Tracer confirmed first LGBT character

[Kithelle]

They didn't advertise it.

They were asked a question on the panel and answered it.

Oh...it will be known once it's in game/decided upon.

[Zandalarian Paladin]

Either it'll be a new character, or it has to be someone we don't expect.

Obviously, Zarya is out of the equation. So is TracerxWidowmaker (she killed her own husband, people).

What I would like to see is either Genji, Sombra, Lucio, Hanzo, Pharah or McCree. I could also accept Reinhardt/Reaper/Soldier:76, but they would kind of feel odd I think compared to the other characters.

Those that I would be extremely disappointed would be Zarya, Tracer, Mercy, D.Va, Junkrat, Roadhog, Mei and the Mechs. They would be way too easy in my opinion and I think the LGBT community could stand to have a strong LGBT character that isn't stereotyped.

[JTHMRulez1]

It would suck if Zarya is the LGBT character. Honestly.

It would add nothing to her character and would make her seen even more stereotype. "Oh, look. Because she is a women with muscles she MUST be lesbian"

That's not progressive. That's stupid. Lesbians can be any type of women. Not just butch lesbians

[mickybrighteyes]

It would suck if Zarya is the LGBT character. Honestly.

It would add nothing to her character and would make her seen even more stereotype. "Oh, look. Because she is a women with muscles she MUST be lesbian"

That's not progressive. That's stupid. Lesbians can be any type of women. Not just butch lesbians

Lets not sell it short... Hanzo has muscles, McCree has muscles... Zarya's muscles have muscles. She's got Traps that make Winston's seem small.

[Tome]

People thinking their shipping dreams are the LGBT characters is just incredibly cringe.

If anything, I don't think any of the characters we got now are together with any of the other characters we have. It's probably an outside character.

[Mormolyce]

It would suck if Zarya is the LGBT character. Honestly.

It would add nothing to her character and would make her seen even more stereotype. "Oh, look. Because she is a women with muscles she MUST be lesbian"

That's not progressive. That's stupid. Lesbians can be any type of women. Not just butch lesbians

How about she is, but isn't the only one?

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Oh...it will be known once it's in game/decided upon.

Of course it will.

I don't know how it's going to be "in game" though. All we know so far is it'll likely come up in the next hero comic.

When the fuck is that going to be anyway...

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You don't see the "straight" characters of Overwatch mention their sexuality, so why should the lgbt character (whoever it is) do that ?

Widowmaker's romantic history is a pretty big part of her backstory. Though we haven't gotten an actual comic/cinematic on that topic.

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At this point it looks like every single character is going to be gay, if we go by what the community "wants" or thinks...

Also, has it struck anyone that they might not be in a relationship with another Overwatch character?

I was just assuming that any relationships would be with characters outside the current cast, but I guess it could go either way.

Anyway, why make them gay when you could make them all bi?

[Utigarde]

People thinking their shipping dreams are the LGBT characters is just incredibly cringe.

If anything, I don't think any of the characters we got now are together with any of the other characters we have. It's probably an outside character.

76 and Reaper have (had) a very strong relationship, they could easily make that a former romance.

[Thelxi]

My guess is Zarya with the russian business lady, not even with another playable character.

[Kaleredar]

I think that is sadly just a fan construct. It is incredibly popular though, so, maybe?

As long as they do better with it than Legend of Korra did with Korrasami.



Though everyone clearly knows it's all about that Mercy/Genji.

[Kaleredar]

It would suck if Zarya is the LGBT character. Honestly.

It would add nothing to her character and would make her seen even more stereotype. "Oh, look. Because she is a women with muscles she MUST be lesbian"

That's not progressive. That's stupid. Lesbians can be any type of women. Not just butch lesbians

I've always said they should go the complete opposite with Zarya.

She's a pro-wrestler/defender of Russia by day, but at night she goes home to her librarian husband and two children. She teaches wrestling to children on weekends at the learning annex and periodically volunteers in her children's classrooms.

If only because that'd be friggin' hilarious.

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I just hope they don't ham fist it (which they will because this will be the only confirmed relationship).

Hamfist?

Doomfist/Roadhog shipping already?

