Happy Valentine's Day !

Overwatch characters kissing their S/O HC

Hanzo, Genji, Sombra, Zarya

Hanzo

You are the light that lead him out of the dark and he’s eternally grateful. Due to his up bringing emotional vulnerability was frowned upon and he’s working on it with you. When he holds you close and kisses you he’s at his most vulnerable. He likes to kiss you in private knowing that no one can see him. He carcasses your face while holding you in his arms, your stunning to him. His kiss is tender and soft savoring the feeling of you on his lips. He doesn’t want this moment to end. Eventually he becomes used to affection outside of the house. He prefers the romantic interactions to be quick such as a quick hug or a peck on the forehead. Hanzo sometimes feels awkward kissing you in public, but that feeling goes away when he sees your smile and your eyes glowing with joy. All he can do is smile and hold your hand happy that you can have these moments together.

Genji

Before he became a cyberninja he was a playboy going out to casinos and spending his families money on girls so he has experience. Even though circumstances are different now and he has Zenyatta teaching him how to be at peace he still has skill. He’s thankful that your in his life and has supported him through his recovery through his darkest times. Without you, he wouldn’t know what love and what it feels to be loved unconditionally. When he meditates with zenyatta all he can think about is your face and how badly he wishes he was with you right now. When he sees you, he’s like a puppy dog you melt his heart. He’ll kiss anywhere you’ll let him go: your cheeks, nose, forehead, hands, arms, neck. He likes to pick you up spinning you around in his arms and kiss you on the lips. He looks you in the eye and gives you a sly grin as if to ask “I bet you liked that kiss”.

Sombra

She is secretive and a trickster to all, even to her love but it’s never anything serious. She likes to joke around before giving you an item you’ve been wanting for a while. She works for Talon and wants to be sure that your safe so she doesn’t go outside. When Sombra has time, she goes invisible and knocks at your door happy to see you. Her eyes have dark circles and usually she hasn’t slept for days before she sees you. She gives you soft lazy kisses usually on the nose, cheek, or the lips enjoying your presence. She likes to give you kisses before falling asleep in your arms either in your bed or on the couch. Sombra feels guilty that she cannot take you out on dates posting photos showing you off to the world but it’s for your safety and you understand. She’d rather lose the internet and all her technology than to lose you. She dreams that in the future she can show you the world and show you off to everyone without the fear of her most important person being at risk of harm. But for now you and Sombra are content in each others arms content and happy with each others love and warmth.

Zarya

Zarya the Defender of Russia, the worlds strongest woman who ripped her weapon off an armored vehicle is your girlfriend. She doesn’t like small talk but goes straight to the point which is that she loves you and is very adorable in her eyes. She likes to kiss your forehead and touch noses calling it a “Siberian kiss”. She likes to kiss your forehead as a greeting, confirming to herself that your ok and your here. When Zarya sees you after weeks due to work she likes to pull you in for a long hug happy that your in her arms. With her arms around your waist looking deeply into your eyes she gives you a soft yet passionate kiss that lasts for minutes. Due to the crisis she fears that the next job she takes she could lose you or die never seeing you again so every kiss is a blessing. You are what keeps her going, she’d fight a country for your safety if she had to because you mean the world to Zarya.

FLORENCE CASTLE’S HEROES OF CYBERTRON - EP. 06: NEMESIS PRIME

Dopo la pausa estiva, e ironia della sorte nel ponte di Halloween, riprendo la mia rubrica Heroes of Cybertron, e come al solito alternando gli Autobot con i Decepticon. Anche se questo qui non si può definirlo tale... insomma, è complicato!

NOTA: Alcune immagini non sono mie, ma vengono dal sito DeviantArt. Articolo scritto da me, con l'approvazione di @jazzluca.

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PUNTATA 6: NEMESIS PRIME, quando il tuo vero nemico è te stesso

Immaginate di essere un Autobot e di trovarvi in strada mentre state tornando alla base. È sera, fuori piove, la visibilità è scarsa. Talmente scarsa che non vi accorgete che un camion familiare vi ha appena affiancato. Penserete: “Bene, è Optimus Prime. Sono al sicuro.”... quanto vi sbagliate! Infatti, in quel momento, lo sconosciuto comincia a speronarvi cercando di mandarvi fuori strada e, prima che possiate riprendere il controllo, scoprite con orrore che quello che sembrava Optimus in realtà non è Optimus: il camion è dipinto di nero, le sue cromature sono sbiadite e ossidate, i fari brillano di un azzurro freddo come il ghiaccio e i parabrezza sono opachi e di colore rosso sangue. Inoltre, ciò che lo rende ancora più inquietante sono gli occhi rossi da Decepticon del robot! Per quanto voi gli urliate di lasciarvi in pace, lui si avvicina imperterrito e con molta freddezza vi elimina senza alcuna pietà prima di tornare da dov’era venuto.

Sembra il classico racconto a tema Halloween con i Transformer, e forse in fondo lo è, ma quello che avete appena incontrato è il protagonista di questa nuova puntata... che paradossalmente non parteggia per nessuno se non per se stesso nonostante il simbolo Decepticon sulla spalla.

