Her origin is way more depressing than even hanzo the brother killer.
How is she even working
That’s true. I can’t imagine in real life someone who move on like nothing happened* or no one would investigate or check up on such an event.
*Of course she is upset about it but wants to redeem herself apparently. But I’m curious how she recovered and where she got her tech afterward and if shes an ally with OW or something? I hope they reveal more at a faster pace than the previous stuff.
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Having a tragic backstory is the most common hero trope. Look at heroes in other places like comics, movies, even other games. Superman’s entire planet was destroyed. Batman’s parents were murdered. How many Disney characters are orphans? Aloy from Horizon is motherless and raised as an outcast.
It’s not surprising to have a tragic backstory or two in Overwatch.
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Yeah, I was already getting the old "noone understands me >:( "
I’m like, girl, you are living in a universe that just had a terminator 2: judgment day war. It’s just tired, boring and might as well be a classic mary sue back story.
Same she seems to have moved on too much than torbjorn
Now imagine Superman the baby blew up the planet and Batman murdered his parents.
This is not just tragic but she is the tragedy causer as well.
Ya all their latest heroes seem this way and xcept rammatra
Was there ever any need to recover from emotional trauma?
She simply carry on because she is strong female Inti Warrior, and thats all to it according to Blizzard. Why do you require more complex backstory? 
Jokes aside, there are numerous topics about her backstory being poorly written.
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So like Rogue from X-Men who has Captain Marvel’s powers because she touched her too long and put her in a permanent coma. Or Spider-Man who could have prevented his uncle’s untimely demise and became a hero as a way to atone.
Nothing is new under the sun.
That’s alright I’m talking wrt to overwatch
She has the most tragic back story.
They’ve put her into a Mary Sue-inator and somehow the population of an entire town was on a small hilltop.
I don’t know. It sounds like an average edgelord DnD character.
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Many OW heroes have tragic backstories.
Brigitte has the least tragic backstory.
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From the origin video, it seem that the accident didn’t wiped the entire population of the town, let alone the nation. Just every other Inti Warrior, because all of them were in the temple where the augmentation ritual took place.
She then went to self-imposed exile, which only prove how poorly written the backstory is.
If her nation had need for such augmented warriors in first place, since she was depicted defending civilians even in very young age as warrior trainee, she was neglecting her duties to protect what has remained since she is the last one Inti Warrior remaining.
What exactly is tragic in Brigitte’s backstory? She simply decided to help Reinhardt as squire, maintaining his crusader power armor, and later as Reinhardt having it more and more difficult due to his age, she joined the fight on the battle field as combat healer to make sure he will not pick on more enemies than he can handle, and if he still do, she will be there for him to assist in the battle.
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I have no clue why you pointed that out, but that works! 
Brigitte has a happy family, home and a pet. She felt it’s an honor to fight alongside with Rein.
Tracer: Got stuck for a relative month jumping through time and almost died until Winston built a time pacemaker for her. Cannot take it off without being subjected to debilitating physical strain and desynching from the timeline.
Reaper: Horribly disfigured after leading a coup against Soldier and became a high ranking member of Talon, forsaking his family for power.
Widowmaker: Brainwashed to be loyal to Talon with her ability to experience emotions erased after her husband was murdered.
Pharah: Strained family dynamic with a mom she thought she could never please, only to have said mom fake her own death. Becomes a mercenary after this to prove she’s as good as her mom, only to find out dear old mommy is alive.
Reinhardt: Entered the Crusaders with a cocky and selfish attitude that led to the death of much of the people he was supposed to protect, including his mentor. It’s hinted by Sombra that his retirement from Overwatch was a cover up for something bigger.
Torbjorn: Designed most of the combat omnics Anubis took over during the Omnic Crisis.
Hanzo: Intentionally attempted to murder his brother after being pressured into it by his advisors. Left him for dead, left the clan, and has spent 10 years angsting over it.
Winston: Genetically enhanced super gorilla whose father figure was murdered during a primate uprising on Horizon Lunar Colony.
Zenyatta: Omnic leader whose brothers became in their own rights the leaders for both peace and violent war and is trying to find balance in how to handle that.
Bastion: A siege automaton that slaughtered countless humans against his own will.
Symmetra: An architect/security enforcer who is having to come to terms with the fact that her utopian society is actually fascist and using her talents to oppress, displace, and kill undesirables.
Zarya: A hardened veteran forced to leave her former life to fight a relentless war against omnics that are trying to turn her people into kaiju food. Found out her hero is actually corrupt and using her position to perpetuate the war for her own profit.
Cassidy: Wrongfully convicted of a crime, sank into organized crime for much of his adult life until Reaper brought him to Overwatch, became a wanted felon again after it disbanded.
D.Va: Teenage soldier with buttloads of trauma having to be a perfect celebrity gamer soldier pilot with the knowledge that if she fails, her whole country goes up in smoke.
Mei: Went into cryo-sleep with her team and was the sole survivor with no backup, no rescue, and her parent organization mothballed.
Genji: Nearly murdered by his brother, most of his body is cybernetic just to live.
Ana: Faked her own death and became a vigilante
Soldier: Faked his own death and became a vigilante
Sombra: Orphaned and forced into a life of crime to revolutionize her government.
Wreckingball: Genetically enhanced super hamster whose father figure was killed by murderous gorillas on Horizon, had to latch himself onto Winston’s escape pod to survive.
Baptiste: Grew up orphaned in Haiti and had to fight every day to survive. Joined Talon to make money before leaving it after having been forced to do various horrifying crimes.