#overwatch the martins

[half-developed-frontal-lobe]

I know I've talked about Morocco, Oasis, and the Phreaks a bunch, but I need to remind myself that there are two maps that were teased. Not just one!

The Arcology~

Founded by the Martins' and ran and owned by the Collective (a non-profit organization of researchers).

Our favorite petal platform boi Niran (Lifeweaver) holds residency here, and hopefully we'll be seeing this map in the near future. Hopefully we also get his Vishkar lab skin.✨

It was recently attacked by Null Sector in Heroes Ascendant. Yes, you read that right. You can read the story 'Rebuilding Ruins' here for a full dive.

During Sym's visit to the Arcology, the place gets invaded, leaving Niran and Satya having to help people escape to safety after Null Sector attacks a train at the Arcology.

I don't know if they'll put any map changes regarding the invasion in there, because Numbani was attacked in the book, and yet nothing had changed besides a slight map rework, so.

I do think a working train in a map would be a lot of fun to play on, hopefully it doesn't get stuck or anything. I can't wait to see how this differs from other maps.

I hope we'll be seeing a lot of architecture and map build that's friendlier towards all humans/omnics.

We'll get an insider on what types of personal aid Omnics need, as well as perhaps the Arcology's notes and new findings. I hope we get to see a bit of lore exposition with Niran, the Martins', and maybe Symmetra if we're lucky there's something tied over there.

All in all, I can't wait to see what comes from this map!

[fuocogo]

Tracer has had a monopoly on butch skins for too long. my kingdom for lumberjack kiriko blizzard i even designed in a sponsorship if you want money so bad-

[wildwinterlunas]

...who are the martinses? Martens'? I can't spell their name. I keep hearing lifeweaver soldier voicelines and I'm forever confused.

They are genius husbands who basically adopted Lifeweaver and are one of the reason why the UN didn't fuck over the world with their objections against Overwatch. They one of the biggest humanitarians in the Overwatch universe. They run Atlantic Archeology and though they share a lot of the same beliefes as the OG Overwatch, they have refused help from them in the past, specifically from Torbjorn.

The best source of information on the is in Overwatch Declassified, if you can't read that then your best bet is their Wiki pages;

Claudio Martins

Hector Martins

[overwatchfanskinarchive]

Halloween Winston by Martin Schneider

[arachnidiots]

liam tag drop

[arachnidiots-a]

tag drop (redo: peter & liam)

[modanisgf]

LIKE , HANNI PHAM

✎ SUMMARY — in which hanni makes an album about her crush, choosing to never release it for obvious reasons. but what happens when her friend accidentally leaks the album, her crush even promoting it?

✎ PAIRING(S) — musician!hanni x actor!reader

✎ GENRE — fluff, angst, wlw, mutual pining, hanni as beabadoobee (music), reader is implied to be like marsai martin, fake dating, lots of drama (sorry..)

✎ WARNING(S) — kys jokes, profanity, hanni and yn have some insane fans…, updates may be slow, nothing is real!

✎ FEATURING — newjeans, gunwook and matthew of zb1, sunoo and riki of enhypen

✎ CREDS — dividers from @/cafekitsune!

✎ STARTED 4/30/24

✎ ENDED 6/20/24

masterlist

profiles— frank ocean enjoyers, worlds best actors

001 — wdym hanni pham new album..

002 — HYEIN????

003 — its over for hanni

004 — i think we got the wrong traction..!

005 — hybe is NOT happy 🥰

006 — boyfriend

007 — oh they’re onto us..

008 — love scenario

009 — fuck overwatch

010 — the boy is mine

011 — take a bite

012 — chicago

013 — 4me 4me

014 — mariah’s so real

015 — let me love you

bonus — happy birthday matthew!

016 — maniac

017 — sunsetz

018 — my kind of woman

019 — set (hanni) me free

020 — hanni’s back?