NEMESIS PRIME è un autentico abominio, uno scherzo della natura, il terrore sulle sei ruote. Se devo trovare un corrispettivo fumettistico, egli rappresenta ciò che Venom è per Spider-Man: un Bot molto più terrificante di Megatron in quanto oscuro riflesso di Optimus Prime, che instilla terrore nel cuore delle vittime mentre indossa la maschera del loro eroe. È dotato di alcune abilità del Comandante Autobot, ma privo di ogni restrizione morale, più che sufficiente per seminare terrore e distruzione dovunque egli vada, anche se la sua natura varia tra un universo all’altro. Giusto per dirne tre: un clone costruito dai Decepticon nella G1; una malvagia incarnazione del futuro creata da Unicron nella recentissima serie Netflix War for Cybertron; l’alter ego à la Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde di Optimus Prime nel quinto film di Michael Bay TRANSFORMERS: L’Ultimo Cavaliere. E trattandosi di una creatura votata totalmente al Male e del tutto insensibile nei confronti della vita in generale, Nemesis è famoso anche per una più allegra e buffa caratteristica: odia a morte il Natale, come il vecchio Scrooge del Canto di Natale di Dickensiana memoria!

Tornando seri, non conosco alcuna origin story di Nemesis Prime univoca poiché in generale egli esiste solo come “un Optimus Prime ricolorato di nero” e niente più. Mancanza narrativa del tutto giustificabile, dal momento che non vedremo un personaggio con questo nome fino al 2002, nella serie Armada della Trilogia Unicron. In effetti il Latore del Caos ci mette davvero lo zampino, creando un suo docile schiavo perché compia la sua missione di araldo – o meglio, il suo “burattino”, che è anche il titolo della puntata d’esordio – e causalmente è identico a Optimus, a parte i colori scuri e l’inquietante potere di rimarginare ferite anche mortali (avete presente la scena in cui Nemesis perde letteralmente la faccia... ma che si rigenera pochi secondi dopo?). I più puristi del franchise, tra cui uno degli amministratori del nostro gruppo Facebook Autorobot.it, hanno segnalato che prima di Armada esiste già un “prototipo” di Nemesis Prime. Basterà, infatti, fare un leggero passo indietro, esattamente nella serie Robot in Disguise 2001, e troveremo Scourge, un mercenario/cacciatore di taglie col corpo di Optimus Prime e la personalità di Megatron... un personaggio talmente riuscito da essere considerato una vera spina nel fianco per gli Autobot e da meritarsi un posto nel cast del prossimo film live action TRANSFORMERS: Il Risveglio.

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La mia origin story di Nemesis Prime che io preferisco in assoluto, tuttavia, viene direttamente dai fumetti IDW di quel periodo, tra i brillanti Spotlight di Simon Furman e la parentesi G1-Azione. La storia riguarda un trisavolo dello stesso Optimus, Nova Prime, e traduce in salsa Cybertroniana il “folle volo di Ulisse” raccontato da Dante nella sua Divina Commedia; storia peraltro presente anche nel videogioco della premiata ditta Activision/High Moon Studios, TRANSFORMERS: Devastation. L’allora Comandante Autobot, proprio come l’eroe dantesco condannato nel girone dei fraudolenti, durante uno dei suoi viaggi di colonizzazione ha peccato di curiositas (come la chiamano i latini) e si è spinto ben oltre i confini dell’universo conosciuto, finendo intrappolato in un buco nero. Non è bastato il discorso in stile «Considerate le vostre radici: non siete nati per vivere come barbari, ma per seguire virtù e conoscenza» per rincuorare il suo recalcitrante equipaggio, e lo sfortunato Bot viene dato per morto. Una morte apparente, in verità, perché si è salvato dopo essere entrato in simbiosi con una malevola reliquia familiare a chi ha giocato almeno una volta a TRANSFORMERS: The Dark Spark. La IDW la chiama semplicemente “Oscurità” ma il parallelismo alla Spark Oscura videoludica è palese, così come il cosiddetto Necro-universo (il nuovo regno di Nova Prime) somiglia in modo preoccupante all’Ade, all’Oltretomba, al “Dead Space” videoludico... insomma, un regno in cui il concetto di vita in sé non è il benvenuto. E, di conseguenza, come una versione in miniatura di Unicron, la sua prossima missione è distruggere proprio quella luce... indovinate chi? Esatto, Optimus Prime e la sua Matrice del Comando.

Anche se dovessi spingermi oltre nell’alludere all’ordine delle Lanterne Nere della DC Comics (perché gli schiavi del detentore dell’Oscurità sono praticamente degli zombi!) o addirittura a quel Titano Pazzo di Thanos della Marvel, il Nemesis Prime cartaceo è molto più accattivante e tridimensionale delle deludenti versioni del personaggio qui di seguito. La migliore delle due viene dalla Continuità Allineata, apparsa una tantum nella seconda stagione di TRANSFORMERS: Prime. Tornando al bad trip che vi ho proposto all’inizio, ironicamente è la stessa situazione in cui il povero Agente Fowler si è ritrovato suo malgrado nella puntata d’esordio del nemico: «Ti è forse andata di volta la marmitta?!?», esclama, durante il suo incontro con quello che si rivelerà un costrutto artificiale della MECH, organizzazione paramilitare che ricorda troppo il gruppo Cerberusdi Mass Effect o la KSI di TRANSFORMERS: L’Era dell’Estinzione. E come tale, questo nuovo supersoldato robotico (che, guarda caso, Miko ribattezza Nemesis Prime) è frutto dell’attento studio della tecnologia Cybertroniana da parte di Silas e la sua squadra, il quale lo comanda a distanza. Sarà l’intervento di Optimus a distruggere il suo “gemello” e a porre fine – momentanea – alla vita di questa efferata organizzazione, che fino a allora era riuscita a dare filo da torcere ai Transformer.

