#this was meant to be posted on tf2’s release date

[dailyhatsune]

did you know that tf2 and hatsune miku are of the same age

[emeraldspiral]

So I was just thinking about this theory I read that the numbered TF2 comics were actually not a self-contained story meant to bring everything to a close, but were actually setting up a space-themed update, evidenced by the issue featuring Sniper’s mom absconding with the last of the world’s Australium in a rocket around the same time Asteroid was being beta tested.

It’s hard to say whether that was ever true, let alone if it could still be given that Asteroid and Cactus Canyon were pulled from casual way back in 2014 and never re-released in a finished state and work on issue 7 halted a few months after issue 6′s release in 2017 and as far as we know has yet to resume, even briefly.

But I do think it’d be interesting if they really did intend to do another big MvM-style status-quo change with new maps that canonically take place after the mercs have lost their jobs twice in the wake of an abrupt end to a stalemate that had previously kept them employed indefinitely.

Like, maybe the new maps would have Miss Pauling or Saxton Hale doing the announcements in the Administrator’s stead, or the set-up could involve her having planned for every possible contingency and made pre-recorded responses and instructions to guide the mercs through their new mission. And maybe Charles Darling could take on the role the Mann brothers used to have of being the guy whose army the mercs are employed to fight against, or he could be their new employer if Saxton doesn’t need them anymore.

What would interest me most though about a new post-MvM era of gameplay would be the new voice-lines and map easter eggs acknowledging stuff that happened in the comics. Because right now, every map in TF2 exists in an era that takes place before the numbered comics, so there aren’t really any references to them aside from one stray contract line where Miss Pauling says Sniper’s a kiwi, because he turned out to be from New Zealand.

But like, imagine if they added a bunch of lines referencing the fact that Soldier’s dating/married to Heavy’s sister, or if HeavyMedic is finally confirmed in the comics and then everyone has dialog openly acknowledging them as a couple.