# ACT TWO — LUNCH.

021 — dating era

022 — the fair

023 — birds of a feather

024 — don’t wanna break up again

025 — dimple

026 — just a little bit

027 — cry

028 — a pearl

029 — right side of my neck

030 — bags

031 — ivy

032 — i wish i hated you

033 — die for you

034 — supernatural

035 — forever & always

036 — one more last time

037 — bambi

038 — still monster

039 — crash my car

040 — like

TAGS 🏷️ (CLOSED): @jayjj7 @haerinsloverr @aribunnu @masuowo @multiliker @winieter @sewiouslyz @edenzeepy @popasi @home2venus @ghstvr @technicallyimportantsweets @he------len @yukianism @yeetaberry127 @haechansbbg @linnnsworld @sixflame438 @emotionallyrin @gtfoiydlyj @inosfavgf @rvoulte @hotluvlet @sserajeans @saysirhc

[ethelcained]

rosemary (matt sturniolo) ⛧°｡🦇

they’re both twitch streamers.. planning on writing an actual fic soon so requests are deeply appreciated!! thank you so much for all of the love in my last post <333 it means the world ⭐️⭐️ let me know if you’d like me to turn this into a series (;

777.starlem

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777.starlem 🕯���🦇⋰ ⋱✮ streaming @ 6 pst!!

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matthew.sturniolo

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matthew.sturniolo Streaming now 🍎🩹

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777.starlem oh..

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777.starlem

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777.starlem texted my doctor n i was liek “haiiii :3 how much for 3 prozacs >////<” no reply back )))),:

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777.starlem thank u!!! ^^

christophersturniolo This pic so fucking tuff man

777.starlem on some real shit

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ethelilysmrip she’s too cool for the triplets

salemsfortnitebf @ethelilysmrip are we talking about the same salem orrrrr??? that is the biggest loser

kdalol154 @salemsfortnitebf FR💀💀💀💀

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ft.gioo smash

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streamerupdates

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streamerupdates Famous twitch streamers @777.starlem & @matthemunch are currently streaming together via twitch with other streamers!

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lesbian4salem INSAAAAAAAANE

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rosemary_ am i the only one feeling like a third wheel

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matthew.sturniolo

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matthew.sturniolo One year with my vamp 🦇🩹

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rip.brockhampton the only reason we didn’t think they were dating was bc this mf kept making fun of him for not being cuffed wtf

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dijondress_ i’m soooo drunk @mayawinky

mayawinky @dijondress_ pass

[callmearcturus]

okay someone asked for my PT AU playlist and I realized it was MESS so i just cleaned it up and rearranged the songs for chronological order

"The Rifle's Spiral" The Shins STOPGAP. OXFORD. CIRCUMVENT.

"Move" Saint Hotel MISSTEP. RUSSIAN BLUE. PRECARIOUS.

"Mind Over Matter (Reprise)" Young the Giant BERGAMOT. WINTERDYE. OVERCOME.

"Send Them Off!" Bastille TESTRUN. CARMINE. UNDERTOW.

"Weird Goodbyes" The National, Bon Iver UNMOORED. FIX. GHOST.

"Obsessions" Marina and the Diamonds PILE. POSTCARD. APOLOGY.

"You've Haunted Me All My Life" Death Cab For Cutie TIME-SERVED. SOUVENIR. APOLOGY.

"Call Me In the Afternoon" Half Moon Run COWLICK. LIBRARY. OVERWATCH.

"Crown of Love" Arcade Fire TRESPASS. CAMPHOR. COMMITMENT.

"How Much More" Stars WINGMAN. CROSSHATCH. FAREWELL.

"Flower Drum Song" Cold War Kids HUNTED. SHADOW. ROGUE.

"Silver Platters" Les Gold RICOCHET. STRUNG-OUT. VIVERE PERICOLOSO. (Benji)

"The Ghost Of You Lingers" Spoon RICOCHET. STRUNG-OUT. VIVERE PERICOLOSO. (Ethan)

"Opalite" Martin Luke Brown SAFE. DELILAH. INJECTION.

