#overwatch rambles

So- This is supposed to be the Egyptian mythology battlepass.

YET!!!

Venture is nowhere to be found and they are literally AN ARCHAEOLOGIST *AND* has gotten 0 battlepass skins. Both their Monarch and Ice Cream skins were obtained via shop/stream rewards. I love my funky lil archaeologist and they deserve better. We all know this, but I digress.

Ramattra would have made SO much more sense for Anubis because of the lore of Anubis instigating the Omnic Crisis and Ramattra's role therein. Especially with Anubis having its own map with the new battle style.

They chose Thoth, the Egyptian god of knowledge and wisdom to be Illari's new skin. While this isn't necessarily a bad concept, given that I think one could make a case for Illari's struggles with the knowledge/wisdom of her people and the tragedy that happened when she gained her powers, I still think there was a much more obvious choice- Ra. Y'know, the sun god? Because Illari's associated with the- nevermind. I was a major Egyptian mythology nerd once upon a time, and this seems a bit... off base, to put it gently.

I realize Blizzard is trying to Do Too Much and just keeps making Poor Creative Decisions (among other things), but c'mon. I am a lore person and this is just... wow.

I truly appreciate the devs at Blizzard that actually care about Overwatch and put their love, blood, sweat, and tears into what they do. But this battlepass has been.. yikes.

While I admit that I like the Reaper Anubis skin better than any of the prior mythic skins, I still am overall disappointed with the battlepass. I keep telling myself that I'm gonna buy it when I find one I like enough, and then... it doesn't seem to happen.

So- for the fans and devs that feed the fandom's love for characters like Venture, Ramattra, and so on... Thank you. You help make this game something better than it is on its own. That may feel a bit obvious, but still. I appreciate all the love and work you put forth and the interactions between players where we're all just having a good time.

When I first joined the Overwatch fandom I headcanoned that McCree killed his own parents as a gang initiation type of thing. I also headcanoned that they abused him, and so he was initially more willing to kill them (due to frustrations and feeling wronged, not because victims of abuse want to kill their abusers). However, a day or so after the murders he was traumatized by it (I mean he killed his own parents, even if they were shitty parents it's a difficult thing to process)

me: well, he was formerly a part of a crime syndicate family, yes. they would assassinate. he was forced to murder his brother. it was a complicated situation.

friend: you know what else Hanzo could murder? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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