Crimsalute pointed to Soldier: 76 specifically as a character that has been sullied in the eyes of some fans based on conjecture. In some cases, interpretations have become so divided it’s created a strange style of discourse no one can really settle because there’s no real evidence to pull from. “In most fandom communities, people know the characters they talk about fairly intimately, while we were always left with a vague outline of who our faves are.” “Immortals” by Crimsalute “Because there’s so little content, we’ve all been left to kind of pick up the pieces and create something from what little they gave us, and it always felt weird being in this community as opposed to say, the MCU fandom because they had endless content,” she said. To illustrate the problem, Crimsalute, a Soldier: 76, Ana, and Reaper fan who makes renders and edits, pointed out that while the blank slate approach has given fan creators a lot of wiggle room, it has made discussions and theory crafting difficult over the years. In a grander sense, this lack of story content has made different interpretations of characters so prevalent, some people are about to meet versions of characters that are unrecognizable compared to their view of them. It’s Blizzard’s right to do so, but the knowledge that substantial lore is on its way has led to both excitement and apprehension within Overwatch’s community.
But Blizzard is about to start actively debunking years of theories, investment, and all the creativity that followed.
But despite all of this, Overwatch’s story has had next to no forward momentum, and its characters have mostly been left as blank slatesīut while the Overwatch franchise will most likely benefit from this (assuming the story is any good), finally establishing canon within this universe could potentially throw a wrench into the fandom, one that has thrived in the gaps of Overwatch’s ambiguity.įor a lot of Overwatch fans, these three years of Blizzard only nudging the story forward every few months has led to fan interpretations becoming so prominent they color art, fanfiction, and even the discourse that surrounds each character. Story mode has been a long-requested feature for the original Overwatch since it launched, as a lot of fans were dissatisfied with Blizzard’s lore roll out, which included animated shorts, digital comics (that seem to have mostly just stopped coming out) and recently short stories focusing on characters like Baptiste, Ana, and Soldier: 76. Looking at this with a wide lens, it’s a good thing. It took three years for Blizzard to put a story-driven mode in Overwatch with its sequel Overwatch 2, which the company announced at Blizzcon this weekend.
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