#overwatch route 66

[sleepykamukura]

BIG DAY FOR ANNOYING PEOPLE !!

[jene4]

"Today's a good day for some Mayhem!!!"

Suuuper duper oldie but goodie featuring Total Meiham <3 Can you tell who are my Overwatch favs by now?

I'm probably going to refurbish this little doodle for something soon. I'm beyond pleased that it still holds up, all things considered.

[zackcollins]

A fitting person for Play of the Game

[wildissylupus]

Share us your wisdom of the Overwatch cookbook

Alright so let's get started on the little bits of lore sprinkled in this book! In the book the recipes are separated into continents so I'll do the same here.

Also please not this book came out awhile ago so many characters are not going to be included. I am forever asking for a new cook book everyday.

I'm only really going to get into the descriptions but if people want I can analyse the recipes themselves, but I think you would need to specify the specific character.

Anyway let's get into it!!

The Americas

Cassidy

Cassidy always got Carne Adovada when he was in New Mexico, he specifically got it from this whole-in-the-wall on Route 66 just outside Albuquerque. It also states that he got a "hearty serving" of it.

Cassidy often has Bizcochitos when celebrating or just when he's having a break. It also seems like he enjoys them specifically because they remind him of home. I personally read that as they were something his family made pre-crisis.

Cassidy's cocktail of choice is called "Deadeye", it's sold at the Calaveras bar. It contains four black tea bags and four ounces of bourbon. making it like that gives you two servings. Also the description of this drink implies that Cassidy regularly put bourbon in his coffee.

The drinks name being "Deadeye" could imply that the bartender named it after Cassidy. The description of Deadeye also comfirms that Cassidy is a regular at Calaveras.

Ashe

Corn pudding is a comfort food for Ashe, B.O.B often makes it after a heist has gone sideways. She also eats it after every encounter with Cassidy. B.O.B makes it without being asked.

Ashe doesn't like a lot of deserts because of her parents neglect and the amount of bad birthday's she's had, however, Orange Crème Caramel, a flan dessert, is one or the few deserts she likes, even calling it one of her favourites.

Ashe's choice of drink to unwind with after a long day of running the Deadlock gang is Texas fizz. It also seems like her drinks of choice are more on the fizzy side.

None of her recipes imply that she cooks anything herself.

Soldier 76

Jack and Ana often made pancakes in the morning before Overwatch collapsed, Jack often adding cinnamon and orange zest to the batter to give it more flavour. When asked Jack would say the flavour would give the pancakes a little extra pick-me-up first thing in the mourning.

Jack's family had a meatloaf night and a chicken-and-biscuits Sunday.

Jack often makes an old family recipe when he's feeling wistful, specifically he makes a "Tater Tot hot dish", it basically a shepherd's pie with potato gems (tater tots) instead of mash potato. The reason he makes this dish specifically is because of how flexible it is, allowing him to use whatever meat and veg is on hand.

Before he and Vincent broke up Jack tended to make Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie for them both during the rare peaceful weekends.

The 76 was a milkshake Jack used to get after working on his families farm in the summer.

He grew up in Bloomington, Indiana. (idk if that's been mentioned anywhere else)

From all the recipes he has I think it's safe to say that Jack has a sweet tooth (like seriously all the recipes have a ungodly amount of sugar, even the tater tot one-)

Reaper

Reyes go to breakfast is a Breakfast Quesadilla, something that he has always made even when growing up in Los Angeles.

Even as Reaper he can still eat regular food, something I have seen people ask if he can still do.

In the early OW days Ana, Jack and Gabe often sat down and shared some churros. His go to food after a rough day is Chili Con Queso.

Reyes made his own cocktail, called the "Scythe", to drink after a difficult Blackwatch mission, such as the Venice Incident... when I say there is a lot of alcohol in this drink I mean it-

Sombra

Molletes are Sombra's go to food while she's working (I've made this recepie and same girl same)

Sombra's Sopa Azteca recepie implies one of two things about her, one she was taken in by a family at some point, or two she managed to get a home on her own when she was a kid. My bet is on the former since it's implied she doesn't really make it herself. Though this does seem to be a comfort food from her childhood.

Sombra likes Conchas and it's implied that she gets them from the Bakery Alejandra and her mother work at/own.

Sombra favouite cocktail is the Dorado Sunset, something that seems to be a common cocktail in Dorado but the Bartender at Calaveras makes the recepie shown in the cookbook specifically for her. This confirms what it does for Cassidy and that is the fact that they are both regulars.

Lucio

Lucio's go to snack is Pao De Queijo.

Lucio tends to go fishing, or that at least what his Moqueca recipe description reads to me.

Lucio's father made him Brigadeiros on his birthday, leading to Lucio considering them a very special treat.

(in all honesty the descriptions for Lucio's recepies are small and don't really reveal much so-)

Africa

Ana

Ana never learned how to cook because of missions and training, so her go to meals were salad and soups.

Most of the recipes Ana did know were recipes she made for or with Fareeha.

The descriptions of Ana's recipes never mention Sam, only ever mentioning sharing these recipes with Fareeha, further signifying that Ana and Sam are divorced though it seems to me that it was earlier in Fareeha's life then I initially thought.

Pharah

Baked Kibbeh is a recepie she learned from Ana and after Ana's "death" it was a comfort food for her.

Canadian Butter tarts are something that both Fareeha and her father bond over and often share during the holidays.

This is were Cassidy and Sam's relationship is described as "complicated". It's also implied that Pharah was often sent to spend the holidays with Sam, meaning Ana seemingly had majority custody over Fareeha.

Sometimes, Pharah dreams of just sitting down with her mother and sharing a glass of Sahlab.

Doomfist

Doomfist seems to be similar to Ashe in being implied to just... not cook for himself.

Before missions he eats a bowl of Jollof rice, something he did bac when he was doing martial arts.

When he was a kid his favourite sweet was shuku shuku.

Doomfist considers gin over rum because it's more sophisticated.

Orisa

Puff Puff's are one of Efi's go to foods, they are also mentioned a lot in the Hero of Numbani novel.

Efi made a Sundae inspired off of Orisa.

Efi's go to drink when working is hibiscus tea.

Europe

Tracer

Lena comfort food is Sticky Toffee Pudding, she often makes it whens she's feeling low to remind herself of what she's fighting for.

Lena's favourite meal is fish and chips, specifically the ones from Bell's Fish and Chips.

Lena and Emily like to share Battenberg cake, usually after a date at the movies.

Lena got a Primm's cocktail renamed after her after her efforts in restoring peace after the Kings Row Uprising. The drink was renamed the Cavalry Charge and it is something even Torb enjoys. Though he does mutter to himself that he should have never given her that catchphrase.

Moira

Moira's go to breakfast is a Full Irish Breakfast washed down with a cup of coffee

Moira and her family had regular Sunday Family Dinners, to the point were Guinness Stew is a comfort food for her. It is something she makes when she's craving the warmth and comfort of home.

Moira makes Barmbrack after a day in the lab though she sometimes changes the original recipe to fit with the tastes of Oasis, implying that she sometimes shares this dish with her colleagues there.

Torbjorn

Torbjorns favourite thing to cook is kroppkakor because how easy it is to tinker with.

Ingrid is a chemical engineer and she a very inquisitive, something she passed down to Brigitte, and to the surprise of no one her apple pie the favourite of one Angela Zeigler.

Brigitte

Toast Skagen seems to be her go to brain food, often eating it when she's working on something.

Brigitte like donuts, but not more then semlor buns.

Brigs go to drink is the Saft Drink, however she often changes the recipe to include a variety of different things each time, only ever using a template to help her make the drink.

Widowmaker

Widow often cooks herself since she is now living in her the abandoned Château Gilliard, one of her go to meals is Vichyssoise, which she finds fitting due to it being served cold.

Gratin Dauphinois was a favourite of Amelie and Gerard's, now she only really eats it for sustenance.

Widow loves pavlova, both when she was Amelie and even now as Widowmaker. She often eats it after a successful mission.

