH' MAKG BOTH SOLDIER: 76 AND TRACER GAY IS A BIG DEAL
- BLIZZARD CONFIRMS TRACER IS GAY NEW OVERWATCH HOLIDAY COMIC
- TRACER IS, FACT, STILL GAY CHA, SO IS S76
- GENJICOULD GENJI BE GAY? IS HIS RELATNSHIP WH ZENYATTA MORE THAN “JT IENDS”?IN THE REFLECTNS IC, HE’S SHOWN WH A PIECE OF PAPER AND QUILL HAND. MERCY IS SHOWN READG A LETTER. THIS DO NOT DITE HETEROSEXUAL ACTIVY, AS WE ALL KNOW THAT GENJI IS JT SPAMMG “I NEED HEALG.”HOWEVER, GENJI CREDS HIS RELATNSHIP WH ZENYATTA FOR HELPG HIM E TO TERMS WH HIS NEW CYB FORM AND SPENDS MUCH OF HIS TIME WH THE OMNIC. SO… MAYBE.VERDICT: POSSIBLE.MCCREEFANS LIKE TO PAIR MCCREE WH HANZO, PRUMABLY BEE THEY’RE TWO CHARACTERS WHOSE FAC WE N ACTUALLY SEE. AND I MEAN, THEY REALLY LIKE TO PAIR MCCREE WH HANZO. HAVE THE TWO EVER SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER? .. THAT EVER STOPPED ANYBODY?PL, HIS WBOY THG ULD BE A BROKEBACK MOUNTA REFERENCE OR ULD JT BE A YMCA-STYLE LOVE OF STUM. HE’S LLED OUT FOR HIS ATTIRE PLENTY OF TIM, YET PERSISTS. LOVE OF DRAMA AND THEATRE? EXCED BY THE HYPERMASCULE ATHETIC? HMM…ANYWAY, IF MCCREE IS GOG TO BE GAY FOR ANYONE, ’S FELY REAPER. REAPER TOOK MCCREE UNR HIS WG WHEN MCCREE WAS AN IMPRSNABLE TEENAGER AND REAPER WAS HIS PRIME AS THE LEAR OF BLACKWATCH. OF URSE REAPER WASN’T TERTED, BEE HE WAS A GROWN-ASS MAN, BUT WHAT LQUENT-ASS TEEN WOULDN’T P THEIR GAY LTLE HOP ON SUCH A POWERFUL, DANGERO FIGURE?VERDICT: POSSIBLE, AND PRETTY ENTERTAG.BUT THERE’S ANOTHER REASON REAPER HAD NO TERT. AND THAT’S BEE…REAPERIF REAPER IS GAY FOR ANYONE, HE’S GAY FOR SOLDIER 76.COME ON! THEY HAVE ALL: THE PLITED HISTORY, THE IENDSHIP-TO-ENEMI TROPE, THE BETRAYAL, THE DRAMA, THE PATHOS, THE OBSSN WH EACH OTHER. THE ONLY THG THAT ULD MAKE THEIR BACKSTORY MORE LIC IS IF THEY WERE NOT MERELY BT IENDS AND CLOSE LLEAGU, BUT LOVERS.LOVE TURNED BY TIME, BTERNS AND TALON BRAWASHG TO HATE AND MISUNRSTANDG? A DARK-SKNED LATO UNAD NANOBOT ABOMATN MAN WHO LOV SPANKG THE MONKEY GORILLA, CHRISTIAN BALE’S BATMAN VOICE AND THE LAKERS? THK OF THE REPRENTATNAL TRIUMPH!VERDICT: HIGHLY POSSIBLE. BLIZZARD PLS.SOLDIER 76THE ONLY PERSON ON THE PLA THAT SOLDIER 76 SHOULD BE GAY FOR IS REAPER. HE AND REAPER ARE MIRRORS, SO HE’S GOG TO BE JT AS GAY FOR REAPER AS REAPER IS FOR HIM.THK ABOUT : SOLDIER 76 IS A NSISTENT FELLA. HE DON’T WANT NEWFANGLED ENTANGLEMENTS WHEN HE HAS SO MANY PLITED OLD ON. WHO IS GOG TO WANT HIS MTY OLD SELF? SOMEONE EQUALLY OLD AND MTY. SOMEONE WH WHOM HE’S GOT HISTORY. SOMEONE HE KNOWS... SOMEONE LIKE REAPER.VERDICT: BLIZZARD PLS! IT MAK SO MUCH NARRATIVE SENSE!PHARAHLBIAN PHARAH WOULD BE A TRIUMPH FOR VERTIL LBIAN REPRENTATN. AS A FLYG LBIAN, SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL LBIAN TYP ATTAABLE. BOOSTED AND PROTECTED BY MERCY’S POWER AND GENI, LBIAN PHARAH IS PURE AND GOOD.EVEN IF PHAMERCY IS NEVER NON THE ICS, ’S NON OVERWATCH GAMEPLAY MECHANICS ANYWAY, SO WHY NOT BBER-STAMP ?VERDICT: WOULD BE NICE.MERCYONLY WH PHARAH.VERDICT: NO PHARAH NO CRY.SOMBRASHE N LERALLY RETRACT HER NAILS. WHAT KD OF CREDIBLE LBIAN ABILY….VERDICT: DO FOR THE KIDS.BASTNDO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? DO WAR MACH DREAM OF LOVE ON BEDS OF ROS? IF ANY WAR MACHE DO, ’S BASTN. FD BASTN SOME OLD PIECE OF POST-WAR SCRAP METAL TO LOVE AND RAISE GANYME WH.VERDICT: ROBOTS N LOVE TOO.ZENYATTAZENYATTA IS A MONK. HIS WHOLE SCHTICK IS TRANQUILY, THE EMBRACE OF THE IRIS, BLAH BLAH. WHAT DO GENR MEAN THE IRIS? IT SHOULD MEAN NOTHG TO ZENYATTA. ZEN SHOULD LOVE PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE, NOT WHAT SHAPE THEIR BODY IS. AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT HE DO: HE WAS THE ONE WHO HELPED GENJI E TO PTHS WH HIS NEW CYB FORM.ZENYATTA LOV ALL.VERDICT: OMNIC LOVE RIGHTS NOW!HANZOHANZO KILLED HIS OWN BROTHER AND LEFT HIM FOR AD. HE DON’T SERVE LOVE OM