But let’s not bring up past mistakes, alright? Kaisax already did a good job covering that and there’s no real room for argument there. I’m here today to talk about another recent announcement from Blizzard: a new female character in Overwatch. Now when I first heard this, I was immediately excited. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve never played Overwatch a day in my life thanks to my toaster oven of a computer. But god damn do I keep up with Overwatch so I can know what juicy porn to look forward to. Widowmaker, Tracer, McCree, Mercy... there are so many hot characters in that game and people love putting in hours to make those sexy 3D videos come to life.

Needless to say, I checked out the character design, thought she looked cool and/or fuckable, and moved on. But apparently there was a bit of backlash from a certain side of the Overwatch fandom. Dissatisfied with the inclusion of another skinny, white character, they took to twitter and tumblr to voice their opinions. Blizzard acknowledged this in an interview with Kotaku, where they mentioned that several new characters are planned for the game and nobody should give up hope for the addition of more diverse characters (at this point really meaning black female characters) being included.

So that’s the gist of it, now it’s opinion time. My first knee jerk reaction is to condemn everyone whining and tell them to shut the fuck up. However, before I do that, I do want to mention that early concept art for Ashe did show her with a dark skin design. If Blizzard really did discuss in the boardroom, “Shit, we wanted her to be black but then she’d have a low playerbase because black people don’t look cool” or something then yeah I could see reason for outrage. Same thing if this was the last character ever going to be announced for the game. But let’s be logical. Overwatch is nowhere near dying, and the cast is already so diverse it doesn’t make sense for Blizzard to turn racist on a whim. It was more likely a simple curiosity they had to see her as a black woman than a serious consideration that was rejected.