It's implied in the desciption of her "Widows Kiss" drink that she drinks it at the end of every day, she likes the bite of the drink.

Reinhardt

To no ones surprise Reinhardt eats a lot.

Kasespatzle is a comfort food for Reinhardt, often eating either for his own enjoyment or because he is feeling discouraged.

One of the things that help Reinhardt remember the possotive memories he has in Eichenwalde is the cake that is made there.

Reinhardt is a loud but fun drunk.

Bastion

Bastion likes Bird-Shaped Pretzels

Bastion knows how to make treats for birds.

Mercy

Mercy's go to meal is Bircher Muesli, she often recomends it to patients and even made Genji eat it while he was in recovery. Though he seemed to have not enjoy it at the beginning he has since grown to like it.

Like Cassidy, Angela takes enjoyment in eating cookies while taking a break or just when she's feeling overwhelmed, her favourite cookie is the Basler Brunsli.

Angela often mixes brandy in with her tea after a life-threatening ordeal.

Australia

Junkrat

Junkertown has a local burger called, well, Junkertown loaded Burger, which is one of Junkrats favourite meals.

Honestly these recipes confirm my belief that Junckrat should not be allowed near a kitchen.

Junkrat like Boba, idk if this is in his emote or not but it's not just a little reference, Junkrat just likes boba.

Roadhog

Roadhog often makes snack mixes because he and Junkrat never really have time for a full meal.

Roadhog used to be a farmer before the crisis, from this time fairy bread has become a comfort food.

Asia

Genji

Genji and Hanzo both loved the Rikimaru ramen shop when they were younger, often challenging eachother to see who could eat the spiciest bowl. Though Genji has made peace with his past those happy days with his bother still weigh heavily on him.

Soba-cha custard was something invented by the Shimada chef as a way to reward Genji and Hanzo for studying. Genji used to eat his on the roof of Shimada castle in order to look over the rest of Hanamura.

Green Dragon Tea seems to be something Genji made while he was under the teachings of Zenyatta.

Hanzo

Hanzo seemingly doesn't know how to cook complex meals like the ones he used to eat with the Shimada clan, right now he often eats simplistic dishes like Tamago Kake Gohan.

When he was younger Hanzo would have Shimada Tempura to reward himself after getting all his jobs done, his doesn't eat it anymore but the smell of it brings him back to a simpler time.

As a child Hanzo used to enjoy Sakura Mochi during Hanami

DVA

Hana's favourite food, other than chips and nano-cola, is Kimbap, so much so that when her fanbase found out MEKA made an official MEKA Kimbap, specific to all of Hana's favourite fillings.

When Hana finally takes a break, Dae-hyun tends to make her his Japchae.

Hotteok are Hana and Dae-hyun's go to victory food.

Hana has a drink named after her, well more specifically her mech, called the Bunny Hop Punch, it is one of her favourite drinks to order

Mei

Mei often cooked for her friends at the Ecopoint, now when she cooks she gets a bitter sweet feeling. Even so, she still cooks the recipes she did back at the Ecopoint to relive the good times she had with her team. This includes when she makes hot chocolate.

Despite cooking a lot, Mei was never able to make certain recipes out in Antarctica, now though with her travelling the world she can make more of the food she wanted.

Zarya

Her favourite soup, Borscht, might be the inspiration for her hair colour. This was also something she had often as a child, along with being one of her favourite meals.

Like many others Zarya got a drink named after her called the Super Nova, it is a pink twist on the White Russian.

Symmetra

Pakora is a childhood favourite of Satya's, though she can't eat it a lot with Viskar, she still enjoys a plate when she can.

Symmetra often enjoys the flaovors of the food from her home, even though it is worlds apart from the food Vishkar serves. It is a comfort food for her.

Symmetra likes making Kaju Katli because she can make the dough into any shape she wants.

Zenyatta

Zenyatta often uses food to spread empathy and understanding, often using it as a way to bond with the people he encounters.

Zenyatta often make Vegan Momos to share with those met meets during his travels, Genji being one of these people

The go to Tea for the human Shambali pilgrims is Tibetan Butter Tea.

The Moon

Winston

Winston likes Pineapple on Pizza, this type of Pizza was often enjoyed on Gibraltar and other Watch points, often being on the centre of the table

Harold Winston used to make Lunar Colony Pies for Winston before he died, Winston still has fond memories of these pies

Bananas are WInstons least favourite food, only tolerating them if they are dipped in peanut butter

Wrecking Ball

Hammonds favouite snack is a wrecking ball made out of cheese... because it's a wrecking ball made out of cheese.

That's all for now, and if you'll excuse me, I am very tired after writing that all out-

[professionalranter31]

I think every season they should do map changes like what they did with Colosseo

With Colosseo it added more to the map, both gameplay wise but also just to the overall feel and enjoyment of the map (but they should still add the fountains back) and I’ve been having a lot of fun playing it now than before the rework

But I also think it should be done for maps where it doesn’t do anything gameplay wise such as on MEKA base on Busan I think they should make the rooms for the other pilots and not just D.Va since they were her teammates before she joined Overwatch and they are now the defenders of Korea down one member, I just feel like there should be more given to them. So map changes that serve only a lore purpose

Then with other maps like Chateau Guillard it could serve both lore expansion and also just map expansion. With this map (yes I think they should either add new Deathmatch/Elimination maps still but the others should be given some love) I got three ideas for additions they could do. We get Widowmaker’s room, getting an idea of how she sleeps and such, a dock area for when she has to leave via boat, and a helipad for when she has to leave via airship. The last two could have vehicles or they don’t but it would give more to what is essentially Widowmaker’s base of operations when she isn’t on missions

Same for Petra, give some stuff relating to Venture since it was revealed that the place is a Wayfinders site and Venture was working there when we got their gameplay trailer, such as maybe their tent that they sleep in and such

For Kanezaka I would love to see stuff for Kiriko there but also stuff for the rest of her Yokai gang as well as Hashimoto stuff, I also think Hashimoto stuff should be added to Hanamura (they need to do something to put Assault back into the regular circulation of game modes for quick and competitive because the maps are too beautiful to not be properly used) and Hanaoka alongside signs of Kiriko’s fight against them. These changes can be either be just Lore additions or they could be expansions for gameplay stuff as well

Gameplay wise I can think of three maps that for me personally I think would benefit a lot from and that is King’s Row, Route 66, and Numbani since the defenders only get two spawn rooms while only similar maps they get three, same as other maps. It would change up the flow of combat and could really help, hell with Numbani the new Defender’s spawn room could be Efi’s workshop or something like that

Also, I think with the weather and time of day variations of maps they should change up where certain things are placed that would be reasonably moved, such as at Blizzard World the gryphon ride near the first chokepoint might not be running at night or in the rain. Introducing that would make the variations more fun

Changes to maps that help better tell the story of the map and just make it more fun to play it becoming a more regular thing for the seasons I think could really help the game, you guys got any ideas for map additions or changes?

[who-knew-a-sheep-can-write]

Sympathy For Wolves: Werewolf!Blackwatch!Cole Cassidy x Fem!Reader (NSFW)

CHAPTER 1: THE MOON

This Chapter Contains: Oral Sex, Hand Jobs

“A secret society exists, and is living among all of us. They are neither people nor animals, but something in-between.” ~ The Howling

The stench of sweat and blood from cracked noses and bruised fingers radiating off of working bodies can wrinkle anyone’s nose. Even Cole’s. The stench of the training room may have clung to the insides of his nose, but the stench of being in a notorious gang made Cole’s nose its forever home. Even when he’s staring down Reinhardt’s monstrous form before him, he could still smell out the haunting reminders of living on Route 66. Dust caring everything, the scent of roadkill being pecked at by vultures, rusting iron of the old diner and even older gas station no longer in use. Hell, the gang members smelled worse than the locker rooms in Overwatch.