ANYONE.VERDICT: DIE ALONE.JUNKRATIF JUNKRAT ISN’T EVENTUALLY REVEALED TO BE BIG GAY HOOTS WH ROADHOG, I’LL BE GOBSMACKED. THEY SEEM TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN EACH OTHER’S PANY. PL, JUNKRAT HIRED ROADHOG TO BE HIS BODYGUARD WATCH HIS ASS. SURE, JUNKRAT TEAS MEI, BUT THAT’S BEE JUNKRAT IS PULSIVELY ANNOYG AND N’T HELP . HE ALREADY HAS A STRONG RELATNSHIP WH ROADHOG. TAKG TO THE NEXT STEP FEELS NATURAL.I DON’T KNOW IF JUNKRAT IS GAY, BUT I FEEL MY HEART THAT HE LOV ROADHOG ALMOST AS MUCH AS ROADHOG LOV BAN. DON’T THAT UNT?VERDICT: 10/10 BAN CHEEBURGERS.ROADHOGWHY NOT?I MEAN, I JT N’T THK OF ONE SGLE GOOD REASON WHY NOT. GIVE ME THE FAT GAY SHARK-PIG MAN REPRENTATN. WHY NOT?VERDICT: 10/10 PIG PLHI.MEISATAN DO WHAT SATAN WANTS. GIVE MEI A GIRLIEND SO SHE N TELL THE HATERS TO STAY OSTY.VERDICT: DO MONS HAVE GENR?TORBJORNLET THE STRAIGHTS KEEP HIM AND HIS 87 KIDS.VERDICT: THE GAYS DON’T WANT HIM.WIDOWMAKERWIDOWMAKER NEEDS TO NOT BE BRAWASHED BEFORE WE START TALKG ABOUT HER SEXUAL PREFERENCE AND ROMANTIC ATTRACTNS. SORRY, TRACER/WIDOWMAKER FANS. ISN’T SHE STILL GRIEVG HER AD HBAND ANYWAY?VERDICT: LOSE THE PURPLE A TY LBIAN GREML SOLDIER/STREAMER BABY. SHE LOV CSHG N00BS MORE THAN SHE LOV ANYONE ON THE PLA, BUT WHO’S TO SAY THE GIRL THAT CHANG HER LIFE MIGHT NOT BE CLOSE AT HAND? GO AHEAD AND MAKE GAY.VERDICT: 5/5 MOUNTA DEWS.REHARDTA LEGENDARY OLD GAY WARRR. WHAT ABOUT THAT OLD KNIGHT-COMMANR OF HIS OM THE WAR WHOSE ARMOR IS ONE OF REHARDT’S LEGENDARY SKS? THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY TOUCHG BACKSTORY.VERDICT: 87/87 OF TORBJORN’S KIDS.WSTONWSTON IS A GORILLA AND HAS ENOUGH TO BE GETTG ON WH.VERDICT: ISN’T BEG A GORILLA HARD ENOUGH?ZARYAZARYA IS FELY A LBIAN. SHE JT HASN’T BEEN ANNOUNCED YET, BUT I KNOW, AND ZARYA KNOWS, AND ALL OF THE LBIANS KNOW. SHE IS A POWERFUL SIBERIAN BEAR… LET HER BENCH PRS SOME LOVELY LADY.VERDICT: GOG TO HAPPEN.ANAOLR WOMEN, EVEN ON WHO’VE HAD CHILDREN AND RELATNSHIPS WH MEN, N INTIFY AS LBIAN JT AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE. OR AS BISEXUAL, OR AS ANYTHG OTHER THAN STRAIGHT. GIVE THE VAGARI OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE, BLIZZARD! SHOW THE WAY!VERDICT: IF SHE’S NOT AN OLDI THREOME WH REAPER AND SOLDIER, THEN GIVE HER A NICE OLD LADY LOVER. SHE’S SMOPOLAN, BETIFUL, WHY NOT?LUCTHIS GAY IS GONNA DO GREAT! “BEYONCE WH A GUN” SHOULD FELY BE GAY. IT’S ONLY JTICE.VERDICT: BLAST LADY GAGA OUT OF ALL YOUR DREADLOCKS, GIRL! THAT’S RIGHT, HIS DREADS HAVE SPEAKERS THE ENDS…SYMMETRA
- FANS REACT TO THE REVEAL THAT TRACER IS GAY
- GENJICOULD GENJI BE GAY? IS HIS RELATNSHIP WH ZENYATTA MORE THAN “JT IENDS”?IN THE REFLECTNS IC, HE’S SHOWN WH A PIECE OF PAPER AND QUILL HAND. MERCY IS SHOWN READG A LETTER. THIS DO NOT DITE HETEROSEXUAL ACTIVY, AS WE ALL KNOW THAT GENJI IS JT SPAMMG “I NEED HEALG.”HOWEVER, GENJI CREDS HIS RELATNSHIP WH ZENYATTA FOR HELPG HIM E TO TERMS WH HIS NEW CYB FORM AND SPENDS MUCH OF HIS TIME WH THE OMNIC. SO… MAYBE.VERDICT: POSSIBLE.MCCREEFANS LIKE TO PAIR MCCREE WH HANZO, PRUMABLY BEE THEY’RE TWO CHARACTERS WHOSE FAC WE N ACTUALLY SEE. AND I MEAN, THEY REALLY LIKE TO PAIR MCCREE WH HANZO. HAVE THE TWO EVER SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER? .. THAT EVER STOPPED ANYBODY?PL, HIS WBOY THG ULD BE A BROKEBACK MOUNTA REFERENCE OR ULD JT BE A YMCA-STYLE LOVE OF STUM. HE’S LLED OUT FOR HIS ATTIRE PLENTY OF TIM, YET PERSISTS. LOVE OF DRAMA AND THEATRE? EXCED BY THE HYPERMASCULE ATHETIC? HMM…ANYWAY, IF MCCREE IS GOG TO BE GAY FOR ANYONE, ’S FELY REAPER. REAPER TOOK MCCREE UNR HIS WG WHEN MCCREE WAS AN IMPRSNABLE TEENAGER AND REAPER WAS HIS PRIME AS THE LEAR OF BLACKWATCH. OF URSE REAPER WASN’T TERTED, BEE HE WAS A GROWN-ASS MAN, BUT WHAT LQUENT-ASS TEEN WOULDN’T P THEIR GAY LTLE HOP ON SUCH A POWERFUL, DANGERO FIGURE?VERDICT: