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not to be insane but also. to be insane...

i reallyyyyy miss the "hanzo acts like an older brother to dva" headcanon so i thought i should share my thoughts cause i havent seen content for it in so long ;_; be warned there are a lot of headcanons and some assumptions about canon events

- Neither of them got a normal childhood

Hanzo grew up in the Shimada Clan, an environment that expected the best from him at every moment. It was beaten into his mind that he was and had to be the best at everything, and that he had to be serious and calculated in order to serve his clan. His father had no room for childishness or fun, so neither should Hanzo. His seriousness at such a young age emotionally separated him from Genji and Kiriko, and likely other children his age. 

D.Va was drafted into MEKA at 19, which placed major responsibility and stress on her. Her hometown being attacked by omnics combined with having to fight them herself wore her down immensely. Once she began racking up wins (in video games and in fights with omnics), she became a young celebrity of decent size, even going so far as to star in movies. This amount of fame so young definitely had an impact on her mental. 

- They both see themselves as less than people or ignore their own feelings

Hanzo was raised to be an asset to the clan. He was meant to be a stoic leader, not an emotional one. I heavily doubt his father cared much about his feelings as a person, more so about whether he had traits useful to the clan. This idea has been internalized and follows him into adulthood, given how vain he is.

D.Va’s representation by the media shows her as a fearless fighter and an optimistic icon, harshly contradicting how much the omnics attacks and losses are weighing her down. Since the people of South Korea see her this way, she feels obligated to live up to this idea of herself. She also gets very invested in her work and tends to neglect things such as sleep when she is focused. 

On an unrelated note, I want to introduce a headcanon so I can elaborate on how they might interact: - D.Va reminds Hanzo of Genji

D.Va and Genji are, firstly, both gamers. This is the most glaringly obvious similarity to Hanzo, and it emotionally frustrates him to no end. 

They both stay glued to things, even when it becomes unhealthy (work, games, etc.). While this was more of a childhood trait for Genji, it still applies to D.Va. 

They’re both quick-witted with their humor and comebacks.

I think Hanzo and D.Va would have a lot of tension because of this (mostly on Hanzo’s side) when they first meet, which I might talk about in another post- but methinks when Hanzo notices D.Va is pushing herself too hard, it activates some weird older brother instinct in Hanzo. He's familiar with Genji staying up all night to play a video game, and since he knew he couldn't stop him, he simply brought food or company instead. He repeats this with D.Va as well. A lot of the things that Hanzo does for D.Va are projections of what he wished he could have done/used to do for Genji when they were kids.  thank u for reading i know this is super disorganized bc its been in my drafts forever u_u

I did Overwatch for Mermay last year, I didn’t finish but I have 8 more sketches I hope to complete someday. It was my first year on procreate so it was fun to see my art change. I’m definitely still knew you the app.

Overwatch Events: April Fools

It’s April Fools and that means that the googly eyes are back. I’m not sure how far back the Overwatch team has done this for, since I started playing Overwatch in December 2019, but on April Fools day all of the Overwatch character get googly eyes. This year, though, the Overwatch team also added googly eyes on the payloads. It’s awesome! I got photos of my favorite characters with googly eyes.  Sorry for the quality of the photos.

Also, if you haven’t gotten the Midas Roadhog skin or the Good vs. Evil Echo skin, you have until April 6th to get them. Finally, I’m going to work on my post about an ex-Blackwatch tank and it should hopefully be out soon. Hope you all have a good April Fools! ~ Nova

Overwatch League: The Allstar Vault

Alright, the Overwatch League skin vault is open once again, but this time it's the All-stars edition! From now until September 26th, you will be able to get...

The 2018 Atlantic All-Stars Tracer skin.

The 2018 Pacific All-Stars Genji skin.

The 2019 Atlantic All-Stars Mercy skin.

The 2019 Pacific All-Stars Lúcio skin.

The 2020 Gaia Reinhardt skin.

The 2020 Celestial D.Va skin.

