Hello people!
First of all, excuse my English, it is not my first language. I’m so sorry if you find any weird written words or phrases. My apologies! I will try my best!
After the terrible news about the developer who name was used for our cowboy and the latest news about its re-naming, many theories and sugerences have been emergence of what this new name could be.
One of the sugerences that sounds the loudest is the name ‘Joel Morricone’ and I think it is a good idea.
Why? Let me explain…
It all starts with a blog post.
There is a wide and popular theory that our gunslinger is Joel Morricone, the journalist who wrote “The New Peacekeepers”, a new about the attempted robbery in Hanamura.
[OPINION] Vigilante justice—is it vital in a post-Overwatch world?
https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/573245303198912512?s=20
Now let’s see why I believe almost 90% that Joel Morricone is McCree’s alter ego, like Clark Kent is for Superman.
This journalist approves of what our cowboy does in the article and, in a certain way, he defends the mysterious peacemaker’s actions. Nothing relevant to now let’s go to how he presents himself:
By Joel Morricone // Guest Blogger, Coffee Drinker, White Hat Wearer, Pundit for Hire
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Guest Blogger … that is, he is not from the regular staff.
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Coffee Drinker, McCree is already known canonly to be addicted to coffee.
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White Hat Wearer*… reference to the lone ranger? A romantic vision of how he would see himself. *
https://truewestmagazine.com/great-movie-and-tv-hats/
There are also many other famous cowboys who have worn a white hat but this is the one that most closely resembles what our cowboy represents (apart from having two skins clearly inspired by the Lone Ranger XD). -
Pundit for Hire, since he left OW he works for himself, being a bounty hunter, a “freelance” man.
Let’s analyze the name and surname:
Joel Morricone // Jesse McCree
J.M. // J.M.
Joel
In the 1940s and 1950s there was a famous actor who devoted most of his career and his fame to western. his name was Joel McCrea:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_McCrea
Also Joel was the code name that was used during the development phase to refer to the gunslinger:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190505232239/https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/2lqf6l/gunslinger_joel/
And don’t forget the famous in-game’s interaction line between he and Sombra:
Sombra: “Pleasure working with you McCree… if that is your real name.”
McCree: “Don’t know what you heard, but my name’s not Joel. Best remember that.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh1xpl4MLK0
Morricone
And Morricone is the surname of the well-known and genius Ennio Morricone, composer of the soundtrack of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” (film where the protagonist, The Good, very possibly inspired the design of our hero).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone
McCree: “I’m not Good, not Bad, but I sure as hell ain’t Ugly.”
And speaking about Dollars Trilogy, it’s curious (as a buddy, Unamico, from our Spain’s forum pointed out) that the cowboy ends up being literally the “Man with No Name” in OW.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_with_No_Name