POSSIBLE, AND PRETTY ENTERTAG.BUT THERE’S ANOTHER REASON REAPER HAD NO TERT. AND THAT’S BEE…REAPERIF REAPER IS GAY FOR ANYONE, HE’S GAY FOR SOLDIER 76.COME ON! THEY HAVE ALL: THE PLITED HISTORY, THE IENDSHIP-TO-ENEMI TROPE, THE BETRAYAL, THE DRAMA, THE PATHOS, THE OBSSN WH EACH OTHER. THE ONLY THG THAT ULD MAKE THEIR BACKSTORY MORE LIC IS IF THEY WERE NOT MERELY BT IENDS AND CLOSE LLEAGU, BUT LOVERS.LOVE TURNED BY TIME, BTERNS AND TALON BRAWASHG TO HATE AND MISUNRSTANDG? A DARK-SKNED LATO UNAD NANOBOT ABOMATN MAN WHO LOV SPANKG THE MONKEY GORILLA, CHRISTIAN BALE’S BATMAN VOICE AND THE LAKERS? THK OF THE REPRENTATNAL TRIUMPH!VERDICT: HIGHLY POSSIBLE. BLIZZARD PLS.SOLDIER 76THE ONLY PERSON ON THE PLA THAT SOLDIER 76 SHOULD BE GAY FOR IS REAPER. HE AND REAPER ARE MIRRORS, SO HE’S GOG TO BE JT AS GAY FOR REAPER AS REAPER IS FOR HIM.THK ABOUT : SOLDIER 76 IS A NSISTENT FELLA. HE DON’T WANT NEWFANGLED ENTANGLEMENTS WHEN HE HAS SO MANY PLITED OLD ON. WHO IS GOG TO WANT HIS MTY OLD SELF? SOMEONE EQUALLY OLD AND MTY. SOMEONE WH WHOM HE’S GOT HISTORY. SOMEONE HE KNOWS... SOMEONE LIKE REAPER.VERDICT: BLIZZARD PLS! IT MAK SO MUCH NARRATIVE SENSE!PHARAHLBIAN PHARAH WOULD BE A TRIUMPH FOR VERTIL LBIAN REPRENTATN. AS A FLYG LBIAN, SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL LBIAN TYP ATTAABLE. BOOSTED AND PROTECTED BY MERCY’S POWER AND GENI, LBIAN PHARAH IS PURE AND GOOD.EVEN IF PHAMERCY IS NEVER NON THE ICS, ’S NON OVERWATCH GAMEPLAY MECHANICS ANYWAY, SO WHY NOT BBER-STAMP ?VERDICT: WOULD BE NICE.MERCYONLY WH PHARAH.VERDICT: NO PHARAH NO CRY.SOMBRASHE N LERALLY RETRACT HER NAILS. WHAT KD OF CREDIBLE LBIAN ABILY….VERDICT: DO FOR THE KIDS.BASTNDO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? DO WAR MACH DREAM OF LOVE ON BEDS OF ROS? IF ANY WAR MACHE DO, ’S BASTN. FD BASTN SOME OLD PIECE OF POST-WAR SCRAP METAL TO LOVE AND RAISE GANYME WH.VERDICT: ROBOTS N LOVE TOO.ZENYATTAZENYATTA IS A MONK. HIS WHOLE SCHTICK IS TRANQUILY, THE EMBRACE OF THE IRIS, BLAH BLAH. WHAT DO GENR MEAN THE IRIS? IT SHOULD MEAN NOTHG TO ZENYATTA. ZEN SHOULD LOVE PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE, NOT WHAT SHAPE THEIR BODY IS. AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT HE DO: HE WAS THE ONE WHO HELPED GENJI E TO PTHS WH HIS NEW CYB FORM.ZENYATTA LOV ALL.VERDICT: OMNIC LOVE RIGHTS NOW!HANZOHANZO KILLED HIS OWN BROTHER AND LEFT HIM FOR AD. HE DON’T SERVE LOVE OM ANYONE.VERDICT: DIE ALONE.JUNKRATIF JUNKRAT ISN’T EVENTUALLY REVEALED TO BE BIG GAY HOOTS WH ROADHOG, I’LL BE GOBSMACKED. THEY SEEM TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN EACH OTHER’S PANY. PL, JUNKRAT HIRED ROADHOG TO BE HIS BODYGUARD WATCH HIS ASS. SURE, JUNKRAT TEAS MEI, BUT THAT’S BEE JUNKRAT IS PULSIVELY ANNOYG AND N’T HELP . HE ALREADY HAS A STRONG RELATNSHIP WH ROADHOG. TAKG TO THE NEXT STEP FEELS NATURAL.I DON’T KNOW IF JUNKRAT IS GAY, BUT I FEEL MY HEART THAT HE LOV ROADHOG ALMOST AS MUCH AS ROADHOG LOV BAN. DON’T THAT UNT?VERDICT: 10/10 BAN CHEEBURGERS.ROADHOGWHY NOT?I MEAN, I JT N’T THK OF ONE SGLE GOOD REASON WHY NOT. GIVE ME THE FAT GAY SHARK-PIG MAN REPRENTATN. WHY NOT?VERDICT: 10/10 PIG PLHI.MEISATAN DO WHAT SATAN WANTS. GIVE MEI A GIRLIEND SO SHE N TELL THE HATERS TO STAY OSTY.VERDICT: DO MONS HAVE GENR?TORBJORNLET THE STRAIGHTS KEEP HIM AND HIS 87 KIDS.VERDICT: THE GAYS DON’T WANT HIM.WIDOWMAKERWIDOWMAKER NEEDS TO NOT BE BRAWASHED BEFORE WE START TALKG ABOUT HER SEXUAL PREFERENCE AND ROMANTIC ATTRACTNS. SORRY, TRACER/WIDOWMAKER FANS. ISN’T SHE STILL GRIEVG HER AD HBAND ANYWAY?VERDICT: LOSE THE PURPLE A TY LBIAN GREML SOLDIER/STREAMER BABY. SHE LOV CSHG N00BS MORE THAN SHE LOV ANYONE ON THE PLA, BUT WHO’S TO SAY THE GIRL THAT CHANG HER LIFE MIGHT NOT BE CLOSE AT HAND? GO AHEAD AND MAKE GAY.VERDICT: 5/5 MOUNTA DEWS.REHARDTA LEGENDARY OLD GAY WARRR. WHAT ABOUT THAT OLD