Each skin is 200 OWL tokens and you can get tokens for free by watching the Overwatch League on YouTube(with your Blizzard Battlenet account connected), on the app, or on the website.

The Overwatch Leauge 2021 Season playoffs will be starting on Tuesday, September 21st, and ending on Saturday, September 25th. There will be 13 matches in the playoffs with an encore of each match, then the Grand Finals will take place on Saturday, September 25th with the encore on Sunday, September 26th. This is in EST(Eastern Standard Time) in the USA, so check the OWL website for details on what times the matches will take place where you live. That means there will be 28 OWL matches overall which you can get tokens for watching, so make sure to tune in for tokens!

Overwatch Events: 2021 Winter Wonderland Event!

Alright, the 2021 Winter Wonderland event has finally begun! The event will be running from now until January 6th, 2021. You will be able to get five legendary skins and three epic skins.

The Epics are Peppermint Bark Brigitte(week 3), Mistletoe Symmetra(week 2), and Wooltide Tracer(week 1).

The Legendaries are Snowboarder Baptiste, Sleighing D.Va, Ice Wraith Genji, Reindeer Orisa, and Snowman Wrecking Ball.

You will be able to get the epic skins during their corresponding weekly challenge by winning a minimum of 27 games(lose = 1 point, win = 2 points) and you will be able to get the legendary skins for 3000 credits each.

If you want to check out a comprehensive look at all of the event's items, here's a video about it!

Anyways, I hope you guys are enjoying the event if you have played. I played earlier today and I had a lot of fun! I was able to get the new D.Va skin and the Torbjorn highlight intro. ~ Nova.

Overwatch News: New Blood Issue #5

Alright, this is going to be a long post, so for the first time in a long time, here is the TLDR...

TLDR - Issue #5 of New Blood was released on March 15th, 2022. We have had multiple small things confirmed by it, specifically D.Va's recruitment and joining of Overwatch, and Zarya's OW2 appearance. I liked the New Blood series, my favorite Issue was #5. I liked D.Va's character development and I think Baptiste could have used some more. You will be able to get the new Sombra Zhulong skin from now until March 28th, 2022 for 200 OWL tokens.

New Blood Issue #5: Out of all of the parts of this comic book series, this one was my favorite for a few reasons.

I like that D.Va is portrayed to be more mature in this comic. I feel like she is mostly portrayed to be a little immature, but considering her job she should be acting more mature. So, I think that they are doing a good job showing her acting appropriately for the situation.

It is confirmed that damage boost is a cannon ability that Mercy has (pg. 3).

It is seems to be confirmed that Baptiste's Immortality Field can aid in the repairing of the mechs (pg. 15).

We've learned a little more about the MEKA Squad's abilities. D.Mon has a hard light sword and shield (pg. 11). Overlord's mech seems to be able to fly like a drone (pg. 9). All of the mechs have some type of ability to fly/hover (pg. 17).

We have confirmed that Cole was the person to recruit D.Va to Overwatch, not Lucio like I predicted (pg. 19).

It is confirmed that the older members of Overwatch (Ana, Reaper, Soldier: 76, probably Reinhardt and Torbjorn too) are referred to as the "Old Guard" (pg. 21).

We are shown what seems to be Zarya's Overwatch 2 redesign.

It seems that all the characters recruited by Cole are all getting along well (pg. 21 - 23).

New Blood Issues #1 - #4, A Longer Than Necessary Review:

I think this comic series is one of my favorite releases from the Overwatch media section with the only thing beating it being Stone by Stone. This series did a good job leading up to what can be assumed to be the current state of Overwatch 2 lore. I'm glad that all of the characters we saw during the Behind the Scenes of OW2 who joined Overwatch were explained here. Other than Issue #5, Issue #4 was my favorite. I think that they did a good job expanding on all characters featured in the comics. Now let's get onto the character specifics...

Ana: I think that having Ana being the person to push both Cole and Pharah to join Overwatch was good. I think that they included her for a perfect amount of the comics. I would like to see more interactions between her and Pharah in the future.