But even as Reinhardt towered him even from across the wrestling mat, he longed to be back in his bedroom he shared with you. The warm candles you both had snuck in from your journeys that definitely aren’t up to Blackwatch standards. He wished to smell the freshly washed flannel blankets, the soft powdery scents helped ease his aches brought on by training regimens.

It was almost laughable how fast Cole went down against the giant German man. As soon as Strike Commander Morrison blew the shrill whistle the big man practically trampled poor Cole, big muscular arms the size of which dwarfs Reinhardt’s head wrapped around Cole and pinned him to the wrestling mat.

Cole wheezed as the giant squished him to the dirty blue mat, getting a face full of a sweaty, hairy chest. He didn’t even have time to react to the man above him, so he laid there and waited for Morrison and Reyes to take mercy on him.

The whistle shrieked once more, and with that, Reinhardt removed himself from Cole’s poor squished body and boasted a loud bark of confident laughter at his victory despite Reinhardt being three times the size of Cassidy.

Upon being released from his sweaty and hairy jail, Cassidy sat up with a gasp and coughed harshly, his ribcage no longer being crushed by the giant, and took in the humid air surrounding him in the training room.

Commander Reyes barked out a laugh of his own, not as loud or as long as Reinhardt’s. Cole shot a short glare towards his commander who just playfully scoffed and scribbled down something on the notepad he plopped down on a spare metal crate.

“Come on Cassidy, can’t you beat Reinhardt?” the Blackwatch Commander laughed.

Cole clicked his tongue and scoffed light, looking away from his commander to his comrade Genji who was watching him fail, boredom lingered in his cybernetic eyes. Genji only shrugged slightly to the cowboy still sitting on the wrestling mat trying to catch his breath.

“Bah,” Reinhardt boomed, “all he needs is fine German bodybuilding!” he boasted.

Cole suddenly yelped as he was pulled to his feet by his collar, two of Reinhardt’s gigantic fingers had curled into his collar of his standard issue Blackwatch training gear to lift him off the ground.

“‘M fine!” he huffed, wiping the sweat off of him, gagging on the inside as most of it came from the giant before him.

“Well then, if you’re fine Cassidy, you can go again against Reinhardt,” Reyes cocked a grin.Cole glared at his boss, ruffling a hand through his hair to not make it look like he was just flattened by a giant. Before he knew what hit him, Morrison blew the shrill whistle once more and the giant German knight came barreling at poor Cole, pinning him to the stale blue wrestling mat once again.

With a glorious flop, the bed bounced under Cole’s sudden weight with a few squeaks, a low groan radiating from the back of Cole’s throat. He just wanted to melt into the sheets and never return. The soft flannel drank up his sweat like vampires, the mattress softer than furs under his bulky weight, the light scents of cleanliness easing some of the pain his nose had just gone through.

A soft chuckle stirred his eyes open just a bit, honey brown eyes peering up from their hiding spots in the sheets to see what made the sound. His eyes roamed the room just a bit only to land on the door to the bathroom occupied by the figure of the love of his life.

“Bad day, cowboy?” you purred, leaning against the metal door frame.

The way the sun filtered in through the small bathroom window behind you, illuminating your lovely figure with a golden glow. It made his stomach twist in heated knots; and, if he was being honest, made him feel tingles in all the right places.

“You know it, pumpkin,” he sighed.

His large hands fisted the sheets, knuckles curling against soft red and black flannel.

You slowly walked up to the side of the bed and sat on the edge, looking down to see Cole’s half exposed face. Your eyebrows pinched upwards in amusement.

“I heard Reinhardt flattened you quite a lot earlier from Genji. Four times, was it?” Cole groaned against the sheets much to your amusement. “Is there something I can do to help you, handsome?” you purred lightly.

Cole froze for a moment when you gently placed a hand on one of his toned biceps, a light shiver running down his still heated spine before he realized what you meant. He pushed himself up by his elbows and laid on his side so he can actually get a good look at you.

You had just gotten out of the shower, your hair still slightly sparkling with water droplets. A silk bathrobe had been tied tightly around you, leaving little to the imagination. He could eye the curve of your breasts, the tie showing the dips of your waist. Just the sight of you made him stir even more.

“You can take care of me, darlin’.” There was a slight growl in his voice. He rolled to lay on his back, groaning as he felt his back ache from the day’s labors. “Take care of me nice an’ good, yeah pumpkin?”

You smiled softly, guiding your hand up his bicep to his broad chest where your fingers traced over the perky muscle of his pectorals beneath the gray t-shirt. He saw your eyes glint with lust as you kept eye contact with his chest, at how the t-shirt is just a big too snug around his chest and framed everything right, hugged all of the right curves and straight edges of muscle.

You playfully glanced back at his face. The look in your eyes sent a tingle from his neck all the way down his spine.

He groaned gently as he felt his cock twitch in his boxers, tenting in his uniform sweatpants.

“We both know you’re being sent out on a little scouting mission in a few hours,” you purred.

“Yeah,” Cole pressed, “hours, darlin’. Hours. We got time.”

“So we do.”

Cole groaned in the cavity of his mouth, lips pressed in a straight line. While your one hand occupied him by tracing unknown shapes into his muscular chest, little did he realize your other hand had traced his body along the sheets slowly until you had gotten down to his groin. You had firmly cupped your hand around his tenting erection and squeezed gently at the tight material. Cole let out a louder groan, lips parting as his head leaned back against the blankets bundled up beneath his head.

He felt you feeling his erecting cock right beneath his pants and boxers, fingertips feeling at all the right places almost as if you knew what to do down to the very last stroke.

“Darlin’, please,” he begged, “I need ya.”

He was starting to sound breathless. One of his hands came to grasp at your waist as the other fisted the sheets until his knuckles were white.

“What do you want me to do to you, Cole,” you cooed innocently. You dug your fingertips into the waistband of the sweatpants, your hand no longer cupping at his erection. “Do you want me to suck you off? Do you want me to stroke you until you cum?”

Cole whined at your words. His eyes squeezed shut, grit his teeth.

“Yes,” he moaned.

You slowly peel down the sweatpants, Cole even lifted his ass up in the air for just a brief moment to allow you to pull down his sweatpants until they bunched at his knees as the hem of Cole’s shirt had curled up just a bit, revealing the line of dark chocolate hair traveling up from his boxers. You couldn’t help yourself as you chuckled lightly, it was music to Cole’s ears.

“Lifting your ass in the air just to get your pants off, Cole? Someone’s horny.”

“Darlin’ please,” he crooned.

He looked at you with his puppy brown eyes, pleading. He knew you couldn’t say no to his eyes.

Your fingertips gently grazed his happy trail, fingernails lightly scratching right above the hem of his boxers. You could see his erection pressing against the plaid design of his boxers. You lowered a hand back down to his erection and palmed him through the fabric until you had finally peeled down his boxers just enough for his cock to spring free, already erect.

Cole suddenly gasped, head curling back into the bunched up sheets. You had placed your lips over the head of his cock only to pop it out. You had licked at the head of his cock for God knows how long, little kitten licks swirling around his head until you had slowly started taking more and more of his cock with every thrust of your head. Cole cursed under his shaking breath, fingers twitching around the blankets as he fisted them. God, he wanted to bury a hand in your hair just to keep your pretty head right where it was, to have his dick buried in the warm and wet cavity of your mouth. God, how you circled his dick with your tongue had him seeing stars.

He craned his neck up just a bit to see you hunched over his groin, lips wrapped around his thick cock, your eyes gazing up and into his eyes. It sent a shiver down his spine. He groaned and hissed between his teeth, squeezing his eyes shut so hard he saw swirls of purple and green in the black void.

You had cupped his balls, gently squeezing them every time you had slowly craned your head down the length of his cock, softly massaging them in small circles. With how warm your hands were from the shower and how hot and wet the cave of your mouth is, he cursed under his breath when he felt the coils in his gut start to turn tighter and tighter until they were starting to feel white hot. His cock twitched in your mouth and he knew you had felt it. He gazed down again at you to see you take him in your mouth again, lips slowly lowering on his shaft until your nose gently brushed up against his tight abdomen.