KNIGHT-COMMANR OF HIS OM THE WAR WHOSE ARMOR IS ONE OF REHARDT’S LEGENDARY SKS? THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY TOUCHG BACKSTORY.VERDICT: 87/87 OF TORBJORN’S KIDS.WSTONWSTON IS A GORILLA AND HAS ENOUGH TO BE GETTG ON WH.VERDICT: ISN’T BEG A GORILLA HARD ENOUGH?ZARYAZARYA IS FELY A LBIAN. SHE JT HASN’T BEEN ANNOUNCED YET, BUT I KNOW, AND ZARYA KNOWS, AND ALL OF THE LBIANS KNOW. SHE IS A POWERFUL SIBERIAN BEAR… LET HER BENCH PRS SOME LOVELY LADY.VERDICT: GOG TO HAPPEN.ANAOLR WOMEN, EVEN ON WHO’VE HAD CHILDREN AND RELATNSHIPS WH MEN, N INTIFY AS LBIAN JT AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE. OR AS BISEXUAL, OR AS ANYTHG OTHER THAN STRAIGHT. GIVE THE VAGARI OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE, BLIZZARD! SHOW THE WAY!VERDICT: IF SHE’S NOT AN OLDI THREOME WH REAPER AND SOLDIER, THEN GIVE HER A NICE OLD LADY LOVER. SHE’S SMOPOLAN, BETIFUL, WHY NOT?LUCTHIS GAY IS GONNA DO GREAT! “BEYONCE WH A GUN” SHOULD FELY BE GAY. IT’S ONLY JTICE.VERDICT: BLAST LADY GAGA OUT OF ALL YOUR DREADLOCKS, GIRL! THAT’S RIGHT, HIS DREADS HAVE SPEAKERS THE ENDS…SYMMETRA
OUR THOUGHTS ON OVERWATCH'S TRACER BEG GAY
Wh the release of Overwatch’s holiday ic, gamers saw the game’s first openly gay character: Tracer. Many of here at Kotaku, an Overwatch fanse, took time to s down and reflect on how Blizzard has treated the topic of diversy our favore team based shooter. * gay tracer *
Wh the release of Overwatch’s holiday ic, gamers saw the game’s first openly gay character: Tracer. Heather: I thk they’ve been tellg about gay characters sce Grayson: They’ve hted at this specific reveal for months.
I mean, I uld be super crass and poke at the panel layout: we cut to Tracer talkg to someone out of ame and then a whole ame of ‘look, ’s another woman’ as a fe narrative beat, and then we build to a kiss and cut away aga, closg out the brief arc as a story about Tracer beg gay. There’s a fely a ‘surprise, gay!
THE BT REACTNS TO TRACER BEG GAY OVERWATCH
One of the game's most popular characters, Soldier: 76 has been revealed to be gay - and reactns are mixed. * gay tracer *
But I do agree that there’s an element of, “surprise, gay! I was super aaid that the “surprise, gay! For me, I’m happy to give props to velopers who thk about how I’ll feel as a female I almost ma a GIF today of scrollg down the Tumblr tag for Tracer—100% of is “Tracer is gay and she saved my crops and cleared my sk.
TRACER BEG "GAY". MA ME FEEL A CERTA WAY. ALIENATED
* gay tracer *
But I also regnize that one gay character is more or ls the bare mimum.
Tracer is gay and that is wonrful.
Here’s a du that’s fely gay, and embedd gay culture, but his problems don’t revolve around beg gay and datg. "Hey Tracer is gay""Oh ol""No...
Y, 'OVERWATCH' MAKG BOTH SOLDIER: 76 AND TRACER GAY IS A BIG DEAL
Yterday was an tertg day for Overwatch, as dropped to a newly released lore story that foced on Ana, was revealed that Soldier: 76, Jack Morrison, is gay. * gay tracer *
Tracer is GAY""Yeah. ""No du Tracer is gay""Yeah what about""She's gay! ""Yeah"December 21, 2016See more"Oh, Tracer is a gay relatnship" *mov on wh life entirely unaffected by this news*^ Sane people.
December 21, 2016See moreHowever, there is also a far bigger issue to nsir ?? BEING ?? GAY ?? WILL ?? NOT ?? CHANGE ?? THE ?? GAME ?? YOU ?? FUCKERS ?? STILL ?? IGNORE ?? THE ?? GOD ?? DAMN ?? PAYLOAD ??December 20, 2016See moreTracer is a lbian? Wow, that n only mean one thg -- MOVE THE GODDAMNED PAYLOADDecember 21, 2016See moreTracer may be gay, but the real qutn @PlayOverwatch need to answer is why won't my TEAM HELP WITH THE PAYLOAD 21, 2016See moreIT DOESNT MATTER IF TRACER IS GAY, YALL STILL IGNORE THE PAYLOADDecember 21, 2016See morePeople rmg me that Tracer is gay, I don't re if she is a one-eyed pelin. Tracer is gay.