Pharah: I think that they did a good job integrating past Pharah lore (Ana didn't want her to join Overwatch) with her connection to Helix to give her a reason to not join Overwatch. Then, they gave Pharah a reason to join which I think was well executed. I also like how they expanded her connection to Cole and Mercy (pg. 5 of Issue #2).

Baptiste: I think that out of all the characters, Baptiste was the least developed by this comic. I like his banter with Cole throughout his comic. I also think that the expansion of his in-game abilities (Regenerative Burst, Amplification Matrix, and Exo Boots) within lore was good.

Zarya: I think they did a really good job making Zarya more sympathetic. In-game, she's kind of curt and mean. Her comic shows her in a different light which is really nice. I think that the few scene with her interacting with her family was great.

D.Va: I may be biased (I'm a D.Va main), but I think that D.Va's character was developed really well. I talked more about this early, but they did a good job making her act appropriately for the dire situation that she is in. I also really like that they showed D.Va to be very focused on helping people. In multiple pages, we see D.Va trying to take action that will help the most people (asking about communicating with Overwatch) which makes me really happy.

Cole: I think that they did a good job making Cole more of a leader and they did a good job portraying him like he is in-game. He is very charismatic and I think they did a good job showing that Cole is able to use that to steer people in the right direction. I'm excited to see how they make Cole an even better leader in the future.

OWL/OW Updates:

In Overwatch, the patch notes (3/15/2022) fixed some bugs including the mic distortion that was being complained about recently. The bigger news though is that the 2CP maps, Horizon Lunar Colony and Paris, have been removed for Quick play and related modes. It seems like the development team are beginning to slowly remove 2CP maps from the live game.

In OWL news, the new Sombra Zhulong skin is available for 200 OWL tokens to celebrate the Shanghai Dragons' Overwatch League 2021 victory. You will be able to get the skin from March 15th, 2022 - March 28th, 2022.

Analysis of Overwatch 2 Release Date Reveal Video

Alright, I said I was going to make a post analysing the official Release Date Reveal video of Overwatch 2 and here it is! The thing is... I've written so much that I chose to put all of my notes on the video in one document for you all to look at.

Here it is: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IfObctxfz0U_aiIvOG_JQMBtQKsYlBThsCmljZuRsRk/edit?usp=sharing

Since the document is three pages long, here's a list of what I think the most important things to know are!

Junkerqueen is going to be added as the newest tank. Her weapons are a shotgun and ax. She has a slash ability with her ax and an ability that seems to be like a mix of Reinhardt's charge and Orisa's Javelin Spear.

Charms are going to be added to OW2 based on stills of Cassidy and Lucio who have different charms on their guns, Cassidy's being Hanzo's Sake bottle and Lucio's being a dog.

Characters will be able to inspect their guns/weapons during games based on actions by Cassidy, Doomfist, Lucio, and Symmetra. There also might be taunts based on Orisa doing a thumbs down after killing an enemy Hanzo.

There is probably going to be pack skins added to OW2 based on a still of Tracer, Sojourn, Reinhardt, Baptiste, and Mercy who all have skins that have a very similar white, gray, and orange color scheme.

We get confirmation of the Kanazaka Fox character when we see a blue fox run through Kanazaka, creating a path for Zarya, Hanzo, Genji, and Ana who were following it.

We get to see clearer images of D.Va, Wrecking Ball, Symmetra, and Moira's new base skins.

Drawing Overwatch Interactions - Episode 01: "The Cute Guy" I drew this last year and it's still my favorite hero interaction in OW 2 so far! Reposting this and labeling it "Episode 01" just for fun. I'll definitely make more, I just don't know how consistent it will be. LOL

Here's an animatic version where I also put the actual voice lines in just for fun! (Turn on sounds!)

Overwatch women x fem or gn reader 💘

Please send requests for imagines/headcanons etc. 🌸 (fluff, angst, slight smut ok!)

Rules:

- Only fem and gn reader

- I can do character x character too!

- NSFW is ok but I won’t go into huge detail with stuff

- If reader is a minor obviously only platonic (friend/parent/sister etc. for the relationship between reader and character)