Saltiamo ora al 2017, dieci anni dopo l’uscita del primo film live action dedicato ai Transformer, e anno di nascita del Nemesis Prime che mi ha lasciato di più l’amaro in bocca. Durante la campagna pubblicitaria della futura ultima opera TF di Michael Bay, il pubblico e i fan erano rimasti scioccati nel vedere nelle prime immagini e locandine un Optimus Prime con gli occhi viola e una “strisciata di sangue” su un lato del volto. Un errore? Una svista? Un depistaggio? No, semplicemente la verità: in L’Ultimo Cavaliere, infatti, il nostro torna inaspettatamente su Cybertron durante la sua ricerca dei fantomatici Creatori e viene letteralmente incatenato in stile La Caduta di Cybertron da un’antichissima e potentissima strega di nome Quintessa. Quest’ultima gli rivela che presto Unicron si sta ridestando e la Terra è destinata a morire in quanto Latore del Caos sotto mentite spoglie; di conseguenza, il sacrificio del pianeta riporterebbe Cybertron al suo antico splendore, o almeno in linea teorica: «Il tuo mondo è distrutto. – dice infine la strega – È redenzione che cerchi?». Optimus, con le mani legate, è costretto ad accettare e diventa di lì a poco succube di Quintessa, che lo spoglia della sua famosa purezza e lo trasforma nel riflesso oscuro di sé stesso... in pratica, da Dr. Jekyll a Mr. Hyde.

Avevo detto che tra tutte le sue incarnazioni questo è il Nemesis Prime mi ha lasciato di più l’amaro in bocca, e per questo motivo ho deciso di spendere qualche riga in più. Semplicemente, mi ha deluso sia per la poca attenzione riservata al personaggio sia per la scelta estetica di modificare solo il volto e non l’intero corpo per distinguere l’Optimus “buono” da quello “malvagio”. Confesso, però, che mi ha rabbrividito molto quel primo piano in cui chiede alla coprotagonista umana di consegnargli il Bastone di Merlino con quel modo poco gentile – il gioco di luci e ombre della scena, infatti, rendono i tipici colori di Optimus più scuri e richiamano così lo Scourge di Armada... oppure la livrea nera da sempre caratteristica del personaggio di Nemesis nella mitologia dei Transformer. La magra consolazione è che almeno le famigerate minacce «Ti uccido!» di qua e «Ti uccido!» di là hanno più senso pronunciate da questa versione del personaggio che non dal suo più mite e eroico alter ego. Dunque, ironicamente, questo Nemesis Prime è il fantasma dell’Op-timus che da La Vendetta del Caduto in avanti predica bene ma razzola male, strappando facce e minacciando di morte chi non riscuote le sue simpatie.

Di recente, visto il “successo” della controparte cinematografica, Nemesis si è ritagliato un posto anche nella Trilogia War for Cybertron di Netflix. Per non scendere troppo nel banale, quest’incarnazione altro non è che un Optimus Prime alternativo, in cui in un futuro remoto ha accettato di essere schiavo di Unicron al punto che da quel momento in poi lo vediamo al fianco dell’alter ego futuro di Megatron alias Galvatron: dunque sono loro gli antagonisti di tutta la vicenda, capaci di portare lo scontro tra le loro corrispettive controparti del presente non tanto sul piano fisico quanto su quello psicologico. Questo Nemesis Prime, quindi, rappresenta un Optimus Prime caduto nell’oscurità, non un suo clone malvagio!

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Menzione d’onore: Optimus Prime “Shattered Glass”

Non esattamente un’incarnazione di Nemesis Prime, ma credo sia doverosa fare una speciale menzione alla versione Shattered Glass di Optimus Prime, universo narrativo varato per la BotCon 2008 con l’idea di rovesciare i tipici canoni Bene/Male degli Autobot e dei Decepticon. In quest’ottica, il profilo psicologico dello storico Commander viene ribaltato completamente e ci troviamo di fronte a un dispotico leader, quindi a uno pseudo-Nemesis Prime: un Bot sadico, tirannico, crudele e ambizioso... in poche parole il Megatron di quella dimensione speculare!

Si narra che, in passato, egli fosse un archivista – in linea con quanto si vedrà nella Continuità Allineata – fatta eccezione per il nome pre-Prime. Non più “Orion Pax”, come vuole la tradizione, ma Optronix, nome citato spesso nella continuità fumettista G1 della Dreamwave. In seguito, dopo aver riunito un manipolo di cittadini guerrafondai sotto lo stendardo degli Autobot, in un momento cruciale ma non documentato Optimus Prime (nuovo nome adottato dopo aver potenziato il proprio corpo) perse la testa... per fortuna non in senso letterale! Fu infatti allora che egli impazzì e sviluppò il macabro hobby di sospendere alle pareti i cadaveri dei suoi nemici sconfitti e di rivolgere loro la parola come se fossero ancora vivi. È completamente insensibile, capace di sfoggiare severe punizioni, minacce di morte e terribili scatti di ira persino nei confronti dei suoi più fedeli sottoposti. Un personaggio che non poteva mancare nella scheda del “Prime corrotto” per antonomasia!