Cole was openly moaning by this point, propping himself up a bit by his elbows to watch you better.

Your fingers curled around his balls were working a little faster, massaging them firmly, only making Cole groan and ache with need and want to cum all over your pretty face and have his seed paint your mouth white.

Cole shouted as he came, trying to silence himself by biting his tongue. Hot seed spurted into your mouth as he climaxed, your lips still wrapped around the head of his cock until you finally pulled away. As Cole leaned back against his arms, he hissed when your lips finally parted from him, a trail of saliva breaking quickly. He saw his milky seed drip from your lower lip, milky white over the nude of your lips before your tongue rolled over for the little beads left.

Cole’s cheeks were ablaze, his chest aching slightly from how fast he was breathing, his head swimming in pure lust and love for you. All he wanted to do was to flip you over onto the mattress and fuck you until you could only cry out his name. He wanted to be tangled in the sheets with you all day, the mission he was being deployed on was only a little thought at the back of his mind. The sheets drank up the sweat on his skin, sticking to his sweaty body like glue

He shivered when he felt your fingers drift back down to his cock still tingling with a little life. Fingertips danced lightly on his slicked shaft, still glistening with your saliva and whatever of his milky cum you didn’t swallow. Your fingers curled into a ring around his cock, slowly gliding up and down his slick dick, occasionally squeezing the head and base of his cock to spring more life back into it. Cole groaned as he felt his cock twitch again, prickling with new hopes of climaxing all over your pretty face that you had just washed.

Your other hand had gone to his abdomen, pushing up the bottom hem of his shirt to reveal his stomach and the light defines of his abs. He wasn’t all jacked up like Reinhardt and he wasn’t too soft, he was just right in your eyes.

As you stroked his cock, you had also traced the light definition of his abs, fingers rising softly and dipping down on tanned flesh, admiring his body. You traced the little scars he had gotten from his life of crime to being a hero, mostly bullets grazing him or little burn scars from cigarettes.

Cole felt his stomach flutter at how soft you were being right now compared to just a few minutes ago where he swore you were trying to suck the soul right out of his cock. He laid there and looked up at you sitting over him, admiring how you looked into his eyes all sweet-like now.

He felt little twinges and twitches stirring his cock, his eyes fluttering at the knowledge that he was going to become all unraveled once again and it hadn’t been too long after he just came in your mouth and down your throat.

Just how gentle you were being was driving him crazy, he fisted the poor sweaty sheets as he panted loudly, your name spilling from his mouth, pleading with you to let him cum again.

You kept up a steady pace, softly jerking him off spurred on by the little pearls of milky white cum that beaded out from the tip of his dick. He needed to cum, he needed you to make him cum.

This time he came with a soft moan, head leaned back against the sheets as he felt your hand let go. He felt the sticky drips of cum fall on his stomach and knew it had gotten on your hands.

You had leaned down, nosing his broad chest down to his abdomen now coated lightly in his cum. Cole shivered when he felt your tongue lick up a strip from his gut, your warm tongue on his cool and sticky gut felt so nice, it had him seeing stars. You had dug your fingertips into his sides to support yourself, Cole felt like he was going to cum just from touch alone.

“We should get you cleaned up,” you sat up on his lap. “After all, you are being deployed in a bit.”

“We got time, darlin’,” Cole grunted, fingertips digging deeper into your bare hips. “You offerin’ to help me?”

“Always.”

Cole hoisted you up without another word, a shrill laugh erupting from you as he clapped a hand over your ass, carrying you right back into the bathroom.

Cole watched you from his place on the transport right in front of the wide open doors. You were standing next to Lena waving the small Blackwatch team goodbye, the sun maybe around midday should Cole consult his watch. The transport was huge, it was meant to get them from the base in Switzerland to a small Overwatch base somewhere in the eastern United States to get them the rest of the way to the west. He honestly didn’t remember what the mission was for exactly, and he didn’t care to get his ass reamed by Reyes for not paying attention or for the terror that was asking Genji or Moira. Cole gave a single glance over to Genji once more, thinking it over once more on asking him, only to decide against it at the last minute once more seeing the ninja settle into his own little corner of the transport, already attempting to find the energy to try and meditate, blocking out the idiocy of the people surrounding him.

Cole looked back towards you and saw you wave again, a slight smile still on your face. Lena was still next to you, this time talking to someone nearby with a bright smile.

Only you two knew of the markings painted under Cole’s standard unit transport gear; Consisting of Blackwatch-Issued military jacket and cargo pants, boots and his gray t-shirt from earlier. All of the hickies and scratches and bruises now forming purples and yellows on his tanned skin hidden behind the same gray shirt from earlier.

“Cassidy!” Reyes barked, sending the poor cowboy to jump out of fear. “Get your ass in here!”

Cole gave you one last wink goodbye before the transport doors closed in front of him and the ramp had retracted in.

Cole turned back around to face the commander who was already wrangling a pile of folders in his arms, trying to sort through them as he stumbled towards the small table off to the side of the transport’s main room. Cole felt the rumble of the transport coming to life under his feet, and not too long after, the roar of engines, and soon flight.

“Get over here the three of you,” Commander Reyes muttered, turning back fully towards the table to see Moira already there. Even the commander jumped slightly from her being there. “The two of you,” he corrected himself.

Cole shivered along with his boss at the “good doctor” and her behavior. She always moved like a specter, a ghost of some sorts, freely and loosely yet rigid and strict under hard discipline of her upbringing. Cole didn’t know too much of her life, all he knew was that she was the type of kid to probably destroy an ant hill with a magnifying glass or something. He knew she liked to watch people squirm and tick, and this mission was no different. He had also heard rumors from Overwatch members that she used to work at a university somewhere in the Oasis, a Utopian amongst other universities, she was apparently fired and kicked off the campus for inhumane experimentation with the use of the university’s equipment… But he could never find out anything else.

He heard Genji’s all too quiet footsteps, the ninja still needing to get used to the fake attachments from his knees and below, the hard alloy making up his feet always lightly tipping and tapping with every light footstep. He felt the presence of the ninja next to him before Cole saw him out of the corner of his eye. The ninja always looked so stern and serious, bushy black eyebrows always arched and eyes narrowing at the slightest of things that could annoy him.

“Now that you all are here, it’s time to go over all of the details just in case some of you,” all three threw sharp gazes at Cole, “may have forgotten some of the slight details.”

Cassidy paid them no mind as always and eyed the table as Reyes slapped down one folder and peeled it open. Inside were some papers, but it was mostly loose pictures. Some were paperclipped to little notecards. Reyes pointed to one photo, it seemed to be a drone captured image of a little metal building surrounded by wet foliage.

“Sources tell us there’s a small Talon base deep in the woods near Washington’s coastline. Overwatch drones in the area picked up these images of their supposed base, and it seems like they’re still there. Last known activity was when a single hover-truck went into the building,” Reyes pushed forward another photo of said truck, “and never came out.” Reyes moved the third picture to the center. “Conveniently, there is to be a transport escorted by United States officials from an unknown government-owned building. It’s possible it might be coming from a Washington arms factory nearby since they claim to have invented a new kind of energy weapon.” The photo was of the factory, doors sealed tight and lights all around as if it were a prison in the sleepy, rainy depths of Washington.

“Our job is to only scout and try to find out information. No hostile contact as it can render this mission a failure. Should something happen, a small team of Overwatch agents stationed nearby will help us. We cannot risk anything going wrong.” Reyes shuffled folders out from under his arm. “You each will have a folder with your orders. Follow them. Spend the entire transport there to learn what you all have to do.”

Genji had gotten the thickest of the folders as he normally does. Being a trained ninja nearly all of his life would get you positions like that. Moira had gotten the next, average, yet surprisingly not as full as the folders normally are; No doubt her role as the medic for the team was to watch out for the Overwatch team should something happen. Cole was handed out last, his folder thin. Thinner than usual and it even had him cocking an eyebrow as he opened his folder.