"Run Run Blood" Phantogram SCIF. RENDEZVOUS. TORUS.

"Where Is Her Head" The National OXYGENATION. GAIT. CONTINGENCY.

"Holy Rider" Rock Plaza Central DROWN. ENOUGH. RED-BOX.

"Uptight (Everything's Alright) Stevie Wonder METAMORPHOSIS. VULNERABILITY. JOYRIDE.

"The Silence" Bastille [REDACTED, Chapter 36]

"Goliath" Kithkin [REDACTED, Chapter 37]

"The Changing Lights" Broken Bells [REDACTED, Chapter 39]

"Pompeii MMXXIII" Bastille, Hans Zimmer [REDACTED, Chapter 40]

"WhisperI'lllistentohearit" Spoon [REDACTED, Chapter 41]

"Do I Have To Talk You Into It?" Spoon [REDACTED, The End]

[chachavroomvroom]

If you’re not a francophone, you may have missed the GP Explorer 2, the second edition of a 24-pilot F4 race ran at Le Mans today, organized by France’s #1 YouTuber Squeezie and hosted on Twitch. There were 60 000 people at the circuit and 1.3 million concurrent viewers online at its peak. Every driver in the race is a French content creator, who have been training for this race for the last few months.

Every team had a sponsor (Overwatch, Samsung, Subway, Nord VPN, etc… even Alpine!) and special liveries, racesuits, and personalized helmets.

Some very familiar faces were in attendance; chiefly Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, Théo Pourchaire and Victor Martins, and the participating creators were trained by the FFSA, the French Motorsport Federation.

There were ups and downs, some DNFs, a new P1 this year, and even though it was only 15 laps, completed by amateurs, it was some of the most entertaining racing you’ll see all year. And that’s because it involves people who are in love with motorsports already, as well as opening doors for some who are just now discovering it. Seeing the joy on the guys who stepped on the podium, and seeing the satisfaction on those who just wanted to finish the race was so euphoric, you really understand why formula racing makes the best memories.

GP Explorer is an event that is a love letter to Motorsport, a love letter to friendship, and a great human experience that brought so many of us together. These kinds of events are truly working on growing the sport!

[visenyaism]

for the record your conviction to drop Blizzard like the toxic pile they are and start blogging endlessly about fantasy rich guy genealogy is very inspiring even if I have no clue what the fuck is going on in Martin's books and I will never unfollow

well i read the contents of that lawsuit and it was really upsettingly uniquely awful. and theni made a very angry slightly catty comment about how changing the name of the overwatch cowboy named after one of the serial abusers was a transparent PR move that was just going to make it look like they were changing while absolutely nothing happened systemically and there was no real accountability. and then i got dogpiled and called a cunt and an abuse apologist who did not care about the welfare of the employees and also no one ever liked me anyway by many of my former mutuals.

so now i delete any of my old wow posts when they come up because like. we’re done, clean break, not sharing my thoughts with that audience anymore. it’s better this way because now i actually enjoy myself on my silly little blog.

[grovyrosegirl]

OK OK I can't ask on Twitter but the interactions thing! Do Mei andddd.. whoever. Preferably Genji, Lifeweaver and Zarya but I challenge you to do whoever you please :) (sorry if that's too vague lol)

For those wondering, they’re referring to this post I made on Twitter:

But yeah, sure thing! And if anyone else would like to send me fake interaction requests on tumblr as well, please feel free to do so!

And I’ll do all four for you! 😉

——

Mei: Genji! Want to have some tea together when we get home?

Genji: Of course. You make a good brew, very soothing.

Mei: *giggles* Glad you think so!

——

Lifeweaver: Have you ever considered joining the Atlantic Arcology, Dr. Zhou? I’m sure the Martins would love someone as brilliant as you there! Mei: Overwatch needs me more right now, sorry. But I’d love to visit! It sounds amazing!

