I had been looking forward to this story for a long time, when I learned it was originally scheduled to take place after Summer Games 2021 (before McCree’s name change). I would like to avoid at least here to comment “what is his name” (that there are far too many comments elsewhere) and instead focus on this new saga after London Calling. I absolutely don’t want to hide that London Calling was great for tidying Overwatch’s early media but it also has one of the worst endings and a baddest logical coherence of the lore (read vol 4 and 5 to understand what I mean).
but here we are, a new comic saga, based on “McCassidy” (and here we all agree and disagree) embarking on a journey. I honestly found meeting Ana without any mention of Soldier and what happened to Valkirie’s narrative very boring. I mean, was Jack just absent to make storytelling easy? I don’t know, the whole talk with McCassidy is the usual talk of whether Ow should come back that we hear from Reunion, Honor & Glory or Zero Hour. but I like that there is a peaceful relationship between the two. perhaps I would have just expected some mutual questions about damage to the body (eye and arm).
what has thrilled me now is the departure to reunite some heroes. sorry that there doesn’t seem to be any suspense for a new hero teaser (as we also read in the encounter between Symmetra and Zenyatta), but I was quite thrilled to see how D.Va, Pharah and Zarya can actually merge into Ow coming soon.
the most interesting part is absolutely pharah with the promise that we will (finally) see the meeting with the mother! we always had a lot of doubts in the dialogue game about their actual relationship during a meeting. and somehow, defining this should “close” our curiosity about Ana, who is perhaps one of the most told characters in the lore in an extremely orderly and precise way. opening up our curiosity for pharah through McCassidy is definitely a great connection with the mother. really, i love it.
what amazes me but at the same time intrigues me is the future with D.Va and Zarya. Shooting Star was an extremely trivial short film in terms of “evolution” of the character (or rather, not very incisive), and defining her position with an external collaboration through McCassidy is perhaps ideal. But Zarya? I find this collaboration stranger but also the strangest.
note that we have new chronological references:
- Ana would have abandoned Necropolis, a sign that she has already had her contacts with S76 and presumably with Mercy;
- Shooting Star has already happened, and you can see it on the screen;
obviously we cannot exclude that Ana was talking about another secret base (she has many) and that the one on the screen was a generic fight with the Gwishin. but we can absolutely confirm that mcCree’s journey takes place after Reunion: the motorcycle stolen by Ashe and the total exclusion of including Echo in this team of recruits.
but if I have to be completely honest: perhaps I would have gladly seen the involvement of Lucio or Orisa as candidate heroes, or even new unpublished heroes. but I also think the auttuale list is optimal: too many heroes to tell would create the bad narrative management we saw in london calling, decadent in my opinion due to too many arguments introduced up to the epilogue. in 5 volumes it is absolutely necessary to prove to be able to manage well the rhythms and the quantity of notions.
opinions? in hype for the reunion between mother and daughter?