There were a few pages, but what stuck out most wasa sticky note right in the center of the first page, Reyes’ handwriting bold and loud in black permanent marker. ‘Don’t Rush In’ was ordered on the little note. The papers were mostly explaining to stay by Reyes’ side and watch his back should any Talon agents be around, but to mostly be the muscle should shit hit the fan. His usual orders at that.

“Read up and rest up. We have a long night ahead of us,” Reyes commanded.

The soldier turned on his heel and marched off to his own little makeshift office he conducted out of a pretty large cleaning closet. Moira had stalked off to the medical bay below deck and Genji had moved back to his own corner to read, leaving Cole standing there in the open room, only the sound of the transport cutting through the air at dangerous speeds filling his ears. Cole had simply decided to try and follow orders, sitting down in a nearby chair and plopping the folder open to read, however, his eyes only caught a few things as the rest were just a buzz in the back of his head.

‘Location: Unknown. Expected around 150 miles West of Seattle.’

‘Occupancy: Fully Occupied. Expected Crew Size: Unknown. Drone Estimates - 46 Members.’

‘Reason For Mission: Possible Robbery of Dangerous Weapons.’

‘Overwatch has administered a team of 22 agents from the North West region of the United States to aid in this mission should something go wrong. The team will be stationed 2 miles south of the targeted area.’

‘Take prisoners if needed.’

The last one stuck with Cole for a second, briefly remembering his time sitting handcuffed to a metal table, half naked as his shirt was missing and freezing from how cold the room had been kept. He was sporting a bruised cheek and his wrists burned from where he pulled at the handcuffs to try and free himself as if he were a wild animal. He remembered how Reyes looked at him like he was his own son who told the principal to shove it, how Morrison looked at him as a dangerous dog who needed to be put out in the cold. Cole shivered, he never wanted to go to a time like that.

And when he had first met you. You were just walking down the same hallway as him, all dressed up in your Overwatch uniform wrestling with papers and folders in your arms until you had accidentally dropped them, the pages scattering all over the floor. He had helped you, picking up the pages until your hands had accidentally touched. He remembered that blush on your cheeks, hell, even his cheeks were flaming. He remembered how you stuttered out a little ‘Thank you’ and hurried off to some boring meeting, all nervous like a high-schooler.

Cole has failed to realize he had spaced out until he suddenly realized Genji’s presence before him, the ninja sitting across from him in the opposite seat. His red eyes narrowed at Cole, but not in annoyance or anger.

“Do you feel something off about this?” his words cut cleanly.

Cole cocked a brow.

“What d’ya mean by that?”

“Something does not sit well with me about this mission. I do not know why.”

Cole mulled over Genji’s words for a moment until he saw a figure in the stairway to the lower deck of the transport. Lo and behold, it was Moira’s lanky figure walking towards the two, her folder held carefully open between her hands as she continued to read. Her face was painted in confusion.

As much as Cole avoided and hated speaking to her, he couldn’t help his own curiosity.

“Somethin’ wrong with you?” he questioned her.

Moira didn’t even look up from her folder, just walked up to the table the two men were sitting at and placed down her folder. She pointed a long nail at a bullet point.

“Was this in either one of your folders?”

Cole looked down at what her nail was pointing at.

‘Overwatch agents reported a loose, large dog-like wild animal nearby the suspected Talon outpost. Suspected animal is supposedly responsible for the destruction of one Overwatch drone.’

Cole peeled open his folder once more to look as Genji shook his head.

“Not mine, either,” Cole mumbled.

“Strange,” the doctor noted, picking her folder back up. “And there isn’t any note of us capturing it or if Talon seems to be looking for it in my notes.”

“Reyes probably has to deal with it then.”

“Then why wouldn’t he inform either of you? Why leave a note in my folder only?”

Cole glanced back over to the ninja who eyed him back warily.

Over the next few hours, silence hung over the three like a lead ball. Reyes had yet to come out of his makeshift office, almost as if he knew he would be questioned by his crew. The door remained locked tightly from the inside, neither one of them had a key. They had refueled somewhere in the middle of God fucking nowhere Ohio and were already sweeping through the air westward.

“What animal could it’ve been they saw?” Cole popped the question.

For the past few hours they were mostly talking of Talon and why they would maybe have a deadly animal - most likely genetically engineered or mutated - and why it may have gotten out.

“Washington has quite a few large mammals,” Moira pointed out. “Bears, coyotes, bobcats, wolves,” she counted on her long boney fingers.

“Thought wolves were drawn out and hunted,” Cole lit a cigarette.

“Around 2050, yes, but they’ve been reintroducing them like they did nearly a century ago. What I don’t get is why it also states that it took down a drone from Overwatch. Wolves don’t do that by nature. So unless it’s trained by Talon, I don’t see why one would-”

The door to Reyes’ “office” opened up finally just as the speakers above them read out coordinates of their dropping area, but mostly-

“Welcome to Washington State,” Fio stated robotically.

“You all read your folders, I assume,” Reyes deadpanned at the mess of papers and photos scattered on the table.

“When were you gonna tell us that there were giant wolves or bears runnin’ around the woods? When one would try and eat us?” Cole stood up.

“Relax, Cassidy. It was only supposed sightings, nothing confirmed. Besides, you’re not the scientist aboard this transport.”

“The drone-”

“It was ‘supposedly’ destroyed. It could have been Talon, it could have been a bear getting it. Who knows. There is no video recordings of it, and it didn’t go down in or around the Talon base so it’s fine by me.”

Cole’s nose twitched with anger from Reyes’ dismissal of the whole situation, but there was little that he could do or say to change Reyes’ mind.

The engines roared suddenly, weight pulling at Cole’s knees for only a moment as gears and engines hissed at the sudden stop and gentle fall. There was a loud beeping, the lights above the transport door glowed red for only a moment.

“Blackwatch-” the doors opened and the ramp slowly extended out until it buried itself in the wet ground, “-welcome to Washington.”

Cole looked over his shoulder to the outside. He winced at the sudden biting cold wind, jaw unhinged a bit at the sight of pure wilderness right outside of the transport.

The woods before him were dark, large and looming trees had grown taller, mountains only climbing higher. But what caught his eye was the moon hanging full and bright in the sky, partially covered by dark clouds and fog.

For a moment, Cole wished under his breath that he was back in his room with you, snuggled up in the warm blankets in the afterglow, mindlessly loving each other.

Something cold and heavy sat in the pit of his stomach as he was blinded by the full moon over Washington.

[m-musings]

may we have some platonic headcanons where the reader (gender neutral) is a teenager that Cassidy accidentally adopted (we know the trope) and thanks to his influence is just as much of a menace to Ashe as he is (maybe somehow even more)?

please, and thank you

Headcanons: Cole Cassidy with a GN! Teen! Reader (Platonic)

A/N: Sorry this took a while, I am not good at writing parent/child relationships at all so hopefully it doesn't suck ass lmao. hope you enjoy! :]

Word Count:491 Warnings: none, literally just familial fluff

Being Cass' "adopted" child would be… chaotic, to say the least.

But like a fun chaotic!

During what is essentially an escort mission followed by a rescue from a dangerous villain, Cassidy and you would go from wary friends to a father and child dynamic duo.

He'd pretty much be like "You're my kid now! :D" and you'd be like "Okay, cool! :D"

He would bring you to Gibraltar and introduce you to all new and old Overwatch members, who would almost instantly welcome you like an old friend.

He wouldn't necessarily want you to become part of Overwatch, but he'd still teach you some gunslinging and other skills to keep yourself safe should a disaster ever occur when he's away from you.

And when he isn't busy with Overwatch work, he would love to do all the typical father things with you.

Having movie nights on a big comfy couch, going to Route 66 and teaching you to ride a motorbike, taking you to school, like whatever you can think of, Cassidy is by your side every step of the way.

He especially loves the times when your as much of a gremlin towards Ashe and others as he is, it secretly makes him proud to have someone to carry on that legacy.