Lifeweaver: And you’re always welcome to. Just say the word and I’ll make it happen.

——

Zarya: You know Mei, you don’t need to be so nervous when we train together. I like training with you.

Mei: Really? Wow…that means a lot, thank you, Zarya!

——

Zenyatta: You carry a heavy burden on your heart, but you still manage to move forward.

Mei: I’m…doing my best.

Zenyatta: You are strong, Mei. But even the strong need help sometimes. Do not be afraid to take the hands of friends.

Mei: I’ll remember that. Thank you.

[misrepresentedmorallygrey]

I'm Done. I'm Free. It has been Made

All 1 Submissions, as well as if they have propaganda

Flowey: Yes Propaganda

Dr Carmilla: No Propaganda

Hua Cheng: No

Xander Harris: Yes

Azula: No

Fuuta Kajiyama: Yes

Anders (Dragon Age): Yes

Saix (Kingdom Hearts): Yes

Rennala (Elden Ring): No

Apple White: No

Kyubey (Madoka Magica): Yes

Mathematics: Yes

Gon Freeces: Yes

Makiel (Cradle): Yes

The Emperor: Yes

Bassira Hussain (TMA): No

Kris (Deltarune): Yes

Evan Hansen: Yes

Haruko (FLCL): Yes

Princess Bubblegum: Yes

Doug Eiffel: Yes

Yuzuriha Kotoko: No

Anemone (Wings of Fire): Yes

Theresa Agnes: Yes

Liv Chenka: yes

Anakin Skywalker: Yes

R.M. Renfield (Dracula): Yes

Papa Loui: Yes

Rory Gilmore: Yes

Himemiya Anthy:No

Every Fire Emblem: Yes

Jin Guangyao: No

Raven Branwen: Yes

Caithe (Guild Wars): No

Georgina Barker (TMA): Yes

Scourge the Hedgehog: No

Susie (Kirby): No

Morro (Ninjago): Yes

Viren (The Dragon Prince): No

Dark Pit: Yes

Shadow the Hedgehog: No

Michael with the Doors (TMA): Yes

Professor Ozpin: Yes

Annie Edison: No

 Siri Keeton: Yes

Mihuel O’Hara: Yes

Talia Al Ghul: Yes

Yukio Okumura: Yes

Guillermo de la Cruz: No

Jenny (Forest Gump): Yes

Gamzee Makara: Yes

Wen Kexing: No

Griffith (berserk): Yes

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd: Yes

Hal 9000 (2001 A Space Odyssey): Yes

Hiiragi Mahiru: Yes

Bobbi Morse: Yes

Rika Kim: Yes

 Amanda Waller: Yes

Larisa Weems: Yes

Vincent Smith: Yes

Rammatra (Overwatch) Yes

Itachi Uchihara: Yes

Wanda Maximoff: Yes

Lucretia (TAZ):Yes

Angel Dust: Yes

Crowley (Supernatural): No

Makoto Hamamaya: Yes

Roy Mustang: Yes

Prowl (Transformers): No

Peter Hale: No

Harry Osborn: No

Octavia Blake: Yes

Melissa (Hatchetfield): Yes

Ainosuke Shindo/ADAM: Yes

Zuko (ATLA): No

Eichi Otori: No

Aesop Carl: Yes

Hosea Mathews: Yes

Arataka Reigan: No

Martin Blackwood: Yes

Frankensteins Monster: Yes

Alicent Hightower: Yes

Pyro (TF2): Yes

Maglor (Silmarillion): No

Providence (Risk of Rain): Yes

James Sunderland: No

Sorin Markov: Yes

Haruka Sakurai: Yes

Winn Adami: Yes

Regina George: No

Trucy Wright: Yes

Arlong the Saw: Yes

Sunny (OMORI): Yes

Kang Yohan: Yes

[rosanecrosisow2]

Hii I made this blog to share my overwatch ocs and my ideas!!! I hope u like em 🥹

(if you haven’t noticed already I LOVE pink.)