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Sfortunatamente essere Nemesis Prime significa relegare la propria vita come action figure a un mero “Optimus Prime ricolorato di nero” a quasi ogni uscita del suo alter ego buono. Il capostipite di questa poco felice stirpe è un Basic della linea Robot in Disguise 2001 chiamato Spy Changer Scourge, che in seguito verrà riproposto proprio come G1 Nemesis Prime qualche anno più tardi. Da qui in poi, però, è una vera e propria parata degli Optimus in nero: un Alternator, un Classic/Universe 2.0, e persino un paio di Masterpiece. Il tutto senza dimenticare l’esistenza di due versioni del personaggio apparse nella recente Trilogia War for Cybertron, entrambe ristampe del Siege Optimus Prime: la prima è un’esclusiva giapponese della Takara, la seconda fa parte dell’ondata promozionale di Earthrise venduta come “Spoiler Pack”. Particolarità di quest’ultima è la presenza di accessori familiari e ripescati dalla vetusta linea Power of the Prime e un blocco di plastilina nera in cui sono sepolti tre piccoli cubi di Energon simili a quelli presenti nel set di Ultra Magnus.

Nulla da dire anche per i modellini delle altre incarnazioni come Armada, Prime (che esiste solo come recolor della versione Arms Micron giapponese di Optimus Prime) e il Bayverse... o quasi. In quest’ultimo caso, a parte un Power Battler e gli ennesimi recolor di un Optimus Prime (il famoso “Evasion Mode” con l’altmode simil-G1 e il “cavaliere nero” esclusivo dei Toys-R-Us giapponesi) de L’Era dell’Estinzione, non esiste un Nemesis Prime giocattolo degno di questo nome. Guardando meglio, però, per la linea parallela Movie the Best del 2017 viene rilasciato un Leader ancora una volta esclusivo della Takaracon una livrea più scura, occhi viola e l’iconica “strisciata di sangue” di Quintessa. In quel periodo esce anche la linea dedicata a L’Ultimo Cavaliere e inevitabilmente anche il Voyager Optimus Prime subisce il trattamento Nemesis Prime, sottoforma di un’esclusiva Omni7 ribattezzata (con non molta fantasia) Optimus Prime oscuro. Infine, per il film spin-off di Bumblebee ritroviamo l’Evasion Mode del quarto film, anche quello ricolorato di nero ed è l’ennesima action figure a tiratura limitata – la “Legendary” giapponese, nello specifico.

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CONCLUSIONE

Nonostante tutte queste “buone qualità” narrative e la penuria di action figure degne di riscattare il personaggio, è relativamente raro incontrare una versione negativa di Optimus, perché ormai sappiamo tutti che la sua vera nemesi è e sarà sempre Megatron. Eppure, un possibile incontro-scontro tra i due Prime potrebbe essere articolato perlopiù sul piano psicologico: ci troviamo, infatti, di fronte a due distinte facce di quello che è considerato l’Eroe per antonomasia dei Transformer, e fa specie accorgerci che anche il pio Optimus possieda un lato oscuro, facendolo avvicinare sempre più a una persona in carne e ossa! Allo stesso tempo, dà l’illusione di mettere a confronto la figura bonaria e compassionevole a cui siamo ormai abituati dalla G1 in poi (quindi un Bot riluttante all’uso della forza e invece disposto a trovare la pace attraverso il dialogo) con quella controversa e violenta della saga Live Action.

Io spero solo in un nuovo modellino del personaggio una spanna sopra i suoi predecessori, purché abbia un design originale e che non sia solo l’ennesimo “Optimus in nero”!

Arrivederci alla prossima puntata! 😘

Hi, can I get Genji Shimada for the SFW alphabet ask? Not sure if you do all the letters in one ask, but if not, just pick your favorites. Thanks in advance <3

Fun fact about me, I used to be a Genji main back when I first started playing Overwatch :P

A-Z SFW Alphabet (Genji)

A (Affection) - How affectionate are they? How affectionate are you? When do you guys show affection mainly? His PDA in public is similar to his brother you two don’t need to show affection for other people to know you’re together. They just know. You two are fiercely loyal to each other. Sometimes it scares people how dedicated you two are to each other. But when you two are alone OH BOY.

B (Breakups) - If they were to break up with you how would they do it? What would their reasons be? He’s a ride-or-die kind of person with everybody he’s involved with, but if he had to break up with you he’d pull you aside and tell you. He’d ask to remain friends, but if you didn’t want too that’d be fine. His reasons depend. It could be because he thought he was ready for something this intimate but he wasn’t, or it could be something more simple; like you two not being compatible.

C (Cooking) - Who does the cooking? Who's the worse cook? Surprisingly, Genji is a good cook. The downside is that he makes a mess of the kitchen whenever he’s in it. However, he’s very good with a knife. He’s a cyborg, so all of the vegetables or meats he cuts are exactly the same, no matter what arm he uses. He learned how to cook while he was on the run after Blackwatch, and when he went to the Shambali Temple to find peace within himself because he was one of the few people who learned how to cook. You can cook as well, and often you two cook together. You do have to make up for Genji’s dullness of taste, so you have to make two separate pots of stew or whatever you're making. One that is overloaded with spices and seasonings, and another for yourself.