Cole takes notice of things you like to do or watch and actively tries to show an interest in them, even if they aren't really his thing.

You appreciate the sentiment though and always give him a great big hug as thanks before you both decide to do something you both enjoy instead.

Sometimes for fun, you'll steal his cape/poncho and boots while he's napping and strut around the Watchpoint compound while imitating him to make the others laugh.

Each time he realizes what's going on, he'll leap out of his bunk and go chase you around while half-heartedly scolding you with a large smile on both of your faces.

After the most recent incident, he'll buy or find you a hat that matches his own just so you stop stealing his stuff.

And if you were ever sick or feeling down, he would drop everything to help nurse you back to your regular self, even if it was something small like a sneeze or scraping your knee after you trip.

He is very protective of you, but not in a helicopter parent way but in like a "just wanna make sure you're doing okay then I'll go" kind of way.

Of course, there are times like that when he's a little too obvious about sneaking around to protect you, which causes some tension between you two.

You maybe butt heads and start to argue about the way he goes about it but after the fighting stops and you both cool off for a while, you're able to smoothly forgive and forget.

All in all, Cassidy may be a great cowboy, but he's an even better dad.

[idolatries]

i miss launch overwatch so much. one time i queued into qp attack on route 66 and the entire enemy team was either hanzo or widowmaker bc ana wasnt even out yet. one of them said "as you can see we are sniper". in the pharah mercy only weekly brawl i got a 16 minute overtime on the one fuckin russia map.

[the-bite-of-87-lol]

Had a dream ; Rant below cut ; boombox ow mentioned

Tw ; for guns mention and death

I don't remember the start too well, sometimes this happens or this part is reoccurring where we're in like Tumblr headquarters and there's this bunker area so we enter there but that's after a certain part!!

Part 1 ; Testing the eaters of the dream ( I call it ) I'm Echo, and there's talon, I don't remember this segment much, but we die in the end.

Part 2 ; Frogs and Rats

Lucio and Junkrat, they're running away from talon.

I like the idea that talon is after junkrat, and this dream expands on it to an unnecessary degree.

Talon is after junkrat, they need him and will not give him up, I'm not entirely sure about the setting, but it's Tumblr headquarters bunker at first, we go down the stairs (I'm myself then rat, I switch povs), when we go upstairs Talon appears, I don't remember in-between scenes very well, there was a lot of running with lucio, also Tumblr bunker had a corner between two couches with as bunch of stuffies there was a lot of going there for safety or something.

Part 3 ; Invasion

We run from talon, they're fucking adamant. There's in-between stuff I don't remember, but the place is all hallways, there's a lot of fighting, and null sector invasion, lots of heavy artillery deployed though, and another? Not entirely sure but another type of null sector was deployed, it had teeth, it was huge, ravenous, and it was dangerous. (For some reason rat didn't have any weapons on him in the dream btw) it chased us down, there were a lot of stealth segments !! I was also Tracer for these bits (idk why or how or where), she pretty much left after this bit, more heavy artillery deployed later.

Part 4 ; Hallways.

We run and end up in a dead end, there was a fight between reaper or Sombra (don't remember), Junkrat got knocked out at some point. (I'm myself for this section, I think), and Lucio is shot between the eyes. In this, there isn't exactly respawn. Anyways, Lucio gets a bullet between the eyes, and reaper leaves or something.

Junkrat wakes up from being knocked out, Lucio hasn't died yet, he sings a little too calm himself before the inevitable, he asks to be with Junkrat for his last moments, for some reason rat wakes up pissed off at him, and then music starts playing through the hallway, Lucio comments on it, rat doesn't move at first, hes kinda pissed (for some reason), lucio comments on the hallway again.

Part 5 ; Safety

I pull junkrat to the tumblr bunker thing via a shortcut

We went to the corner between the couches to hide, also my friend appeared for this last bit, and none of us really had a ride home or a way home?? I offer my friend to stay the night but they decline, understandably. Junk feels like shit, and Lucio is dead.

And that's pretty much how it ended

I'm not sure what the hallway thing was for or about, it ended when we hid in that corner again

Also I'm gonna talk about the first part

I was echo and talon (opposing team??) was after us, me and another talon group but was just mirrored to the opposing team (yknow like team v team in normal overwatch, except echo was added to my group), it ended with us dying because that null sector with the sharp teeth (metal pieces that'd rip you to shreds), I want to mention echo temporarily teleported to another dimension like in a video game before the actual shit started happening, we started in Hollywood set-esque and made our way to route 66 because echo (me) hid in one of the train cars, obv she was caught and ended up dying, but thats that part

Anyways that's all

[inkyglob]

I'M-

OKay- so I finally get back into writing for Overwatch because I have had a few things in the works for like 3 years and haven't touched them since the beginning. So- I pick up "Deadlock Rebels" and decide to take some notes-- I'm not lazy when it comes to fic notes I even have MAPS. Bear with me.

SO the official Blizzard website has deadlock gorge in Arizona

Fantastic. Route 66, the scenery, makes a lot of sense. The book opens up, she's in Bellerae, Texas. Not a stretch, just gotta finish the book to see how they end up in Arizo-- They don't. The book has Deadlock Gorge in Texas.

I DO NOT BLAME LYNDSAY ELY AT ALL

It's Blizz's job to make sure the lore is like- straight. She was probably given a stack of facts and a general storyline and the book was good-- but c'mon Blizz, those two states don't exactly border each other. You can't tell me a group of tweens age 15-17 are casually crossing the entire state of New Mexico on hoverbikes on a semi-daily basis.... But then again, Hanzo and Genji are like 21 and 23 in the Kiriko introduction video according to them so.... if Blizzard doesn't want to treat their toys nicely, I will take them away.

[sleepykamukura]

Ok so I'm writing a post about the little lore reveals we get in the official OW cookbook and I thought I might as well share the little bits of lore we get for Ashe so you don't have to rifle through my post to find them!

Corn pudding is a comfort food for Ashe, B.O.B often makes it after a heist has gone sideways. She also eats it after every encounter with Cassidy. B.O.B makes it without being asked.

Ashe doesn't like a lot of deserts because of her parents neglect and all the bad birthdays she's had, however, Orange Crème Caramel, a flan dessert, is one or the few deserts she likes, even calling it one of her favourites.

Ashe's choice of drink to unwind with after a long day of running the Deadlock gang is Texas fizz. It also seems like her drinks of choice are more on the fizzy side.

yess i’ve seen these!! i was actually gonna make these (and cassidy’s) myself once i get the cookbook since it’s on my wishlist for my bday :3 (except deadeye and texas fizz 😞 im underage)

i like how it doesn’t mention her making anything for herself, leaves my headcanon of ashe being garbage at cooking in tact

also going into cass’s recipes leaves me a bit confused on where route 66 is actually located since it mentions one of his recipes was found in a “hole-in-the-wall restaurant on route 66 in albuquerque” because i assumed r66 was on the border of texas but albuquerque is pretty far from texas… and deadlock gorge is canonically just outside bellerae which is supposed to be in texas?? although the cookbook was published before deadlock rebels so it’s probably a retcon, and maybe route 66 was originally intended to be in new mexico

[quick-drawn]

so BARS is a pretty interesting character — in my head at least.

canon wise, we know very little about her, other than she's an omnic sniper within the deadlock gang, as seen in the reunion short. knowing this and hearing a voiceline or two referencing her over the years, i created a base for her and ran with it. consider anything else you read here to be headcanons and only pertain to my portrayal of cassidy / bars. these ideas will also tie heavily into this headcanon post. these ideas will also be a little sporadic and may not make any sense at all, i never promised a good hc post.

an omnic of few words — a founding member and right hand to colton's gang leader father, she was an ever present body at the ranch. she was respected by all and maintained high ranking throughout her entire time with the gang. intuition as sharp as her aim, she'd protect his father and the others as if they were family — seeing as she didn't have anyone else, maybe they were. nobody really knew the full story of bars, her true purpose or where she came from, but everyone knew better than to ask.

