I’m aware it’s been forever since I’ve posted about this fic, despite how much it owns my heart since I’ve started writing for it (there’s even art for the OC i created specifically for a part of this)... but things happened. So for those who don’t know what this fic is... it’s a zenyatta-focused backstory thing. Posting the link for the entire thing here, but i added a new chapter today!

The fic so far only contains his first meeting with mondatta and this arc will end when he joins the Shambali.

Rating: mature

Summary: The path he chose might be paved with grief and insecurity, but he never had to travel alone.

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Or: A Zenyatta-centric backstory piece, from his first meeting with Mondatta to his time at the Shambali monastery, following his growth as an omnic monk, his meeting with Genji, up until his decision to join Overwatch with him. Canon Compliant.

I don’t usually create specific fandom OCs with a lot of background story but I fell in love with this OC that I created for a v smol role in a fanfic, so I decided to draw him now that I’m better at drawing robots.

His name is Cheng, an omnic from the overwatch lore universe. his original programming was to be a mechanic/technician, but once he gained self-awareness, he realised he did not like it, and would have preferred to become a cook.

He’s made of mismatched bodyparts from different models because of how it’s hard to find specific parts for your model in cities with an anti-omnic majority, so he made do by fixing himself with whatever good parts were available, until he was able to grow his own collection (but he’s used to his body and is proud that through it, he got better and learned how to help others by fixing them up too).

His voice is also a bit weird, with some feedback delay as the voicebox model isn’t perfectly compatible with his processors, so it comes out more metallic than other omnics’ but the lilt is very nice to listen to once you’re used to it.

After a lot of hardships and opposition, he was then employed in a restaurant with mixed omnic/human workers, and he’s now working from the bottom up to fulfil his dream. (spoilers: he will manage it!)

He’s a bit clumsy and cannot work on the store front because he breaks a lot of stuff, and because his mismatched parts make a lot of people uncomfortable (eff them) but he doesn’t care, he wants to c o o k.