D (Driver) - Who's the best driver? The getaway driver? Just like his brother, Genji doesn’t drive. He knows how too, but he’s a ninja so he doesn’t really need a car to get anywhere. He does a majority of the driving however if you two don’t feel like racing each other to wherever you’re going.

E (Encounter) - How did you two first meet? You two first met at the Shimbali Temple in the Himalayas. You two were just as angry at the world and constantly butted heads. But you two went to therapy (basically) and calmed down.

F (First Kiss) - When was their first kiss? What was it like? Where was it? It was more of a ‘shut the fuck up or I’ll make you' kiss than anything else. It was angry at first but soon dissolved to the point where you two had to pull away cause you couldn’t breathe. Twas the night before Genji left for Overwatch that you two kissed for the first time

G (Giggle) - How do they laugh? How do you laugh? How do you make each other laugh? Genji’s laugh is very quiet, doesn’t matter how funny he finds something. Sometimes you can’t tell he’s laughing, but you see his shoulders shaking. Most of the time he throws his head back and crosses his arms. You make him laugh by pointing at objects and saying ‘Hey, it’s you’ or ‘Hey, it’s me.’. Said objects usually end up being pieces of gum, or trash cans.

H (Hobbies) - What kind of hobbies do you two do together? You two enjoy exploring abandoned places the most. You get to test your skills, you like to say stupid things in hallways that echo, and Genji (like his brother) is technically classified as ‘otherworldly' so no ghosts or poltergeists would dare to attack you.

I (I Love You) - How often do they say 'ILY'? When was the first time they said it? He says it verbally...A LOT. And I’m saying a lot. It’s a running joke between you two at this point, counting how many times you two have said you love each other. The first time he said it was under his breath actually.

J (Jokester) - Do you pull pranks on each other? How many inside jokes do you two have? How playful is your relationship? You know how I said pranks happen quite often while doing Lucio’s ask? Well, imagine that but 10x worse. You two have prank WARS. Nobody is safe either, including Hanzo. He fears for his sanity and reputation because of you two. As you can tell you two are very playful, and as stated before the ‘inside joke’ you two have is how many times you two have said ‘I love you' to each other in a day.

K (Kiss) - How do you two kiss? Most of your kisses tend to be light and soft. Not on the lips though, mainly on the tops of your heads, foreheads, backs of your hands, and cheeks.

L (Little Ones) - How are they around children? Do they want children? How many? Names? Genji is great around children because they remind him of when he was younger and because he’s an awesome cyborg. Not so surprisingly, he doesn't want children. He can’t have children sadly, but even when he was younger he didn’t want them.

M (Mornings) - How are they in the morning? Genji is almost like a lazy cat in the morning. You can tell he’s awake because he’ll start groaning and moving around. If he sees that you’re just waking up, he’ll wrap his arms around you and probably sleep for another half hour.

N (Nights) How are they at night? At first, Genji wasn’t sure if you two could sleep in the same bed, as whenever he sleeps he has a bunch of wires and such so none of his systems shut down or overheat while he’s sleeping. It also charges said systems so there’s a lot of wires. He misses sleeping on his back, but he can sleep on his stomach or side depending on where the wires are set up.

O (Oh The Names) - Any nicknames? Pet names? Most of your nicknames tend to be shorter versions of your names. You often call him ‘Gen’. He calls you ハニー (‘Honey’). One time he even called you 夫 (Husband). You weren’t sure if he was joking or not, he’ll never tell.

Q (Query) How much do they remember about you? Is it the little things, like your favorite flavor of ice cream? Or is it big things like important holidays for you or dates? Genji remembers important dates and such. He does remember your favorite tea flavor, however, which you’re not surprised by.

R (Remember Me) - What's their favorite memory of you? Seeing you leave the Shambali Temple. To him, it meant you were in the same state of mind that he was. He remembers how angry and how pent up that anger was. It was refreshing seeing that someone he regarded as a close friend was able to achieve the same peace of mind he achieved.

S (Strengths) - What's the strongest part of your relationship? Your trust in each other. You two have seen each other at your very worst, so it's rare for anything to be held from one another.

T (Tall) - How tall are they compared to you, or how short are they compared to you? You two are about the same height. You’re 5’’8, whereas Genji is 5’’7.

U (Unity) How do they feel about PDA? What is their main type of love language? What's yours? PDA is a must for Genji when in private. He’s all over you, sitting in your lap, playing with your hair, holding your hand, cuddling, ALL THE TIME. Obviously, his main love language would be words of affirmation, but physical touch is another one on the down low. Yours are gift-giving and quality time.

V (Vanity) - How concerned are they about their looks? How concerned are they about yours? Despite finding peace of mind, Genji still gets self-conscious about his looks sometimes. He wears masks a lot, but you convince him to take them off every now and then. He doesn’t care about what you wear, as long as he can steal your socks or shoes is all that matters

W (Weaknesses) - What is the weakest point in your relationship? Your insecurities. The two had the same teachings of peace, but you two do tend to get self-conscious at times. This causes you two to shut each other out.

X (Xtra) - An extra headcanon. You two have a safeword for when the two of you are uncomfortable with a situation and want to leave. This word is ‘pineapple’.

