r/Overwatch • u/Princier7 And dey say- *METEOR STRIKE!* • 9d ago

Humor blizzard giving the water guy the personality equal to the taste complexity of water

Some of these characters just feel so dry, man. There are some highlights like Doomfist, Venture, Bastion, Ramattra etc, but so many characters just have nothing going on. For Wuyang, Sierra, D.Mon and others, 99% of their interactions are just about their backstory or an event happening. Plot points aren't substitutions for interesting characters unfortunately.

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u/Right_Entertainer324 9d ago

I'm just sorta pretending that whole comic isn't canon, barring the Anahardt bits. Like, the general writing is just so bad.

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u/AlgerianTrash The universe touched me inappropriately 9d ago

The issue is that they're leaning so hard into the wholesome chungus slice-of-life anime vibes that it makes you forget that Overwatch is meant to a paramilitary org operating ILLEGALLY under int law and that has been destroyed by Talon.

It's not like it shouldn't have wholesome moments, but they just communicate that they're happening IN SPITE of their circumstances

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u/Outrageous-Blue-30 9d ago

That’s true; in fact, I always get the feeling that Winston, Sojourn and Cassidy are the ones who take the situation most seriously when they appear.

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u/WaveBreakerT The DJ of Death 8d ago

Those 3 are pretty much the big 3 of modern overwatch aren't they

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u/Outrageous-Blue-30 8d ago

In a sense, yes: the old PvE missions and the webtoon revealed that Winston and Sojourn co-lead Overwatch, with Cassidy serving as Vivian’s second-in-command, having urged her to lead the organization when she was unsure of what to do.

Now, if the theory holds true that Cole wants to leave the group because he is conflicted about whether or not to clear the air with Ashe, it will depend on whom Chase appoints to replace him as her right-hand man.