Blizzard short story 'Bastet' officially nfirms 'Overwatch' character Soldier 76 is nonilly gay, and the send hero to reprent LGBTQ folks.
Contents:
- BLIZZARD REVEALS THAT SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY - BUT IT ISN’T ENOUGH
- BLIZZARD CONFIRMS TRACER IS GAY NEW OVERWATCH HOLIDAY COMIC
- WHY OVERWATCH'S GAY CHARACTERS ARE SO IMPORTANT
- BLIZZARD FORC NAME CHANGE FOR GAY GUILD
- THE WILDLY POPULAR ‘OVERWATCH’ SAYS A MA CHARACTER IS GAY. WILL THIS BE A STEP FORWARD FOR VIO GAM?
- OVERWATCH SHORT STORY REVEALS MAJOR CHARACTER IS GAY
BLIZZARD REVEALS THAT SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY - BUT IT ISN’T ENOUGH
Blizzard reveals that Overwatch's Soldier: 76 is gay - but they n do better than an isolated short story that might also be a PR distractn. * blizzard is gay *
Blizzard reveals that Overwatch's Soldier: 76 is gay - but they n do better than an isolated short story that might also be a PR distractn. Related: How Pennywise and The Babadook Beme Gay Ins. Fans had so many qutns that the wrer of the piece, Michael Chu, took to Twter to nfirm that, y, Jack Morrison is a gay man.
BLIZZARD CONFIRMS TRACER IS GAY NEW OVERWATCH HOLIDAY COMIC
Blizzard Entertament's Overwatch has nfirmed two of s hero are gay, a move that's a major step forward for gamg. * blizzard is gay *
The problem to foc when we take a step back and realize that a huge portn of the fan base, the nsole players, never see the one piece of story ntent that picts Soldier: 76 as beg gay.
We would all do well to remember that, bee as fantastic as is that Overwatch now has a playable, nonilly gay character, Blizzard is a lossal rporatn.
WHY OVERWATCH'S GAY CHARACTERS ARE SO IMPORTANT
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They played safe wh the reveal that Jack Morrison is gay, relegatg to an piece of world-buildg lore that only a mory of players will see. Rowlg famoly clared that Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore was gay years after the re books were fished whout ever puttg that to the actual text of her works.
Blizzard's Very Convenient Gay Smokcreen.
The January 7 announcement of a gay Soldier: 76 giv the game a major posive PR boost and shifts the story away om narrativ about harassment the muny and the subset of toxic profsnal players.
BLIZZARD FORC NAME CHANGE FOR GAY GUILD
However, nothg about the story or what was clud the update self directly speaks to Soldier: 76 as a gay man that uldn't have been done sce Jeff Kaplan teased the update on January 4. If we put on some til nspiracy hats, isn't a huge stretch to nsir that a huge pany might leverage an upg short story release to clu a brief alln to a gay romance.
THE WILDLY POPULAR ‘OVERWATCH’ SAYS A MA CHARACTER IS GAY. WILL THIS BE A STEP FORWARD FOR VIO GAM?
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. The llaboratn aims to aid the Center’s missn to advote on behalf of the Orange County Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer/Qutng muni and provi servic that ensure s well-beg and posive inty.
Will Zarya — who already has a vol fanbase celebratg her as a gay in — be revealed to be nonilly lbian?
"They mentn 'plural' [LGBTQ Overwatch characters], and if Zarya isn't one, I'm gog to be very upset ed, " Reddor happon wrote the /r/gaymers subredd rponse to one er plag that Zarya was too stereotypilly lbian. "Another menter the /r/Overwatch subredd said they hoped Mei would be tablished as nonilly gay, particularly light of the way she ldly tells Junkrat to "look somewhere else" when he mak a remark about her wter, the /r/Overwatch subredd seems to be filled wh humoro, lighthearted ments between the legimate speculatn.
OVERWATCH SHORT STORY REVEALS MAJOR CHARACTER IS GAY
For example, reddor le_sweetie_man said:Select groups of self proclaimed hardre gamers are sexist, racist and homophobic wh a strange abily to adm that they are.