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Face the sunrise!

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not writing, not not writing, but a secret third thing

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Cw body horror, insects

Art dump (literally all of it is moira and two Nirans)

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Festering

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Switching teams - My Moira Mirrorwatch concept

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When it came to the OW1 voice lines, I get the Moicy feeling because it sounded like Moira still wanted to make peace/get along with Mercy and try her best to avoid harming her.

Mirrorverse Mercy, on the other hand, I feel, has no problem hurting Moira.

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Moicy, but it's Mirrorverse!

Moira's looks is based on @cryptcoop's lovely design!

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Exactly what I’m talking about

Mirrorverse Moira

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I swear, the fact there was no angel!Moira this season is a huge missed opportunity. I mean????? LOOK AT HER?! LOOK AT THEM??!!

The new Mercy skin looks awfully familiar to an outfit someone else wore...

Moicy fans rejoice!

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gay married

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moicy coded screenshot redraw

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Birthday girl 🎂🎉🥳

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Spiby 🤭🩶

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Imagine buying Overwatch: Declassified just so you can skim through it for snippets of Moira lore, hahahaha not me <3

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at office nap

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from the official overwatch declassified book:

COMPROMISED MORALS

while most of overwatch resumed business as usual, reyes went about the business of stabliziling and expanding blackwatch. it should be noted that, though there is very little consensus about this time period, the zurich archive supports the thinking that blackwatch and its operations were treated as strictly need-to-know and were not shared with the majority of agents or support staff. this is corroborated by testimonies that arose from UN hearings following the destruction of overwatch's swiss headquarters.

unable to persuade ziegler to accompany his team on any further missions, reyes turned his attention elsewhere. he came across a research paper released by an ambitious irish geneticist by the name of moira o'deorain, who had created custom genetic programs that could alter dna at a cellular level. the methodology shared some of the same root principles as the soldier enhancement program, while taking them in innovative — albeit morally questionable — new directions. reyes flagged her as worth watching and might have approached her immediately had a condemnation not been released by overwatch's medical research division before he had time to finish running her credentials.

o'deorain's work was seen as problematic, and other researchers were unable to replicate her results, even under the most tightly controlled conditions. what had seemed like a promise step forward was decried as unethical and shoddy science, and a discovery that should have launched her career damaged it severely instead. throughout all of this, ziegler was speaking out against o'deorain's research, while reyes was circling ever closer.

o'deorain was finally dismissed from the university of dublin after months of questions about the morality of her research, having been declared far too great a liability to remain on staff. she attempted to enter the private sector, only to find that her name was poison. no one was willing to employ her — at least, no one reputable — until she received a job offer from none other than gabriel reyes.

she was suspicious of this, as overwatch had been so publicly opposed to her research, but she was willing to hear him out. she was charmed by his promises of resources, support, and laboratory staff (besides being able to rub her research in the face of those who had fought so hard to destroy her career). o'deorain began her tenure as blackwatch's head of medical research — and chief field medic — almost immediately.

compared with the more recent high-profile recruits to overwatch (winston, oxton), o'deorain had been recruited to blackwatch under a veil of absolute secrecy. if blackwatch was the organization's dirty little secret, she was theirs. unlike other blackwatch agents, she would not be openly associated with the primary organization.

little is known/has been declassified regarding o'deorain's time with blackwatch. it was tempting to omit her entirely from this record, as so much of what we do know is wedded to conjecture. in the eyes of the research team, her involvement in the venice incident makes her a key component of this record.

a review of the zurich archive makes it clear that o'deorain's loyalty to blackwatch (if she ever had any) did not last long. following the venice incident, ziegler refused to absorb o'deorain into her medical staff. the controversy was ultimately to her benefit, as it gained the attention of the scientific minds behind oasis. after overwatch, they installed o'deorain there as minister of genetics, with the promise of funding for her work.

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How to post images within a story on AO3

Not definitive. Not the ultimate. But it works for me. And I’m not a code monkey, so don’t ask me detailed questions (or you can ask if you want to watch me go “buh buh buh…). This is just what I’ve managed to patch together from other people’s instructions. I wanted it all in one place. And I wanted to share.

Step 1: Open your AO3 account. You’re going to create a skin that you’ll be able to reuse. On the left side menu, choose ‘Skins’. Click on ‘My Work Skins’. And then click on ‘Create Work Skin’. Paste this into the CSS box exactly as is:

#workskin img {  max-width: 100%;  height: auto; }

The reason for this skin is to keep the image within the borders of whatever device the reader is on. So if they’re using a smart phone, the image will fit the smaller screen and they won’t have to scan over to see the entire thing. If they’re on their computer, the image will fit within the borders of that screen too. Technically you wouldn’t have to use this skin at all, but I find it annoying to have a large image on a small phone and not to be able to see it in its entirety. This is just something nice to do for your reader.

Give it a unique title (mine, for example, is ‘Whiskey image’, but you can call it whatever the hell you’d like). Save it.

Step 2: If you don’t have DropBox, get DropBox. It’s a free app. The reason you want DropBox is to host the image and DropBox provides a static IP address, unlike tumblr. Create your account in DropBox and upload the image/s you want to host. There are other hosting apps you can use. I don’t use them. If you think whatever you use is better, use that. As long as the IP is static, I don’t care. Just for gods sake, don’t use tumblr to host your image. Their IP addresses are subject to change and that will break your image link. (NB: Step 4 probably won’t apply if you use something other than DropBox.)

While you’re in DropBox on the website, notice that when you highlight the image you want to insert, there’s a ‘Share’ button. This will give you the permanent link you’ll be using soon.

Step 3: Create your story in AO3 (or, for an existing story, click on ‘Edit’). In the 3rd box down, called ‘Associations’, select the skin you saved in Step 1 from the drop down menu. This will apply to the entire story, so you won’t have to do it for each chapter if you’re posting multiple images.

When you go to copy and paste your story into the chapter text box, be sure to click 'Rich Text’ before doing so. Then paste your story in.

Place your curser where you want the image. Go back to DropBox, click 'Share’ and create a link, then copy the image IP address. Or, if you’re working off the app on your computer, right click the image and select ‘Copy DropBox Link’. Go back to AO3 and click on 'Insert/edit image’ from the menu across the top of the text box. Copy the link into the 'Source’ box.

This next step is very important! Do not skip this part!

Step 4: At the end of the IP address, delete dl=0 and replace with raw=1. If you don’t do this bit, all the other stuff is for naught and it won’t work.

So say it with me now. Delete dl=0 and replace with raw=1.

Right. Almost done, boy-o.

Fill in an image description if you’d like.

Leave the dimensions alone.

Click 'ok’.

The image should appear like magic. Preview it just to be sure. Celebrate your genius with the beverage of your choice.