Y (Yucky) - What is the one thing they don't like about you? It’s that you’re so invested in your work that you sometimes spend the entire night fixing or making something. You remind him of Angela, who he was codependent on for a small while whenever you do that. He also doesn’t like sleeping alone.

Z (Zaney) - How do they act when they're drunk around you? Genji is very easy to get drunk. He doesn’t have a strong liver, so two shot glasses of alcohol are enough to get him drunk. He also doesn’t drink alcohol for that reason, and pure liquids don’t do the best in his systems anyways. But he’s known to be a blackout drunk, however.

Love is Green Christmas Special (Reader x Genji Shimada)

A/N: OH HELL YEAH *excited screeching*

A Late Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to you nerds!

Warning: Artistic license that bends canon just a tiny bit (ok, it’s a break, but it’s a tiny break! Just a fracture.)

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Hello

I know I'm barely here anymore

But unfortunately the Ritalin shortage in Summer caused me to become hyperfixation on Overwatch, Gabriel Reyes/Reaper in particular (AGAIN), against my very will.

But I'm here to make it everyone else's problem again and have been challenged by @wildissylupus to post my Martina Reyes HCs (or basically character summary at this point)!!!

So

Here

We

GOOOOOO

(Please note I am Filipina, not Mexican or Latine at all, I'm trying my best to research, but please correct me if I'm wrong)

- 1st of all, for me it is Dr. Martina Nuñez-Reyes, women in STEM, iconic

- Born and raised in San Diego, in particular in or by Barrio Logan!

- She is specifically Nahua Mexican with family in Guerrero, Mexico. She has learned a lot of Precolonial History and mythology, both in school and from her family. She also speaks Nahuatl fluently, as well as Spanish and ASL.

- Sweet, nurturing, professional, good tempered, graceful, makes lots of bad puns (she and Winston got along great), but occasionally slips in some "joking" sadism and morbid curiosity.

- Loves perfume even though she can't wear it often due to her work in laboratories and hospitals, will wear even just a little bit even at home to enjoy it.

- joined a ballet folklorico troupe up until High School, but still remembers the moves well. Specializes in Guerrero style folklorico!

- Excellent cook, amazing baker. Loves to adapt recipes to include lots of spices. (This will come back later)

- Interested in the medical field, specifically medicine itself, after learning about how advanced Mesoamerican civilizations were medically.

- Martina was a regular prodigy, attending an advanced secondary school academy in Mexico City, before continuing on to get PhDs in Medicine, Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Science by age 24.

- By age 26 she had already made strides by synthesizing and creating medicine that was able to do things like naturally accelerate healing in the body.

- That's also when the Omnic Crisis began. She was inducted by the United States Military among swathes of other skilled doctors to create the Super Soldier Serum for the Soldier Enhancement Program (SEP) at a hidden facility.

- Six months, they managed to get it to an acceptable loss rate of 25%, and test it on 100 Soldiers. She was in charge of overseeing the injections of 20 of the 100 randomly assigned under her, which included Soldier 24, Gabriel Reyes, and Soldier 76, Jack Morrison. It was also done in doses, not all at once.

- She and Gabriel were attracted to each other but didn't act on it for quite a bit, due to the taboo nature of a doctor and a patient. They didn't flirt either, but had moments of "Oh fuck they're hot" before shaking it off.

- After the second round of doses, she lost her first soldier, which made the risk of SEP all the more apparent to her.

- Remember when I mentioned she's good at baking? She stress bakes because it helps make a zen sort of ritual of following steps/regaining a small sense of control. The reason Gabriel loves cookies? It's because he woke up at 2AM catching her stress baking a batch of Chili Chocolate Chip Cookies. It's where they had a heart to heart about Gabriel and the other Enhanced Soldiers trusting Martina and the doctors no matter the risk because they know they're liable to die in the Crisis anyway if they can't make headway.

- As the Crisis gets more dire, the General orders the doctors at the SEP facility to also go through basic military training, which Martina disliked, so she never really went past a machine pistol.

- 33 Soldiers make it out, and she sent with them on missions to retake cities across America. She wouldn't always be an active combatant, but she could hold her own if she had to.

- When Gabriel Reyes and Jack Morrison were selected to the elite Overwatch core team, she helped lead their medical support team. Also yes during this whole time, Gabriel and Martina still were attracted to each other but still sort of afraid to act because not only is she still his Doctor, he's now her commanding officer.

- Also during this period she helps treat a young Angela Ziegler during the bombing of Zurich.

- After fighting alongside Inti Warriors (Specifically Illari's dad) to help retake part of Central and South America, Gabriel almost died, which caused her to go full BAMF, and save him.

(Jack: "... can someone please tell me why our medic is rushing in alone, guns blazing?")

- They have to repair ships and stuff, so they decide to take R&R in reclaimed Guerrero, where Martina shows Gabriel around, and they end up dancing together. It's where they finally give in and end up in a relationship.

- Get married the last year of the Omnic Crisis, and have a son a few years later named Izel (who is the grown man with a family in my heart and soul in the Reflections Comic)

- Dr. Martina Nuñez-Reyes is the first Head of Medicine in Overwatch's Golden Age because goddamnit someone had to have that position before Angela.

