@ninjastrike asked: tell me… about amelie… tell me about the woman who got slowly suffocated and erased for widow to shine… tell me All about it… ( @deathrife tags you for reasons )
I was going to combine this with this ask, but i’ll keep them seperate.
The resentment she felt towards Gérard and the way her life turned as a result of his working for Overwatch was never vicious. Amélie was silent, distant, and very lonely. She never was a woman of many words, she preferred watching and observing from afar ( perhaps why she turned to be such a good sharpshooter as Widowmaker ).
It’s some of the first information gathered from her as Talon constantly watched the couple. Slowly, the organization learned that going directly for the man would not work. Maybe he loved her deeply but was so driven by the mission, he lost sight of who they were. Talon, being the manipulative and deceitful group they are, used this and locked their sights onto Amélie.
Once they had her in their grasp, they learned of all the joys in her life. What Gérard meant to her and more. It’s easy to twist a conflicted mind when one knows what they’re doing. She went through days of torture as well as testing to transform her into the woman she is. They had to erase her fears and sentiments to the world she used to have. Change her love for things into weapons ( her love for dancing and gymnastics being used as a means to fight and travel across rooftops with ease )
Her cold skin allows her to be in the sun much longer now, something she loved doing when she used to sit and paint. Her slow beating heart keeps her calm and collected, easy to take in her surroundings and digest everything easily.
Talon used her calm nature for their own personal use. The name Widowmaker, is derived from her killing Gérard, not unlike Blackwidows killing their mates right after consummation. They used the love and trust ( even blind dedication on Amélie’s part ) between Gérard and Amélie and turned it against them.
By taking everything Amélie once loved and turning it into a weapon/against her, Talon was finally able to get what they wanted. Gérard was finally dead and it was done by the hands of the woman he loved. It was also a test to see how/if the brainwashing would work, as well as the strength of the subjugation she underwent.
She was once warm and calm as a spring day, but now she’s as cold and harsh as a winter’s night. Still a woman of few words, only now her words carry much more weight and like her aim, she only fires her words when needed or if she knows they’ll hit their mark.
There’s still conflict in her, constantly snuffed out by Talon as soon as it arises, but it does come up. Especially when anyone ever mentions Gérard in front of her. It’s something Talon cannot/will not fully erase from her. Along with his memory, she still remembers several of the Overwatch agents. Ana, Jack, Reinhart, Fareehah, Angela, and more are prominent in her mind. Talon trains her to use their comfort with her against them. The same method used to kill Gérard would be use against them.
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