she remembers the day colton was born. and she remembers it so vividly because it was the day the boy's mother had her promise to protect him. over all else. his father included. she agreed and became a constant in colton's life from that point forward. she'd teach him firearm safety and how to shoot at an extremely young age — FIVE, "and-a-half" she'd remind his mother after giving her a near heart attack the day she found out, but bars would insist that she had everything under control, and later pointing out that he won't always have others to look after him. that even an omnic won't be around forever. that this is something good, something he should be prepared for.

they'd continue their lessons over the course of several years, colton forming a close brother / sister-like bond with the omnic. they grew attached at the hip ( maybe a bit reluctantly on bars' part ), colton always following her around during farm duties, hunting her down when he found a new game to play, or the second he'd run into any sort of problem, she was the first to know — including the night his father was killed.

bars was the only member notified — the one entrusted with getting rid of the body and scrubbing the house of all evidence. she kept the rest of the gang off his back for as long as she could, and sent him and his mother away to texas once the allegations began.

it didn't take long for the leaderless group to disperse, bars choosing to keep her distance to ensure safe keeping of the two. until receiving a phone call from colton's mother — about the trouble her son's been walking himself into as of late. how she's not sure exactly what he's up to, but she's sure it's no good.

upon her arrival to texas and swift interrogation with the teen, she finds the beginning foundation of the deadlock rebels — to no one's surprise. serving her promise to keep him safe, but at the same time knowing she can't make decisions for him, she joins the ranks of the reconstructed group.

during the overwatch raid, bars had the opportunity to keep colton from being captured, or at least aid in his escape. but she chose not to. to continue to uphold her promise to his late mother.

while his fate in the hands of overwatch were unknown, she did know his fate should he continue down the deadlock road. she's seen it before, with the ranch, with his father —

she'd watch him go, but stayed with the rebels under ashe's command, keeping a close eye on her as emotions flared once the assumption was made that he willingly joined overwatch over rejoining the gang. the two kept in touch over the years, bars updating colton on the gang's whereabouts and up-to's in an attempt to avoid potentially deadly conflict. so, needless to say, she was very surprised to see him show up to the train raid on route 66 —

anyway, neat little fact: in my modern verse, when jesse's ran out of the gang, bars goes with him. she runs the kitchen at the bar and can cook up a pretty mean burger.

she also reminds him on a daily bases that she does not care for the name he chose for the bar — :))

[wildissylupus]

@hanyattahandatta

Initially, Cassidy joining Overwatch at 17 was a theory, as that was the only age range he could have been recruited at timeline wise. However since Declassified released it has been confirmed that not only was Cassidy a minor when he was recruited, but he is the youngest person to have started working for Overwatch.

And yes you are right, part of the coercion was Cassidy facing jail time in a high security prison. However, me and a lot of other Cassidy and Ashe fans don't think this is the whole story. Something that is furthered by Declassified and in game voicelines, such things are;

Soldier's spawn voice line on Route 66; "Reyes should've cleaned up the Deadlock Gang a long time ago.", indicating that Reyes did have the ability and recourses to take out Deadlock, but didn't. Which is weird considering Reyes's character.

Cassidy canonically sacrificing himself so Ashe could get to safety and not get caught by Overwatch.

Cassidy reminiscing and missing his Deadlock days while showing distain towards his Blackwatch days.

Cassidy's constant mentioning of not getting a choice.

This stuff is why I want more info on Cassidy's hiring, there is more to this story then what is being told directly to us, and considering the fact that the only other character who is described as being coerced into Overwatch is Genji, that already speaks volumes.

[nitewrighter]

So if I understand right, the level they showed where they fought through the Rio level backwards and then got transported to an Omnic ship is still a thing but the mode where you could select any hero and fight alongside other players against bots with the ability to level up your character (which I remember being a Route 66 level) are what's gone?

Yeah I think there's still going to be PvE missions, they just won't be a in a big long campaign lore-bomb and it's more like they're going to be used to used to beef up seasonal events in the Battlepass, maybe with the "archives" seasonal event making a comeback to make older PvE missions available. I imagined that playing through the campaign would also be somewhat limited with regard to the lore vs. playable heroes (Kind of like how current PvE missions do have an 'all heroes' mode but there aren't a million interactions like with the 'canon' characters of those PvE missions). Like I figured that was a given because it's just not that practical given that Overwatch has over 30 characters in its cast and some are going to be in Villain (Likely multiple NPC) roles. I don't know about the bots leveling thing, but yeah the skill tree is definitely dead.

God remember the fucking bait that was calling one of Hanzo's prospective abilities "Sojiro's Guidance?" Played both the lore junkies and the Hanzo stans like a goddamn fiddle.

[purplekoop]

Okay Map/Hero Matching time

Explained the criteria in my last post, but to recap the idea is to see what heroes go along with what maps, either by shared nationality or story relevance.

These are two different criteria for a reason: Like I also mentioned in my last post, Moira is from Ireland, but there's no Irish map in-game as of now. However, she has significant story ties to Oasis, a map that takes place in Iraq. I would think it fair to say then that Oasis could be considered "Moira's map" even though there's a mismatch of nationality.

I did the list both ways, both attaching heroes to a list of maps, and assigning maps to a list of heroes. Let's start with the latter first:

Starting with the Tanks:

This is gonna be the same story with Zenyatta later, but Ramattra is weird because he technically doesn't have an official nationality. He's an Omnic built in the Omniums, with his exact location of origin unknown. He spent a good portion of his life in Nepal, but it's not his home country. However, it very clearly is the location most significant to him personally.

Orisa on the other hand is very clearly considered to be from Numbani. She was created in Numbani, her creator is from Numbani, they both currently still live in Numbani, I think it's pretty safe to say she's Numbanian. For what it's worth, Orisa is the only non-human character given a nationality on the fandom wiki.

Notice I also listed some maps that have an "indirect" connection to the hero. These are connections that don't necessarily correspond to place of origin or home or base of operations, but have some significance to the character. This is kind of an iffy criteria, so I got stricter with it as I went on.

Now for Damage heroes:

All of the Americans are in this category, go figure. America is also, go figure, the country with the most maps as of now (Route 66, Hollywood, Blizzard World, and Midtown. Actually only 4, I miscounted in my head but the point on the chart stands). The most interesting one to talk about is Reaper, who was a cop in Las Angeles before his time in Overwatch and Talon, which would technically make Hollywood "his map" more than anyone else's, but the hero and map have literally no significance to each other otherwise.

Bastion is also... weird. They're the one hero who doesn't have a specified point of origin, and also doesn't have a clear "home country". The Bastion robot units were originally created by SST Laboratories, which based on Torbjorn being a critical member of, may suggest that it's a Swedish company, and therefore by proxy you could consider Bastion to be Swedish? That's a bit of a stretch though, so to be safe I left their nationality blank, and only considered their resting place (Black Forest, Germany) as a directly relevant map.

Echo is the last weird "what country is the robot from" to discuss. Her creator, Mina Liao, is Singaporean. If we apply the Orisa logic of a robot created directly by one individual inheriting that creator's nationality (especially considering Echo literally copied some of Liao's behaviors and even her voice, with some sources implying a sort of mother/daughter bond between them), then Echo is also Singaporean. However, it's unlikely she was built in Singapore. Liao made Echo late into her time at Overwatch, whose major bases of operations were in Switzerland and Gibraltar. Either way... yeah I'm not researching Singapore's citizenship laws to determine if she counts for that.

(also if you look at the chart and say "what the hell are Gothenburg and Suravasa", then it's something I've explained before, but will get into more later here)

Now for the Supports:

Nothing we haven't seen already at this point, I've explained most of these with other heroes earlier.

Only thing to note is Ayutthaya, the Thailand-based CTF map added all the way back in Lunar New Year 2018. While we do finally have a Thai hero in Lifeweaver, as far as we know now he doesn't have anything in particular to do with the map. Ayutthaya as an arcade mode map doesn't have any lore in general (shoot, even less than most of the others), let alone anything tying it to Lifeweaver. Would've been a hell of a cool trick to have Lifeweaver planned to tie into the map since it was added, but... yeah no I don't think that's likely at all.