- She's also Angela's mentor and sort of like an adoptive mom, Angela absolutely idolized her

Here's where my Canon deviates hard, because Blizzard's timeline makes no sense

(Fun fact this next part exists because I misread Code of Violence and thought that the ash and burning was from Gabriel's memories of Echo Park and not where he was so I straight up thought Martina was fridged a whole ass year before I heard the voicelines and reread it for clarity, but she's not fridged. Just stay with me.)

- On Izel's 6th birthday in Echo Park, there was an attempted assassination via explosions that caused Izel to lose his left arm and replace it with a prosthetic (the man in the Reflections comic has his left arm in his pocket)

- It also very nearly kills Martina, who is 6 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH THEIR DAUGHTER, Graciela

- The family lives, and Graciela has to be c-section delivered prematurely

- This ofc enrages Martina and Gabriel who, after recovery, hunt the motherfucker down to kill.

- It is not a quick death. Martina synthesizes POISON to make that fucker die screaming. (Basically I wanted to flip the Dead Wife trope where the wife lives and is FUCKING PISSED AND JOINS HER HUSBAND ON A ROARING RAMPAGE OF REVENGE)

- Oh yeah and that triggers the birth of Blackwatch lmao.

- Gabriel brought Cole Cassidy home for Christmas where she immediately enfolds Cole into the family.

- Martina and Gabriel also help Cole get his GED.

- Oh yeah Blackwatch

- So Martina supplies the poisons for coercion, torture, and assassination (and torture) to Blackwatch under the table for super covert missions, basically even people at Blackwatch didn't even know about. Ma'am was committing war crimes to keep the world and her babies safe. All while keeping up the sweet, dedicated, professional facade for like 14 years.

- Gabriel tries to get her to make another super soldier serum so he can be stronger, she refuses, they argue, him calling her a hypocrite, and it looks bad, UNTIL

- Shit happens and she accidentally lets a poison slip that gets reverse engineered and kills a lot of people, causing her to retire and Mercy steps up. Gabriel keeps her secret and they end up staying together

- HOWEVER, once the Venice Incident happens and Izel disowns his father, she chooses to not back up Gabriel's choices, whereas their daughter Graciela does, causing them to be separated but still married.

- Gabriel considers leaking her secret, but loves her too much to/wants the kids to have at least one parent they don't detest

- After the Swiss Explosion, Martina and Graciela mourn very badly, Izel rekindled his relationship with his mother but not Graciela

(Izel needs his own post probably lmao)

- Martina tries to move on, but finds she can't.

- listen once a man is willing to cover up war crimes for you, it's a very hard standard to meet

- She rejects the recall initially but to avoid this post from being even longer REASONS, Graciela goes with/gets kidnapped by (it's complicated) Talon, which is how Cole finds out Gabriel is Reaper

- Joins in to get her daughter back, and to redeem herself because she realizes how much destruction she caused even if people deserved it... lowkey she even doesn't fully regret it depending on the person she killed

- Her abilities are she got a CPR glove that can shock people in one hand that can pull Medicated/poison grenades out of a storage and a Pistol in the other and she can inject peeps with medication close quarters.

- She's like 63 currently also (in my Canon, Gabriel got a significant age bump with a bunch of other characters, he is 67 but is technically frozen at age 58)

- blizzard if you read this and wonder why I turned this nameless, possibly faceless character into someone that's committed war crimes, I don't got a fucking clue either

- wildissylupus I'm so sorry for subjecting you to this, like how I will subject my friends to a PowerPoint presentation about my character lore and alternate overwatch timeline on my birthday

Sonamy Holding

Can’t have a movie with these two without this happening at least ONCE. It’s tradition.

Let Me Keep You

notes: genji x gender neutral s/o

written in: english, not adapted to any other language (2/06/2023)

genre: angst with comfort, happy ending.

additional details: s/o / reader will be a support character, abilities are similar to ana but with lucio’s mobility. healing is done in the form of bullets from two handguns.

the mission was meant to be relatively simple. it was a quick mission, get in and get out. blood stained their face, covering the concrete and their hands. gods, it was all over them. the blood and gore of a poor sniper lying on the ground, eyes lifeless and unseeing. their pistols laid on the ground, long since discarded as they had finished the kill. they had slaughtered this poor, poor person; all with their own hands.

white noise filled their head, static pitching in and out of their ears. they couldn’t hear anything, they couldn’t even see. the only thing they saw was that sniper who hadn’t had a single clue what was about to happen. a finger on the trigger, they hadn’t expected the attack, their rifle discarded as they fought for their life. (name) had never taken a life. despite working for a hospital turned vigilante, their foundation had been against slaughter.

crumbling to their knees, the medic clawed at their arms. blood that belonged to the long deceased covered their torso, their very face. they had taken the life of someone who had likely had children; kids who would wonder where their parent had gone. or perhaps, that sniper had been like them. a street urchin taken off the roads and forced to fight with a gun they never learned to use.

abruptly, a figure pulled them into their lap. a shriek erupted from their lips, tearing at the arms holding them so securely around the waist. yanking and clawing at those mechanical arms, it felt like they had been snatched up from the water they were drowning in. breathing raggedly, their eyes looked around the empty street, taking in the insignias of fallen talon soldiers and the overwatch members standing tall. the figure made no noise, only pulling their head to rest against their chest. the shocking cold of machinery helped to ground them, their desperate clawing slowly giving in to the embrace.

sobs emit from their chest, a guttural cry wanting so badly to just escape. “i didn’t- i swear, i swear- i didn’t kill them, i didn’t! i’m not a murderer, i promise-! i promise, i didn’t- i never meant to kill them!”

the arms around them remain there, but something cold gently pressed against the top of their head. the gentle humming of machinery seemed to lull them, warbling cries turning only to quiet murmurs. rambling phrases of guilt and horror slowly became silent. after a long while of gentle sniffles, they finally spoke, “what did you want to be when you grew up?”

it was a voice that the medic hadn’t expected. a gentle voice of a man long scorned, a thick accent covering each syllable. their hands rested atop his arms, quietly tracing the different cracks and scratches in the armor. they hesitated for a long moment, gathering their thoughts.

