#tracer76

[the-problematicshipper]

Tracer and Soldier are straight for each other

[voidsung-icefire]

Is shipping ok?

I’m sorry if this might evolve into something really different about half way through. I am very frustrated by things I have been seeing for a while now and I just want to get it out of the way.

So shipping. Yes. Taking fictional characters and imagining them in relationships of various sorts. There are so many different reasons to ship, from thinking that the pairing has a lot of potential in canon, to simply thinking the two characters look attractive and wanting to enjoy some spicy art of them. There are as many different reasons to ship as there are ships. So...is shipping ever a bad thing?

It can be. It can definitely be in certain situations. The first being using it to taunt someone. If the only reason for your ship is so you can shove it in the face of someone you know doesn’t like it, then this is wrong. An example of this would be some people who ship Tracer with Soldier76 only so they can “fight back” against the LGBT community by annoying them with their art work. These shippers are not good. The second situation is a bully shipper, a person that goes and imposes their ship as if it had supreme value over others. Attacking people with different ships online, going as far as to attack creators of the original work because they believe their ship is somehow more important than what the original creator of the characers feels. An example would be certain Lapidot shippers who bullied a Steven Universe writer over the internet relentlessly because the characters were shown to be only friends in an episode she had a hand in writing. These behaviours are unacceptable.

But are their ships the same?

No. Of course not. The reason behind these specific shippers shipping, and the behaviour they had towards others are wrong, cruel and entitled. But others may like these pairings for different reasons and behave in a well mannered, polite and kind way towards others. It is not wrong for them to like these things. It is not the ships that are bad in this case, it is the behaviour of the people that is wrong.

Overall, shipping is ok. It is not canon. It is a fan creation. One can recognize the canon, appreciate it, and still make art of a different ship on the side for a multitude of reasons. And that’s ok. Maybe a canon pairing wasn’t to your taste, like how Katara ended with Aang in the Last Airbender. Maybe you would have liked her to be with Zuko more. You know that Aang was the one to get the girl in canon. You respect that. You can still make art and AU fanfiction where Zuko gets her in the end.

What about McHanzo? Big Overwatch ship. Entirely non-canon. The two characters have never met. McCree displays a very seductive personality with several lines particularly directed towards women. And although he can be bi, he himself stated one of the reasons Ashe was never his type is because she’s rich. And Hanzo is very much rich. And even has that rich kid snooty attitude. Nowhere near a canon ship. But it’s everywhere. And it is allowed to be. People are not doing anything wrong by making their own worlds where these characters can be together.

Maybe Widowtracer? Widowmaker was brainwashed and no longer feels most emotions, including love. Tracer currently has a very lovely girlfriend in canon. So Widowtracer is very much non-canon. But it is still ok to ship these two. For a number of reasons. Some just find them hot. Some want a Widowmaker redemption and see Tracer as a way for her to move on from her past. Some want the three ladies together as an OT3. You can write up various scenarios where Emily leaves Tracer for various reasons, and that is completely fine because that’s what fanfiction is all about. It’s your take on the scenario presented for you.

Maybe Pharmercy? Ah. An interesting one. Also entirely non-canon, but for a reason some more..distasteful people...seem to ignore. We have a bit of a Lapidot situation here, because, you see, Mercy is intended to be with Genji in canon. The two write letters to each other in the Christmas comic (the same comic that revealed Tracer to be gay, first showed Torb’s wife Ingrid, had Jack holding a picture of his ex Vincent, showed Ana’s ex Sam, showed possibly Reyes’ daughter he had with his ex, showed Widowmaker at her late husband’s grave...) and were intended to get voicelines during Valentine’s Day where they would exchange chocolates. A very romantic gesture. Well...some Pharmercy shippers threw a fit, bullied the creators and now those voicelines have never been pushed to the live game. But they still exist. So these specific shippers had bad manners and are thus wrong, but Pharmercy as a ship is still completely fine. If you recognize the canon, respect it, but still want to make art of these two ladies together for a number of reasons, that is completely acceptable.

And what about intercanon pairings, pairings that go as far as to break the boundries of fictional universes to bring characters together. Like Jack Frost with Elsa, or Merida with Hiccup. Characters that will never meet because they are from different worlds made by entirely differnet companies. And those are also ok. Completely fine. Go express yourself. Make art.

