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.
Contents:
- NEW OVERWATCH LORE CONFIRMS SOLDIER 76 IS GAY, AND CHOSE HIS MISSN OVER HIS RELATNSHIP
- "OVERWATCH" HERO SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY AND THE REACTNS ARE JT THE BT
- HOW HOMOPHOBIA TANKED THE POPULARY OF A GAY OVERWATCH CHARACTER
- IS SOLDIER: 76 GAY OVERWATCH 2?
- BLIZZARD REVEALS THAT SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY - BUT IT ISN’T ENOUGH
- SOLDIER 76 GAY? BI? 'OVERWATCH' FANS, DEVS AND SHIPPERS REACT TO 'BASTET' BOMBSHELL (UPDATE)
- A NEW OVERWATCH SHORT STORY REVEALS THAT SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY
- A POPULAR HERO AT THE CENTER OF ONE OF THE HOTTT VIO GAM AROUND WAS JT REVEALED TO BE GAY, AND FANS ARE EAKG OUT
- OVERWATCH SHORT STORY & WRER CONFIRM SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY
NEW OVERWATCH LORE CONFIRMS SOLDIER 76 IS GAY, AND CHOSE HIS MISSN OVER HIS RELATNSHIP
Soldier 76, the crotchety old soldier Overwatch, is now nonilly gay acrdg to a recent short story. * 76 gay *
Soldier 76, the crotchety old soldier Overwatch, is now nonilly gay acrdg to a recent short story. New Overwatch Lore Confirms Soldier 76 Is Gay, And Chose His Missn Over His Relatnship. Overwatch’s latt short story nfirms that Soldier 76 is totally gay, but uldn’t balance a relatnship wh his duti as a soldier.
He’s gay.
"OVERWATCH" HERO SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY AND THE REACTNS ARE JT THE BT
Blizzard short story 'Bastet' officially nfirms 'Overwatch' character Soldier 76 is nonilly gay, and the send hero to reprent LGBTQ folks. * 76 gay *
In se there was any ambiguy, Michael Chu tweeted out that y, Soldier 76 is gay and nothg else. Will this mean we’ll get a somewhat more fabulo Soldier 76 sk for this year’s gay pri season?
While ’s neat that Soldier 76 is Overwatch’s send gay character after Tracer, what’s far more ntroversial is the fact that Ana is now nonilly a furry after donng the tular Bastet mask at the end of the story.
Update: A tweet om lead wrer Michael Chu nfirms that Soldier intifi as gay. “Both intify as gay. Both intify as gay.
HOW HOMOPHOBIA TANKED THE POPULARY OF A GAY OVERWATCH CHARACTER
One of the game's most popular characters, Soldier: 76 has been revealed to be gay - and reactns are mixed. * 76 gay *
Bastet nfirms that Soldier: 76 is Overwatch’s send gay character.
IS SOLDIER: 76 GAY OVERWATCH 2?
Move, he's gay. * 76 gay *
) Related: Blizzard releas an Ana short story—and nfirms Soldier: 76 as the game’s send gay character Here’s an excerpt om the story. In the Reflectns ic, where Tracer was revealed as gay, Blizzard slipped the same photo of Vcent and Soldier: 76. And we've jt learned that he's gay.
What a joyo time to be a gaymer. SOLDIER 76 IS GAY.
BLIZZARD REVEALS THAT SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY - BUT IT ISN’T ENOUGH
A new study found that after the character was revealed to be gay a ic, players chose Soldier: 76 ls equently -game. * 76 gay *
IF YOURE PLAYING A GAY IN THE VIDEO GAME WORLD. YOURE GAY IN REAL LIFE. While gam allow to step to the liv of people pletely different om , there is still one difference that uld be a bridge too far for some: playg an out gay character.
Rearchers found that after Soldier: 76, a character the onle first-person shooter game Overwatch, was revealed to be gay a 2019 ic, there was a statistil drop his “pick rate” the game, a term referrg to the percentage of tim players selected the character durg a game.
SOLDIER 76 GAY? BI? 'OVERWATCH' FANS, DEVS AND SHIPPERS REACT TO 'BASTET' BOMBSHELL (UPDATE)
* 76 gay *
As Norwegian profsor Cornel Nseler wr an analysis of the study published Wednday Scientific Amerin, the newly-gay character experienced an “extreme drop” populary and pick rate followg the g-out announcement. After surveyg a group of players, most of whom were men om North Ameri, rearchers found that very few actually red about the character beg gay and that his sexualy would ially not fluence pickg him game.
A NEW OVERWATCH SHORT STORY REVEALS THAT SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY
The ter reacts to Soldier: 76 beg gay. Chaos ensu. * 76 gay *
“They got tired of homophobic slurs and nstant harassment and temporarily swched to other characters to avoid , ” Nseler urse for gaymers like this reporter, the homophobic slurs -game n feel even worse. Players have long tried to alert Overwatch veloper Blizzard to s muny’s homophobia problem, which has affected both s rank-and-file player base and s profsnal arm, the Overwatch League. And, of urse, bee we’re talkg about gamers here, the harassment don’t stop at homophobia and often clus racist harassment, cludg the e of racist slurs and misogyny as well.
It is statistilly te that queer women are more accepted worldwi than gay men. “Some players reported the survey that they felt other players see lbians as appealg and tertg, but that the same players voice disgt toward gay men, ” Nseler wrote. Image via Blizzard Entertament Soldier: 76 is a gay man, as nfirmed by the 2019 short story Bastet.
The reveal that Soldier: 76 was gay Bastet marked the ex-Overwatch manr as the game’s send nfirmed LGBTQ hero.
A POPULAR HERO AT THE CENTER OF ONE OF THE HOTTT VIO GAM AROUND WAS JT REVEALED TO BE GAY, AND FANS ARE EAKG OUT
He also remas the only gay man on the st as of now, although flirty teractns between Lifeweaver and other hero such as Baptiste uld lead to addnal revelatns on character sexuali g the near future. 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.
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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. 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.
OVERWATCH SHORT STORY & WRER CONFIRM SOLDIER: 76 IS 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. 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.