#gdi one of these will work for gabe

[wildwinterlunas]

The real big reasons Old Overwatch Fell: The Public idolized them to much, and mission creep.

The orignal team did the impossible and help save the world in the Crisis. This saw the problem of them being practically deified, overstating their abilities, and put Overwatch in charge of peacekeeping in the aftermath. Not a bad idea at the start of it, but after the war, the allowance given to Overwatch… faded.

Overwatch didn't work well with all the red tape and both Gabe and Jack were maybe not suited for staff roles, not allow the same freedom, and latitude in the first war. Overwatch was built to be the Avengers, not CnC GDI, but everyone excepted them to deliver the same godlike results as before as a peacekeeping force.

And when they couldn't simply because enhanced or not, they were ultimately human? People turned on them, especially if those actually behind the failings of the world stirred the pot to cover their own backs.

Blackwatch, something that was probably approved by some of the very higher ups in the UN, that would later try to tear down Overwatch, gave people a very easy target even though Overwatch needed some sort of black ops unit if only to gather information and deal with sensitive missions that shouldn't be public. Mission creep set up a lot of groundwork for OW's fall because it meant that they were trying to be the Leviathan Force AND the Department of Everything Else at the same time

This is why I say that if Overwatch is to continue being a faction after the defeat of Talon and Null Sector it should stay a vigilante organisation, not being tied down by governments or the UN. Not only because it would allow the members of OW to actually stay and make sure things are ok with the people they help, but also because it gives members the freedom to step away from missions when they want to. They wouldn't be in charge of so much because of the fact that the organisation is so small now.

There is also the fact that with people like Cassidy working in public now I think it would be harder to deify them. You can't ignore the stuff some of the characters have done, the mistakes they made. Even if they were because of the fact that this new OW is working outside the law, it wouldn't really matter what the publics opinion of them was, they just want to do what's right.

I've also been on record criticising the OW universes UN, because they're a bunch of idiots. Both back then and in present time. Giving the soul responsibility of peacekeeping to an organisation that was not made for peacekeeping, not only that but handing control over to one individual, is idiotic at best.

Not only that but the UN refuses to actually take responsibility for anything they failed to do. With Overwatch gone the UN has the responsibility of trying to make peace between Humans and Omnics. Which they have obviously failed to do, and when Null Sector, a direct consequence of their own stupidity, come to bite them in the ass.

What do they do?

Nothing.

They do nothing and they threaten the group of people actually doing something;

Not only that but you are right, the UN must have known about Blackwatch's existence, it was a mandatory addition to Overwatch and Gabriel was assigned the position of Blackwatch commander. Blackwatch actively had bases built that were separate form Overwatch. They would have needed approval for that.

I think everyone forgot that Overwatch were human and not these god like saviours. It's why out of all the old guard Reinhardt is the only one to answer the recall, the only one to keep fighting. It didn't help that a lot of the old guard where also isolated save for a few exceptions like Cassidy, Angela and Sojourn. Overwatch became too big, too fast and was given too many responsibilities. Yes, it worked well for awhile but the foundation already had cracks.

All it took was for one big swing from Talon and the whole thing crumbled down.

[itshiiiiiiiiightide]

Ships

My ships that you'll find in most of these: yeehan, genyattacio, pharmercy, symweaver, anahardt, reaper76, zarmei, brigiko, oriVa, probably more idk

Fantasy AU

We got werewolves, vampires, fairies, mermaids, magic and more

Family AU

Single dad Gabe with his sons Cole and Genji and single dad Jack with his daughters Angela and Lena

Maritime AU

We got pirates, navy crews, you know the works

Modern Fantasy AU

Genji is a cat. That's it that's the premise

Yakuza AU

Hanzo barely refrained from killing Genji and both remained in the Shimada Clan

Cupid AU

Cupid Hanzo finds an unwitting partner in matchmaking and mischief in one Cole Cassidy

Figure Skater AU

Satya and Niran are figure skaters that become roommates. Lots of references to the Wicked musical

Illari fic

Not an au exactly, just a short fic about Illari with Overwatch

Pathfinder

There's already a chapter of this up on my ao3 called Overwatch Plays Pathfinder, check it out if you're interested

[pacman-tattoo]

RICH AS YOUR OLDER BROTHER IM OUT BYE

alrighty so. rich.

rich ur “big brother” who u may or may not be taller than whoops

if your shorter than him then you probably get shit from him sometimes for it but if ur taller??? u give him shit about it

but also if ur shorter then who is gonna get shit down off of high shelves….

gdi this is illegal

i can guarantee at least once at children u had a “GET ON MY SHOULDERS, WE CAN REACH IT” that ended badly

rich being kinda insecure about his lisp and ur like “bro no its cute and i’ll beat up anyone who says otherwise”

fRESHMaN YE A R

rich is honestly in a shitty mental state and the two of you spend late nights just sitting around talking about shit softly

one night rich is lying on his bed and ur just sitting on the floor

he brings up the idea of this… thing that could make shit better for him.