Logilly, I thk is safe to assume that all gay people n teleport. Many people exprsed their support for Tracer beg gay as was a good step for reprentatn vio gam. Others reacted negatively believg that was all part of the "gay agenda".
BLIZZARD CONFIRMS TRACER IS GAY NEW OVERWATCH HOLIDAY COMIC
Some said that Tracer beg gay was specifilly signed for the "male gaze" and suggted makg characters to make straight mal unfortable. Badass Gay. GAY.
Soldier 76 – Gay. Much like Tracer, Soldier 76 was revealed to be gay a medium outsi of the official Overwatch game. Both intify as gay.
Tracer beg "gay". But yterday was an tertg day for the seri, as dropped to a newly released lore story that foced on Ana was the reveal that Soldier: 76, Jack Morrison, is gay, or at the very least, terted men.
TRACER IS, FACT, STILL GAY CHA, SO IS S76
So to have both Tracer and Soldier: 76 be gay, that’s rather signifint an dtry where almost no major gamg ins are nfirmed to be LGBTQ. Some are accg of Blizzard pullg a JK Rowlg wh an “actually, Dumbledore is gay” reveal after the fact, spe that never me up the books or movi. Everyone seems to be eher A) happy B) claimg they knew he was gay all along C) different.
In a recent holiday special edn ic, the creators at Blizzard have nonilly nfirmed Tracer as beg a gay woman. Blizzard has been alludg to the fact that an openly gay character exists Overwatch for some time, first wh mors and then wh hts alludg to the fact that would be revealed soon.
Soldier 76 (Gay). Overwatch 2’s rint veteran is gay, though not many people know .
GENJICOULD GENJI BE GAY? IS HIS RELATNSHIP WH ZENYATTA MORE THAN “JT IENDS”?IN THE REFLECTNS IC, HE’S SHOWN WH A PIECE OF PAPER AND QUILL HAND. MERCY IS SHOWN READG A LETTER. THIS DO NOT DITE HETEROSEXUAL ACTIVY, AS WE ALL KNOW THAT GENJI IS JT SPAMMG “I NEED HEALG.”HOWEVER, GENJI CREDS HIS RELATNSHIP WH ZENYATTA FOR HELPG HIM E TO TERMS WH HIS NEW CYB FORM AND SPENDS MUCH OF HIS TIME WH THE OMNIC. SO… MAYBE.VERDICT: POSSIBLE.MCCREEFANS LIKE TO PAIR MCCREE WH HANZO, PRUMABLY BEE THEY’RE TWO CHARACTERS WHOSE FAC WE N ACTUALLY SEE. AND I MEAN, THEY REALLY LIKE TO PAIR MCCREE WH HANZO. HAVE THE TWO EVER SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER? .. THAT EVER STOPPED ANYBODY?PL, HIS WBOY THG ULD BE A BROKEBACK MOUNTA REFERENCE OR ULD JT BE A YMCA-STYLE LOVE OF STUM. HE’S LLED OUT FOR HIS ATTIRE PLENTY OF TIM, YET PERSISTS. LOVE OF DRAMA AND THEATRE? EXCED BY THE HYPERMASCULE ATHETIC? HMM…ANYWAY, IF MCCREE IS GOG TO BE GAY FOR ANYONE, ’S FELY REAPER. REAPER TOOK MCCREE UNR HIS WG WHEN MCCREE WAS AN IMPRSNABLE TEENAGER AND REAPER WAS HIS PRIME AS THE LEAR OF BLACKWATCH. OF URSE REAPER WASN’T TERTED, BEE HE WAS A GROWN-ASS MAN, BUT WHAT LQUENT-ASS TEEN WOULDN’T P THEIR GAY LTLE HOP ON SUCH A POWERFUL, DANGERO FIGURE?VERDICT: POSSIBLE, AND PRETTY ENTERTAG.BUT THERE’S ANOTHER REASON REAPER HAD NO TERT. AND THAT’S BEE…REAPERIF REAPER IS GAY FOR ANYONE, HE’S GAY FOR SOLDIER 76.COME ON! THEY HAVE ALL: THE PLITED HISTORY, THE IENDSHIP-TO-ENEMI TROPE, THE BETRAYAL, THE DRAMA, THE PATHOS, THE OBSSN WH EACH OTHER. THE ONLY THG THAT ULD MAKE THEIR BACKSTORY MORE LIC IS IF THEY WERE NOT MERELY BT IENDS AND CLOSE LLEAGU, BUT LOVERS.LOVE TURNED BY TIME, BTERNS AND TALON BRAWASHG TO HATE AND MISUNRSTANDG? A DARK-SKNED LATO UNAD NANOBOT ABOMATN MAN WHO LOV SPANKG THE MONKEY GORILLA, CHRISTIAN BALE’S BATMAN VOICE AND THE LAKERS? THK OF THE REPRENTATNAL TRIUMPH!VERDICT: HIGHLY POSSIBLE. BLIZZARD PLS.SOLDIER 76THE ONLY PERSON ON THE PLA THAT SOLDIER 76 SHOULD BE GAY FOR IS REAPER. HE AND REAPER ARE MIRRORS, SO HE’S GOG TO BE JT AS GAY FOR REAPER AS REAPER IS FOR HIM.THK ABOUT : SOLDIER 76 IS A NSISTENT FELLA. HE DON’T WANT NEWFANGLED ENTANGLEMENTS WHEN HE HAS SO MANY PLITED OLD ON. WHO IS GOG TO WANT HIS MTY OLD SELF? SOMEONE EQUALLY OLD AND MTY. SOMEONE WH WHOM HE’S GOT HISTORY. SOMEONE HE KNOWS... SOMEONE LIKE REAPER.VERDICT: BLIZZARD PLS! IT MAK SO MUCH NARRATIVE