1| Both characters were orphaned by the Omnic Crisis.
2| They both had a strong desire to help people in needed and make the world a better place.
- Mercy joins Overwatch as the head of medical research.
- Baptiste did dream about Overwatch and being a hero that protects people, thus he joined Caribbean Coalition as a combat medic. However, Overwatch never came to Haiti. He set his dreams aside when Overwatch was disbanded. After completing his service, he joined Talon as a combat medic.
3| Both characters eventually didn’t feel proud of their organizations they had joined.
- Mercy wanted to focus her nanobiotic technology on helping civilians, but Overwatch used it mainly to help their wounded soldiers. Heal darts were created based on her biotic technology without her approval. (Not sure if Mercy left Overwatch before or the time when it’s disbanded.)
- Baptiste joined Talon as its missions were very well paid, he planned to use his earnings to set up a clinic in his hometown. Eventually Talon’s nature had changed, the operations that he participated, had caused civilians casualties. Baptiste abandoned Talon during an operation in Monte Cristi.
​4| Even when they’re no longer part of any organizations, they continued helping people in needed. Baptiste and Mercy met at a humanitarian aid site in Venezuela, working together for almost a week.
5| They both encounter a child that could relate because of their dark pasts.
- Mercy saved two children from the collapsed building. Back in the aid camp, she watched the children waiting for their parents. Then she was told that their parents were killed in the crossfire between Talon & Helix Security forces, which reminded of herself waiting for her parents to return until a police officer told her about her parents’ death.
- Baptiste participated a Talon operation in Monte Cristi that inflicted civilian casualties. He saw a young girl in a torn dress where she stared at him angrily, clenching her fists. At that moment, he reminded of himself as a child, angered by what Omnics had done during the Omnic Crisis.