Now here’s why I was upset enough to write this. I have long been witnessing immense levels of hypocrisy in the shipping community. Where some ships are put on holy pedestals and considered to have some sort of moral superiority. And all other ships are somehow inherently wrong and the people who ship them, terrible people.

So here’s the question: is it ok to ship a canon gay character in a straight relationship?

And to that I answer...is it ok to ship a canon straight character in a gay relationship?

If you answer no to one but yes to the other....why is that? Why is it okay for one way but not the other, when both are exactly the same. Yes, canon, breaking canon...most shipping is breaking canon. All fanwork is breaking canon in some way because only what the creators create and declare is canon is, well...canon. So why is some canon breaking considered ok when others are not?

I’ve heard the justification that you can’t ship a gay character in a straight ship because that is just a too important trait in a character to break. But why would the other way be ok then? Why is it ok to break the sexuality canon with straight characters but not gay ones? What about genderswaps? Would all rule63 fanart be inherently wrong because you’re breaking an important canon aspect?

What about all the reboots with different looking people in the lead? So let’s say...should Miles not exist because Spider-man was originally white? All the films that cast a woman to play a character that had always been established as male? These reboots have a right to exist. It’s artistic expression. It’s remix. It’s perfectly acceptable. Of course, there will be some backlash, there always is when you reinvent an established character that already has a sizeable fanbase. But ultimately, it is a matter of opinion on if someone likes the new version of the character or not. The new version its self is not right or wrong. It just...is. It just exists and does its own thing in its own way.

There are people who act like certain characters are inherently a certain way because a certain group somehow has....ownership...of the character. That Spider-man can only ever be white because he was white and belongs to white people. That’s not how that works. A character does not...belong to whatever arbitrary group because they have certain characteristics in common.

A character...is personality. It is actions. It is feelings. A character...is someone anyone could potentially relate to. That anyone can potentially like and dislike. It always just...baffles me when people act like they can only like and relate to a character if that character is an exact mirror of themselves. When I was a kid, I liked to watch Danny Phantom. And I thought he was cool. I liked how he had super powers. I liked how he fought the ghosts. I never once thought I couldn’t like him because he was a boy and I’m not. In Overwatch, I main Reaper. He’s an older latinx American man that I headcanon as bisexual. I am literally none of those things. He’s still my favorite. Soldier76 is gay. I’d say since most of the population is straight, it’s safe to assume most Soldier mains are straight. Should they stop playing this character because he’s gay and is somehow now off limits to straight people? No, of course not. Everyone can like or dislike any character.

Everyone can ship any character with any other character.

And some people don’t like that. Some people think...that certain groups...should have different sets of rules.

That’s not how it works. That’s not how equality works.

We are all human beings. If it works one way, it has to work the other way in return. A white character can be reimagined as black, a black character should be able to be reimagined as white. A male character can be rebooted as a female character, a female character can be rebooted as a male character. A straight character can be in a gay ship, a gay character should be able to be in a straight ship.

Some people think that certain groups should have different sets of rules. And that is unacceptable. You are not inherently better or more special or more important than others based on arbitrary traits you have had since birth.

If you think that certain people should have fewer rights based on the color of their skin, you are a racist. If you believe that certain people should have fewer rights based on their gender, you are a sexist. If you believe that certain people should have fewer rights based on their sexual orientation, then you are some form of bigot.

We are all human beings. We are all equal. We have the same rights, we play by the same rules. And if you advocate for something other than that, then you are not advocating for equality, so stop using that as your excuse.

Like the only group that should have special preferential treatment is people with disabilities because they simply cannot function properly if everything was left the same as it is for the majority of people. People in wheelchairs cannot use stairs. They need better access. That’s a given. But even they have the same laws, the same rights.

If you really still think that you deserve special treatment, that you should have additional freedoms, that certain people inherently deserve less than you and should have more restrictions placed on them, based on arbitrary traits they were born with and had no control over, then you are a terrible person. If you are going through a whole load of mental gymnastics and reaching out to find justifications for why you somehow deserve more than other people based on these traits, then you need to get out, talk to some real people and reevaluate certain things. If you can justify giving less freedom to others based on these arbitrary traits, you are opperating on the same mindset as genocidal tyrants.

