Some little easter eggs in the comic.
- the comic’s pdf file is called “reflection 2” even though the official title is called “together”;
- Like the old comic from 2016, all the characters currently present in the game appear here (42);
- Various heroes wear (fully or partially) some skins from the game:
- Junkrat Beachrat
- Torbjorn Lumberjack
- Hanzo Casual
- Kiriko Athleisure
- Mauga Port-De-Paix
- Doomfist formal (but with a tie)
- Cassidy Cozy
- Brigitte Sparkplug
- Winston Ugly Sweater
- Sojourn Cozy
- The guests are not random at all, they are all taken from various media released over the years:
- Obviously Emily;
- Ingrid, Torb’s wife and Brigitte’s mother;
- Near Sojourn, from the novel
“Sojourn”:
- Valentine, the Sojourn’s twin sister;
- the Sojourn’s niece Bonnie, recognizable by her robotic legs;
- hypothetically Valentine’s husband;
- Close to Efi and Orisa, from the novel
“The Hero of Numbani”:
- Fola and Bolaji Oladele, Efi’s parents;
- Next to Zarya, from the comic
“New Bloods #4”
- Ira and Marisha Zaryanova, Zarya’s sisters;
- Hypothetically the younger nieces or cousins;
- Next to Pharah, from the comic
“Reflections”
- Sam English, Pharah’s father;
- Next to D.Va, from the cinematic
“Shooting Star”
- Dae-hyun Park, D.VA’s childhood friend and mechanic;
- Next to Lucio, from the e-mails of
Invasion DLC;
- Benicio Correia dos Santos, Lucio’s father ;
- Extra characters in the comic:
- Venture is with their Abuelita (Grandmother, quote said on the Dorado map) and… Rosetta, the Venture VPose!;
We don’t know who the man is with Mauga, perhaps a relative of his at SamoaEDIT: Mauga is with his father, the leader of the eco-rebel group Deepsea Raiders. (Thanks to Spktra from Twitter for this note
) ;
- Kiriko and Hanzo have dinner with Asa Yamagami, the sword master. They are at Asa’s house (cinematic Kiriko);
- Hazard celebrates with the Phreaks (Touch-up, Revel, Boomslang and Jackdawn), and receives a collar for his dog Masie as a gift from Suzy;
- Ashe celebrates with the Deadlock Rebels gang: sniper Bars and two of the Deadlock Triplets
- Lucio is trying to musically adapt the Christmas songs “Deck the Halls” and “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
- On Genji’s plate the food is shaped like a triceratops, his favorite animal and a reference to one of the dishes he ate in Loverwatch (Valentine’s Day 2023);
- Ana is next to Cassidy and Pharah, the first to know that she was still alive. This indicates that she has already separated from Jack (events of Heroes Ascendants)
- Sombra is very friendly with Sigma, and gives him some socks, probably to protect him from the winter cold;
- Junkers play on the beach because in Australia the climate this time of year is summer;
- Zenyatta likely received a visit from Lifeweaver and Symmetra, whose bond strengthened in the Stone by Stone / Ascendant short story.
- Ramattra watches the Shambali monastery alone;
- Soldier-76 has reached Illari in Runasapi;
- In Christmas preparations, Tracer places a Hanukkah Menorah
- Orisa only has a slight reference to the reindeer skin with fake antlers, but the pose to stop Tracer is the one from the in-game emote;
- Echo has several voicelines where she asks the heroes what the food tastes like. In fact, here we see her taking care of the dishes, not eating;
- Emily wears the scarf she received for Christmas from Tracer in the previous holydays comic;
- On Bastion’s plate there is only some birdseed, to give to Ganymede who is flying around;
- In the cover of the comic we can see Athena again in her Christmas version as in the finale of Reflections;
- Juno has a surprised expression, probably because it’s her first time celebrating Christmas on Earth and she’s eating some Earth-style holiday food.
- Extra: This time it is Winston who consoles Tracer with the company of friends and family
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If you notice anything else, please say so, have great holydays!