SENSE!PHARAHLBIAN PHARAH WOULD BE A TRIUMPH FOR VERTIL LBIAN REPRENTATN. AS A FLYG LBIAN, SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL LBIAN TYP ATTAABLE. BOOSTED AND PROTECTED BY MERCY’S POWER AND GENI, LBIAN PHARAH IS PURE AND GOOD.EVEN IF PHAMERCY IS NEVER NON THE ICS, ’S NON OVERWATCH GAMEPLAY MECHANICS ANYWAY, SO WHY NOT BBER-STAMP ?VERDICT: WOULD BE NICE.MERCYONLY WH PHARAH.VERDICT: NO PHARAH NO CRY.SOMBRASHE N LERALLY RETRACT HER NAILS. WHAT KD OF CREDIBLE LBIAN ABILY….VERDICT: DO FOR THE KIDS.BASTNDO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? DO WAR MACH DREAM OF LOVE ON BEDS OF ROS? IF ANY WAR MACHE DO, ’S BASTN. FD BASTN SOME OLD PIECE OF POST-WAR SCRAP METAL TO LOVE AND RAISE GANYME WH.VERDICT: ROBOTS N LOVE TOO.ZENYATTAZENYATTA IS A MONK. HIS WHOLE SCHTICK IS TRANQUILY, THE EMBRACE OF THE IRIS, BLAH BLAH. WHAT DO GENR MEAN THE IRIS? IT SHOULD MEAN NOTHG TO ZENYATTA. ZEN SHOULD LOVE PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE, NOT WHAT SHAPE THEIR BODY IS. AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT HE DO: HE WAS THE ONE WHO HELPED GENJI E TO PTHS WH HIS NEW CYB FORM.ZENYATTA LOV ALL.VERDICT: OMNIC LOVE RIGHTS NOW!HANZOHANZO KILLED HIS OWN BROTHER AND LEFT HIM FOR AD. HE DON’T SERVE LOVE OM ANYONE.VERDICT: DIE ALONE.JUNKRATIF JUNKRAT ISN’T EVENTUALLY REVEALED TO BE BIG GAY HOOTS WH ROADHOG, I’LL BE GOBSMACKED. THEY SEEM TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN EACH OTHER’S PANY. PL, JUNKRAT HIRED ROADHOG TO BE HIS BODYGUARD WATCH HIS ASS. SURE, JUNKRAT TEAS MEI, BUT THAT’S BEE JUNKRAT IS PULSIVELY ANNOYG AND N’T HELP . HE ALREADY HAS A STRONG RELATNSHIP WH ROADHOG. TAKG TO THE NEXT STEP FEELS NATURAL.I DON’T KNOW IF JUNKRAT IS GAY, BUT I FEEL MY HEART THAT HE LOV ROADHOG ALMOST AS MUCH AS ROADHOG LOV BAN. DON’T THAT UNT?VERDICT: 10/10 BAN CHEEBURGERS.ROADHOGWHY NOT?I MEAN, I JT N’T THK OF ONE SGLE GOOD REASON WHY NOT. GIVE ME THE FAT GAY SHARK-PIG MAN REPRENTATN. WHY NOT?VERDICT: 10/10 PIG PLHI.MEISATAN DO WHAT SATAN WANTS. GIVE MEI A GIRLIEND SO SHE N TELL THE HATERS TO STAY OSTY.VERDICT: DO MONS HAVE GENR?TORBJORNLET THE STRAIGHTS KEEP HIM AND HIS 87 KIDS.VERDICT: THE GAYS DON’T WANT HIM.WIDOWMAKERWIDOWMAKER NEEDS TO NOT BE BRAWASHED BEFORE WE START TALKG ABOUT HER SEXUAL PREFERENCE AND ROMANTIC ATTRACTNS. SORRY, TRACER/WIDOWMAKER FANS. ISN’T SHE STILL GRIEVG HER AD HBAND ANYWAY?VERDICT: LOSE THE PURPLE A TY LBIAN GREML SOLDIER/STREAMER BABY. SHE LOV CSHG N00BS MORE THAN SHE LOV ANYONE ON THE PLA, BUT WHO’S TO SAY THE GIRL THAT CHANG HER LIFE MIGHT NOT BE CLOSE AT HAND? GO AHEAD AND MAKE GAY.VERDICT: 5/5 MOUNTA DEWS.REHARDTA LEGENDARY OLD GAY WARRR. WHAT ABOUT THAT OLD KNIGHT-COMMANR OF HIS OM THE WAR WHOSE ARMOR IS ONE OF REHARDT’S LEGENDARY SKS? THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY TOUCHG BACKSTORY.VERDICT: 87/87 OF TORBJORN’S KIDS.WSTONWSTON IS A GORILLA AND HAS ENOUGH TO BE GETTG ON WH.VERDICT: ISN’T BEG A GORILLA HARD ENOUGH?ZARYAZARYA IS FELY A LBIAN. SHE JT HASN’T BEEN ANNOUNCED YET, BUT I KNOW, AND ZARYA KNOWS, AND ALL OF THE LBIANS KNOW. SHE IS A POWERFUL SIBERIAN BEAR… LET HER BENCH PRS SOME LOVELY LADY.VERDICT: GOG TO HAPPEN.ANAOLR WOMEN, EVEN ON WHO’VE HAD CHILDREN AND RELATNSHIPS WH MEN, N INTIFY AS LBIAN JT AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE. OR AS BISEXUAL, OR AS ANYTHG OTHER THAN STRAIGHT. GIVE THE VAGARI OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE, BLIZZARD! SHOW THE WAY!VERDICT: IF SHE’S NOT AN OLDI THREOME WH REAPER AND SOLDIER, THEN GIVE HER A NICE OLD LADY LOVER. SHE’S SMOPOLAN, BETIFUL, WHY NOT?LUCTHIS GAY IS GONNA DO GREAT! “BEYONCE WH A GUN” SHOULD FELY BE GAY. IT’S ONLY JTICE.VERDICT: BLAST LADY GAGA OUT OF ALL YOUR DREADLOCKS, GIRL! THAT’S RIGHT, HIS DREADS HAVE SPEAKERS THE ENDS…SYMMETRA
Soldier 76 was nfirmed to be gay a few years after the game’s release, and while he isn’t as well regnized as Tracer, many fans were pleased at the announcement.
