Well… Bastet stated Reyes had family.
“At least you and Gabe managed to have families.” said Morrison to Amari.
Then Reflections shows while Morrison and Amari are talking in Bastet, Reyes is looking at some not-random family - confirmed by Chu.
So my hope is the next playable hero (waiting for OW2…) will be his son as son-father relation is missing in the game. Currently there are daughter-mother (Pharah and Ana) and daughter-father (Brigitte and Torbjörn) relations.
I believe Reyes’s child as playable hero will be like:
“I loved my dad and so he loved me. We had seen each other often in our free time but then since 8 years ago I saw him less and less and when Overwatch HQ exploded and I never saw him again. I want to be like him, I want to find him, that’s my life goal”.
Even if his child won’t be playable hero, for sure his child will experience “I am your father” moment from Reaper - it makes sense from story perspective.
As cool as it would be for some portrayal of a son-parent relationship, I always thought that panel where Reaper was watching the family was focused on the woman’s face more than the man’s, with the lighting kind of emphasizing her more than anyone else, which meant that woman was the one related to Reaper (a daughter, if I had to guess. She’s probably around Fareeha’s age, too).
It would make sense for one of Reaper’s kids to be a new hero for a couple reasons. The other founding Overwatch members with children have family members in the game, and the Second Omnic Crisis is a great motivation for them to follow in his footsteps.
The biggest problem would be Reaper’s son/daughter already having a family, which would absolutely affect their decision of joining the fight since that’s how they lost their dad.
I don’t think it would be big problem, just look at all other heroes.
Tracer fights even when she has girlfriend.
Brigitte fights even when she has parents and many siblings she should worry about.
Pharah fights and Ana supports her even when her mother doesn’t want such life for her.
I mean, of course family is important but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible for Reyes’s child to do such step. It will be hard for Reyes’s child, for sure.
Honestly im waiting for a Brig-Rein-Torb-Bastion interaction for the Gothenburg PvE.
I always thinking about if Sojiro is just presumed dead and will watch from distance when Genji and Hanzo finally join forces.
I hope to see their mother.
And I wish them to have sister as playable hero. Brother-sister relations are also missing. Their sister can do interesting dynamic in Shimada family.
It would be cool to get two heroes who are brother-sister, like Garen and Lux from League of Legends
Oh my god I didn’t know I ned this till I read it