ever wonder why that same comment shows up all the time? Maybe itās because itās reasonable?
Carrying on with the a previous version of the main topic and tying it into the Rise and Shine discourse, what would people think of a reveal that Mei is a MtF character?
I donāt really have any problem with trans reveals but why are all of them mtfā¦ weāve no ftm anything anywhere 'cept for Krem in dragon age lol
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Yeah, thatās one of my complaints too but I was just tying together two threads of conversation here. But in response to that excellent point I think Lucio or McCree would be interesting FtM candidates.
Iāve seen a good amount of content for the both of them, actually with that. The only Bad Thing Iāve seen w/ them is in some fic I immediately dropped the author said Jesseās deadname was Jessica and I just clicked out of it like āOh no, not this goodbye.ā
Iāve seen more art of it than writing - guess itās easier to have some scarring on the chest and just have the audience know than it is to write a whole story about it.
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I actually donāt think Mercy/Genji deserves the hate that it does. Theyāve always said positive things to each other in the game; but itās only the fandom that does. It just depends on how they approach them as two equal adults rather than the doctor/patient thing.
Eh, Iām actually not a fan of the fixation on the scars in art. Itās an important step, for sure, but the fixation artists seem to have on showing them all the time is a tad offputting in my opinion.
I just wish Mercy was given any personality at all in that ship, and then Iād like it. But Alas weāre not afforded that at all.
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Thatās fair, I meant more in the shirtless art - there are artists who draw ONLY trans McCree or Lucio or whomever, and in all their art itās not always seen, just implied, and occasionally youāll run across a beach day art and see stuff.
How much representation do you want? LGBTQ+ is still a very small portion of the population and already we have a lesbian charactaer in tracer and a non-binary character in that one robot from the Zarya comic. Lynx-17 I think it was?
Overwatch is very progressive, but I donāt think we need more representation for LGBT until thereās even more characters on the whole. maybe another Asian next because thereās a fair amount of white people and black people in the game at this point. Oh and a middle eastern hero would be good.
Personally for me, I just wanted a gay male; granted that this character is interesting/written well too.
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Okay.
Okay. But DONT sink my Genji Mercy!
Yeah, thatās a major reason why I donāt like Gency either. From other points of view itās actually a good diversity ship on the note of Western European woman and East Asian man - interracial pairings of any sort are still really rare in media. Even moreso with Asian men involved. Boom! Intersectionality!
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Ships are unsinkable as long as the fan has a strong enough will.
Yeah. I mean, even the reveal that Tracer has a girlfriend doesnāt stop shippers from shipping her with other characters. It just stopped people from shipping her with male characters (and even then not completely).
It could be really cute and sweet if people didnāt write Mercy as pretty arm candy and little else. Iāve seen 1 cute comic with the two of them. Otherwise Mercy is just kindaā¦ there. And Genjiās justā¦ there. They are just thatā¦ overwhelmingly beautiful yet dreadfully boring couple that talk about like, toast and white kitchen floor tiles. You know the ones, they have nothing to say to each other and you know the boning is super vanilla but they are both beautiful and youāre like āAhā¦ I see.ā and thatās all there is to their relationship.
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Thereās evidence! You may not know, but thereās the valentines interaction where Mercy offers Genji chocolate which is a BIG thing in Japan. And Genji offering chocolate back is an even BIGGER thing. Basically canon!
I was aware of that, actually. It was a cute interaction but I still donāt care for the ship. And besides, though I hate to break it to you, the voice lines arenāt canon. Theyāre just theoretical conversations. I also should say that I actually dislike the idea of any hero x hero ship becoming canon because of the precedent theyāve set so far with it always being hero x side character. To do anything different would show favoritism and pandering in my eyes, regardless of the ship, and that goes for both mlw ships and LGBT ships. Akshon Media - Digital Content Production - Akshon Media
That sounds more like a problem with the fans writing it than the ship itself.
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Until you realize the game isnt canon and any spray/skin/line interactions arent set in stone. Trust me Iāve been down that road.