anghelo

he/him | 20 | 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇭 | ow/hades/lol/celeste/a bunch of other stuff

[angelsanddirtyrain]

kinda makes me sick to my stomach that the one lesson cassidy's consistently learned and employed throughout his life is to just. run. leave no roots, have 'itchy feet' as he says so himself. if you never place something down, you'll never leave anything behind, right? no harm, no foul. he's gotten really good at it, even recognizing when baptiste was tracking him from talon operative tactics. the perks of learning from the shadow of blackwatch, i guess.

but what truly gets me is the fact that in the face of a calamity rivaling the omnic crisis, he can't even fathom running away from the frontlines. he even accepts the fact that he could DIE by staying and asks a favor of winston in the case of it actually coming to pass. for a man whose entire life was built on never stopping, even to catch his breath, there's no more running

[angelsanddirtyrain]

well...?

[angelsanddirtyrain]

sorry guys i haven't been too cassidy pilled lately because i've taken a hiatus from maining him to main tank. i love wrecking ball so much he is my current favorite son

[angelsanddirtyrain]

i honestly kinda hate whenever cassidy and reaper's dynamic gets reduced to a father-son one. i wouldn't think a relationship where one threatened the other with rotting in prison if he didn't join a (very illegal and dangerous) black ops division because of how useful his skill at aiming is for the faction would register as anything familial between either party, regardless of how much cassidy grows to believe that he did the right thing. i think there's more interesting things that could be explored by engaging with them as anything but, with gabriel's actual son serving as a what-if scenario for cassidy ruminating on how different his upbringing could've been if reyes actually were his father, thinking that if that were the case, then maybe that complicated bond he had with reyes could be acknowledged and dissected.

if anything, it's a huge disservice to ana, who he actually sees as some sort of parental figure. she's the one who nurtured his ability to aim (and eventually lead) and served as an emotional anchor for him during his time in overwatch. you can tell that he treats ana with reverence, always upbeat and well-mannered in his interactions with her. hell, he even treats pharah like a little sister most of the times. with reyes, he only gets bitchy and resentful. which i can interpret as the negative feelings one associates with a father figure but i don't feel like it's at the extent some people make it out to be (coming from somebody with #bonafide daddy issues)

[artboxen]

Enormous thank you for the developers of this wonderful game! I have already spent hours on doing campaigns, challenges and hunting for secrets, so heres my small piece of art of one of my favorite sections in the game! Cant wait to see more from you all!

[wildissylunas]

ever since you made that post proposing cassidy as one of the only overwatch members she'd be able to have decent convrrsation with, it changed my whole perspective of them entirely. like, they have so many common threads: gérard, reyes, ana, sharpshooting and even the fact that they were forced into lives they didn't want. i think there's so much potential in having him be the one who finally cracks the façade that's implied to be loosening up from the interaction between moira and widow

It's not just the common threads but the fact that they both have very similar attitudes, as well as losing people close to them around the same time. That and the fact that Cassidy would 100% match her energy, she'd call him a dumb American and he'd hit back with the fact that she's French. That and they'd actually challenge each other in the practice range in a heathy way.

I could see them doing thing like drinking together, maybe even a wine bottle being added to Cassidy's little spot in the Practice Range to show that they've been hanging out. Cassidy would also be a person who she could bring Gerard up around and not be met with hostility or a misunderstanding of the situation. I would love to see a moment where they're shooting together, Widow makes a quip about her being the better shot and Cassidy just pokes fun at Gerard's shooting skills in response.

There's also the common thread of them being trained by the best and not only the skill that comes with that, but the pressure. Widow was trained by Talon's best yet she still always feels the need to compete with characters like Ana and Ashe, she needs to be the best cause what will happen to her if she isn't? What will Talon do? Meanwhile Cassidy has the legacy of two Old Guard on his shoulders, he was Gabriel Reyes's protege and very much considered Ana Amari's eldest, that dynamic is mentioned in a canon history book god damn it! Imagine having those two legacy's on your shoulders while also dealing with your own legacy and history. Yes they were trained by the best but that comes with unintended consequences, mainly being that pressure the also be the best.

I think Cassidy would also understand the fear, they were both stuck in a separate situation for years, with no visible way out, only being able to fall deeper. Now they got that chance and what are they supposed to do? This life is all they've known. There's a reason why Cassidy was a gun for heir and a mercenary, it because it was familiar. The same thing will go for Widow once she gets away from Talon, she won't want to go back to who she was because that isn't here anymore.

[questionartbox]

I love one pie-eating gunslinger… Art blog: questionartbox Commissions | Ko-Fi | Patreon

[granjjeros]

i wanna ride / reaper:76

[goddidntdothis]

I don’t like you, I just like messing with you

[angelsanddirtyrain]

i think cassidy as a flower would be a rudbeckia. specifically a black eyed susan

a floral symbol of justice and resilience, his bright and sunny exterior marred by the ever present darkness that's hanging over his head. deadlock, blackwatch, the years lost in between, everything

[angelsanddirtyrain]

day 489373 no ow plot progression

[angelsanddirtyrain]

i lied i don't want it anymore if this is what they're doing with it 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[angelsanddirtyrain]

Cole Cassidy it seems I’ve grown quite fond of you tho there are no sexual urges or desires you come to me as a long lost friend whom I once picked apples with in papa’s orchard

[arcanesock]

jessie fucking mccree <3

[arcanesock]

it’s high noon somewhere in the world.

[arcanesock]

reyes:more issues than vogue. damn i love this man <3 had to draw this after last cinematic.

[chaerrio]

BLACKWATCH

[che3snutz]

yeehaw

[pykeling]

older stuff while i’m busy learning genji