“i wanted to be a doctor,” they responded. a hum was what they got in response, though one of the arms slowly released them. taking one of their hands in his, he carefully runs a thumb over their knuckles. hands covered in blood, they tried to snatch their hand from him, only for his grip to tighten.

“tell me more. i want to know more about what you wanted. did you have a specific idea of what kind of doctor you wanted to be?”

they paused for a long while, watching as he carefully ran his thumb along their hand. after another minute, he pulled away, returning only with a small wipe. vaguely, they wondered if he carried them around just for this situation. was he, too, stained with the crimson ichor of others? running the wipe along their hands and arms, they slowly found the strength to speak. “i wanted to help people.”

“a noble cause, i see. am i right in assuming that you think it isn’t possible, now that you’ve taken your first life?” it felt magnetizing but appalling all the same. feeling so seen, yet by someone who’s face they’d never tried to look at. they glance up, meeting a fully metallic figure. a green visor replaced where his eyes would be, yet if possible, they could feel the gentle and genuine care he extended.

“you’d be correct. it would be difficult to save lives if you can just as easily take them.” a hum of understanding. the fingers of startling cold slowed, the wipe resting in his left hand. pausing for a long while, he gauged his words. “you are not irredeemable for taking a life. you may not have realized, but for taking it from them, you saved another’s. there are people down there that i am rather fond of… that would have been unable to escape the sniper.”

the silence was loud. as the man’s grip fell from their hand, it instead began to trace circles in their wrist. a gentle sigh escaped the visor, the front of it resting against the top of their head. “…if you would be open to it, i can make a recommendation to take you with us. with overwatch, i mean. there are people who can help you. who have helped me, even. i don’t doubt that you can forgive yourself with their aid.”

they stared forwards for a long moment, turning around in his grip to stare back at the people below the vantage point. overwatch soldiers helping to cover the dead, most even helping the civilians. they watch as a woman with brunette hair vanished for a second, reappearing cradling a child covered in dirt and grime. an omnic below them was helping to ease a woman’s sorrows, not touching her but instead speaking in words they couldn’t quite hear. their gaze locked with a man staring at them, dark eyes merely observing with something akin to pity and sympathy.

“…i’ll think on it. at least keep my name in mind though, at least until i’m ready for that recommendation.” their hand gently squeezed his arm, glancing up at him. he tilted his head, shoulders seeming to slump a bit. “of course, though i’d need that name to even bring you up.”

“(name), but i’ve been called miracle too by the foundation.” the man nods, contemplating for a long moment. with one more circle rubbed into the back of their hand, he stood, carefully settling them onto their feet once more. he backed away with a slight lingering touch. “should you ever find our headquarters and take me up on the offer, you may say that shimada genji recommended you.”

a nod, and he vanished. a piece of paper fell, caught between your fingertips. “find where the water and rocks meet, ever fighting and ever learning.” a riddle, then? this would prove to be fun, hopefully.

seeing him again was not something they expected. biding their time, sitting in the foundation and learning, they grew. they wouldn’t make the same mistakes as before, their mind and instincts sharpened. now, as they stood in the central part of kanezaka, they waited. just as they had been doing for the past six months, they waited amongst the shadows for the time to strike.

then, just as intended, the sky fell. machinery and mechanical whirling filled the air and the streets, destroying everything in sight. peeling themselves off the wall and ensuring their skates were in place, they smirked. their intel wasn’t ever wrong when it came to finishing up the omnic crisis. darting out from the alleyway, they skated ahead, peeling along the fronts of stores as they approached the army.

with a cry of war, they launched themselves forwards. their dual pistols blazing, they slipped in between attacks and falling parts. fighting omnics was something much more their style, the bloodshed being something that they’d never grow accustomed to. it was one thing destroying non-sentient omnics and another to slaughter people, after all. abruptly, their wrist was snatched. with a yelp, they were thrown through the air.

a pair of hands grabbed them around the waist, eerily familiar but ever present. the gentle questioning of a certain accent filled their ears. “do you typically get yourself into danger like this? i thought we learned from last time.” a laugh bubbled from their lips, patting one of his hands as he set them down.

“perhaps, but it’s fun regardless. do you typically follow me around in case i’m in some kind of trouble, mister shimada?” the stiffening of his shoulders served as their answer. with another laugh, they turned to the growing army of omnics. cracking their neck left and right, the medic straightened their back.

“i hope you all have room for another doctor on your team, dear.” a gentle rumble of surprised laughter. “then i certainly hope you can keep up, hanii.”

ME3 Fan Ending (Animatic)

animation of a very funky little guy