Do ghosts and spirits exist in the OW universe?

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As in, spectral beings that haunt people by spooking them or re-arranging their cupboards to inconvenience them?

Are there omnic ghosts? Do they haunt other omnics exclusively or do they also haunt humans?

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The shimada dragons are spirits and “the iris” also seems to be a real thing in lore

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Weren’t the dragons confirmed to just be for gameplay and the cinematic and not actually present in the lore as spirits or magic

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My heart got physically crushed while reading this pls don’t be true😭

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I think it’s lame too

Thought for sure they were canon because they were used for a cinematic.

At least we have magic robot religion

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He also used blade in the “zero hour” cinematic didn’t he and he got the cool flashy green stuff

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I mean, Bastion is a ghost of a character, so yeah.

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Nahh, there’s no such thing as ghosts!
I-I hope.

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Hanzo’s and Genji tech is more likely some kind of advance weapon software that customized to them. They likely were given thanks to there family connections.

I have a theory about Omnic side of tech, God AI and the Quantum Computer side.

But it kinda breaks the 4th wall.

So I will just save it for OW2.

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Maybe that’s why he has the button on his sword handle🤔

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He was a sith lord all along… run.

Jokes aside, we still don’t have enough tech info on this front.

We need to dive into more around how Sym’s tech is made plus more.

For know I recommend studying how Quantum Computer works from extra credit.

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If you want them to (exist) in the game lore there’s nothing stopping you writing a haunting fan-fic.

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That, Detective Spooner… is the right question.

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Well…I do like to hear the Ghosts and Goblins theme song while playing Lucio on Kings Row…

https://youtu.be/GeytLzRY_0Y

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I kind of want to do that with Brig, now. Obviously the knight costume.

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Ha yeah…of course…I just think of the jumping and projectiles.

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Love the i-Omnic quote.

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The Shimada dragons are tech of some kind - the writers confirmed that there is no magic in the Overwatch universe.

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Nah, they end up on GoO dot com (good old omnics) where collectors can buy discontinued, unsupported omnics at a discount price.

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Just adding my 2 cents here - I believe they explicitly insisted in the past that ‘‘The dragons are not magic, they’re spirits’’.