Tracer is, fact, still gay Cha, so is S76 - General Discsn - Overwatch Foms.
FANS REACT TO THE REVEAL THAT TRACER IS GAY
GenjiCould Genji be gay? Hmm…Anyway, if McCree is gog to be gay for anyone, ’s fely Reaper. Of urse Reaper wasn’t terted, bee he was a grown-ass man, but what lquent-ass teen wouldn’t p their gay ltle hop on such a powerful, dangero figure?
And that’s bee…ReaperIf Reaper is gay for anyone, he’s gay for Soldier on!
Soldier 76The only person on the pla that Soldier 76 should be gay for is Reaper.
GENJICOULD GENJI BE GAY? IS HIS RELATNSHIP WH ZENYATTA MORE THAN “JT IENDS”?IN THE REFLECTNS IC, HE’S SHOWN WH A PIECE OF PAPER AND QUILL HAND. MERCY IS SHOWN READG A LETTER. THIS DO NOT DITE HETEROSEXUAL ACTIVY, AS WE ALL KNOW THAT GENJI IS JT SPAMMG “I NEED HEALG.”HOWEVER, GENJI CREDS HIS RELATNSHIP WH ZENYATTA FOR HELPG HIM E TO TERMS WH HIS NEW CYB FORM AND SPENDS MUCH OF HIS TIME WH THE OMNIC. SO… MAYBE.VERDICT: POSSIBLE.MCCREEFANS LIKE TO PAIR MCCREE WH HANZO, PRUMABLY BEE THEY’RE TWO CHARACTERS WHOSE FAC WE N ACTUALLY SEE. AND I MEAN, THEY REALLY LIKE TO PAIR MCCREE WH HANZO. HAVE THE TWO EVER SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER? .. THAT EVER STOPPED ANYBODY?PL, HIS WBOY THG ULD BE A BROKEBACK MOUNTA REFERENCE OR ULD JT BE A YMCA-STYLE LOVE OF STUM. HE’S LLED OUT FOR HIS ATTIRE PLENTY OF TIM, YET PERSISTS. LOVE OF DRAMA AND THEATRE? EXCED BY THE HYPERMASCULE ATHETIC? HMM…ANYWAY, IF MCCREE IS GOG TO BE GAY FOR ANYONE, ’S FELY REAPER. REAPER TOOK MCCREE UNR HIS WG WHEN MCCREE WAS AN IMPRSNABLE TEENAGER AND REAPER WAS HIS PRIME AS THE LEAR OF BLACKWATCH. OF URSE REAPER WASN’T TERTED, BEE HE WAS A GROWN-ASS MAN, BUT WHAT LQUENT-ASS TEEN WOULDN’T P THEIR GAY LTLE HOP ON SUCH A POWERFUL, DANGERO FIGURE?VERDICT: POSSIBLE, AND PRETTY ENTERTAG.BUT THERE’S ANOTHER REASON REAPER HAD NO TERT. AND THAT’S BEE…REAPERIF REAPER IS GAY FOR ANYONE, HE’S GAY FOR SOLDIER 76.COME ON! THEY HAVE ALL: THE PLITED HISTORY, THE IENDSHIP-TO-ENEMI TROPE, THE BETRAYAL, THE DRAMA, THE PATHOS, THE OBSSN WH EACH OTHER. THE ONLY THG THAT ULD MAKE THEIR BACKSTORY MORE LIC IS IF THEY WERE NOT MERELY BT IENDS AND CLOSE LLEAGU, BUT LOVERS.LOVE TURNED BY TIME, BTERNS AND TALON BRAWASHG TO HATE AND MISUNRSTANDG? A DARK-SKNED LATO UNAD NANOBOT ABOMATN MAN WHO LOV SPANKG THE MONKEY GORILLA, CHRISTIAN BALE’S BATMAN VOICE AND THE LAKERS? THK OF THE REPRENTATNAL TRIUMPH!VERDICT: HIGHLY POSSIBLE. BLIZZARD PLS.SOLDIER 76THE ONLY PERSON ON THE PLA THAT SOLDIER 76 SHOULD BE GAY FOR IS REAPER. HE AND REAPER ARE MIRRORS, SO HE’S GOG TO BE JT AS GAY FOR REAPER AS REAPER IS FOR HIM.THK ABOUT : SOLDIER 76 IS A NSISTENT FELLA. HE DON’T WANT NEWFANGLED ENTANGLEMENTS WHEN HE HAS SO MANY PLITED OLD ON. WHO IS GOG TO WANT HIS MTY OLD SELF? SOMEONE EQUALLY OLD AND MTY. SOMEONE WH WHOM HE’S GOT HISTORY. SOMEONE HE KNOWS... SOMEONE LIKE REAPER.VERDICT: BLIZZARD PLS! IT MAK SO MUCH NARRATIVE SENSE!PHARAHLBIAN PHARAH WOULD BE A TRIUMPH FOR VERTIL LBIAN REPRENTATN. AS A FLYG LBIAN, SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL LBIAN TYP ATTAABLE. BOOSTED AND PROTECTED BY MERCY’S POWER AND GENI, LBIAN PHARAH IS PURE AND GOOD.EVEN IF PHAMERCY IS NEVER NON THE ICS, ’S NON OVERWATCH GAMEPLAY MECHANICS ANYWAY, SO WHY NOT BBER-STAMP ?VERDICT: WOULD BE NICE.MERCYONLY WH PHARAH.VERDICT: NO PHARAH NO CRY.SOMBRASHE N LERALLY RETRACT HER NAILS. WHAT KD OF CREDIBLE LBIAN ABILY….VERDICT: DO FOR THE KIDS.BASTNDO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? DO WAR MACH DREAM OF LOVE ON BEDS OF ROS? IF ANY WAR MACHE DO, ’S BASTN. FD BASTN SOME OLD PIECE