Lore down here!!

Rosa

Early Life

Throughout Rosa Thorn’s childhood, she had to suffer through her uncontrollable temper and anger issues. Still, she had very loving and supporting parents. Her father (Gustav Thorn) and mother (Natasja Thorn) met during the omnic crisis, and bonded over their love for science. They thought it was ironic that their last name was Thorn because they both especially enjoyed Biology, so they named their one and only child Rosa, yes that’s how much they love Biology. Despite her anger, she had her family, THERAPY, and her best friend Martin! She took Biology very seriously, though Martin was more keen on chemistry. Rosa was really inspired by Overwatch, and wanted to become a hero like them too one day.

School Project

When she was 14, she had a school project to find something interesting for biology, which was worth a lot of their grade! So Rosa wanted to do her best. Very kindly, Martin’s Aunt Heidi offered to drive them to a park with quite a big forest. When they got there, Martin and Rosa ended up splitting up and looking for themselves. Whilst she was looking, she found something. It looked like a flower, but no flower she had ever seen before. She called for Martin, but he was too far away. She dug it out of the ground, making sure to preserve every root, and started bringing it to him. His suggestion was that they both look online and find out its name and a description of some sort. It could be amazing for the project! When they returned home, they looked everywhere online for the flower. But nothing. It was nowhere. They thought it was incredibly unlikely that they had found a new species of flower, but Martin encouraged her to meddle with it. So she did.

The Accident

(GORE WARNING!!!)

One night she was poking around at it, and something happened. It released some sort of spur onto her face. Before she could even react, she could feel her head becoming lighter.

When she woke up she felt her arms feeling hurt and… wounded but not quite? She had a terrible dream. She heard her parents cry and scream in it. As she gained full consciousness, she literally saw blood everywhere. She was in her living room, and she saw her parents completely torn open and bleeding. They were mortally wounded. Rosa screamed out and started sobbing. Her head really hurt at the same time. She didn’t know what to think, or who did it. She just cried over their bodies until police arrived. She didn’t want to be caught, so she ran out of her house and as far as possible.

Talon

She was recruited by Talon when she bumped into Sombra’s translocator and when she teleported through it. Turns out the flower was a new species, it fact it wasn’t a flower at all. It was a very powerful fungus in disguise of a flower, primarily focused on capturing bees. For example: if triggered by a bee, the bee would kill as many as its kind as possible, and if it was killed by its hive before it could do so the fungus would grow from it and overtake the hive.

Immediately, Moira thought she had good potential to be an operative, despite Reaper and Doomfist’s wishes. She performed experiments on her (Rosa wanted this, she didn’t want to hurt anyone else) and she had to wear a metal plate on her head that kept her brain anchored for a while, until she could fully harness it. It gave her new abilities, like latching vines onto things from her arms, but it took 4 years to learn. She even got reunited with Martin during a mission in Malmö, Sweden. He went by his new sobriquet: Necrosis. He used chemicals to clear a path for his future. He wanted to stay reunited with her, so he became an ally to Talon, even though he doesn’t fully agree with their ways. Rosa also gained quite a good friendship with Sombra.

Necrosis

Early life

His whole life, he had to live up to his parents’ awful expectations. They wanted him to become a soldier and fight for Copenhagen, but he believed he could do better things. The only people who believed in him were Rosa and his Aunt Heidi. Heidi scolded his parents for forcing things on him, even Rosa’s parents privately disliked them. Necrosis’ main focus was chemistry.

Missing Friend

When Rosa’s parents were discovered, there were no finger prints that they could work with. All they found was a dead flower (the spurs had dried up), and young Martin was devastated. His parents were somewhat relieved (BRUH???) and were happy he had no distractions from that ‘unruly girl’ anymore. Heidi was equally devastated and got into an argument with his parents about what they were saying. Two years later, Heidi fell victim to cancer and eventually died. He became even more depressed and unmotivated. Everyone who believed in him was gone.