[Okacz]

It would suck if Zarya is the LGBT character. Honestly.

It would add nothing to her character and would make her seen even more stereotype. "Oh, look. Because she is a women with muscles she MUST be lesbian"

That's not progressive. That's stupid. Lesbians can be any type of women. Not just butch lesbians

Standing up and shouting "you know what, we are so cool and progressive that our next story will be LGBT!" is stupid and not progressive either. So the way I see it, Zarya or Mei is most likely one loaf of bread in our LGBT sandwich.

[Sosoulsu]

What I would like to see is either Genji, Sombra, Lucio, Hanzo, Pharah or McCree. I could also accept Reinhardt/Reaper/Soldier:76, but they would kind of feel odd I think compared to the other characters.

McCree, really?
Going gay cowboy, Blizzard?
SO homophobic.

Honestly any character being homosex could have some sort of stereotype tacked onto them by the usual offenders. I'm still perplexed why they bother trying to pander to them.

[Kaleredar]

Those that I would be extremely disappointed would be Zarya, Tracer, Mercy, D.Va, Junkrat, Roadhog, Mei and the Mechs. They would be way too easy in my opinion and I think the LGBT community could stand to have a strong LGBT character that isn't stereotyped.

I don't think any of those people, aside from Zarya maybe, are "stereotyped" as any type of gay right out of the gate.



I've said it before, but my money is on Mei. (Sure that ruins junkrat/mei, but that was a long shot anyway)

I feel it's... fairly likely... that Mei is going to get a cinematic or comic (she's one of the last four characters not to have one,) and she has this whole new map basically dedicated to her backstory. So I say the cinematic encapsulates her and a female scientist's relationship in ecopoint Antarctica, maybe the female scientist had inspired Mei to join overwatch and fight for a better world and so forth, and then the giant snowstorm hits, they go into cryostasis, Mei awakens 10 years later, finds her lady friend dead along with the rest of the scientists, then has to iron-man her way out of being snowed in and continues her work to make the world a better place in her deceased lady friend's name. You get a sad story complete with character arc, Mei actually doing something, and it covers the new map.

There, thing writes itself.

[Jessicka]

As long as they do better with it than Legend of Korra did with Korrasami.

I don't understand anime/manga references, I never really got into it. I only got around to watching Ghost in the Shell just last night, sorry. It has been recommended to me forever, because I do love my Cyberpunk stuffs, and that was pretty special.

[Drakpower]

I don't think any of those people, aside from Zarya maybe, are "stereotyped" as any type of gay right out of the gate.

I feel it's... fairly likely... that Mei is going to get a cinematic or comic (she's one of the last four characters not to have one,) and she has this whole new map basically dedicated to her backstory. So I say the cinematic encapsulates her and a female scientist's relationship in ecopoint Antarctica, maybe the female scientist had inspired Mei to join overwatch and fight for a better world and so forth, and then the giant snowstorm hits, they go into cryostasis, Mei awakens 10 years later, finds her lady friend dead along with the rest of the scientists, then has to iron-man her way out of being snowed in and continues her work to make the world a better place in her deceased lady friend's name. You get a sad story complete with character arc, Mei actually doing something, and it covers the new map.

There, thing writes itself.

Somehow I hadn't even thought of that and it makes me feel something for Mei other than anger.

[Dandine]

Confirmed: Everyone is gay in overwatch.

That should be the answer Blizzard give!

But I hope it's D.Va!

[Regalbeast]

My money is on Bastion being the gay one.

Machine love.

[Deleted]

Ok uninstalled Overwatch from my PC and I'm glad I didn't buy it yet. They will not get my money. If they want to cater to the LGBT community which cares more for their own than western civilization, they've lost me.

[Deleted]

Ok uninstalled Overwatch from my PC and I'm glad I didn't buy it yet. They will not get my money. If they want to cater to the LGBT community which cares more for their own than western civilization, they've lost me.

Wat. How are the LGBT community and western civilization at odds with eachother, in your mind?

[Jessicka]

Wat. How are the LGBT community and western civilization at odds with eachother, in your mind?

I think that post game from 1780 or something, it keeps happening; weird echoes from a time long since dead.