Now for the other way around, looking at this from the perspective of what maps have relevant heroes.

I didn't consider the non-canon maps (The 4 Workshop maps and the upcoming Talantis) or any map variants for... hopefully obvious reasons.

Starting with Escort and Hybrid.

I did these charts first, so I was a lot more lenient on what "indirect connections" would include. There's a number of maps that are relevant to Overwatch as a whole or Talon as a whole, but not any one member. For those, I just put the group name in that section.

As you might notice, a lot more maps don't have heroes than heroes not having maps. The only American map having any actual ties to any heroes is Route 66, the rest are completely unrelated.

Next up though, the Control, Push, and Assault maps:

Nothing else to note here, other than clarifying that yes, I am aware that Antarctica technically isn't a country, and The Moon is definitely not a country. But like. you know what I mean, right?

Anyways, moving ahead to the last few maps, these being the Arcade-exclusive maps and the future maps:

So lemme quickly recap Gothenburg and Suravasa.

Early on for Overwatch 2's initial announcements, we learned about a few new maps, including Gothenburg (an Assault map featuring Torbjorn's workshop) and a map said to take place in India (which I deduced in an earlier post was specifically Suravasa, a location from Symmetra's Stone by Stone story). We haven't seen these maps come to the game yet though, mostly because Assault was scrapped as a core game mode for Overwatch 2, and the replacement mode to adapt these maps into has yet to be revealed. They felt important to include here though, since we're aware of their existence and they're maps very clearly made to be home maps for some of the Overwatch heroes who've lacked one for the longest time.

Now for some data, which heroes and maps don't have a match?

The heroes (that have a specified nationality) without a map from the same country are Doomfist (Nigeria), Sigma (Netherlands), Baptiste (Haiti), Mercy (Switzerland), and Moira (Ireland).

Removing the heroes who have clear corresponding map for reasons besides nationality (and including dubious nationalities), the list of heroes without a map of any kind are just Sigma (unless you count Horizon Lunar Colony), Echo, Mercy, and Baptiste.

The maps without any heroes from the same country are Watchpoint: Gibraltar (Gibraltar), Rialto (Italy), Havana (Cuba), Circuit Royal (Monaco), Ilios (Greece), Oasis (Iraq), Antarctic Peninsula/Ecopoint Antarctica, Colosseo (Italy), Esperanca (Portugal), Petra (Southern Jordan), and Malevento (Italy).

Removing the maps that have a clear hero match that just isn't necessarily from the same country, the list goes down to Rialto, Havana, Circuit Royal, Ilios, Colosseo, Esperanca, Petra, and Malevento.

Soooooo yeah! If I missed something or you need clarification on something in the chats, then shoot me a reply to let me know!

...Why did I do this.

[drowninginblox]

Bite

Cole Cassidy x Hanzo Shimada

Those mfs are dragging me back by the fucking ankles y’all-

TW: childhood being contextualized w/ age,nudity(ew), and a passing mention of general addiction (not even tbh)

Have fun ^^

——- —- ——- —-

——- —- ——- —-

“Genji.. how dose that one song go?” Cass asked over the breeze. Spring at the safe house was just like he remembered it to be. Peaceful, idealistic even. But the anxiety always lingered whenever he came here. There’s always someone looking for them. Yesterday it was Gabriel. Today it was Reaper. But that’s neither here nor there. Nothing the pack of “terrorists” could do now. All they can do is lay low until the monkey checked in.

But… fuck. He knew heading so close to Deadlock territory was risky. Especially after his last encounter with Ashe. And with the knowledge of Bob getting upgraded. Fuck- he should’ve- “What? What song?” Cass blinked for a moment before sighing. He’s thinking about this too much. All they can do now is just.. wait for this to blow over till they can come back better. Or, as much as he hated the thought, find an opening to retreat.“Ykno- the one Hanzo sings while he works ‘n cooks…” The group of six were taking this snag pretty well- all things considered. Pharah and Mercy were organizing everything they had on hand while keeping in touch with the coverage of Overwatch’s current stunt on Route 66. Bridgette meanwhile was keeping herself sharp. Painfully so in all honesty…

Same with Hanzo, but he’s learned to give himself breaks since reuniting with Genji and, albeit painfully, accepts himself. “Through the small things, I reclaim myself.” Cole noted Hanzo’s rationalization in one of the many outings to the on hand range. It’s became their thing in the recent months, since Hanzo’s started opening up. Although imperfect and a little too idealistic for Hanzo, Genji claims that in the worst moments while he was discovering himself- a montra similar to that got him through the worst of times.

And lookin at Hanzo, it was so far so good. He was taking it to heart from the looks of it. Small acts of kindness from making food for the team to cleaning up to just.. listening to others rather than forcing them or himself away. Openness was a good look on him. That’s probably why Cole wanted to learn, what he assumed, was Hanzo’s favorite song. “Ooohhh you mean Bite, right? By Troy Sivon?”

Cole sighs but nods. “If that’s it, how dose it go?” The younger Shamada turned to look at the westerner. For once in a long time he shown his face. The multitude of scars were faint but barely visible unless you were actively looking. But other than that, he looked like an slightly above average man. Good looking for sure, eyes half lidded with the serenity of the current situation, lips perched as he pondered what the Cowboy’s angle was this time. Usually Jesse only talked to Hanzo whenever he needed to or was bored. He’s tried lots of things to entertain himself that just so happened to have Hanzo in the vicinity. But, for some reason, this felt different.

Genji cracked a sly smile, swallowing whatever doubts he had and breathed some new life in a song older than him. “Kiss me on the mouth and set me free… sing me like a choir..” in the gaps between the lyrics the memory of a melody comes back in patter patters against old, wood floors. Slow and graceful motions hidden behind shoji screens, hidden only by night. However, the dancers are caught in flickering candles while the creaking of floorboards reveals their audience: one gathered by the wonderment only children could have at a song that wasn’t sewn in tradition or played through instruments deemed worthy of being interested in. No. This was a time before the importance or legacy. One of innocence. Love even.

“I could be the subject of your dreams, your sickening desires…”

A time where a husband and wife could relish in their love, confident in the fact that their family is safe from whatever the outside world has to offer. At least- that was what Genji viewed the moment as. He didn’t notice the lady was a good decade younger than his father or that only one of her hands was on his father’s shoulder.

“Don’t you wanna see a man upclose.. a pheonix in the fire.”

Genji didn’t know the true intentions of the song until much later. Little before he realized just how sick and twisted his family was, and just what he and Hanzo were to do with it when they were to come of age. Processing that was hard for a teenager. The party’s and addiction was just a way to cope with that pressure. That’s the answer Genji hopes was true for him after all these years.“So… kiss me out the mouth and set me free…”

“But please.. don’t bite.” Cole finished, making Genji look away from the safe house and back to his friend. “Genji, you okay?” For a moment Genji looked around, as if trying to remember where he was before clicking everything back together. His checks were wet. There was a lump in his throat. And he wasn’t alone. “Jesse, don’t sing that song to Hanzo okay?” Cassidy looked over the cyborg as he wiped his eyes of whatever tears remained. “Honestly, he probably doesn’t realize he’s singing it.” Cole kept his eyes on Genji for a few moments before settling “Its Cole now, remember? Or Cass. Jesse is only for the field.” He says, clasping his hand on Genji’s shoulder. “Right. Sorry Cole.”

“Don’t worry about it par’ner.” Genji chuckled as the draw grew too thick. Cole knew that about him too well. Thick accents were fucking hilarious to him. “Yeah, yeah,” he said, shrugging off Cole’s hand with a smile. “You know me too well Cole.” Jesse chuckled. “Damn right I do. You’re my best friend Genj.” Genji glances with a small smile. “Really? If I’m your best friend then why haven’t you told me you had a crush on my brother?”