OF POST-WAR SCRAP METAL TO LOVE AND RAISE GANYME WH.VERDICT: ROBOTS N LOVE TOO.ZENYATTAZENYATTA IS A MONK. HIS WHOLE SCHTICK IS TRANQUILY, THE EMBRACE OF THE IRIS, BLAH BLAH. WHAT DO GENR MEAN THE IRIS? IT SHOULD MEAN NOTHG TO ZENYATTA. ZEN SHOULD LOVE PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE, NOT WHAT SHAPE THEIR BODY IS. AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT HE DO: HE WAS THE ONE WHO HELPED GENJI E TO PTHS WH HIS NEW CYB FORM.ZENYATTA LOV ALL.VERDICT: OMNIC LOVE RIGHTS NOW!HANZOHANZO KILLED HIS OWN BROTHER AND LEFT HIM FOR AD. HE DON’T SERVE LOVE OM ANYONE.VERDICT: DIE ALONE.JUNKRATIF JUNKRAT ISN’T EVENTUALLY REVEALED TO BE BIG GAY HOOTS WH ROADHOG, I’LL BE GOBSMACKED. THEY SEEM TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN EACH OTHER’S PANY. PL, JUNKRAT HIRED ROADHOG TO BE HIS BODYGUARD WATCH HIS ASS. SURE, JUNKRAT TEAS MEI, BUT THAT’S BEE JUNKRAT IS PULSIVELY ANNOYG AND N’T HELP . HE ALREADY HAS A STRONG RELATNSHIP WH ROADHOG. TAKG TO THE NEXT STEP FEELS NATURAL.I DON’T KNOW IF JUNKRAT IS GAY, BUT I FEEL MY HEART THAT HE LOV ROADHOG ALMOST AS MUCH AS ROADHOG LOV BAN. DON’T THAT UNT?VERDICT: 10/10 BAN CHEEBURGERS.ROADHOGWHY NOT?I MEAN, I JT N’T THK OF ONE SGLE GOOD REASON WHY NOT. GIVE ME THE FAT GAY SHARK-PIG MAN REPRENTATN. WHY NOT?VERDICT: 10/10 PIG PLHI.MEISATAN DO WHAT SATAN WANTS. GIVE MEI A GIRLIEND SO SHE N TELL THE HATERS TO STAY OSTY.VERDICT: DO MONS HAVE GENR?TORBJORNLET THE STRAIGHTS KEEP HIM AND HIS 87 KIDS.VERDICT: THE GAYS DON’T WANT HIM.WIDOWMAKERWIDOWMAKER NEEDS TO NOT BE BRAWASHED BEFORE WE START TALKG ABOUT HER SEXUAL PREFERENCE AND ROMANTIC ATTRACTNS. SORRY, TRACER/WIDOWMAKER FANS. ISN’T SHE STILL GRIEVG HER AD HBAND ANYWAY?VERDICT: LOSE THE PURPLE A TY LBIAN GREML SOLDIER/STREAMER BABY. SHE LOV CSHG N00BS MORE THAN SHE LOV ANYONE ON THE PLA, BUT WHO’S TO SAY THE GIRL THAT CHANG HER LIFE MIGHT NOT BE CLOSE AT HAND? GO AHEAD AND MAKE GAY.VERDICT: 5/5 MOUNTA DEWS.REHARDTA LEGENDARY OLD GAY WARRR. WHAT ABOUT THAT OLD KNIGHT-COMMANR OF HIS OM THE WAR WHOSE ARMOR IS ONE OF REHARDT’S LEGENDARY SKS? THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY TOUCHG BACKSTORY.VERDICT: 87/87 OF TORBJORN’S KIDS.WSTONWSTON IS A GORILLA AND HAS ENOUGH TO BE GETTG ON WH.VERDICT: ISN’T BEG A GORILLA HARD ENOUGH?ZARYAZARYA IS FELY A LBIAN. SHE JT HASN’T BEEN ANNOUNCED YET, BUT I KNOW, AND ZARYA KNOWS, AND ALL OF THE LBIANS KNOW. SHE IS A POWERFUL SIBERIAN BEAR… LET HER BENCH PRS SOME LOVELY LADY.VERDICT: GOG TO HAPPEN.ANAOLR WOMEN, EVEN ON WHO’VE HAD CHILDREN AND RELATNSHIPS WH MEN, N INTIFY AS LBIAN JT AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE. OR AS BISEXUAL, OR AS ANYTHG OTHER THAN STRAIGHT. GIVE THE VAGARI OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE, BLIZZARD! SHOW THE WAY!VERDICT: IF SHE’S NOT AN OLDI THREOME WH REAPER AND SOLDIER, THEN GIVE HER A NICE OLD LADY LOVER. SHE’S SMOPOLAN, BETIFUL, WHY NOT?LUCTHIS GAY IS GONNA DO GREAT! “BEYONCE WH A GUN” SHOULD FELY BE GAY. IT’S ONLY JTICE.VERDICT: BLAST LADY GAGA OUT OF ALL YOUR DREADLOCKS, GIRL! THAT’S RIGHT, HIS DREADS HAVE SPEAKERS THE ENDS…SYMMETRA
He and Reaper are mirrors, so he’s gog to be jt as gay for Reaper as Reaper is for about : Soldier 76 is a nsistent fella.
JunkratIf Junkrat isn’t eventually revealed to be big gay hoots wh Roadhog, I’ll be gobsmacked. I don’t know if Junkrat is gay, but I feel my heart that he lov Roadhog almost as much as Roadhog lov ban. Give me the fat gay shark-pig man reprentatn.
Verdict: The gays don’t want him. Go ahead and make gay. RehardtA legendary old gay warrr.