??? where did that even come from

he mumbles something about getting the money though….

??? rich u ok bro

hey guys remember rich has an older brother??? yeah he’s there

he works. a lot. like, as much as a high school graduate can, honestly.

uh shit i’m gonna name him gabriel

he’s like 3-4 years older than rich

anyway gabe is pretty cool i lowkey just wanted to mention him

the three of you would laugh over memes before rich got squipped and you can fight me on it

boy gets squipped. probably right before his sophomore year, during summer is that why he’s been saving money??? for a pill???

actually doesn’t really change at first? he’s still ur big bro and you two still have ur late night chats but eventually rich starts telling you to leave him alone and that he doesn’t “feel like talking”

ur worried but ur just kinda like “oh… okay then.”

time to Start Bottling Feelings

sophomore year for rich and ur freshman year and you get a lot of people asking if you’re related to rich???

also…. did… what happened… rich ur lisp???

rich…?

also he’s hanging out with people like jake dillinger more??? like, they were kind of friends before but now they’re pretty close???

you’re… kind of an outcast because plenty of ppl approach you asking about rich and try to befriend you just to get to rich and it’s more of a “i’m not putting up with this shit” sort of thing

rich’s junior year. he’s more of a dick??? gdi rich.

you fight? like, nothing physical but sometimes you two fight on the way home if he’s actually driving you, because it’s rare that he actually do shit for you instead of just blowing you off for some random girl he met.

gabe is at home for once. you nearly vent to him because, fuck, man the stress is getting to you but then he’ll say something to rich and you don’t want rich getting pissed at you

btw you’ve kind of adopted fred, rich’s lizard (he’s a bearded dragon!!!)

you talk to him sometimes and ur like “sorry rich is an asshole”

rich snapped at you once to get out of his room and then he saw your reaction and actually felt bad and comforted you and apologized but something about it??? threw you off???

you probably apologized to jeremy after rich wrote ‘BOYF’ on his backpack before disappearing back into the background because will it even matter?

rich signed up for the play. hoo boi.

you’ve gotten to be kinda anxious around rich??? he noticed. (his SQUIP did too.)

all of a sudden he’s… really nice to you? it’s kinda scary. he sometimes takes you out with his friends and fuck, dude, is this all just a prank? it’s not fucking funny.

somehow you get invited to jake dillinger’s halloween party? like “hey you seem cool, rich you should bring them with you” and u go to be polite and decline but rich is like “yeah i’ll bring them!!! they’re cool, right?”

so you kinda get roped into that. 

before rich leaves with you, he fights with ur dad and it’s really, really shitty

you basically sit on the couch the entire time as people get drunk and make out around you - at least, until christine pops up.

“hey, you’re rich’s little-” “no, i’m not-” and you’re lowkey pissed because you don’t want to be here???

christine is still sweet tho. eventually you get up and tell her you’re gonna go sit in rich’s car until he passes out or does whatever - you don’t have any intention of going home, so…

FUCK IS THE HOUSE ON FIRE

rich??? is rushed to the hospital and you panic because fuck!!! no shit no not rich, fuck

(gabe takes off work and basically stays at your side.

you hear a lot of shit about rich while you’re at school.

… wait a second, what the fuck is that jeremy kid doing near rich’s locker???

you confront him. he stares at you while he’s holding the shoebox from rich’s locker and seems like he’s debating shit.

but… the scary thing is the same exact thing happened to rich. he’d just kinda linger for a bit, as if someone’s-

fuck was that the pill? the thing??? that fucked up rich???

“give me the box” “what? no!” “give me the damn box-” “fuck no-” “JEREMY HEERE, GIVE ME THE DAMN BOX” 

he doesn’t. you get pissed enough and decide to just tell him to go fuck himself

you head to beth israel hospital and go up to rich’s room

he’s actually awake for once

“im gonna fight you” 

fun fact: rich was gonna buy you a SQUIP before his own talked him out of it + rich, where are you gonna get the money for another?

he’s glad he didn’t because he doesn’t know how he would live with himself if he talked you into taking it and then the idea of you being forced into being someone and the shocks and-and-and

the idea is pretty fucking scary, especially after what happened at jake’s party - wait fuck where were you when the fire started shit he should have never taken you with him-

it’s a lot of shit

a loooot of shit

like, remember how much shit reader went through with big brother jeremy???

it’s worse.

so much fucking worse

there’s a lot of strain on your relationship and you just watch him sometimes, wondering is the SQUIP really gone and sometimes you panic over the idea of it coming back

uh happy headcanons 

as kids you two also had matching costumes and 95% of them were superheroes!!!

gabe would walk around with you two

good times

except when you and rich fought over candy

actually even then it was good times

uh

thats all i got

rich and you take care of fred again

little things, my dudes

it’s the little things