And freakin read Animal Farm. If you haven’t, I’ll give you the TL:DR

Human farmer is an oppressor to the animals. The animals kick him out and establish equality. The pigs, after some convoluted stuff, decide that they deserve preferential treatment. The pigs thus become the oppressors over the other animals. The cycle continues, implying the pigs will be one day driven out and some other group will find some bs excuse for why they deserve more rights than the rest. Featuring the iconic line:

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

[chiefbasementcreator]

Caught: Lena come home early, and find Emily being fucked from behind by Jack, finding herself too turned on to leave

Lena called out to the apartment as she opened the door. “Hello, love, I’m home~” She took her accelerator off, putting it on its stand, kicking her shoes off. She could hear noises coming from their bedroom, a voice she distinctly recognized as her girlfriend’s moaning. She smirked. It seemed like she had intruded on her ‘alone time’, oh well! She opened the door and froze.There, on the bed, was her love, moaning like a slut, on all fours on the bed.And behind her, making her bulge obscenely as he fucked her, was her commander.Lena couldn’t move, the only thing she knew being that this was the hottest thing she had ever seen.Emily’s juices and some of Jack’s cum spilled on the mattress, and she remembered a few weeks ago, when she had rubbed it all over her hand, thinking it was some kind of weird lotion.She came, a strangled noise escaping her, causing her girlfriend and the man fucking her to glance at her.“Why don’t you help your girlfriend here?” Jack asked, smirking.Lena nodded, kneeling next to Emily.

[thepainlessmoustache]

The new Overwatch trailer makes my Tracer76 heart sing

[xmilitisx]

                                 ‘ — Oh, we can beat them, forever and ever                                                  Then we could be heroes just for one day—` A Father/Daughter Tracer76 Moodboard.  @chronal-anomaly

[chiefbasementcreator]

Jack's bar was a popular establishment, serving special drink, all spiced to the individual customer. The owner, Jack, runs the bar himself, and service any and all who come inside. His favourite nights was ladies night, were the stick of young girls was best. He quickly eyed a group of college girls, one in particular, wearing the tightest set of leggings he had ever seen. As she stepped up to order, he leaned in, "so, what can I do for the young brunette, with an ass out of this world!"

The brunette smiled, giggling. “Good evening, sir.” She recited what her friends had told her, but when it came to her own order, she hesitated. Jack smiled reassuringly, moving his hand over her own. “Why don’t you go back to your friends and I’ll make you a surprise? I can guarantee you’ll like it.” He proposed. She hesitated a few seconds before nodding. “Thank you, sir.” She went back to her friends, swaying her ample ass in those tight pants of hers.Jack had been so enraptured by her body he hadn’t paid much attention to her friends, but now that he was preparing the drinks, he recognized one or two of them as having been here already. They were all stupidly hot, and he couldn’t wait to do them all, but for tonight, he’d only focus on the brunette with a jaw-dropping ass. He added his ‘special ingredient’ to her drink and made his way to their table.From there it was only a matter of waiting, and he saw how the brunette -Lena, he had heard her friends call her- was starting to redden, rubbing her thighs together. She frequently asked him to refill her glass, at some point leaning against him, shuddering as she felt his body against her, earning her a few teasing remarks from her friends. Finally, two hours and a half later, the girls started to leave, each leaving enough for her drink on the table. Finally, Lena made her way to him, staring at him dreamily. “Hey, sir. Your 'special ingredient’ is fantastic.” She said sluttily, not hiding her gaze on him, giggling. “My friends told me you make it yourself.” “Absolutely true, you want to see it?”“Sure!” She answered excitedly, leaning heavily against him as he guided her to the backroom, not caring his strong hand had moved to her sizeable ass.Only when they were in the backroom did he drop his pants, pushing her to her knees. His smell and musk overpowered her, many times more powerful than just deluded in her drink. He didn’t have to ask before she was sucking on his monster, gulping it down, gagging on it, yearning for more of him and getting it, more than she could handle. Spit and drool fell on her chest, staining her jacket. Jack tore her leggings to shred, playing with her ass as she worshipped his cock. A puddle had formed under her by the time he flipped her around and fucked her beyond silly, reshaping her body and mind into a cocksock.

[thepainlessmoustache]

My uncle just caught me writing Tracer76 fanfiction 🙃