Becoming Necrosis

Another two years went by, and he had enough. He took his savings and left Copenhagen. He was forced to become a thief, and his intelligence helped him become the person he is now. When he got reunited with Rosa, it was his spark of hope. Becoming an ally of Talon has boosted his success, and confidence.

Let me know what you think of them! I’ve been working on them for like a year now 😭 be sure to ask if you have questions!

[overwatchfanskinarchive]

Into Battle Reinhardt by Martin Friebel (1, 2)

[demifiendrsa]

Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard has been approved by UK regulators. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded that the deal can proceed after Microsoft recently restructured the deal to transfer cloud gaming rights for current and new Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft. The decision clears the way for the deal to close now that the UK regulator has given the green light.

Press release from the CMA

In August this year Microsoft made a concession that would see Ubisoft, instead of Microsoft, buy Activision’s cloud gaming rights. This new deal will put the cloud streaming rights (outside the EEA) for all of Activision’s PC and console content produced over the next 15 years in the hands of a strong and independent competitor with ambitious plans to offer new ways of accessing that content.

As a result of this concession, the CMA agreed to look afresh at the deal and launched a new investigation in August. That investigation has completed today with the CMA clearing this narrower transaction.

The new deal will stop Microsoft from locking up competition in cloud gaming as this market takes off, preserving competitive prices and services for UK cloud gaming customers. It will allow Ubisoft to offer Activision’s content under any business model, including through multigame subscription services. It will also help to ensure that cloud gaming providers will be able to use non-Windows operating systems for Activision content, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

Sarah Cardell, Chief Executive of the CMA said:

The CMA is resolute in its determination to prevent mergers that harm competition and deliver bad outcomes for consumers and businesses. We take our decisions free from political influence and we won’t be swayed by corporate lobbying.  We delivered a clear message to Microsoft that the deal would be blocked unless they comprehensively addressed our concerns and stuck to our guns on that. With the sale of Activision’s cloud streaming rights to Ubisoft, we’ve made sure Microsoft can’t have a stranglehold over this important and rapidly developing market. As cloud gaming grows, this intervention will ensure people get more competitive prices, better services and more choice. We are the only competition agency globally to have delivered this outcome.  But businesses and their advisors should be in no doubt that the tactics employed by Microsoft are no way to engage with the CMA. Microsoft had the chance to restructure during our initial investigation but instead continued to insist on a package of measures that we told them simply wouldn’t work. Dragging out proceedings in this way only wastes time and money.

Martin Coleman, Chair of the Independent Panel who reviewed the original Microsoft deal, said:

Cloud gaming is an important new way for gamers to access games and this deal could have seriously undermined its potential development. On that we, the European Commission and the US Federal Trade Commission are in full agreement. Where we differ is on how we solve that problem. We rejected a solution put to us by the parties which would have left Microsoft with too much control. We now have a new transaction in which the cloud distribution of Activision games, old and new, is taken away from Microsoft and put into the hands of Ubisoft, an independent party who is committed to widening access to the games. That’s better for competition, better for consumers and better for economic growth.

The decision 

In its original investigation, the CMA found Microsoft already held a strong position in relation to cloud gaming and blocked the deal. 

The sale of Activision’s cloud streaming rights to Ubisoft will prevent the distribution of important, popular content – including games such as Call of Duty, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft – from coming under the control of Microsoft in relation to cloud gaming. The restructured deal substantially addressed the concerns that the CMA had following its original investigation, which concluded earlier this year.   

The CMA did identify limited residual concerns with the new deal, but Microsoft gave undertakings that will ensure that the terms of the sale of Activision’s rights to Ubisoft are enforceable by the CMA. 

The CMA consulted on these undertakings and is satisfied that this will provide the safety net needed to make sure this deal is properly implemented.

For more information, visit the Microsoft / Activision ex-cloud streaming rights case page.