#overwatch analysis

Despite how she appears, Vaira Singhania aka Domina, is actually a deep character. She's a woman who believes she deserves everything AND has everything, but it still doesn't make her happy.

This is my little analysis of Domina's character and how she fits the criteria of an NPD diagnosis. I honestly really enjoy her character and wanted to just yap about her and her writing.

they DO love each other, whether you interpret it as platonic or romantic it’s true either way. cassidy definitely would not want her ending up killing herself trying to break into an overwatch base, which she would most likely try by the way we see her react in the book.

one of her first thoughts after the fire is trying to figure out where he is, getting b.o.b to search for him in the burning house

she actively spends every dime she has to get out of jail as quickly as possible so she can save him

@kushion55

I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE MEI THING OMG-

She isn't a soldier either and she didn't even expect she'd be fighting, but unlike Angela she willing to. She's a lot more positive about it too!!

Not only that but I talked with one of my friends about this, and I've talked about my head cannon that Amelie and Cassidy were friends pre-Talon. But in the serious theory direction I honestly think that if Widow gets a redemption and joins Overwatch to help take down Talon. I think they'd be able to relate to each other to a certain extent. Neither of them would be who they are without the specific circumstances that lead up to it. Without the Crisis, without Talon, they would just be regular people. Neither of them wanted to be soldiers but here they are fighting a war anyway. The same goes for if Sombra and Sigma join too. Honestly Cassidy relating to ex-Talon agents and being the first to empathise with them is an interesting storyline on it's own, but adding Cassidy feeling like he finally fits in because he's no longer the only ex-criminal on the team? That he isn't the only one who didn't imminently do good in the world and that he's not the only one that doesn't feel like he's a solider?

That would be a great character arc.

This also relates to what you said about Ana not mentioning Cassidy in this line;

Though Cassidy does have an a similar outlook on situations to what Angela, Sojourn and Lena have, there are couple of differences. Cassidy, for one, has a larger understanding on why someone would join Talon, why they would cause harm. Something we see all three of these characters struggle with. Being someone who was a criminal gives him a lot more empathy and patience towards those who are still on that path.

We see Cassidy, though non-canon, interact with Talon agents and he seems rather chill with them, complementing Widows aim, being patient and joking around with Sigma, being fairly casual with Sombra. Meanwhile in canon we see that though the introduction was rough, Cassidy genuinely likes and trusts Baptiste but he also aware enough of the people around him to know to encrypt Baptistes file. It also seems that he and Athena knows that he's in contact with Sombra;

Again I think the reason Cassidy wasn't mentioned is because he doesn't think the same way Angela, Lena and Sojourn do, and Ana knows this. If we look at what Ana says to Cass in "New Blood";

yes it has similar tones to what was said in Valkyrie but it is still different;

With Cassidy she goes into more detail, talks about him specifically, no mention of anyone else. To me Ana seems a lot more vulnerable here. With Angela, compared to what she says to Cassidy, it's rather simple, though they still have a core message;

This message is key both in similarity and in the differences of these conversations. In Valkery it seems that Ana just thinks Angela should go help in some way or another. With Cassidy she is actively setting him up to be a leader. Nothing says this more than the final moments of the conversations;

She leaves Angela for her to decide what she should do.

But with Cassidy?

She tells him to learn from the past, encourages him to not make the same mistakes in it, to make a new Overwatch. Which is what we see him doing in the last cut scene of Liberation;

"Jack Morrison is off chasing ghosts, he's not coming back."

The only member of the old guard he actively suggests they bring back is Sojourn, because he knows that she's got the battle strategy they need in order to better their chances against Null Sector. The fact that he's the one to suggest it as well and not Winston is telling as well.

Cassidy think differently both from the old guard and the second generation, Cassidy isn't the type to quietly retire, he also isn't the type of person to fight meaningless battles. He's not made for peace but he's also not made for war. He's made for change.

And Ana knows this, and I think Jack knows this too. Afterall Ana wasn't the one gathering info on Talon, Jack was.

I’m not sure if others notice this, but it seems to me like Jack might have some kind of social anxiety, or at the very least is socially awkward.

My thought process is that, with the Strike Commander position, he never got to show his true self with most people. He was always behind a mask. Meanwhile, there was also intense pressure for him to make others like him - especially in terms of general public image. Living with the fear that a single mistake could make people dislike him, destroy the mask, and ruin everything, because public opinion is fickle.

(Further explanation/examples/evidence under read more, to not take up too much space in tags/dashboard)

I felt like enough time has passed that I can finally offer up my opinion on the legendary Roadhog and Blizzard’s changes to him.

Where He Was Before

Roadhog was this insane solo queue carry hero. He could go on massive flanks with almost NO punishment from lower skill ranks (diamond and below). He wasn’t a character that punished bad positioning, but a character that played like Genji and Tracer with a much lower skill floor. People soared through the ranks playing him ONLY for this flanking ability. 

tl;dr: He was a 600 health DPS hero with the easiest one-shot ability to land.

Where He Is Now

Roadhog now requires much more team coordination. He can no longer go on these insane flanks because he WILL be punished for it. He does still have a one-shot combo with his hook, but it requires better aiming and a shot before/after the hook + shot. Roadhog’s hooking ability is still insanely powerful; the ability to pull an enemy that’s out of position into your team to be annihilated for a pick is extremely useful. They then upped his rate of fire and clip size, as well as lowering his head hit box, to make him more useful in-between hooks.

tl;dr: I don’t think he’s in a bad place at all. I think it will take time for the community to learn how to play Roadhog again as they did with D.Va.

Food For Thought

There IS the argument that the hook was Roadhog’s only value ability, and I would agree. However, if they wanted to keep his one-shot ability as it was pre-nerf, then Blizzard would have to take him out of the tank category. Which means they have two choices:

Possibility A: They keep Roadhog as he is now and promote him as a TANK hero. Possibly give him more sustainability or mobility.

As much you are Ashe centric I am Cassidy centric, and I would have personally been pissed if Cassidy was mentioned more then he actually was in this story. I got my content of him from Ana and Jack's story which meant a lot more to me then anything that could have been said in Ashe's story.

They both need to be seen as their own characters instead extensions of one or the other. Especially Ashe, as the community just has seen her as "Cassidy's love interest", I think it's gotten a lot better since Ashe was introduced but that doesn't erase the fact that it still happens.

100% AGREE‼️ sometimes i worry that’s how my account comes off because i’ve mainly posted cashe content here but i am a huge fan of ashe as an individual and cassidy… i love him but not in the same way as i love ashe

she’s either seen as a love interest, an extension of his backstory, or someone to hate him/for him to hate, which really sucks!! she’s an awesome individual but it’s also a fault of the writers as she has 0 canonical connections to any in game characters except cassidy and few pre-game interactions.

deadlock rebels is hardly known even by ashe .. fans .. (yes i’m calling you posers) so the new short story is a good opportunity for people to read about her, see how she interacts with other members of the gang, and get deeper into her mind and appreciate her more rather than treating her like she’s only part of cassidy.